2022-2023 NIH Strokenet Trainee Directory

• CASE WESTERN UNIVERSITY

   

  STROKE TRIALS NETWORK OF COLUMBIA AND CORNELL
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Akhil Mohan, PhD, MD	mohana2@ccf.org	Ela Plow, PhD, PT Jayme Knutson, PhD, Ken Uchino, David Cunningham, PhD	Post-doctoral Fellow	Biomedical Engineer	Stroke Rehabilitation, Brain Stimulation, Neurophysiology	Click Here

• COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

   

  STROKE TRIALS NETWORK OF COLUMBIA AND CORNELL
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Chinwe Ibeh, MD	ci73@cumc.columbia.edu	Randy Mardshall, MD, Joshua Wiley, MD, Mitch Elkind, MD	Junior Faculty	Neurologist	Cardioembolic Mechanisms of Stroke; Stroke and Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure and advanced cardiac disease.	Click Here

• EMORY

  GEORGIA STROKENET

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Mateus Damiani, MD	mateusdamiani@gmail.com	Diogo Haussen MD, Michael Frankel, MD	Fellow	Neurologist	Neurointerventional, Acute Stroke, Neuroimaging .	Click Here

• MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

  New England Regional Coordinating Center (NERCC)
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Kenda Alhadid, MD MSc	KALHADID@MGH.HARVARD.EDU	Patricia Musolino, Javier Romero, Scott Silverman	Fellow	Neurologist	Cerebrovascular reserve in cervical and intracranial cerebrovascular disease, structural/functional connectivity in pediatric patients with stroke. .	Click Here

• MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  SE-CoAST Collaborative Alliance for Stroke Trials (SE-CoAST)
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Ewan Rhys Williams, PhD, MPT	williaew@musc.edu	Chris Gregory, PhD, PT; Marc-Andre Cornier, MD	Fellow	Neurologist	Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery .	Click Here

• MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  Stroke Central Atlantic Network for Research (SCANR)
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Melissa E. Pauling	mpauling@som.umaryland.edu	Dr. Robynne Braun, University of Maryland	Non-MD trainee	Neurologist	Neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, stroke recovery/rehabilitation, rehabilitation technology .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

  Chicago Stroke Trials Consortium
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Farhan Khan, MD	farhan.khan@uchospitals.edu	Shyam Prabhakaran MD, MS; Scott Mendelson, PhD, MD	Fellow	Neurologist	QI in stroke/TIA, mhealth interventions, ESUS/PFO, PRES .	Click Here

• STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  Stanford Stroke Center
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Anirudh Sreekrishnan, MD, MHS	asreekri@stanford.edu	Maarten Lansberg, Greg Albers, Lironn Kraler	Fellow	Neurologist	Perfusion Imaging, Secondary Stroke Prevention, Quality Improvement .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

  Los Angeles Southern California
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Trevor Cline, MD	tcline6290@gmail.com	Dr. Navdeep Sangha, Dr. Duy Le	Fellow	Neurologist	Reperfusion therapies of acute ischemic stroke .	Click Here

  
  Los Angeles Southern California
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Keiko Fukuda, MD	kafukuda@ucla.edu	David Liebeskind, MD; Jeffrey Saver, MD	Fellow	Neurologist	Vascular neurology and interventional neurology, Arteriopathy, and IIH .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO

  San Diego Regional StrokeNet
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Ben Alwood, MD	benalwood@gmail.com	Brett C. Meyer, MD, Divya Bolar, MD, PhD	Fellow	Neurologist	Advanced imaging for acute stroke treatment, systems of care improvement, telehealth quality improvement,  recognition of CAA and risks in thrombolysis, disparities in stroke recognition .	Click Here Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

  NorCal Research Coordinating Center
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Nicole Rosendale, MD	Nicole.rosendale@ucsf.edu	Primary mentor: Anthony Kim, MD, MAS Co-mentors: Michelle Albert, MD, MPH; Mitchell Lunn, MD, MAS	Junior Faculty	Neurology/Neurohospitalist	Stroke and stroke risk factor disparities in sexual and gender minority adults .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

  UC Regional Coordinating Center
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Felipe Ayala, MD	fayala415@gmail.com	Eva Mistry, MD; Pooja Khatri, MD; Stacie Demel, DO, PhD	Fellow	Neurology, Vascular Neurology	Large vessel occlusion, acute stroke research, stroke trialist .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

