2019-2020 NIH StrokeNet Trainee Directory

• CASE WESTERN RESERVE

  
  

  CLEVELAND REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  David Cunningham, PhD	dxc536@case.edu	James Knutson, PhD, Richard Wilson, MD, Ela Plow, PT, PhD	Fellow	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	Stroke, Non -invasive brain stimulation, Functional electrical stimulation, motor control & restoration	Click Here

• COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

  STROKE TRIALS NETWORK OF COLUMBIA AND CORNELL
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Maria Daniela Zambrano Espinoza, MD	mz2697@cumc.columbia.edu	Eliza Miller, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurologist	Stroke in Women, Risk Factors & Prevention	Click Here

• EMORY UNIVERSITY

  GEORGIA STROKENET

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Mary Alice Saltão da Silva, DPT	mary.alice.white@emory.edu	Michael Borich, PT, DPT, PhD, Steve Wolf, PhD	Fellow	Physical Therapy & Neurorehabilitation	Neural Plasticity, Stroke Rehabilitation, Acute Stroke, Sensorimotor Control	Click Here

• MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

  NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER (NERCC)
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Qi Li, MD, PhD	qili_md@126.com	Anand Viswanathan, MD, Lee Schwamm, MD, Joshua Goldstein, MD	Associate Professor	Neurologist	ICH, Imaging, SAH, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Cerebral Small Vessel Disease	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
  Joy Buie, MD, PhD	jonejn@musc.edu	Tanya Turan, MD	Fellow	Neurologist, Vascular Dysfunction	Stroke, Hypertension, & Dementia Health Disparities	Click Here

• MEDSTAR

  STROKE CENTRAL ATLANTIC NETWORK FOR RESEARCH (SCANR)
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Andrew Tesla DeMarco, PhD, CCC-SLP	ad1470@georgetown.edu	Alex Dromerick, MD, Amie Hsia, MD	Fellow	Neurology-Speech Language Pathologist	Aphasia Neurorehabilitation, Cognitive and Neural Architecture of Speech & Language Processing, Advanced Neuroimaging Methods	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

  CHICAGO STROKE TRIALS CONSORTIUM
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Nicholas Joseph Reish, MD, PhD	nicholas.reish@northwestern.edu	Shyam Prabhakaran, MD	Fellow	Neurologist	Outcomes in ICH, Molecular Biomarkers in Prognostication of Recover in ICH; Biomarkers in Acute & Chronic Cerebrovascular Disease	Click Here

• STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  STANFORD STROKE CENTER

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Margy E. McCullough-Hicks, MD	mmccullo@stanford.edu	Greg Albers, MD, Maarten Lansberg, MD, PhD	Fellow	Neurology / Vascular Neurology	Stroke Neuroimaging, Prediction Models Using Neuroimaging, Novel Neuroimaging Modalities	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

  Los Angeles Southern California (LASC)
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Pouria Moshayedi, MD, PhD	pouria@cantab.net	David Liebeskind, MD, Jeffrey Saver, MD	Fellow	Neurology	Vascular & Interventional Neurology, Translational Research, Blood Pressure & Collateral Status in LVO	Click Here

  University of Southern California
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Grace Kuo, MD	grace.kuo@med.usc.edu	Nerses, Sanossian, MD, Amytis Towfighi, MD	Fellow	Neurology	Acute & Critical Care of Stroke Patients	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO

  SAN DIEGO REGIONAL STROKENET
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Tamra I J Ranasinghe, MD	tamar@gmail.com	Thomas Hemmen, MD, PhD	Fellow	Neurology	Clinical Outcomes in Specialized Populations after EVT	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

  
  

  NORCAL RESEARCH COORDINATING CENTER
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Ivy Nguyen, MD	Ivy.nguyen@ucsf.edu	Anthony Kim, MD, Kari Meisel, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology / Neurology	Intracranial Stenosis, Variation in Practice, Systems of Care	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

