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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

SPIRIT RCC

RCC Leadership

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
Areas of Interest Secondary Brain Injury and Inflammation, Novel clinical trial design for prevention, Mechanisms of injury and recovery for translation
Co-Principal Investigator

Karen L. Furie, MD

Professor of Neurology, Chair of Neurology
Chief of Neurology
Samuel I. Kennison, MD and Bertha S. Kennison Professor of Clinical Neuroscience
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Rhode Island, The Miriam and Bradley Hospitals
Areas of Interest Stroke prevention, Acute stroke / neurointerventional, Neurocritical care
Co-Principal Investigator

Mark J. Alberts, MD, FAHA

Physician-in-Chief, Ayer Neuroscience Institute Hartford Healthcare
Chief, Department of Neurology, Hartford Hospital
Hartford HealthCare
Areas of Interest Acute stroke care, Secondary stroke prevention, Stroke centers / stroke systems of care
Co-Principal Investigator

Richard E. Temes, MD, MS

System Chief, Neurocritical Care
Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Northwell Health System
Areas of Interest Stroke prevention, acute treatment, and recovery, Neurocritical care, Neurosurgery
SPIRIT RCC Network

Partner Site Operations

Northwell Health
Trial Operations

Rohan Arora, MD, FAHA

Director, Stroke Clinical Trials, Northwell Health
Program Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship
& SPIRIT Fellowship Collaborative
Research Manager

Betsy Moclair, RN, CCRC

AVP, Clinical Research
Department of Neuroscience
Neurosurgery and Neurology
Yale School of Medicine
Trial Operations

Lauren Sansing, MD

Vice-Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Neurology
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Immunobiology
Yale School of Medicine
Research Manager / Primary Coordinator

Michael Kampp

Inpatient Clinical Research Manager
Department of Neurology
Divisions of Stroke and Neurocritical Care
Yale School of Medicine
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