The UNC Comprehensive Stroke Center Team is comprised of a multi-specialty team of doctors, nurses, therapists, and care managers. Listed below are core team members from Neurology, Neurosurgery and other departments. For non-urgent questions regarding the Stroke Team, call (984) 974-2266. Physicians seeking hospital-to-hospital transfers of patients requiring acute stroke care should call the UNC System Patient Logistics Center (SPLC) at (800) 806-1968.
Stroke and Vascular Neurology
- Program Director - Stroke and Vascular Neurology Fellowship
- Assistant Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology
- Adjunct Professor - Neurointerventional Radiology, Neurosurgery
- Vascular Neurologist and Director, UNC Health Care Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Clinical Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Chief, Division of Stroke and Vascular Neurology, UNC Department of Neurology
- Director, UNC Stroke Trials Unit
- Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Associate Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology
- Assistant Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology, General Neurology
- Associate Program Director - Adult Neurology Residency Program
- Associate Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology
- Director, Neurosciences Clinical Trials Unit
- Adult Nurse Practitioner
Matthew L. Johnson, BSN, RN, SCRN
Stroke Program Coordinator
Karen Vallecillo-Pereira, MPH
Stroke Program Quality and Organizational Analyst
Sherene Bitar, RN, BSN, MPH, SCRN
Stroke Program Data Abstractor
Anne Beckwith
Senior Stroke Study Coordinator
Neurocritical Care
Casey Olm-Shipman, MD
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
Winnie Lau, MD
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
Clio Rubinos, MD
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
Matthew Field Sharrock, MD
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
Neurosurgery
Deanna M. Sasaki-Adams, MD
- Vascular Neurosurgeon
- Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director, Department of Neurosurgery
- Section Chief of Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Neurosurgery
Edward Yap, MD
- Vascular Neurosurgeon
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Interventional Neuroradiology
Sten Solander, MD
- Neuro-Interventionalist
- Associate Professor of Radiology
- Division Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology
- Clinical interests: stroke interventional treatments – SOLITAIRE device®, PENUMBRA® device, MERCI® device, intra-arterial thrombolysis, coiling of aneurysms, embolization of AVMs, angioplasty and stenting
James Pham Ho, MD
- Vascular Neurologist and Neuro-Interventionalist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Adjunct Professor, Neurointerventional Radiology, Neurosurgery
- Clinical interests: stroke, intracranial aneurysms, AVMs cerebrovascular disease
Emergency Medicine
Jane Brice, MD, MPH
- Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Medical Student Research Director
- Adjunct Professor, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
James L Larson, MD
- Clinical Professor
- Executive Vice-Chair
- Medical Director, Emergency Department – Chapel Hill
Abhi Mehrotra, MD
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Vice-Chair, Strategic Initiatives & Operations
- Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Department – Chapel Hill
- Medical Director, Emergency Department – Hillsborough
Casey Stewart, MSN, RN
- Nurse Manager, Emergency Department
Vascular Surgery
Katharine McGinigle, MD
- Vascular Surgeon
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
- Surgical Director of ERAS
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
John Michael Baratta, MD, MDB
- Stroke Physiatrist
- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Medical Director, Stroke Rehabilitation, UNC Rehabilitation Center
- Founder and Co-Director, UNC COVID Recovery Clinic
Nursing
Anne Spain, MHL, RN, NE-BC
Director, Surgery Service
Sharmila Soares-Sardinha, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN
Nurse Manager, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Crystal Norton, BSN, RN-BC, SCRN
Nurse Manager, 6 Neurosciences Acute Care Unit
William Rice, DNP, MSN, RN
Nurse Manager, Intermediate Surgical Care Unit
Rehabilitation Therapies
Mark Prochazka, MOT, MHA
Administrative Director, Rehabilitation Therapies
Stephanie McAdams, MA-CCC, SLP
Assistant Director, Rehabilitation Therapies
Deidre Ricks, PT
Assistant Director, Rehabilitation Therapies
Kelly Fletcher, PT, DPT, MHA
Rehabilitation Therapy Manager
Betsy Rambusch, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech Pathology, Adult Acute Care Team Lead
Tom Furlong, PT
April Xayavong, PT
Physical Therapy, Adult Acute Care Team Leads
Nate MacCosbe, OT
Occupational Therapy, Adult Acute Care Team Lead
Clinical Care Management
Marie C. Bossert, RN, MBA
Director, Care Management
Lakeshia Holley, RN, MHA, ACM
Manager, Care Management