Vascular Neurology – Stroke
UVA offers a multi-disciplinary program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of all forms of stroke. We treat both hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes, in the acute and recovery phases of care. To achieve this, UVA has a team of caregivers- available for 24 hour / 7 day a week delivery of acute care to stroke victims. This care includes the use of thrombolytics, devices and other interventional procedures. Some of these therapies were researched and tested at UVA and are now part of national treatment paradigms.
UVA has had a long history of designing and participating in cutting edge stroke clinical trials as a means of advancing the care of stroke. We envision accelerating the pace and broadening the reach of our care for stroke patients through innovative strategies moving access to our vascular expertise into emergency medical services, partner hospitals, advanced telestroke systems, and community outreach. The University of Virginia will provide the fastest and most sophisticated stroke care regionally leveraging and expanding the acute stroke intervention team, advanced neuroimaging, stroke genetics and epidemiology, and growing stroke telemedicine catchment throughout the region.
Primary Clinical Faculty
Bradford Worrall, M.D., M.Sc., Stroke Division Head, Vascular Fellowship Director
email: BBW9R@uvahealth.org
Andrew M. Southerland, M.D., M.Sc., Associate Fellowship Director
email: AS5EF@uvahealth.org
Amna Sohail, M.D., M.Sc., Associate Fellowship Director
email: ZRX5FU@uvahealth.org
email: GBG7XP@uvahealth.org
email: SC2BD@uvahealth.org
Robert Sawyer Jr, M.D., Comprehensive Stroke Center Co-Director
email: bfg8sh@uvahealth.org
Nina J. Solenski, M.D., Telestroke Division Program Director
email: NJS2J@uvahealth.org
email: CBQ4XR@uvahealth.org
email: JRC8Z@uvahealth.org
Andrew Slusher
email:
John Del Castillo, M.D., Vascular Fellow
email: HAV6YF@uvahealth.org
Justin Perdue, M.D., Vascular Fellow
email: AKF7WG@uvahealth.org
Fellowship Coordinator
Keeley McNamara
email: ynp9sg@uvahealth.org
Administrative Assistant
Karen Dingus
email: KCA5R@uvahealth.org
Advanced Practice Providers
Keri Johnson, RN, MSN, FNP, CSC Core Team
email: KAJ4M@uvahealth.org
Research Faculty
Karen C. Johnston, M.D., M.Sc.
email: KJ4V@uvahealth.org
Chad M. Aldridge, PT, DPT, MS-CR, NCS
email: CMA7N@uvahealth.org
Rachael Stone, PharmD
email: ZNY6VZ@uvahealth.org
Secondary Faculty
Endovascular Team
Interventional Neuroradiology
Colin Derdeyn, M.D., Neuroradiology, Interim Dean
email: CPD3YT@uvahealth.org
Avery J. Evans, M.D., Neuroradiology
email: AJE5U@uvahealth.org
David N. Loy, M.D., Neuroradiology
email: DL4ZT@uvahealth.org
Vascular Neurosurgery
Ryan T. Kellogg, M.D., Neurosurgery
email: RTK4U@uvahealth.org
Andrew Carlson, M.D., Neurosurgery
email: EQB2TS@uvahealth.org
Aaron S Dumont, M.D., Chair of Neurosurgery
email: ASD2F@uvahealth.org
Neurocritical Care
Neuro
J. Javier Provencio, M.D., Neurocritical Care, NNICU Director
email: JP3B@uvahealth.org
Barnett Nathan, M.D., Neurocritical Care
email: BRN3A@uvahealth.org
Andrew Schomer, M.D., Neurocritical Care
email: ACS8BD@uvahealth.org
Ashley Graziano, D.O., Neurocritical Care
email: ZFD4PC@uvahealth.org
Jonathan Davidow, M.D., Neurocritical Care Fellow
email: JVD6DT@uvahealth.org
Mckay Hanna, Neurocritical Care Fellow
email: EES8UP@uvahealth.org
Anesthesia
email: NL3F@uvahealth.org
email: DT7SJ@uvahealth.org
email: BIN4N@uvahealth.org
Neurorehabilitation
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
email: ALG8E@uvahealth.org
email: RH4JW@uvahealth.org
email: APA6R@uvahealth.org
Clinical Research Team
Andrew Weko, Clinical Research Coordinator
email: CRX3QP@uvahealth.org
Miah Perch, Clinical Research Coordinator
email: PGQ8JA@uvahealth.org
Ally Ramsey, Clinical Research Coordinator
email: AGR5NJ@uvahealth.org
Leo Waters, Clinical Research Coordinator
email: LXW3RW@uvahealth.org
Comprehensive Stroke Center Team
Mary Jobson-Oliver, CSC Program Manager
email: TDU8MB@uvahealth.org
Cheyenne Lee, Data Analyst
email: NYC3GT@uvahealth.org
Telestroke Team
Brett Schneider, Teleneurology Manager
email: BJS5PC@uvahealth.org
Jennifer Godoy-Gonzalez, Teleneurology Administrative Generalist
email: JG2GE@uvahealth.org
Inpatient Coordinator
Kimberly Bond, RN, Care Coordinator
email: CCK5BV@uvahealth.org
Outpatient Coordinators
Amy Hufsmith, RN Outpatient Nurse Coordinator
email: ABH3A@uvahealth.org
Carlita Hairston, Program Assistant Coordinator
email: CRN5D@uvahealth.org
Meghan von Fischer-Benzon, RN Care Coordinator
email: MCJ7M@uvahealth.org
Clinical Trials
- Stroke Central Atlantic Network for Research (SCANR) -Part of the NIH/NINDS funded StrokeNet network [https://www.nihstrokenet.org]
Acute Trials:
- STEP – StrokeNet Thrombectomy Endovascular Platform Trial
- SISTER – Strategy for Improving Stroke Treatment Response
- SELECT LATE – Medical Management With Endovascular Thrombectomy Versus Medical Management Alone in Patients Presenting Beyond 24 Hours of Last Known Well
Prevention Trials:
- ASPIRE – Anticoagulation in ICH Survivors for Stroke Prevention and Recovery
- SATURN with MRI substudy – Statins In Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- CLARITY – Cilostazol for Prevention of Recurrent Stroke Trial
Rehab/Recovery Trials:
- VERIFY – Validation of Early Prognostic Data for Recovery Outcome After Stroke for Future, Higher Yield Trials
- TELEREHAB2 – Telerehabilitation in the Home Versus Therapy In-Clinic for Patients With Stroke
Implementation Science:
- ORCA-AIS – Implementation of Onsite Rapid CYP2C19 Assay for Genotype Guided Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Acute Ischemic Stroke
Observational/Registry/Biorepository:
- CAPTIVA-MRI – Comparison of Anti-coagulation and Anti-Platelet Therapies for Intracranial Vascular Atherostenosis – Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- DISCOVERY – Determinant of Incident Stroke Cognitive Outcomes and Vascular Effect of Recovery
- GRASP – Vivistim Registry for Paired VNS Therapy
- TESTED – Treatment with Endovascular Intervention for Stroke Patients with Existing Disability
- bORCA – Biorepository for ORCA-AIS and Vascular Neurology
- CAAtlas – CAAtlas Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy database
- CADISP – Cervical Artery Dissection in Ischemic Stroke Patients
- NMESH – Neutrophil Myeloperoxidase in aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage