BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jacobs Institute founder L. Nelson "Nick" Hopkins died Saturday night at age 81 following a long illness.
Calling him an internationally renowned surgeon would probably be an understatement, considering his reach and legacy in Buffalo and across the world among both patients and the dozens of neurosurgeons whom he trained.
A 2021 inductee into the Western New York Business Hall of Fame, Hopkins brought experts from around the world together to design the Gates Vascular Institute and then recruited the partners to make the Jacobs Institute and GVI a reality.
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