Cole Giller MD PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon and associate professor of neurosurgery at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. Dr Giller has spent the last thirteen years in clinical practice counseling patients suffering from neurological illnesses on their medical decisions. Before embarking on his medical career, Dr Giller taught mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. He received his medical degree at the UCLA School of Medicine and holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Neuroimaging and is an ad hoc reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Stroke, Archives of Neurosurgery, and Neurosurgery. Dr. Giller lives with his family in Dallas.