José Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FANA, FAHA is Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Loyola Medicine. Dr. Biller is American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) certified (and recertified, including Combined Maintenance of Certification) in Neurology and Vascular Neurology, and certified in Headache Medicine (UCNS).
Dr. Biller served as Director of the ABPN from 1994 to 2001, and President of the ABPN in 2001, and currently holds the title of Emeritus Director of the ABPN. He is the Emeritus Chief Editor of the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, past Chief-Editor of Frontiers in Neurology, and an editorial board member and reviewer for an array of other national and international journals and publications. He has published more than 390 peer-reviewed articles, more than 155 book chapters, edited 35 books, and given more than 780 lectures around the world. Dr. Biller earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine at the University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he had post-graduate training in Internal Medicine. He then completed Residency in Neurology at Loyola University Chicago and a Cerebrovascular Research Fellowship at Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Dr. Biller was the recipient of the American Neurological Association (ANA) Distinguished Neurology Teacher Award in 2013. He was also awarded the 2020 A.B. Baker Lifetime Award for Teaching in Neurology by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the 2023 William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke Award (American Stroke Association).