RAISE FACULTY

RAISE FACULTY

Gregory W Albers, MD
Coyote Foundation Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences; Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery; Director, Stanford Stroke Cente, USA

Dr. Gregory W. Albers is the director of the Stanford Stroke Center, a position he has held since co-founding the center in 1992. A world leader in stroke research and treatment, the Stanford Stroke Center has pioneered major advances in medical therapies and consistently ranks among the most prolific research groups in the United States.

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Gregory W Albers, MD
Coyote Foundation Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences; Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery; Director, Stanford Stroke Cente, USA
Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiology; Lee and Harold Kapelovitz Distinguished Chair in Cardiology; Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA

Dr. Albert is a Professor of Cardiology and the founding Chair of the Department of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She is also the Lee and Harold Kapelovitz Distinguished Chair in Cardiology within the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.

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Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiology; Lee and Harold Kapelovitz Distinguished Chair in Cardiology; Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Catherine (Casey) Albin, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Emory University, USA

Dr. Catherine (Casey) Albin is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Emory University. She completed her neurology training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women’s Hospital and fellowship in medical simulation through the Learning Lab at MGH. She then completed her Neurocritical Care training at Emory, where she is now a Neurointensivist. Casey’s research focuses on using innovative approaches to medical education to improve the care of patients with neurologic emergencies.

Catherine (Casey) Albin, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Emory University, USA
Joseph P. Broderick, MD
Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Director, University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, USA

Joseph P. Broderick, MD, is Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Director of the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute.

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Joseph P. Broderick, MD
Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Director, University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, USA
Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS
Professor of Neurology; Vice Chair of Research; Stroke Division Chief, Wake Forest Baptist Health, USA

Short bio: Dr. Bushnell is Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair of Research, Stroke Section Chief, and co-Director of the Neuroscience Clinical Trial and Innovation Center at Wake Forest Baptist Health. She is the PI of the Western NC StrokeNet Regional Coordinating Center, co-PI of COMPASS (COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services), a pragmatic trial of a new models of post-acute care for stroke patients, and is testing other interventions to improve outcomes after stroke. She has also been a leader in the field of stroke in women, specifically risk factors unique to women and sex differences in stroke outcomes.

Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS
Professor of Neurology; Vice Chair of Research; Stroke Division Chief, Wake Forest Baptist Health, USA
Seemant Chaturvedi, MD
Stewart J. Greenebaum Endowed Professor of Stroke Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, is the Stewart J. Greenebaum Endowed Professor of Stroke Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is also the system-wide Director of the Stroke Program at the University of Maryland Medical System. His research interests include carotid stenosis treatment, sex differences in stroke, and quality of care in stroke prevention.

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD
Stewart J. Greenebaum Endowed Professor of Stroke Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
Thomas Christen, MD, PhD
Senior Medical Director in the Cardiology division, Boston Scientific, MA, USA

Thomas Christen received his MD and PhD from the University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland, and is a Swiss Board-Certified Cardiologist with advanced training in echocardiography. During his PhD he studied smooth muscle cell differentiation, inflammation, and mechanisms of restenosis. From 2006 to 2009, he was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Cardiology Division of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His research included molecular imaging of inflammation in atherosclerosis and heart transplantation.

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Thomas Christen, MD, PhD
Senior Medical Director in the Cardiology division, Boston Scientific, MA, USA
Alvin Das, MD
Neurointensivist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, USA

Dr. Alvin Das is a neurointensivist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University and pursued a neurology residency and neurocritical care fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital. His research interests involve understanding the underlying factors and cerebral small vessel disease phenotypes that contribute to hemorrhagic risk in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Alvin Das, MD
Neurointensivist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, USA
Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, MD
Medical Officer, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NHLBI, NIH, USA

Dr. Nickens is a Medical Officer in the Heart Failure and Arrhythmias Branch in the Division of Cardiovascular Science in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Dr. Nickens is responsible for the scientific development and fiscal management of relevant research programs focused on prevention, recognition and treatment in cardiovascular medicine.

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Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, MD
Medical Officer, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NHLBI, NIH, USA
Mitchell S. V. Elkind, MD, MS, FAAN, FAHA
Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA

Dr. Elkind is a tenured Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University, and Chief of the Division of Neurology Clinical Outcomes Research and Population Sciences (Neuro CORPS) in the Neurology Department. His research focuses on stroke prevention, inflammatory and infectious biomarkers in stroke risk prediction, atrial cardiopathy, immune therapy for acute stroke, and vascular causes of cognitive aging. He served as President of the American Heart Association in 2020-2021.

