Michael Mazya

Michael Mazya

Affiliated to Research | Docent
Visiting address: R2:03, Strokeforskningsenheten, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, 17176 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Neuro Ahmed, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I am neurologist specializing in cerebrovascular diseases and acute neurological care. 

    Brief résumé

    • Docent (assoc. prof.), KI, 2020-
    • Head of Stroke Service, Karolinska University Hospital, 2020-
    • Specialist physician in neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, 2015
    • PhD at Karolinska Institutet, 2014
    • Swedish Medical License, 2009
    • University Medical Degree, Linköping University, 2007

    Awards

    • The Golden Headset Award, Swedish Acute Neurology Society, 2023
    • Diploma for Excellent Supervision, MD Program, Karolinska Institutet, 2020
    • Young Investigator Award, European Stroke Organisation Conference, 2015
    • Outstanding Young Research in Stroke Award, European Stroke Conference 2012

    Research grants, main applicant

    • Swedish Heart Lung Foundation, 2024-25
    • Swedish Neurological Society, 2025
    • Wallenius Foundation, 2024
    • ALF Research Grants, Region Stockholm, several in 2018, -20-22, -24-25
    • Clinical Researcher Grant (Klinisk Forskare), Region Stockholm, 2023-26
    • Research Grants, The Swedish Stroke Association, several 2017-2024
    • Innovation Grant, Region Stockholm, 2020-21
    • Clinical Postdoctoral Grant, Region Stockholm, 2016-19
    • Research Fellowship Grant (Forskar-ST), Region Stockholm, 2013-15

    Positions of trust

    • Dissertation Committee (Disputationskommittén), KI, member, 2021 - ongoing.
    • ESO Conference 2021-22, Educational Committee chair, Conference Planning Group member, Program Committee member.
    • Faculty Opponent, Habilitation (Docent), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 2021.
    • Angeby Foundation for Medical Research, grant reviewer, 2020-24.
    • Educational Committee, European Stroke Organisation, member, 2016-2020.
    • Swedish Acute Neurology Society (ANS), founding cashier, 2011-15. Chairman 2015-19.
    • PhD Defence Examination Boards at KI and Lund University.

Research

    • Acute reperfusion treatment of ischemic stroke
    • Prehospital stroke triage and management
    • Acute management of intracerebral hemorrhage
    • Secondary prevention in stroke and TIA

Teaching

  • PhD student supervision

    • Main supervisor, Tove Almqvist, MD, planned defense 2026 
    • Main supervisor, Hannes Frejd, MD, planned defense 2029 
    • Main supervisor, Boris Keselman, MD, defended 2021
    • Co-supervisor, Håkan Almqvist, MD, planned defense 2026
    • Co-supervisor, Maria Neicu, MD, planned defense 2029

    Main supervisor, MD Program Degree Projects

    • Fredrik de Wahl (2015)
    • Niklas Almqvist (2018)
    • Harald Löfberg (2019)
    • Sebastian Sköldblom (2019)
    • Tove Almqvist (2020)
    • Elin Wiebert (2020)
    • Mimmi Sjöö (2021)
    • Jonny Nordström (2023)
    • Fredrik Gabrielson (2024)
    • Carl Näslund (2025)

     

    I have authored the Swedish textbook in Acute Neurology published by Liber in 2025, together with Jonatan Salzer, Umeå University.


    In 2016-2020, I was elected to the European Stroke Organisation Educational Committee, working with the World Stroke Academy, a collaborative educational project between the World Stroke Organisation and the European Stroke Organisation. It can be found at https://world-stroke-academy.org/

    In 2011, I set up a Swedish patient information website on functional and dissociative neurological symptoms and maintained it until 2022, when the responsibility was transferred to psychiatrist and rehabilitation specialist Carl Sjöström, MD. The site can be found at
    http://www.funktionellasymptom.se and has since its inception been viewed over 1 million times.

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Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2020
  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2014

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