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Southern New England Partnership in Stroke Research, Innovation and Treatment (SPIRIT)


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The Southern New England Partnership in Stroke Research, Innovation and Treatment (SPIRIT) is anchored by four leading institutions, Yale School of Medicine, the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Hartford Healthcare and Northwell Health, each of which is a comprehensive stroke center.  SPIRIT and its respective networks capture a diverse geographic area that provides access to over 8.7 million people, including adult and pediatric stroke patients in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York.



SPIRIT (Southern New England Partnership in Stroke Research, Innovation and Treatment)

Department of Neurology
Yale School of Medicine
15 York Street
Lippard Lab Clin Invest (LLCI), 10th Floor, Suite 1004
New Haven, CT 06510

  1. StrokeNET SPIRIT Regional Coordinating Center
  2. Yale Vascular Neurology Stroke Center
  3. Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center
  4. Hartford HealthCare Comprehensive Stroke Center
  5. Northwell Health Stroke Center

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Kevin N. Sheth, MD
Director, Yale Center for Brain & Mind Health
Vice Chair for Clinical & Translational Research
Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery
Yale School of Medicine
Phone: 443-615-4729
email: kevin.sheth@yale.edu

 Areas of Interest: Secondary Brain Injury and Inflammation, Novel clinical trial design for prevention, Mechanisms of injury and recovery for translation

 

CO-PRINCIPALINVESTIGATORS

Karen L. Furie, MD
Professor of Neurology, Chair of Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Chief of Neurology
Rhode Island, The Miriam and Bradley Hospitals
Samuel I. Kennison, MD and Bertha S. Kennison Professor of Clinical Neuroscience
Professor of Neurology, Chair of Neurology
Phone: 401-444-8795
email: kfurie@lifespan.org

Areas of Interest: Stroke prevention, Acute stroke/ neurointerventional, Neurocritical care

 

Mark J. Alberts, MD, FAHA
Physician-in-Chief, Ayer Neuroscience Institute Hartford Healthcare
Chief, Department of Neurology, Hartford Hospital
Phone: 860-972-9618
email: mark.alberts@hhchealth.org

Areas of Interest: Acute stroke care, Secondary stroke prevention,Stroke centers/stroke systems of care

Richard E. Temes, MD, MS

System Chief, Neurocritical Care
Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Northwell Health System
Phone: 516-562-3068
email: Rtemes@northwell.edu

Area of Interest: Stroke prevention, acute treatment, and recovery, Neurocritical care, Neurosurgery

 

SPIRIT PROGRAM MANAGER
Ruth Arnold, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Stroke and Neurology Critical Care
Phone: 203-809-8726
email: ruth.arnold@yale.edu

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL TRIAL OPERATIONS
Tina M. Burton, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Neurology, Division of Vascular Neurology
Phone: 401-444-8806
 email: tina.burton@lifespan.org

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL TRIAL OPERATIONS

Shadi Yaghi, MD
Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital
Director, Research at the Neurovascular Center, Rhode Island Hospital
Director, Vascular Neurology, Lifespan
email: syaghi1@lifespan.org

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL RESEARCH MANAGER

Ashley Schomer
Research Supervisor
Department of Neurology
Phone: 401-606-4387
email: Ashley.Schomer@lifespan.org

HARTFORD HEALTHCARE TRIAL OPERATIONS
Yan Hou, MD, PhD
Vascular Neurologist Hartford Hospital
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
Phone: 860-972-3621
email: Yan.Hou@hhchealth.org

HARTFORD HEALTHCARE PRIMARY COORDINATOR
Laura Grenier, BA, BS, CRA, CCRC
Neuroscience Clinical Research Coordinator
Phone: 860-972-9705
email: laura.grenier@hhchealth.org

NORTHWELL HEALTH TRIAL OPERATIONS
Rohan Arora, MD, FAHA
Director, Stroke Clinical Trials, Northwell Health
Program Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship
& SPIRIT Fellowship Collaborative
email: rarora@northwell.edu

NORTHWELL HEALTH RESEARCH MANAGER
Betsy Moclair RN, CCRC
Director, Clinical Research Programs
Department of Neurosurgery
Phone: 516-253-7753
email: bmoclair@norhwell.edu

YALE TRIAL OPERATIONS
Lauren Sansing, MD
Vice-Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Neurology
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Immunobiology
Yale School of Medicine
Phone: 203-785-4085
email: lauren.sansing@yale.edu

YALE RESEARCH MANAGER/PRIMARY COORDINATOR
Michael Kampp
Inpatient Clinical Research Manager
Department of Neurology
Divisions of Stroke and Neurocritical Care
Yale School of Medicine
Phone: 203-737-2073
email: michael.kampp@yale.edu

 














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