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99 | Nicholas Schiff
The neurologist who's bringing the brain-damaged back to lifeWHAT HE'S CHANGING: Schiff, a physician-scientist at Weill Cornell, led a team of doctors who transformed a minimally conscious patient by stimulating his brain with implanted electrodes. After six years in a near-coma, the patient was able to speak, eat and express emotions.
SKEPTICS SAY: The case was based on a single patient; Schiff is now beginning to try the procedure in 11 others.
NEXT FIGHT: Evolving new rehabilitation approaches for traumatic brain injury, which could help soldiers with severe head trauma from combat zones like Iraq.