Mayank Goyal is a Professor in the Department of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary. He also holds the Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Stroke Research. Dr. Goyal’s passion and main research interest is acute stroke imaging, workflow and intervention. With >400 peer-review manuscripts (including first author papers in NEJM, Lancet Neurology, Radiology, Circulation, ANJR, Stroke), >50 editorials and opinion pieces, over 400 abstracts and >200 invite lectureships, Mayank has been an integral contributor in furthering the field of Stroke intervention research. He led ESCAPE and SWIFT PRIME (both published in NEJM); the HERMES collaboration (>20 high impact publications including in Lancet, JAMA); ESCAPE-NA1 (published in Lancet) and has recently completed ESCAPE-NEXT and ESCAPE-MeVO trials. A citation index of >45000, an h-index of 83 and an i10 index of 338 (google scholar, Jan 2022) are testimony to Dr. Goyal’s vast contribution and influence in the world of Stroke research. He has received several honours and awards including the Outstanding Contributions in Research Award (American Society of Neuroradiology, 2020), and the Lifetime Contribution Award (Canadian Association of Radiology, 2018). He is also a Fellow of the esteemed Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has recently launched a worldwide platform to accelerate stroke research: letsgetproof.com.