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
Division Chief, Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Associate Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology
- Assistant Professor - Stroke and Vascular Neurology, General Neurology
- Associate Program Director - Adult Neurology Residency Program
- 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
- Division Chief – Neurocritical Care
- Co-PI - Duke/UNC NINDS StrokeNet Regional Coordinating Center
- Professor – Neurocritical Care
- Associate Faculty, Center for Bioethics
- Program Director - Neurocritical Care Fellowship
- Assistant Professor - Neurocritical Care
- Associate 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
- Program Director - Adult Neurology Residency
- Assistant Professor – Neurocritical Care
- Director - Post-acute Symptomatic (PASS) Clinic
- Co-Director - Global Health Neurology Elective Rotation
- Assistant Professor - Neurocritical Care and Epilepsy
- Director – NSICU Neuromonitoring
- 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