Neil Vora, M.D.

Dr. Neil Vora is a physician with Conservation International, where he leads its efforts on pandemic prevention. He served for nearly a decade with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2013, Dr. Vora led an investigation in the country of Georgia of a newly discovered poxvirus related to the viruses that cause monkeypox and smallpox. He deployed for the CDC to Liberia in 2014 and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019 to assist in the responses to the two largest Ebola outbreaks ever. From 2020 to 2021, Dr. Vora developed and led New York City’s COVID-19 contact tracing program, overseeing a team of over 3,000 people. He still sees patients in a public tuberculosis clinic in New York City. Outside of work, Dr. Vora loves to spend time with his rescue pets and to train in Brazilian jiu jitsu.