Two voices, clearly attributed.
Vince Murdock is the lived-experience author on this site. He writes and bylines the medical pages about moyamoya disease and the personal pages about his own story. Vince was diagnosed with moyamoya in September 2019, underwent an eight-hour brain bypass at Stanford on 13 November 2019, and is the first professional athlete to have moyamoya surgery. His perspective is patient-led, not clinical.
The Miles for Moyamoya team writes the research-heavy posts where Vince has not directly contributed: round-up articles, news coverage, awareness campaigns, and pages that pull together sources Vince has not personally read end-to-end. Where a page is team-authored rather than Vince-authored, the byline says so.
We are honest about this distinction. Lived experience is not the same as a medical degree, and a team write-up is not the same as a first-person account. Both are valuable. Mixing them up would not be.
We cite from authoritative medical sources. Our default reference set is NIH/NINDS, NORD, Mayo Clinic, Stanford Moyamoya Center, Boston Children's Hospital Moyamoya Program, the AHA/ASA 2023 Scientific Statement, and peer-reviewed PubMed literature.
Every factual claim about prevalence, surgical outcomes, recurrence risk, or population data is hyperlinked inline to the underlying source. Substantive pages also carry a full sources list at the bottom so readers can scan the bibliography in one place.
We do not invent statistics. If we cannot find a source for a number, we do not publish the number. If a source contradicts a previously published claim, we update the page and note the change in the "Last updated" line.
If something on this site is wrong, we want to know. Here is what we commit to.
If you spot a factual error, a stat that does not match its source, a date that is wrong, or a citation that has been superseded by newer research, please contact us with the page URL and what you believe is incorrect.
We treat every correction request seriously, even when the correction is small. The credibility of this site rests on the accuracy of its medical content. Catching an error and fixing it openly is how that credibility is maintained, not erased.
Honest about where we are and where we are going.
We are in the process of establishing a clinical advisory board for medical-content review. Until that board is formally in place, content is reviewed against the published medical literature and the authoritative sources we cite. Every medical page on this site can be traced back to the NIH, AHA/ASA, Stanford, Boston Children's, NORD, or peer-reviewed literature it draws from.
We do not claim "medically reviewed by [clinician]" anywhere on the site until that reviewer is real, named, and credentialed. The Moyamoya Foundation, a peer organisation in the moyamoya non-profit space, holds NORD Platinum 2026 status. We are working toward the same level of transparency and governance.
When the clinical advisory board is formed, we will list its members on this page and add a "Medically reviewed by" line to pages they have signed off on. Until then, you will see "Authored by Vince Murdock, moyamoya survivor" and nothing more.
Information on this site is for awareness and education only and is not medical advice. Always consult a qualified physician about your specific situation. Nothing on Miles for Moyamoya should be used to diagnose, treat, or manage a medical condition without direct supervision from a licensed clinician familiar with your case.
Last reviewed: 25 May 2026.
If you are a clinician interested in joining our advisory board, a journalist with a query, or a reader who has spotted a mistake, we want to hear from you.