  UC REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Farzan Ghodsianzadeh, DO	farzan.ghodsianzadeh@gmail.com	Pooja Khatri, MD, Dawn Kleindorfer, MD	Fellow	Neurology / Vascular	Improving Outcomes in Mechanical Thrombectomy with Intraoperative Medications and Improving Door to Puncture Times	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

  UNIVERSITY OF IOWA REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER
  

  Name	Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Amir Shaban, MD	Amir-shaban@uiowa.edu	Enrique Leira, MD, Harold Adams, MD, Charles Grose,, MD	Junior Faculty	Neurology	Cerebrovascular Variants, Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Stroke Outcomes	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

  FLORIDA REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Victor J. Del Brutton, MD	victor.delbruttoan@jhsmiami.org	Tatjana Rundek, MD, Jose Romano, MD, Sebastian Koch, MD, Ralph Sacco, MD	Junior Faculty	Neurology	Large Artery Arteiopathies, Acute Management of Stroke	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

  MICHIGAN STROKENET
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Liming Dong, PhD	lmdong@umich.edu	Lynda Lisabeth, PhD	Junior Faculty	Epidemiology	Stroke Epidemiology	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Samuel Nemanich, PhD	nemanich@umn.edu	Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT	Fellow	Rehabilitation Medicine	Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, Neuroimaging, Neurophysiology, Pediatric and Perinatal Stroke	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA NIH STROKENET (GPNSN)
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Ossama Khazaal, MD	Ossama.Khazaal@uphs.upenn.edu	Scott Kasner, MD, Brett Cucchiara, MD, Steven Messe, MD	Fellow	Neurology	Strokes Secondary to Hypercoagulable States, Uses of Wearable Technology in Inpatient & Outpatient Management, Basilar Artery Disease, Implantable Recorders & Arrhythmia Detection, NOAC use in Embolic Strokes	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

  UPMC STROKE

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Kunakorn Atchaneeyasakul, MD	k.atchanee@gmail.com	Ashtosh Jadhav, MD, Marcelo Rocha, MD	Junior Faculty	Neurology	Stroke Biomarker, Acute Stroke Imaging, Endovascular Stroke Therapy	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
  Sujan T. Reddy, MD	Sujan.T.Reddy@uth.tmc.edu	Amrou Sarraj, MD, Sean Savitz, MD	Fellow	Neurology	Acute Ischemic Stroke, Stroke Management, Neuro-imaging	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  UNIVERSITY OF UTAH STROKENET
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Eric D. Goldstein, MD	Eric.Goldstein@hsc.utah.edu	Jennifer Majersik, MD MS, Adam deHavenon, MD, Vivek Reddy, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Improving Neurologic Outcomes, Complex Inherited Stroke Diseases, Genetic Microangiopathic Syndromes	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM

  STROKEBELT STROKENET (SBSN)
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Yurany Andrea Arevalo Canizales, MD	aarevalo@uabmc.edu	Chen Lin, MD, Michael Lyerly, MD, Xiaohua Zhou, MD, Corey Shum	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Stroke Rehabilitation	Click Here

• WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

  WESTERN NC STROKENET

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Christine Tschoe, MD	ctschoe@wakehealth.edu	Stacey Wolfe, MD, Cheryl Bushnell, MD, Pamela Duncan, MD	Fellow	Neurosurgery	Modulation of the Inflammatory process surrounding ICH	Click Here

• WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

  MID AMERICA REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER (MARCC)
  

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  James Giles, MD, PhD	jamesagiles@wustl.edu	Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD	Fellow	Neurology, Cerebrovascular Disease	Population Health, Systems of Care, Arterial Thrombosis	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
  Jacqueline Hirsh Geer, MD	jacqueline.geer@yale.edu	Klar Yaggi, MD, Kevin Sheth, MD	Fellow	Pulmonary / Pulmonologist - Pulmonary & Critical Care	Interplay between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and ICH to Improve Outcome Post-stroke	Click Here