We are pleased to announce that Sarah Carter, BS and Ann Le, BS, have joined our team as Clinical Research Coordinators. Welcome aboard!
Category: News and events
Congratulations Dr. Mullen
Kudos to Dr. Michael Mullen who received the “Gift of Life Award” from the Ree Wynn Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing education and awareness around thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).
Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
Coming soon- the newest edition of the premier stroke textbook, co-edited by our own Dr. Scott Kasner.
Get With The Guidelines-Stroke
Dr. Steve Messe is the new chair of the American Heart Association Stroke Systems of Care Workgroup overseeing Get With The Guidelines – Stroke.
New grant support
Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Sloane on receiving a CTSA KL2 Mentored Career Development award! Dr. Sloane’s research focuses on the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) — a non-invasive, low-cost neuromodulatory intervention — to target cognitive performance in the immediate post-stroke period. She will be collaborating with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Good Shepherd Penn Partners.
Penn COVID stroke research in top 10 for 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Rothstein and collaborators! Their article “Acute Cerebrovascular Events in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients” was one of the top 10 most discussed articles published in the journal Stroke in 2020.
Newly published: Decision-Making in Adult Neurology

Dr. Brett Cucchiara and Dr. Ray Price have published a new book: Decision-Making in Adult Neurology. If you like flowcharts, this is the book for you!
Penn Stroke Welcomes New Faculty
End of an era- Beijing closes
2020 has been a rough year for all of us, with so much lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. One loss hit the Penn stroke team particularly hard – Beijing restaurant closed this fall. For those of you who spent time with us over the years, you know that our near-weekly team outings to have lunch at Beijing were a source of great pleasure. We will miss the conversation and camaraderie. The chicken with black bean sauce. The endless refills of black tea. The special “Beijing bucks” that Mike Mullen always took charge of. The exchange of fortunes at the end of the meal. No doubt we will move on to another spot eventually, but for now we bid a sad farewell to an old friend.

Welcome New Faculty Members!
Hello to our new faculty members, Aaron Rothstein and Matthew Broderick. Aaron and Matt both just completed their ACGME fellowships with us.
Aaron will be joining our team here at HUP as an instructor, and Matt will be on a new venture split between HUP and Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes.
Aaron Rothstein, MD
Matthew Broderick, MD