Acute Stroke Management in the First 24 Hours

Edited by Maxim Mokin, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of South Florida, Edited by Edward C. Jauch, Professor and Director of Emergency Medicine and Director of Emergency Stroke Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Edited by Italo Linfante, Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Edited by Adnan Siddiqui, Vice-chairman and Professor of Neurosurgery and the Director of the Toshiba Stroke and Vascular Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, and Edited by Elad Levy, Chair and Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Radiology, State University of New York at Buffalo

Dr. Maxim Mokin, MD, PhD is Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of South Florida. He received his MD from Omsk State Medical Academy, Russia, and his PhD in neurosciences from the University of South Dakota. He completed his residency in neurology and fellowship training in vascular neurology and endovascular neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. His research interests include diagnostic evaluation and management of acute ischemic stroke, and development of new technologies for stroke thrombectomy.

Dr. Edward C. Jauch, MD, MS, is Professor and Chair (interim) in the Department of Emergency and Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He is Associate Vice Chair for research in the Department of Medicine, Professor in the Department of Neurosciences, Faculty in the MUSC Comprehensive Stroke Program, and Director of Acute Stroke Trials at MUSC. He is also a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering (adjunct) at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. Dr. Jauch completed graduate training in bioengineering at Cornell University and medical school and emergency medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati. He served as Chair of Stroke Council for the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Dr. Italo Linfante, MD, FAHA is Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology at the Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Baptist Neuroscience Institute. He is also Clinical Professor of Radiology and Neuroscience at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. Dr. Linfante earned his MD degree from the University of Rome "La Sapienza." He then completed residencies in Internal Medicine at George Washington University and in Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, followed by a fellowship in the Neuroimaging Branch of the National Institutes of Health in Cerebrovascular Diseases at Harvard Medical School and a fellowship in Neuro Endovascular Surgery. He is the President-Elect for the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology.

Dr. Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PHD, FAHA is Vice-Chairman and Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. He also serves as Director of the Neuroendovascular Fellowship Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Director of the Neurosurgical Stroke Service at Kaleida Health. He completed fellowship training in Interventional Neuroradiology, Cerebrovascular Surgery and Neurocritical Care from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed his Neurosurgical residency at Upstate Medical University and received his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester and medical degree from Aga Khan University, Pakistan.

Dr. Elad Levy, MD, MBA, FACS, FAHA is the Chairman of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. He also serves as Medical Director of Neuroendovascular Services at Gates Vascular Institute. e is also the Director of Stroke Research, Director of Endovascular Stroke Treatment and Research, and Co-Director of Kaleida Health Stroke Center. He graduated from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and received his MD degree with distinction from George Washington University, Washington, DC. He completed a neurosurgical residency at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an endovascular neurosurgery fellowship at State University of New York at Buffalo. He also received his MBA from Northeastern University, Massachusetts in 2013. In 2011, he spearheaded a local nonprofit organization called Program for Understanding Childhood Concussion and Stroke.

Siviero Agazzi, MD, MBA, FCAS
Professor, College of Medicine Neurosurgery
Director, Division of Cranial Surgery
Director, Radiosurgery Program
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Laura Bishop, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Department of Neurology
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Mandy J. Binning, MD
Assistant Professor
Stroke Director
Department of Neurosurgery
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Andrew Blake Buletko, MD
Neurology Resident
Cerebrovascular Center
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Noella J. Cypress West, ARNP
Vascular Neurology Nurse Practitioner
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa FL

Travis Dailey, MD
PGY-3 Resident
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Lucas Elijovich, MD, FAHA
Associate Professor
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Semmes-Murphey Neurologic Institute
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Memphis, TN

Kyle M. Fargen, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Department of Neurological Surgery
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Daniel R. Felbaum, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Casey Frey
Department of Neurological Surgery
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Shreyas Gangadhara MD
Department of Neurology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

Waldo R. Guerrero, MD
Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellow Associate
Department of Neurology, Stroke Division
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA

M. Shazam Hussain, MD
Cerebrovascular Center
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Violiza Inoa, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Semmes-Murphey Neurologic Institute
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Memphis, TN

Kaustubh Limaye, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Cerebrovascular Disease
Department of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Pittsburgh, PA

Vladimir Ljubimov, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Jason Mathew, DO
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Stony Brook University
New York ,NY

Raul G. Nogueira, MD
Director, Neuroendovascular Division
Marcus Stroke & Neuroscience Center
Grady Memorial Hospital
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Santiago Ortega, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, Stroke Division
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA

Aparna Pendurthi, MD
Instructor
Department of Neurology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS

Juan Ramos-Canseco, MD
Vascular Neurology
Palm Beach Nueroscience Institute
West Palm Beach, FL

Andrew Russman, DO
Head of the Stroke Program
Medical Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center
Medical Director for the Cleveland Clinic Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit
Cerebrovascular Center
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Edgar Samaniego, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, Stroke Division
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA

Robert Sawyer, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
New York, NY

Vera Sharashidze, MD
Resident
Department of Neurology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Lila Sheikhi, MD
Cerebrovascular Center
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Shashank Shekhar, MD, MSc
Department of Neurology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

Rebecca Sugg, MD, FAHA
Associate Professor, Vice Chair, and Director
Department of Neurology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

Tapan Thacker, MD
Cerebrovascular Center
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD
Henry B. Higman Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
Vice President of Telemedicine Services
Physician Services Division
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Pittsburgh, PA

Stacey Q. Wolfe, MD
Program Director and Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

"This is a comprehensive overview of the acute treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in both the prehospital and hospital setting. Importantly, this book provides updated guidelines for stroke evaluation and management." - Simy Parikh, Doody Enterprises