2015-2016 NIH StrokeNet Trainee Directory

• CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

   

  CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Nathaniel Makowski, PhD	nathaniel.makowski@gmail.com	Ronald J. Triolo, Ph.D, John Chae, MD, Frances Bethoux, MD	Postdoctoral Fellow	Rehabilitation, Biomedical Engineering	Stroke, Functional Electrical Stimulation, Motor Restoration, Movement Control	Click Here

• COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

  COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Sara Rostanski, MD	skr2140@cumc.columbia.edu	Randolph Marshall, MD, Joshua Willey, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Sleep Apnea, Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease, Systems of Stroke Care: Physician-Patient Language Discordance and Acute Stroke decision making Delirium in Acute Stroke: Incidence and Predictors	Click Here

• EMORY UNIVERSITY

   

  EMORY UNIVERSITY

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Whitney Gray, DPT	wernst@emory.edu	Steve Wolf, PT, PhD, Michael R. Borich, DPT, PhD	Fellow	Physical Therapy, Neurorehabilitation	Motor Control in Stroke Recovery	Click Here

• MASSACHUSETTES GENERAL HOSPITAL

   

  MASSACHUSETTES GENERAL HOSPITAL

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Arne Lauer, MD	ALauer@partners.org	Natalia Rost, MD, Patricia Musolino, MD, PhD, Anand Viswanathan, MD, PhD	Fellow	Neurology	Small Vessel Disease of the Brain	Click Here

• MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

   

  MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Pratik Yashvant Chhatbar, MD, PhD	chhatbar@musc.edu	Wayne Feng, MD, MS, Daniel Lackland, DrPH, Edward Jauch, MD, MS	Fellow	Stroke Rehabilitation	Post Stroke Motor Recovery, Medical Device Development	Click Here

• MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE

   

  MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Shashwati Geed, PT, PhD	shashwati.geed@medstar.net	Barbara Bregman, PT, PhD, Alexander Dromerick, MD, Amie Hsia, MD, Peter Lum, PhD, Susan Ryerson, PT, DSc	Fellow	Physical Therapy / Neurorehabilitation	Post Stroke Recovery in Neuromotor control of upper-extremity with emphasis on arm and hand.	Click Here

• NEW YORK CITY COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER: Mount Sinai Medical Center

   

  NEW YORK CITY COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER: Mount Sinai Medical Center

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  David Hahn, MD, MSc	David.hahn@mountsinai.org	Stanley Tuhrim, MD Dhamoon, J Mocco, MDn Laura Balcer, MD, Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH, Mark Mehler, MD	Fellow	Neurology	Stroke Systems of Care and EMS Integration, Shared Medical Decision making, Stroke Prognosis	Click Here
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• NEW YORK CITY COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER: New York School of Medicine

   

  NEW YORK CITY COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER: New York School of Medicine

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Emily S. Goldmann, PhD	esg236@nyu.edu	Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH	Junior Faculty	Stroke Epidemiology	Stroke Disparities Research, Investigation of Mental Health Outcomes in Stroke, Role of Social Networks in Stroke Risk and Outcomes	Click Here

• NEW YORK CITY COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER: Montefiore Medical Center

   

  NEW YORK CITY COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL COORDINATING CENTER: Montefiore Medical Center

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Mellanie Springer, MD	mspringe@montefiore.org	Daniel Labovitz; MD	Junior Faculty	Stroke Neurology	Secondary Stroke Prevention	Click Here

• NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO

   

  NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Scott Mendelson, PhD, MD	scott.mendelson@northwestern.edu	Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, Jane Louise Holl, MD, Elisa Gordon, PhD	Fellow	Neurology	Vascular Neurology	Click Here

• STANFORD UNIVERSITY

   

  STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Sun Kim, MD	Sun Kim, MD sunk@stanford.edu	Maarten Lansberg, MD, PhD, Greg Albers, MD	Fellow	Stroke Neurology	Multi-modal CT Imaging in Acute Stroke	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

   

  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Lindsey Frischmann, DO	lindseyfrischmann@gmail.com	David Liebeskind, MD, Amytis Towfighi, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Stroke Systems of Care	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO

   

  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Kunal Agrawal, MD	agrkun@gmail.com	Michael Lobatz, MD	Fellow	Neurology	Recovery after Stroke	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

   

