Mayank Goyal is a Professor in the Department of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary. He is the Director of Imaging and Endovascular treatment at the Calgary Stroke Program. Dr. Goyal's passion and main research interest is acute stroke imaging, workflow and intervention. He has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He was one of the Principal Investigators in two global multi-centric trials in the field: ESCAPE and SWIFT PRIME (both published in NEJM). Dr. Goyal is world renowned for his ground-breaking work in efficiency and workflow in acute stroke intervention. Mayank is an innovator and is always thinking of solutions to problems. He also came up with a new way of imaging in acute stroke called multiphase CT angiography. This technique subsequently became the basis for the PROVE IT study and was implemented globally as part of the ESCAPE study. He is also leading a meta-analysis (HERMES) consisting of the recent 7 positive trials with successful publications in Lancet, JAMA, Lancet Neurology. Dr. Goyal continues to push the boundaries of stroke research and is the Co-PI for a worldwide trial (partially funded by CIHR) called ESCAPE-NA1. co-PI of a worldwide study of understanding variance of decision making in acute stroke (UNMASK EVT). Mayank enjoys teaching and successfully runs a yearly stroke called 5T (where the 5Ts stand for: teamwork, transport, training, technique and technology). He was recently awarded the Distinguished Career Achievement Award by the Canadian Association of Radiology.