Our Team

Stroke and Vascular Neurology

James Pham Ho, MD

• Program Director - Stroke and Vascular Neurology Fellowship
• Assistant Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology
• Adjunct Professor - Neurointerventional Radiology, Neurosurgery

David Y. Huang, MD, PhD

• Vascular Neurologist and Director, UNC Health Care Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Clinical Professor, UNC Department of Neurology

Ming-Chieh Ding, MD, PhD

Division Chief, Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology

Michael Wang, MD

• Associate Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology

Dena Williams, DO

• Assistant Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology, General Neurology
• Associate Program Director - Adult Neurology Residency Program

Susan Wilson, DNP, RN, MSN, ANP-C

• Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology
• Director, Neurosciences Clinical Trials Unit
• Adult Nurse Practitioner

Renee Potter, MBA, RN, BSN, SCRN, CCRN
Stroke Program Manager

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
Clinical Quality Assurance Specialist

Anne Beckwith
Senior Stroke Study Coordinator

Nursing

Anne Spain, MHL, RN, NE-BC
Director, Surgery Service

Sonya Lester, BSN, RN, CCRN
Nurse Manager, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit

Crystal Norton, BSN, RN-BC, SCRN
Nurse Manager, 6 Neurosciences Acute Care Unit

Amber Thompson, MSN, RN, CCRN
Nurse Manager, Intermediate Surgical Care Unit

Neurocritical Care

David Y. Hwang, MD, FAAN, FCCM, FNCS

• Division Chief – Neurocritical Care
• Co-PI - Duke/UNC NINDS StrokeNet Regional Coordinating Center
• Professor – Neurocritical Care
• Associate Faculty, Center for Bioethics

Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS

• Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery - Neurocritical Care, Child Neurology
• Vice Chair, Quality Improvement
• Interim Leader – UNC Hospitals Neuroscience Service Line
• Associate Director, UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Medical Director UNC Medical Center Neurosciences ICU

Julia Carlson, MD

• Director - Neurorecovery Clinic

• Assistant Professor – Neurocritical Care

Winnie Lau, MD

• Program Director - Adult Neurology Residency
• Assistant Professor – Neurocritical Care

Clio Rubinos, MD, MS

• Director - Post-acute Symptomatic (PASS) Clinic
• Co-Director - Global Health Neurology Elective Rotation
• Assistant Professor - Neurocritical Care and Epilepsy

Matthew Field Sharrock, MD

• Assistant Professor - Neurocritical Care

Tamara Strohm, MD

• Program Director - Neurocritical Care Fellowship
• Assistant Professor - Neurocritical Care

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

Katie Davenport, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Medical Director, Emergency Department – Chapel Hill
• Medical Director, Emergency Department – Hillsborough

Joseph Glover, MD, FAEMS

• Clinical Associate Professor
• Medical Director, Emergency Department
• Medical Director, Orange County Emergency Services

Abhi Mehrotra, MD

• Clinical Associate Professor
• Vice-Chair, Strategic Initiatives & Operations
• Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Department – Chapel Hill
• Medical Director, Emergency Department – Hillsborough

Christa Seaman, DNP, RN, NE-BC
Nurse Director, Emergency Department

Casey Steward, MN, RN, CNML
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

Rehabilitation Therapies

Audrey Czejkowski PT, DPT, NCS
Physical Therapy, Rehab Team Leads

Kelly Fletcher, PT, DPT, MHA
Rehabilitation Therapy Manager

Tom Furlong, PT
Physical Therapy, Adult Acute Care Team Leads

Jennifer Hodges, PT, DPT
Physical Therapy, Adult Acute Care Team Leads

Emily Hoke, PTA, MHA
Rehabilitation Therapy Manager

Leslie LaBelle, OTR/L, CSRS
Occupational Therapy, Adult Acute Care Team Lead

Nate MacCosbe, OTR/L
Occupational Therapy, Adult Acute Care Team Lead

Mark Prochazka, MOT, MHA
Administrative Director, Rehabilitation Therapies

Dierdra Ricks, PT, BSPT, MHA
Assistant Director, Rehabilitation Therapies

Betsy Stamm, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathology, Adult Acute Care Team Lead

Clinical Care Management

Carol Reitz-Barlow MSN, RN, CCRN-K, ACM-RN
Director, Care Management

Marie C. (Bossert) Watras, RN, MBA
Regional Director, Care Management Triangle West

Dianne Williamson Bunch DEL, MSN
Manager, Care Management