The NECC 14th Annual Summit Speakers
Opeolu Adeoye, MD
Vice Chair for Research
University of Cincinnati
David Ben-Eli, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Division Medical Director
Fire Department, City of New York
Eivind Berge, MD, PhD
Senior Consultant & Professor
Oslo University Hospital & University of Tromso
Waking Up to and EXTENDed Window: A New TWIST on Patient Care – E. Berge
Ethan S. Brandler, MD, MPH, FACEP
Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Director of EMS
SUNY Stony Brook Medicine
Ian Brissette, PhD
Director, New York State Coverdell Program
New York State Department of Health
New York Transitions of Care Pilot Project: Sharing Best Practices – I.Brissette
Tedy Bruschi
Super Bowl Champion, Co-Founder
Tedy’s Team
Jonathan Burstein, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Massachusetts State EMS Medical Director
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Steve Cramer, MD, MMSc, FAHA, FAAN
Professor
University of California Los Angeles
Jeremy Cushman, MD, MS, EMT-P, FACEP, FAEMS
Chair, The NECC; Associate Professor & Chief, Division of Pre-Hospital Medicine
University of Rochester
Michael Dailey, MD
Director, Pre-Hospital Care Services and Education
Albany Medical Center
John Hanna, MD
Medical Director, Stroke Center
Overlook Medical Center
Kimberly Holmes MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, PCCN-K
Stroke Program Coordinator
Bayhealth Medical Center
Edward Jauch, MD, MS
Chief of System Research
Mission Health System
Mahesh Jayaraman, MD
Director, Neurovascular Center
Rhode Island Hospital
Richard Kamin, MD, FACEP
EMS Program Director; Medical Director
University of Connecticut Health Center; CT Department of Public Health
Christopher Kellner, MD
Assistant Professor
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pre-Hospital Stroke Detection Technologies: Visors, Sensors, and AI – C. Kellner
Anthony Kim, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
Adam Landman, MD
Chief Information Officer
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Ann Leonhardt-Caprio, MS, RN, ANP-BC
Stroke Program Coordinator
University of Rochester Medical Center
New York Transitions of Care Pilot Project: Sharing Best Practices – A. Leonhardt-Caprio
Thabele (Bay) Leslie-Mazwi, MD
Vice Chair, The NECC; Director of Endovascular Stroke Services
Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School
Michael Lev, MD
Director, ED Radiology, ED Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
David Lin, MD
Founder, Stroke Motor Recovery Clinic
Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Timothy G. Lukovits, MD
Medical Director, Cerebrovascular Disease & Stroke Program
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Jennifer Majersik, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Neurology
University of Utah
Best Practices in Highly Coordinated Telestroke Systems of Care – J. Majersik
Randolph Marshall, MD, MS
Elisabeth K. Harris Professor of Neurology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sandra McDonald, AGANCP-BC, MSN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN
Nurse Practitioner, Neurocritical Care
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Critical Care Emergencies in Acute Stroke Patients – S. McDonald
Sonia Mehta, MS, CCC-SLP
Medical Speech-Language Pathologist
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Mark Merlin, DO, EMT-P, FACEP
Medical Director, Chair
Department of Health; NJ EMS Council
Truman Milling, MD
Research Director
Seton Dell Medical School Stroke Institute
J. Mocco, MD, MS
Professor, System Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Mount Sinai Health System
Jane Morris, MD
Medical Director of Stroke & Telestroke
Maine Medical Center
Michael Redlener, MD, FAEMS
Medical Director for EMS Quality
Mount Sinai Health System
Jo-Ann Sarafin, MS, APRN, CNP, FNP-BC, SCRN
Stroke Program Manager
Rhode Island Hospital
Dysphagia Screening: Moving to a Simulation-based Competency Assessment – J. Sarafin
Jeffrey Saver, MD
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Optimizing Regional Systems of Care: Lessons Learned from Los Angeles – J. Saver
Shannon Scarpello, BSN
Neuroscience Nurse Care Coordinator
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
New York Transitions of Care Pilot Project: Sharing Best Practices – S. Scarpello
Magdy Selim, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology & Chief of Stroke Service
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Matthew Sholl, MD, MPH
Medical Director Maine EMS
Maine Medical Center
Jason Sico MD, MHS, FAHA, FAAN, FANA, FACP
Director of Stroke Care; Associate Professor
VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Yale School of Medicine
Best Practices in Educating Stroke Survivors and their Care Partners – J. Sico
Brian Silver, MD, FAHA
Immediate Past Chair, The NECC; Interim Chair, Department of Neurology
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Joel Stein, MD
Professor and Chair of Rehabilitation
Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Nancy Stoll, RN, BSN
Director of Neuroscience Clinical Services
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
New York Transitions of Care Pilot Project: Sharing Best Practices – N. Stoll
Michelle Vallelunga, MS, RN, CNRN, SCRN
Data & Quality Care Coordinator
Upstate University Hospital
New York Transitions of Care Pilot Project: Sharing Best Practices – M. Vallelunga
Joan Walsh, DNP, APRN-CNS, CCNS-BC, SCRN, CNRN
Neuroscience Nursing Quality & Safety Manager
Rhode Island Hospital
Dysphagia Screening: Moving to a Simulation-based Competency Assessment – J. Walsh
Kenneth Williams, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Medical Director, EMS Division; Professor of Emergency Medicine
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Christopher Zammit, MD
Director, Acute Neurologic Emergencies
TriHealth Heart Institute
“Code LVO” – Pathway for Regional LVO Acute Ischemic Strokes – C. Zammit