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Mitchell S. V. Elkind, MD, MS, FAAN, FAHA
Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
Christopher R. Ellis, MD, FACC, FHRS
Director LAA Closure Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

Dr. Ellis has directed his clinical and research interests in left atrial appendage directed stroke prevention therapies. He has performed over 1000 LAAC procedures including LARIAT, Amulet, Watchman, Watchman FLX, and CONFORMAL. He has played an integral role in the Amulet IDE, PINNACLE FLX, and Amaze trials and is currently enrolling in the CATALYST, OPTION and CHAMPION trials along with leading several investigator initiated studies in LAA therapies.

Christopher R. Ellis, MD, FACC, FHRS
Director LAA Closure Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Ahmed Elmouelhi
VP, AtriCure, USA

Ahmed Elmouelhi serves as vice president at AtriCure, a medical device company on a mission to reduce the global Afib epidemic and heal the lives of those affected. Ahmed’s 17-year tenure in health care has focused on pioneering novel therapies and market introductions to address cardiovascular and neurological disease. He is part of the success story at AtriCure and previously at Medtronic, AGA Medical, and St Jude Medical. Ahmed is a named inventor on over 12 US patents and a named author on several peer-reviewed medical journal publications. Heholds a B.S. & M.S. degrees from the MIT. Since 2003, he has resided in the Twin Cities with his wife and 3 boys.

Ahmed Elmouelhi
VP, AtriCure, USA
Ryan Gage
Clinical Advisor, Abbott

Ryan Gage is a Clinical Advisor in Abbott’s Structural Heart division. Ryan designs, manages the conduct, and disseminates knowledge from a number of Abbott’s Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion clinical studies. Ryan takes pride in restoring health and improving quality of life in structural heart disease patients served by the therapies he works to develop.

Ryan Gage
Clinical Advisor, Abbott
Elif Gokcal, MD
Research Fellow, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Dr. Gokcal has been working as a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center. Her primary interest is to better understand the mechanisms of cerebral small vessel diseases by using advanced multimodal molecular and physiologic imaging techniques. She completed her medical training and residency in Neurology in Istanbul, Turkey.

Elif Gokcal, MD
Research Fellow, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Larry B. Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAHA
Ruth L. Works Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology; Co-Director, Kentucky Neuroscience Institute; Co-Director, UK Neuroscience Research Priority Area; Interim Director, UK-Norton Stroke Care Network KY Clinic - University of Kentucky, USA

Dr. Goldstein is the Ruth L Works Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Co-Director of the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute and the UK Neuroscience Research Priority Area, and Interim Director of the UK-Norton Healthcare Stroke Care Network at the University of Kentucky.

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Larry B. Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAHA
Ruth L. Works Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology; Co-Director, Kentucky Neuroscience Institute; Co-Director, UK Neuroscience Research Priority Area; Interim Director, UK-Norton Stroke Care Network KY Clinic - University of Kentucky, USA
Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD
Stroke Branch Chief, Intramural Program; Senior Investigator, Stroke, Cognition, And Neuroepidemiology (SCAN) section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, USA

Rebecca Gottesman MD PhD is currently Stroke Branch Chief and Senior Investigator of the Stroke, Cognition, And Neuroepidemiology (SCAN) section at the NINDS Intramural program.

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Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD
Stroke Branch Chief, Intramural Program; Senior Investigator, Stroke, Cognition, And Neuroepidemiology (SCAN) section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, USA
Jonathan Graff-Radford, MD
Division Chair of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA

Jonathan Graff-Radford is a cerebrovascular and behavioral neurologist at Mayo Clinic where he serves as the division chair of behavioral neurology. His research focuses on using neuroimaging and neuropathology to understand the intersection between cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases.

Jonathan Graff-Radford, MD
Division Chair of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA
Steven M. Greenberg, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Promotions, John J. Conway Endowed Chair, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, USA

Dr. Steven M. Greenberg is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Vice Chair of Neurology for Faculty Development and Promotions, and John J Conway Endowed Chair in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Steven M. Greenberg, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Promotions, John J. Conway Endowed Chair, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, USA
Jonathan Hsu, MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Associate Professor, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA

Dr. Jonathan Hsu is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSD School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology. His primary clinical interest is in cardiac electrophysiology, and he specializes in both the medical and procedural care of patients with all types of heart rhythm disturbances.

