STROKE PROGRAM

Clinical Advisory Board
Prof Patrick Lyden
MD, FAAN, FANA, FAHA, FESO Committee Chairman
- Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience, Professor of Neurology, Zilkha Neurogenetics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, USC
- Former Chair, and founder of Dept. of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai
- Clinical leader on the pivotal NINDS clinical trial leading to tPA approval
- Director, Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network (SPAN)
- 2019 William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke, American Stroke Association
- Lead Principal Investigator on ZZ Biotech’s Phase 2 stroke trial, RHAPSODY and Phase 3 RHAPSODY 2
Prof Jeffrey L Saver
MD, FAAN, FAHA • Professor and Senior Associate Vice-Chair of Neurology at UC Los Angeles • Director of the UCLA Comprehensive Stroke Center • Served as Principal Investigator of the NIH-NINDS FAST-MAG trial, global Principal Investigator of the SWIFT PRIME trial, and held leadership positions in many other stroke studies • Chair of the American Heart Association Stroke Council
Prof Johanna Fifi,
MD, FAHA • Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, The Mount Sinai Hospital • Associate Director of the Cerebrovascular Center and Director of the Endovascular Stroke Program at the Mount Sinai Health System • Investigator in several multi-center stroke clinical trials • Fellow and National Board Member of the Society for Vascular and Interventional Neurology
Prof Cheryl Bushnell
MD, MHS • Vice Chair of Research and Stroke Division Chief in the Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University • Director of the Wake Forest Baptist Stroke Center
• Principal Investigator, Western North Carolina StrokeNet (Regional Coordinating Center)
Prof Enrique C. Leira
MMD, MS, FAAN • Director of the Division of Cerebrovascular Disease and Head of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at the University of Iowa Department of Neurology • Principal Investigator, University of Iowa Regional Coordinating Center for StrokeNet
• Served on Stroke Council, American Stroke Association and Chair, Vascular Neurology Section, American Academy of Neurology