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 Co-Director
email: BBW9R@uvahealth.org
Andrew M. Southerland, M.D., M.Sc.,Vascular Fellowship Co-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
Cesarina Thohan, M.D.email: CBQ4XR@uvahealth.org
email: JRC8Z@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
email: BB4DF@uvahealth.org
Research Faculty
Karen C. Johnston, M.D., M.Sc., C0-Director of iTHRIV
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, Chair of Radiology and Medical Imaging
email: CPD3YT@uvahealth.org
Avery J. Evans, M.D., Neuroradiology
email: AJE5U@uvahealth.org
Vascular Neurosurgery
Min S. Park, M.D., Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Stroke Center Co-Director
email: MP2TQ@uvahealth.org
Ryan T. Kellogg, M.D., Neurosurgery
email: RTK4U@uvahealth.org
Andrew Carlson, M.D., Neurosurgery
email: EQB2TS@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 Fellow
email: ZFD4PC@uvahealth.org
Anesthesia
email: NL3F@uvahealth.org
email: DT7SJ@uvahealth.org
email: BIN4N@uvahealth.org
Neurorehabilitation
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Aileen L. Giordano, M.D.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
Christine Buttenshaw, Teleneurology Coordinator
email:
Inpatient Coordinator
Heather Turner, RN, BSN, CNRN, SCRN, Stroke Care Coordinator
email: HLT7C@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]
- Sleep for Stroke Management and Recovery Trial (Sleep SMART)
- A Study of the Relationship of Gut Microbial Composition and Stroke Outcome (GEMSTONE)
- Cervical Artery Dissection Ischemic Stroke Patients (CADISP)
- Improving Treatment Times for Rapid Evaluation of Acute stroke via mobile Telemedicine (iTREAT)
- Biorepository to Establish the Aetiology of Sionvenous Thrombosis (BEAST)
- The PARTNER II Trial: Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valves
- Mult-Arm Optimization of Stroke Thrombolysis (MOST)
- Comparison of Anti-coagulation and Anti-platelet Therapies or Intracranial Vascular Atherostenosis (CAPTIVA)
- Statins Use in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patient (SATURN)
- Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention and Recovery after ICH (ASPIRE)
- Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis (CREST-2)
- Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis – Hemodynamics (CREST-H)
- Validation of Early Prognostic Data for Recovery Outcome after Stroke for Future, Higher Yield Trials (VERIFY)
- Determinants of Incident Stroke Cognitive Outcomes and Vascular Effects on RecoverY (DISCOVERY)
- A Safety and Efficacy Study of Intravenous (IV) Elezanumab Assessing Change in Neurologic Function in Adult Participants With Acute Ischemic Stroke (EAISE)
- VRAD-2
- BANDIT: Brain and Neurological Deficit Identification
- BANDIT-PCS
- Neuro Afib
- CASPA-AIS