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Jonathan Hsu, MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Associate Professor, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA
Elaine Hylek MD MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, USA

Elaine M. Hylek, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. She received her MD from the University of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine and a Masters in Public Health (quantitative methods) from Harvard University School of Public Health. Current roles include Director of the Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Service at Boston Medical Center. She is extensively published and designated a U.S. News Top Doctor and voted Best Doctors in America for the past decade.

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Elaine Hylek MD MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
Scott Janis, PhD
Program Director, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS), USA

Dr. Janis is a Program Director in the Division for Clinical Research for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). He oversees the clinical stroke program and is the scientific director of the NINDS Stroke Trials Network, StrokeNet. Prior to joining NINDS, Dr. Janis received his training in Clinical Neuroscience from the School of Medicine at the Georgetown University Medical Center and the Center of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University.

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Scott Janis, PhD
Program Director, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS), USA
Hooman Kamel, MD
Vice Chair for Research and Chief of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

Dr. Kamel is the Vice Chair for Research and Chief of Neurocritical Care in the Department of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is also the Director of the Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit in the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Department of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine. His research focuses on identifying new risk factors for stroke. He is helping to lead several multicenter randomized clinical trials and he has published over 300 scientific papers, including in leading journals such as NEJM and JAMA.

Hooman Kamel, MD
Vice Chair for Research and Chief of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Walter Koroshetz, MD
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), USA

Dr. Koroshetz is the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke which is the major funder of stroke research. Prior to NIH, Dr. Koroshetz practiced vascular neurology and neurointensive care at the Mass General Hospital.

Walter Koroshetz, MD
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), USA
Mariel Kozberg, MD, PhD
Vascular Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Dr. Mariel Kozberg is a vascular neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She completed her MD and PhD (neurobiology) degrees at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and her Neurology Residency and Vascular Neurology Fellowship at Mass General Brigham. Her clinical interests include small vessel disease and hemorrhagic stroke; her research focuses on vascular physiology, blood-brain barrier disruption, and brain inflammation in cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

Mariel Kozberg, MD, PhD
Vascular Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PHD
Norman J. Stupp Professor Professor of Neurology, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering; Head, Cerebrovascular Disease Section; Co-Director, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center Washington University School of Medicine & Barnes-Jewish Hospital, USA

Dr. Jin-Moo Lee is the Norman J. Stupp Professor of Neurology and director of the Cerebrovascular Disease Division at Washington University School of Medicine. Authoring almost 200 articles on stroke and Alzheimer’s disease, has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2000. Graduating from Yale College, he attended Weill Cornell Medical College, earning an MD/PhD in neuroscience. After residency training at the University of Pennsylvania, he completed a neurovascular fellowship at Washington University.

Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PHD
Norman J. Stupp Professor Professor of Neurology, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering; Head, Cerebrovascular Disease Section; Co-Director, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center Washington University School of Medicine & Barnes-Jewish Hospital, USA
Louise D. McCullough, MD, PHD, FAHA
Professor and Chair of Neurology; Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair in Neurology; Chief of Neurology, Memorial Hermann Hospital – Texas Medical Center, USA

Dr. Louise McCullough is a physician-scientist and practicing vascular neurologist with clinical expertise in sex/gender disparities, microbiome, stroke prevention, acute stroke treatments and outcome assessment.

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Louise D. McCullough, MD, PHD, FAHA
Professor and Chair of Neurology; Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair in Neurology; Chief of Neurology, Memorial Hermann Hospital – Texas Medical Center, USA
José G. Merino, MD, MPhil, FAHA, FAAN
Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief, Neurology journals, USA

Dr. Merino studied medicine in Mexico City and obtained a Master of Philosophy degree on the history of medicine from the University of Cambridge in England. He trained in neurology and psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and in stroke at the University of Western Ontario.

