I am a Vascular and Critical Care neurologist at Rhode Island Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. I completed Neurology residency training at the University of Connecticut, and fellowship training in Neurocritical Care and Vascular Neurology at Yale New Haven Hospital.
My clinical and research interests include the acute treatment and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, as well as seizures and EEG patterns in critically ill neurologic patients.
I am a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Neurocritical Care Society and the American Heart Association, and serve as a reviewer for the journals Neurocritical Care, Frontiers in Neurology and Stroke.
| Reznik ME, Kalagara R, Moody S, Drake J, Margolis SA, Cizginer S, Mahta A, Rao SS, Stretz C, Wendell LC, Thompson BB, Asaad WF, Furie KL, Jones RN, Daiello LA. "Common biomarkers of physiologic stress and associations with delirium in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage." Journal of Critical Care, vol. 64, 2021, pp. 62-67. |
| Paciaroni, Maurizio, Agnelli, Giancarlo, Giustozzi, Michela, Caso, Valeria, Toso, Elisabetta, Angelini, Filippo, Canavero, Isabella, Micieli, Giuseppe, Antonenko, Kateryna, Rocco, Alessandro, Diomedi, Marina, Katsanos, Aristeidis H., Shoamanesh, Ashkan, Giannopoulos, Sotirios, Ageno, Walter, Pegoraro, Samuela, Putaala, Jukka, Strbian, Daniel, Sallinen, Hanne, Mac Grory, Brian C., Furie, Karen L., Stretz, Christoph, Reznik, Michael E., Alberti, Andrea, Venti, Michele, Mosconi, Maria Giulia, Vedovati, Maria Cristina, Franco, Laura, Zepponi, Giorgia, Romoli, Michele, Zini, Andrea, Brancaleoni, Laura, Riva, Letizia, Silvestrelli, Giorgio, Ciccone, Alfonso, Zedde, Maria Luisa, Giorli, Elisa, Kosmidou, Maria, Ntais, Evangelos, Palaiodimou, Lina, Halvatsiotis, Panagiotis, Tassinari, Tiziana, Saia, Valentina, Ornello, Raffaele, Sacco, Simona, Bandini, Fabio, Mancuso, Michelangelo, Orlandi, Giovanni, Ferrari, Elena, Pezzini, Alessandro, Poli, Loris, Cappellari, Manuel, Forlivesi, Stefano, Rigatelli, Alberto, Yaghi, Shadi, Scher, Erica, Frontera, Jennifer A., Masotti, Luca, Grifoni, Elisa, Caliandro, Pietro, Zauli, Aurelia, Reale, Giuseppe, Marcheselli, Simona, Gasparro, Antonio, Terruso, Valeria, Arnao, Valentina, Aridon, Paolo, Abdul-Rahim, Azmil H., Dawson, Jesse, Saggese, Carlo Emanuele, Palmerini, Francesco, Doronin, Boris, Volodina, Vera, Toni, Danilo, Risitano, Angela, Schirinzi, Erika, Del Sette, Massimo, Lochner, Piergiorgio, Monaco, Serena, Mannino, Marina, Tassi, Rossana, Guideri, Francesca, Acampa, Maurizio, Martini, Giuseppe, Lotti, Enrico Maria, Padroni, Marina, Pantoni, Leonardo, Rosa, Silvia, Bertora, Pierluigi, Ntaios, George, Sagris, Dimitrios, Baldi, Antonio, D’Amore, Cataldo, Mumoli, Nicola, Porta, Cesare, Denti, Licia, Chiti, Alberto, Corea, Francesco, Acciarresi, Monica, Flomin, Yuriy, Popovic, Nemanja, Tsivgoulis, Georgios. "Risk Factors for Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention." Stroke, vol. 52, no. 4, 2021, pp. 1450-1454. |
| Mac Grory B, Saldanha IJ, Mistry EA, Stretz C, Poli S, Sykora M, Kellert L, Feil K, Shah S, McTaggart R, Riebau D, Yaghi S, Gaines K, Xian Y, Feng W, Schrag M. "Thrombolytic Therapy for 'Wake-Up Stroke' - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." European journal of neurology, 2021. |
| Reznik, Michael E., Fakhri, Nasir, Moody, Scott, Murray, Kayleigh, Costa, Samantha, Yaghi, Shadi, Schrag, Matthew, Madsen, Tracy E., Burton, Tina M., Cutting, Shawna, Mahta, Ali, Wendell, Linda C., Thompson, Bradford B., Rao, Shyam S., Stretz, Christoph, Furie, Karen L., Grory, Brian Mac. "Arrival blood pressure in hypertensive and non-hypertensive spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage." Journal of the Neurological Sciences, vol. 416, 2020, pp. 117000. |
| Peng TJ, Stretz C, Mageid R, Mac Grory B, Yaghi S, Matouk C, Schindler J. "Carotid-Cavernous Fistula Presenting With Bilateral Abducens Palsy." Stroke, no. Apr 16, 2020. |
| Sheikh ZB, Stretz C, Maciel CB, Dhakar MB, Orgass H, Petroff OA, Hirsch LJ, Gilmore EJ. "Deep Versus Lobar Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage: Seizures, Hyperexcitable Patterns, and Clinical Outcomes." Critical care medicine, vol. Apr 14, 2020. |
| Hill MD, Goyal M, Menon BK, Nogueira RG, McTaggart RA, Demchuk AM, Poppe AY, Buck BH, Field TS, Dowlatshahi D, van Adel BA, Swartz RH, Shah RA, Sauvageau E, Zerna C, Ospel JM, Joshi M, Almekhlafi MA, Ryckborst KJ, Lowerison MW, Heard K, Garman D, Haussen D, Cutting SM, Coutts SB, Roy D, Rempel JL, Rohr AC, Iancu D, Sahlas DJ, Yu AYX, Devlin TG, Hanel RA, Puetz V, Silver FL, Campbell BCV, Chapot R, Teitelbaum J, Mandzia JL, Kleinig TJ, Turkel-Parrella D, Heck D, Kelly ME, Bharatha A, Bang OY, Jadhav A, Gupta R, Frei DF, Tarpley JW, McDougall CG, Holmin S, Rha JH, Puri AS, Camden MC, