The Wake Forest StrokeNet is led by Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSOM), a pioneer in research to improve transitional care and outcomes after stroke. WFUSOM has partnered with sites in the region and across Advocate Health to develop this comprehensive network, which includes 4 of the 6 Comprehensive Stroke Centers in North Carolina in the middle of the Stroke Belt region.

Together, WFUSOM (regional coordinating center), Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health Carolinas Rehab Northeast, Novant Forsyth Medical Center, and Advocate Christ Hospital in Chicago work together to successfully implement StrokeNet trials and design new stroke treatment trials from acute presentation to rehabilitation. The referral and telestroke outreach of our network includes both urban and rural areas, including the Piedmont region, nearly all of NC west of the Piedmont, part of southern Virginia, and Chicago.

The Wake Forest StrokeNet RCC participates in: ARCADIA, ARCADIA-CSI, ASPIRE, CAPTIVA, CREST-2, CREST-H, FASTEST, MOST, SATURN, Sleep SMART, TRANSPORT2, and VERIFY.

Wake Forest StrokeNet

Wake Forest University School of Medicine Medical Center Blvd
Winston-Salem, NC 2715
https://school.wakehealth.edu/
 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS Professor of Neurology Director, Center for Transformative Stroke Care Chair, American Heart Association Stroke Council Phone: 336-713-7788 Email: cheryl.bushnell@wfusm.edu Areas of Interest: Stroke Outcomes and Recovery, Stroke Prevention, Sex Differences in Stroke .

CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Stacey Wolfe, MD, FAANS, FCNS, FACS Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology Phone: 336-719-4061 Email: stacey.wolfe@wfusm.edu Areas of Interest:  Cerebrovascular Neuorsurgery, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Aneurysms, AV/M, MoyaMoya, Carotid Disease, Thrombectomy CO-INVESTIGATORS Mustapha Ezzeddine, MD Professor of Neurology Phone: 336-713-7788 Email:  mustapha.ezzeddine@wfusm.edu Areas of Interest:  Intracerebral hemorrhage, Neurocritical Care

RCC Project Manager Erika Bayne Phone:  336-716-4270 Email: erika.bayne@advocatehealth.org

AFFILIATED SITE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC Rahul Karamchandani, MD Joe Bernard, MD Nikhil Patel, MD

Atrium Health Carolina Rehabilitation NorthEast, Concord, ND Nicole Rup, MD

Novant Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem Mitchell Hargis, MD

ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, NC Shaliles Male - MD

Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL Arth Srivastava, MD

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL Anit Behera, MD Demetrius Lopes, MD

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center - Milwaukee, WI Thomas Wolfe, MD  Nicholas Osteraas, MD

Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC Amanda Pardon, MD

Novant Presbyterian - Charleston NC Melanie Greenway, MD - PI