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José G. Merino, MD, MPhil, FAHA, FAAN
Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief, Neurology journals, USA
Karah Neisen
Sr. Clinical Program Manager, Medtronic, USA

Karah has been with Medtronic for 16 years and has held various leadership roles in clinical study management in the Cardiac Rhythm Management business and spent a decade working with Physicians and Clinicians as a Field Clinical Engineer on trials for Coronary, Renal Denervation, Aortic and Mitral values and Cardiac Rhythm disorders. Karah is currently a Sr. Clinical Program Manager supporting Medtronic’s Cardiovascular Diagnostics business and leads the global stroke initiatives. She is a certified lean six sigma Black Belt and has led a number of projects to improve clinical efficiencies and explore opportunities in developing markets.

Karah Neisen
Sr. Clinical Program Manager, Medtronic, USA
Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, FAAN
Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean, University of California, San Francisco; Chief Medical Officer, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, USA

Bruce Ovbiagele is a clinical epidemiologist and global health scholar, with a focus on reducing the burden of stroke among vulnerable and underserved populations. He is Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean at the University of California, San Francisco as well as Chief of Staff (Chief Medical Officer) at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Prior to these roles, he served for six years as Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Neurology at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, FAAN
Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean, University of California, San Francisco; Chief Medical Officer, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, USA
Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center & the Duke Clinical Research Institute; Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology section, Duke Heart Center, USA

Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FHRS is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure at Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He is the Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section at the Duke Heart Center.

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Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center & the Duke Clinical Research Institute; Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology section, Duke Heart Center, USA
Orchid Plescia
Group Marketing Manager, Abbott

Orchid Plescia is a Group Marketing Manager within Abbott’s Structural Heart division. She currently leads the PFO global marketing franchise and works to bring awareness and expand access to life-changing therapies for stroke survivors. Orchid has spent most of her career working in the cardiovascular space at leading medical device companies and holds an MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Orchid Plescia
Group Marketing Manager, Abbott
Ralph Sacco, MD, M.S., FAHA, FAAN
Chairman and Professor of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., is the Chairman of Neurology, Olemberg Family Chair in Neurological Disorders, Miller Professor of Neurology, Public Health Sciences, Human Genetics, and Neurosurgery, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Science, Executive Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, and Chief of the Neurology Service at Jackson Hospital System.

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Ralph Sacco, MD, M.S., FAHA, FAAN
Chairman and Professor of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
Jeffrey L. Saver, MD, FAHA, FAAN, FANA
Professor and SA Vice Chair for Clinical Research; Carol and James Collins Chair, Department of Neurology; Director, UCLA Comprehensive Stroke and Vascular Neurology Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA

Dr. Saver is SA Vice-Chair and Professor of Neurology at UCLA, and Director of the UCLA Comprehensive Stroke and Vascular Neurology Program.

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Jeffrey L. Saver, MD, FAHA, FAAN, FANA
Professor and SA Vice Chair for Clinical Research; Carol and James Collins Chair, Department of Neurology; Director, UCLA Comprehensive Stroke and Vascular Neurology Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA
Sean I. Savitz, MD
Professor of Neurology, the Frank M. Yatsu Chair, Director, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth), USA

Sean I. Savitz, MD is a Professor of Neurology, the Frank M. Yatsu Chair, and Director of the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth). He graduated from Harvard College, received his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed neurology residency training and a cerebrovascular fellowship at the Harvard Medical School Neurology Training Program.

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Sean I. Savitz, MD
Professor of Neurology, the Frank M. Yatsu Chair, Director, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth), USA
Magdy Selim, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Stroke Division and Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, USA

Magdy Selim, MD, PhD is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and is the Chief of the Stroke Division and Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He has a long track record of dedication to advance stroke care and research. He is well-known for his expertise and research in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).

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Magdy Selim, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Stroke Division and Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, USA
Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurology, McGovern Medical School in Houston, USA

Dr. Anjail Sharrief is an Associate Professor of Neurology at McGovern Medical School in Houston. She received her medical training at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physican and Surgeons and completed Neurology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She also holds a Masters of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Director of the Stroke Prevention Program at McGovern Medical School and Vice-Chair of Diversity Equity and Inclusion for the Department of Neurology.

Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurology, McGovern Medical School in Houston, USA
Candice Silversides, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; Editor in Chief, JACC Advances, Canada

Dr Silversides is a Cardiologist at the University of Toronto. She is a Professor of Medicine and the Miles Nadal Chair in Heart Disease. She is the Editor-in-Chief of JACC (Journal of the American College of Cardiology) Advances, a new JACC sister journal focused on emerging fields in Cardiology including Neurocardiology. She has >200 publications and has contributed to a number of international practice guidelines and consensus statements including chairing the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

Candice Silversides, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; Editor in Chief, JACC Advances, Canada
Eric Smith, MD, MPH, FRCP(C), FAHA
Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Canada

Dr. Smith is a Professor of Neurology in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary, and a member of the Calgary Stroke Program. His research interests include vascular cognitive impairment, covert stroke and small vessel disease, and stroke prevention.

