The UNC Stroke Team
The UNC Stroke 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 Transfer Center at (800) 806-1968.
Stroke and Vascular Neurology
- Vascular Neurologist
- Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Clinical Interests: Stroke
- Clinical Research Interests: Cerebral blood flow and metabolism, stroke treatment and prevention
- 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
- Clinical interests: hospitalist neurology, acute stroke care, and neurologic critical care
- Research interests: acute stroke treatments, cellular mechanisms of neuroprotection, intracerebral hemorrhage
- Vascular Neurologist
- Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Clinical interests: stroke
- Research interests: acute stroke treatments, interventional stroke treatments
- Vascular Neurologist
- Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Clinical interests: stroke
- Vascular Neurologist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Adjunct Professor, Neurointerventional Radiology, Neurosurgery
- Clinical interests: stroke, intracranial aneurysms, AVMs cerebrovascular disease
- Stroke Nurse Practitioner
- Clinical Associate Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Clinical interests: stroke education and clinical trials, stroke quality improvement, depression in stroke population
Nicole Burnett, RN, BSN, CNRN, SCRN, CCRN-K
Stroke Program Manager
Sherene Bitar, RN, MPH
Stroke Program Data Abstractor
Ann Waller, RN, BSN, CMSRN, SCRN
Stroke Program Data Analyst
Anne Beckwith
Senior Stroke Study Coordinator
Laura Pinto-Coelho
Stroke Study Coordinator
Ariane Cook
Stroke Study Coordinator
Deanna Brooks
Administrative Assistant
Neurocritical Care
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Departments of Neurology and Emergency Medicine
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
- Neurointensivist
- Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurology
Neurosurgery
- Vascular Neurosurgeon
- Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director, Department of Neurosurgery
- Section Chief of Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Neurosurgery
Interventional Neuroradiology
- 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
- Professor of Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology
Emergency Medicine
- Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Orange County EMS Director
- Medical Student Research Director
- Adjunct Professor, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
- 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
Jeff Phillips, RN, MSN, CEN
Nurse Manager, Emergency Department
Vascular Surgery
- Vascular Surgeon
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
- Surgical Director of ERAS
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Angela Lipscomb-Hudson, MD
- Stroke Physiatrist
- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Medical Director, Stroke Rehabilitation, UNC Rehabilitation Center
- Director of Medical Student Education, PM&R
Nursing
Angela S. Overman, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Director, Surgery Service
Sharmila Soares-Sardinha, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN
Nurse Manager, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Heather Ritchie, RN, BSN
Nurse Manager, 6NSH
Andrea Dicus, MSN, RN, PCCN
Nurse Manager, Intermediate Surgical Care Unit
Speech Pathology
Stephanie McAdams, MA-CCC, SLP
Betsy Rambusch, MA, CCC-SLP
Occupational and Physical Therapy
Dee Ricks
Acute Care Therapy Manager
Amanda Weigle, OT
April Xayavong, PT
Clinical Care Management
Marie C. Bossert, RN, MBA
Director, Care Management
Katie Flanagan, LCSW, MSW, ACM
Assistant Director, Care Management