Vivistim Co-Founder Named Innovator of the Year by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons featuring MicroTransponder
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MicroTransponder®, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company and developer of the breakthrough Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System for chronic stroke recovery, today announced that its co-founder and chief scientific officer, Navzer Engineer, MD, Ph.D., won the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Innovator of the Year Award. Following presentations from each of the three finalists, attendees at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 75th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles voted for the Innovator of the Year, and the winner was announced during the General Scientific Session on October 15.