Eric Smith, MD, MPH, FRCP(C), FAHA
Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Canada
Luciano A. Sposato, MD, MBA
Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Western University; Director, Heart & Brain Lab, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Chair, World Stroke Organisation Brain & Heart Task Force, Canada

Dr. Sposato’s research focuses on the Brain & Heart connection and leads a multidisciplinary and translational research program involving epidemiological, clinical, and experimental studies.

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Luciano A. Sposato, MD, MBA
Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Western University; Director, Heart & Brain Lab, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Chair, World Stroke Organisation Brain & Heart Task Force, Canada
Kenneth Stein, MD, FACC, FHRS
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Cardiac Rhythm Management and Global Health Policy, Boston Scientific, USA

Kenneth Stein, MD, FACC, FHRS, is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Rhythm Management at Boston Scientific.
Ken is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College (in Economics), and earned his MD from New York University School of Medicine. He completed his medical internship and residency at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he also completed his cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology training.

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Kenneth Stein, MD, FACC, FHRS
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Cardiac Rhythm Management and Global Health Policy, Boston Scientific, USA
Nicole B. Sur, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurology, Stroke Division; Pathway Director, Neuroscience and Behavioral Science Pathway, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Nicole Beaton Sur is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Miami Department of Neurology. She specializes in Vascular Neurology and her research focuses on identifying sex and race/ethnic disparities in the treatment and prevention of cardioembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Nicole B. Sur, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurology, Stroke Division; Pathway Director, Neuroscience and Behavioral Science Pathway, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
Ajay K. Wakhloo, MD, PhD, FAHA
Director of the Neurointerventional Radiology program at Beth Israel Lahey Health, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center; Professor at Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Ajay K. Wakhloo, MD, PhD, FAHA directs the Neurointerventional Radiology program at Beth Israel Lahey Health, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center and is Professor at Tufts University Medical School, Boston. He completed a fellowship in interventional Neuroradiology in Germany and Endovascular Neurosurgery in the department of Neurosurgery at SUNY-Buffalo, NY.

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Ajay K. Wakhloo, MD, PhD, FAHA
Director of the Neurointerventional Radiology program at Beth Israel Lahey Health, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center; Professor at Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Bradford B. Worrall, MD, MSc
Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor and Vice-chair for Research Department of Neurology; Chief of the Vascular Neurology Division and Program Director for the Vascular Neurology (Stroke) Fellowship Professor, Public Health Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Worrall is Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Neurology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Professor of Public Health Sciences. He also serves as Division Chief for Vascular (Stroke) Neurology and as the Vascular (Stroke) Neurology fellowship director at UVA.

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Bradford B. Worrall, MD, MSc
Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor and Vice-chair for Research Department of Neurology; Chief of the Vascular Neurology Division and Program Director for the Vascular Neurology (Stroke) Fellowship Professor, Public Health Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA
Clinton B. Wright, MD, M.S.
Director of the Division of Clinical Research National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), USA

Clinton B. Wright, M.D., M.S, is a vascular neurologist and specialist in cognitive disorders. He is Director of the Division of Clinical Research and Associate Director for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The Division develops new clinical science initiatives, maintains the scientific integrity of clinical trials, and provides expertise in monitoring the safety of human subjects research as well as statistics and clinical trial design, both to the Institute and to extramural investigators.

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Clinton B. Wright, MD, M.S.
Director of the Division of Clinical Research National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), USA
Shadi Yaghi, MD, FAHA
Associate Professor of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Co-Director, Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center; Vascular Neurology Division Chief, Brown Neurology, USA

Dr. Yaghi graduated from medical school from the American University of Beirut. This was followed by a neurology residency at the University of Arkansas. He then completed his training Vascular Neurology and Advanced Vascular Neurology at Columbia University.

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Shadi Yaghi, MD, FAHA
Associate Professor of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Co-Director, Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center; Vascular Neurology Division Chief, Brown Neurology, USA