2012 - My American Heart - American Heart Association

The mission of the American Heart Association/
American Stroke Association is “building healthier lives,
free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.”
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association is grateful
to the members of the International Stroke Conference 2012 Program
Committee for their dedication and leadership provided throughout the
year in planning the program.
Program Committee
Lewis B Morgenstern
MD, FAHA, Chair
Steven M Greenberg,
MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Felipe Albuquerque, MD
Andrei V Alexandrov, MD
Bill Armstead, PhD,
FAHA
Kyra Becker, MD
Bob Carter MD, PhD
Andrew Demchuk, MD
Gabrielle deVeber, MD
Conrado J Estol MD, PhD
Frank M Faraci, PhD,
FAHA
Abstract Grading Consultants
Alex Abou-Chebl, MD
Robert Adams, MD, MS,
FAHA
Opeolu Adeoye, MD
Maria Aguilar, MD
Rufus Akinyemi, MBBS,
MSc, MWACP,
FMCP(Nig)
Mark J Alberts, MD,
FAHA
Felipe Albuquerque, MD
Andrei V Alexandrov, MD
Abdulnasser Alhajeri,
MD
Latisha Ali, MD
Nabil J Alkayed, MD,
PhD, FAHA
Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD
Rustam Al-Shahi
Salman, MA, PhD,
FRCP (Edin)
Arun Paul Amar, MD
Pierre Amarenco, MD,
FAHA, FAAN
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani,
MD, FAANS, FACS,
FAHA
Catherine Amlie-Lefond,
MD
Sameer A Ansari, MD,
PhD
Agnieszka Ardelt, MD,
PhD
Larry B Goldstein, MD,
FAHA, FAAN
Joshua Goldstein, MD,
PhD, FAHA
Nicole R Gonzales, MD
Murat Gunel, MD
(AANS/CNS/SNIS
Liaison)
Mary Haan, MPH, DrPH
Patricia D Hurn, PhD,
FAHA, Past Chair
Edward C Jauch, MD,
MS, FAHA, FACEP
(Stroke Council Chair)
Peter J Kelly, MD, MS,
FRCPI, ABPN (Dip)
Juan Arenillas, MD, PhD
William Armstead, PhD,
FAHA
Jennifer L Armstrong-
Wells, MD, MPH
Jaroslaw Aronowski,
MS, PhD
Nancy D Ashley,
APRN,BC,
CEN,CCRN,CNRN
William Ashley, Jr., MD,
PhD, MBA
Rand Askalan, MD, PhD
Kjell Asplund, MD
Richard P Atkinson, MD,
FAHA
Issam A Awad, MD,
MSc, FACS, MA (hon)
Hakan Ay, MD, FAHA
Michael Ayad, MD, PhD
Cenk Ayata, MD
Frank Barone, PhD
Andrew Barreto, MD
William G Barsan, MD,
FACEP, FAHA
Kyra Becker, MD
Ludmila Belayev, MD
Rodney Bell, MD
Oscar Benavente, MD,
FRCPC
Bernard Bendok, MD,
FACS
Pooja Khatri, MD, FAHA
Chris Moran, MD
Bo Norrving, MD
Randolph J Nudo, PhD
Bruce Ovbiagele, MD,
MSc, FAHA
Aman Patel, MD
Peter Rasmussen, MD
Joel Stein, MD
Jiguang Wang, MD, PhD
Susan E Wehner, PhD,
RN
Sam (Osama) Zaidat,
MD
Richard T Benson, MD,
PhD
Timothy J Bernard, MD
Kerstin Bettermann, MD,
PhD
Rohit Bhatia, MBBS,
MD, DM, DNB
Jose Biller, MD, FACP,
FAAN, FAHA
Lee Birnbaum, MD, MS
Spiros Blackburn, MD
Bernadette Boden-
Albala, MPH, DrPH
Cesar Borlongan, MA,
PhD
Gavin W Britz, MPH
Allan L Brook, MD
Arleen F Brown, MD,
PhD
Martin M Brown, MD,
FRCP, FAHA
Robert D Brown, Jr, MD,
MPH
Askiel Bruno, MD, MS,
FAHA
Robert M Bryan, Jr, PhD
FAHA
Alan Bryer, MBBCh
FCP(SA)
MMed(Neurology)
FCNeurology(SA) PhD
Cheryl Bushnell, MD,
MHSc, FAHA
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