Category: News and events
Farewell to Dr. Scott Kasner
Dr. Scott Kasner has formally retired from Penn to assume a new role as Neuroscience Clinical Development Lead at Bayer. In this new role, Dr. Kasner will be responsible for developing a global portfolio of potential new neurologic treatments. Dr. Kasner is now an Emeritus professor at Penn. While he will be greatly missed, we are happy to report he will continue to reside in Philadelphia and remain involved in the Stroke division as a trusted advisor and mentor.
Dr. Donna Kurowski George receives AAN 2026 A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award
Welcome to our 2025 fellows

Baris Alten, MD
Baris attended medical school at Hacettepe University. He completed his neurology residency at Harvard. Baris is joining us this year as a StrokeNet research fellow.
Samuel Jacobson, MD

Samuel attended medical school and completed his neurology residency at Columbia University. Samuel is joining us this year as a vascular neurology fellow.

Jessica Little, MD, PhD
Jessica attended medical school at the University of Virginia. She completed her neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. Jessica is joining us this year as a vascular neurology fellow.

Ryan McNulty, MD
Ryan attended medical school at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. He completed his neurology residency at the University of Michigan. Ryan is joining us this year as a vascular neurology fellow.

Thomas Pisano, MD, PhD
Tom attended medical school at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed his neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. Tom is joining us this year as a neurohospitalist fellow.

Sonya Zhou, MD, MPH
Sonya attended medical school at the Yale School of Medicine. She completed her neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. Sonya is joining us this year as a vascular neurology fellow.
Congratulations to our 2025 graduating fellows!
Cover image of Stroke Journal
Check out this paper resulting from a collaboration between Dr. Jae Song in Neuroradiology and several members of the Stroke division. An illustration from the paper is featured on the cover of the journal Stroke this month.

ANA 2024
Dr. Pargol Balali, our current StrokeNet research fellow, won an ANA2024 Poster Award for her project “Time to treatment and disability attributed to index stroke in the POINT trial.” Nice work!
Welcome to our 2024 fellows

Lamya Ibrahim, MD
Lamya attended medical school at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute. She completed her neurology residency at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Lamya is joining us this year as a vascular neurology fellow

Yohannes Mulatu, MD
Yohannes attended medical school at Addis Ababa University. He completed neurology residency at SUNY Downstate. Yohannes is joining us this year as a vascular neurology fellow.

Rebecca Oksenhendler, MD
Rebecca attended medical school and completed neurology residency at McGill University. She is joining us this year as a vascular neurology fellow.

Eric Stulberg, MD
Eric attended medical school at Northwestern University. He completed neurology residency at University of Utah. Eric is joining us this year as a vascular neurology fellow.
Congratulations to our 2024 graduating fellows!
Dr. Donna George Wins Resident Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. George on winning the annual Faculty Teaching Award from the adult neurology residents at Penn! This is her 3rd time winning the award, a feat that is unprecedented and a testament to her commitment and excellence in resident education.






