Brock Gjesdal is a fellow in the Physician-Scientist Training Program and a medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His neurotrauma research focuses on therapeutic formulation and delivery approaches for perioperative management of inflammation in traumatic brain injury patients requiring neurosurgical care. He is mentored clinically by Dr. David Okonkwo and scientifically by Dr. Ed Dixon and Dr. Shaun Carlson.