Kevin J. Tracey

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin J. Tracey
Occupation	Immunologist
Date Of Birth	Dec 10, 1957(1957-12-10)
Age	67
Birthplace	Fort Wayne
Country	United States
Birth City	Fort Wayne
Horoscope	Aquarius

Kevin J. Tracey Biography

Kevin J. Tracey is one of the most popular and richest Immunologist who was born on December 10, 1957 in Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, United States. Tracey was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 10 December 1957. He received his B.S. in chemistry from Boston College in 1979 and his M.D. from Boston University in 1983. From 1983 to 1992 he trained in neurosurgery at the New York Hospital/Cornell University with Russel Patterson. During this time he was also a guest investigator at Rockefeller University.

In May 2018, Tracey was part of a team that was first to decode specific signals that the nervous system uses to communicate immune status and alert the brain to inflammation. Identifying these neural signals and what they’re communicating about the body’s health provides insight into diagnostic and therapeutic targets, and device development.

Kevin J. Tracey, a neurosurgeon and inventor, is the president and CEO of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, professor of neurosurgery and molecular medicine at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, and President of the Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine in Manhasset, New York. The Public Library of Science Magazine, PLOS Biology, recognized Tracey in 2019 as one of the most cited researchers in the world.

Further research led Tracey to study the role of the vagus nerve in controlling the immune system. His work led him to hypothesize that stimulating the vagus nerve with electricity would alleviate inflammation. In 2007 he co-founded a company called SetPoint Medical which aimed to develop vagus nerve stimulation devices to treat autoimmune diseases. The company started clinical trials in 2011, and results published in 2016. Additionally in 2011, Tracey and colleagues discovered a memory T cell subset that secretes acetylcholine in the spleen when activated by signals arising in the vagus nerve.

Kevin J. Tracey Net Worth

Kevin J. Tracey is one of the richest Immunologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin J. Tracey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the early 1980s, Tracey and colleagues described the inflammatory activity of TNF-α and other cytokines, which ultimately led to the discovery and development of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for arthritis. A subsequently expanding field of research confirmed that TNF is a mediator of septic shock, but not sepsis. This prompted Tracey to search for another mediator of sepsis, culminating in 1999 by identification of HMGB1, a protein previously known as a DNA-binding transcription factor, as a mediator and drug target in sepsis. Tracey and his team developed a chemical called CNI-1493. He discovered that CNI-1493 tells brain cells to activate a particular nerve, the vagus nerve. Once activated, the nerve turns down TNF production.

In 1992, Tracey moved to Northwell Health, in Manhasset, New York, where he practiced neurosurgery and established the Laboratory of Biomedical Science (now the Center for Biomedical Science). In 2005 he was appointed president and CEO of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and professor at and president of the Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine (Manhasset, New York).

In February 2019, Tracey along with a team led by Tak Mak, PhD and Maureen Cox, PhD, reported that T cell–derived acetylcholine (ACh) play an important role in regulating immunity.

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Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Immunologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kevin J. Tracey celebrates birthday on December 10 of every year.