Prior Stroke Fellows

1995-1996 Marian Lamonte, MD – Chief of Neurology, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD

1996-1997 Lidgia Vives-Castro, MD – Private practice, Chillicothe, OH

1997-1998 Owen Samuels, MD – Director, Neuroscience Critical Care and Stroke Units, Fellowship Director, Neurocritical Care, Emory University

1998-1999 Julio Chalela, MD – Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of South Carolina

1999-2000 Mike McGarvey, MD – Associate Professor of Neurology, Director, Intraoperative Monitoring Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2000-2001 Brett Cucchiara, MD –Professor of Neurology, Director, Neurovascular lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2001-2002 Ximena Morales, MD – Private practice, Brooklyn, NY

2002-2003 Steven Messe, MD –Professor of Neurology, Associate Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2003-2004 Robert Taylor, MD – Attending, Stroke and Neurovascular Center of Central California

2004-2005 James Pacelli, MD – Attending, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

2005-2006 Qaisar Shah, MD – Director, Neurointerventional and Neurocritical Care, Abington Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2006-2007 Larami Mackenzie, MD – Attending, Neurocritical care and Stroke, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abbington, PA

2006-2008 Lauren Sansing, MD –Professor, Academic Chief, Division of Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2008-2009 James McKinney, MD— Attending Physician, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington NC

2009-2010

Neelofer Shafi, MD—Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Michael Mullen, MD—Associate Professor, Stroke Program Director, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

2010-2011

David Rose, MD—Assistant Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Igor Rybinnik, MD—Assistant Professor, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

2011-2012

Swaroop Pawar, MD— Physician, Greenville Health System University Medical Group, Greenville, SC

Jonathan Raser, MD—Medical Director, Stroke Treatment and Recovery Unit, Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE

2012-2013

Christina Wilson, MD, PhD—Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Education, Direction, Neurology Residency Program, Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Koto Ishida MD—Professor, Medical Director, NYU Langone’s Stroke Service, New York University, New York, NY

2013-2014

Caitlin Loomis, MD—Assistant Professor, Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Jose Torres, MD—Associate Professor, New York University, New York, NY

2014-2015

Ava Liberman, MD—Assistant Professor, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Christina Blum, MD—Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Ali Zandieh, MD – Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

2015-2016

Kimberly Gannon, MD — Medical Director, Stroke Program, Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE

Cen Zhang, MD — Associate Professor, New York University, New York, NY

Ava Liberman, MD—Assistant Professor, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

2016-2017

Christopher Favilla, MD — Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Donna K. George, MD — Assistant Professor, Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Laura Stein, MD — Assistant Professor, Associate Director, Neurology Residency Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2017-2018

Laura Stein, MD — Assistant Professor, Associate Director, Neurology Residency Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Christopher Renner, MD — Attending Physician, WellSpan Neurology, York, PA

Glen Konsky, DO — Attending Physician, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA

James Siegler, MD — Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2018-2019

Kelley Humbert, MD — Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

James Siegler, MD — Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Jesse Thon, MD — Assistant Professor, Cooper University, Camden, NJ

2019-2020

Rizwan Husain, MD — Assistant Professor, West Virginia University, Parkersburg, WV

Matthew Broderick, MD — Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Aaron Rothstein, MD — Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Ossama Khazaal, MD – Attending Physician, Mohawk Valley Health System, Utica, NY

2020-2021

Ossama Khazaal, MD – Attending Physician, Mohawk Valley Health System, Utica, NY

Emily Grodinsky, MD – Assistant Professor, University of Virginia School of Medicine – Inova Campus, Falls Church, VA

Dan Cristancho, MD – Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Judy Dawod, MD – Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2021-2022

Jonah Zuflacht, MD –  Instructor, Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, MA

Arooshi Kumar, MD – Assistant Professor, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Farhan Khan, MD – Assistant Professor, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

Mohammad Hossein Abbasi, MD – Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Texas, Austin

2022-2023

Sahily Reyes-Esteves, MD- Instructor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Nini Kvantaliani, MD – Assistant Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Sydni Cole, MD- Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Gbambele Kone, MD – Attending Physician, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA

Michela Rosso, MD – Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

2023-2024

Michela Rosso, MD – Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Natalie Ullman, MD – Instructor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Alice Ford, MD – Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Moira Flanagan, MD – Neurocritical care fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Lamya Ibrahim, MD – Stroke fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

2024-2025

Lamya Ibrahim, MD

Eric Stulberg, MD – Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Rebecca Oksenhendler, MD – McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Yohannes Mulatu, MD – Neurointerventional Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Pargol Balali, MD – Research fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Note: StrokeNet research fellows are in italics