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.

Faculty

• Bradford Worrall, M.D., M.Sc., Stroke Division Head, Vascular Fellowship Co-Director
• Chad M. Aldridge, PT, DPT, MS-CR, NCS
• Rohini Bhole, M.D., M.S.
• Brienne Brannen, FNP-C
• Sherita Chapman, M.D.
• E. Clarke Haley, M.D., Professor Emeritus
• Keri Johnson, RN, MSN, FNP, CSC Core Team
• Karen C. Johnston, M.D., M.Sc., C0-Director of iTHRIV
• Robert Sawyer Jr, M.D., Comprehensive Stroke Center Co-Director
• Amna Sohail, M.D., Associate Fellowship Director
• Nina J. Solenski, M.D., Telestroke Division Program Director
• Andrew M. Southerland, M.D., M.Sc.,Vascular Fellowship Co-Director
• Cesarina Thohan, M.D.
• Jonathan Crowe, M.D., M.P.H.
• Keeley McNamara, Program Coordinator

Associated Providers

• Andrew Carlson, M.D., Neurosurgery
• Colin Derdeyn, M.D., Neuroradiology, Chair of Radiology and Medical Imaging
• Vinodh Doss, D.O., Neuroradiology
• Avery J. Evans, M.D., Neuroradiology
• Mary E. Jensen, M.D., Neuroradiology
• Ryan T. Kellogg, M.D., Neurosurgery
• Barnett Nathan, M.D., Neurocritical Care
• Min S. Park, M.D., Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Stroke Center Co-Director
• J. Javier Provencio, M.D., Neurocritical Care, NNICU Director
• Andrew Schomer, M.D., Neurocritical Care

Clinical & Research Coordinators

• Miah Perch, Clinical Research Coordinator
• Ally Ramsey, Clinical Research Coordinator
• Andrew Weko, Clinical Research Coordinator
• Leo Waters, Clinical Research Coordinator
• Brett Schneider, Teleneurology Manager
• Christine Buttenshaw, Teleneurology Coordinator
• Heather Turner, RN, BSN, CNRN, SCRN, Stroke Care Coordinator
• Amy Hufsmith, RN Outpatient Nurse Coordinator
• Mary Jobson Oliver, CSC Program Manager

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