  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Natalie T. Cheng, MD	natalie.cheng@ucsf.edu	Anthony Kim, MD, MAS Wade Smith, MD, PhD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Stroke Disparities, Cost Effectiveness of Diagnostic Testing, Global Health, Hypercoagulable States	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

   

  UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Michael Star, MD	michael.j.star@gmail.com	Dawn Kleindorfer, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Public Awareness of Stroke	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

   

  UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Brett A. Faine, PharmD	brett-faine@uiowa.edu	Enrique Leira, MD, MS, James Torner, PhD, Nicholas Mohr, MD, MS, Steven Lentz, MD, PhD	Trainee	Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist	Rural Care of Stroke Patients, Care of Inter-Hospital Transfer Patients.	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

   

  UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Maranatha O. Ayodele, MD	mara.ayodele@gmail.com	Tatjana Rundek, MD, PhD, Kristine O’Phelan, MD, Jose Romano, MD, Sebastian Koch, MD, Chuanhui Dong, PhD, Ralph Sacco, MD, MsPH	Junior Faculty	Cerebrovascular Diseases and Neurocritical Care	Optimizing Stroke, SAH & ICH Recovery Process, Optimizing Management of Neurocritical Care, Benefits of Hematoma Evacuation in Non-Traumatic ICH, EEG Monitoring in ICU Patients with Cerebrovascular Diseases.	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

  2015-2016 Publications 

  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Natalie Wheeler, MD, JD	wheelern@umich.edu	Devin Brown, MD James Burke, MD Lewis Morgenstern, MD, Lesli Skolarus, MD	Trainee	Vascular Neurology	Stroke Care Delivery, Quality Improvement, Legal/Ethical Issues in Stroke Management.	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

   

  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Joshua Lim, MD	Limxx132umn.edu	Andrew Grande, MD, Mustapha Ezzeddine, MD	Trainee	Neurosurgery	Stroke	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  2015-2016 Publications 

  UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Ava Liberman, MD	Ava.liberman@uphs.upenn.edu	Scott Kasner, MD, Michael Mullen, MD, Steven Messee, MD, Brett Cucchiara, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Systems of care – improving in-hospital stroke care using a nurse attending model Physician decision making – qualitative analysis of physician-to-physician communication Secondary stroke prevention – risk of thrombotic events after diagnosis of cerebral vein thrombosis	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

   

  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Marcelo Rocha, MD, PhD	rochm@upmc.edu	Lawrence Wechsler, MD, Tudo Jovin, MD, Maxim Hammer, MD, Clifton Callaway, MD	Fellow	Vascular Neurology	Pre-hospital Stroke Treatment, Acute stroke pathophysiology, Cerebral edema, Neuroprotection, Acute neuroimaging/neurosonology	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON

   

  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Muhammad Haque, PhD	muhammad.e.haque.edu	Khader Hasan, PhD	Faculty	Clinical and Neuroimaging in Stroke	To develop quantitative neuroimaging markers of secondary injury, and brain repair after stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

   

  UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Alicia Bennett, DO	alicia.bennett@hsc.utah.edu	Jennifer Majersik, MD, Safdar Ansari, MD, Lorie Richards, PhD, Sandra Reyna, MD, Ana Maria Lopez, MD	Fellow	Neurology/Vascular Neurology	Stroke Prevention and Recovery	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

   

  NORTHWEST STROKE TRIALS NETWORK (NW-STN) 

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Jared D. Olson, MD	jaredol@uw.edu	Jeffrey Ojemann, MD, Felix Darvas, PhD Eberhard Fetz, PhD	Junior Faculty	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Neural stimulation and neural plasticity	Click Here

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

   

  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Kyle I Swanson, MD	k.swanson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu	Robert Dempsey, MD, Justin Williams, PhD, Wendell Lake, MD, Stephanie Wilbrand, PhD	Fellow	Neurosurgery	Cerebrovascular Stroke, Micro Electrocorticography, Cortical Stimulation, Deep Brain Stimulation, Optogenetics, Mechanisms and Pathophysiology of Stroke	Click Here

• VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

   

  VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

  Name	E-Mail	Mentor(s)	Status	Specialty	Research Interests	Publications
  Peter Morone, MD	peter.morone@vanderbilt.edu	Andrew Shaw, MBBS	Trainee	Neurosurgery, Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology	Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Vitamin K and Platelet Utilization in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage	Click Here