  University of Iowa Regional Coordinating Center
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Anne Zepeski, PharmD, BCPS	Anne-zepeski@uiowa.edu	Nicholas Mohr (Emergency Medicine/Epidemiology), Brett Faine (Emergency Medicine Pharmacy) Enrique Leira (Stroke Neurology)	Non-MD Trainee	Emergency Medicine Pharmacist	anticoagulation reversal in hemorrhagic stroke, interhospital transfer of stroke patients, laboratory monitoring of DOACs .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

  Florida Regional Coordinating Center
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Lauri Bishop, PhD, PT, DPT	Lauri.bishop@gmail.com	Tatjana Rundek, MD, PhD Neva Kirk-Sanchez, PhD, PT Jose Romano, MD	Assistant Professor (Junior Faculty)	Department of Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy	Stroke, Locomotor recovery, Motor Learning, Disparities among stroke recovery, Physical Activity, Rehabilitation .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

  Michigan StrokeNet
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Christopher Becker, MD	cbec@med.umich.edu	Primary mentor: Devin Brown, MD, MS Additional mentors: Lewis Morgenstern, MD; Darin Zahuranec, MD, MS; Mellanie Springer, MD, MS, Lynda Lisabeth, PhD	Research Fellow	Neurology	Clinical/health services research, optimizing stroke survivorship .	Click Here

  
  Michigan StrokeNet
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Lauren Mamer MD, PhD	lmamer@med.umich.edu	- Phillip A. Scott, MD, MBA, Professor and Associate Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine - Devin L. Brown, MD, MS, Professor of Neurology, Director of Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program, University of Michigan - William J. Meurer, MD, MS, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine - Cemal B. Sozener, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine	Clinical Instructor (MD)	Emergency Medicine	Acute ischemic stroke intervention, imaging acquisition in acute ischemic stroke, systems of care within the emergency department and regional stroke networks. .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

  University of Minnesota Regional Coordinating Center
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Dania Qaryouti, MD	qaryo001@umn.edu	Christopher Streib, MD, MS	Vascular Neurology Fellow	Neurology/Neurologist	Healthcare disparities, Telestroke, Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  The Greater Philadelphia NIH StrokeNet (GPNSN)
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Michela Rosso, MD	michela.rosso@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Scott Kasner, MD	Fellow	Neurologist	stroke-heart syndrome; gender differences in acute ischemic stroke .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH

  UPMC Stroke Institute
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Murat Sari, MD	sarim3@upmc.edu	Marcelo Rocha, MD, PhD, Matthew Starr, MD, Raul Nogueira, MD	Junior Faculty	Neurologist	COVID-19 and Stroke relation, Healthcare disparities during COVID-19 Pandemic .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON

  The Gulf Regional Area Stroke Programs
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Mohammad Rauf Chaudhry, MBBS	Mohammad.Rauf.A.Chaudhry@uth.tmc.edu	Sunil Sheth, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Predictors of readmissions among stroke subsites .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  University of Utah StrokeNet
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Holden Wagstaff, MD	Holden.wagstaff@hsc.utah.edu	Jennifer Majersik, MD, MS; Scott Youngquist, MD, MS; Austin Johnson, MD, PHD, FACEP; Hill Stoecklein, MD	Fellow, PGY 4	Department of Emergency Medicine, Fellow of Emergency Medicine Services	Improved pre-hospital stroke care through EMS provider education in stroke detection and triage .	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM

  StrokeBelt StrokeNet (SBSN)
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Victor A. Del Bene, PhD	victordelbene@uabmc.edu	Ronald M. Lazar, PhD, Toby Ira Gropen, MD, and Michael J. Lyerly, MD	Junior Faculty (Assistant Professor)	Neurology; Neuropsychologist	Stroke, TIA, and vascular risk factors and associated cognitive decline; vascular contributions of neurodegenerative illness .	Click Here

• WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

  Western NC StrokeNet
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Mohammad Iyas Kawas, MD, PhD candidate	mkawas@wakehealth.edu	Stacey Wolfe, MD, Cheryl Bushell, MD, Chris Whitlow, MD, PhD	MD, Neuroscience PhD Student	Radiology	Neuroimaging structural and functional biomarkers of aging and age-related pathologies like cerebrovascular disease and stroke .	Click Here

• WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

  Mid America Regional Coordinating Center (MARCC)
  
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Alyssa Smith, MD	smithalyssa@wustl.edu	Kristin Guilliams, MD, MSCI	Junior Faculty	Neurology, pediatric neurologist	Neuromodulation to improve outcomes after pediatric acquired brain injury .	Click Here

• YALE UNIVERSITY

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

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Teng J. Peng Zhao, MD	teng.pengzhao@yale.edu	Nils Petersen, MD and Walter Kernan, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Cerebral autoregulation in patients after intracerebral hemorrhage .	Click Here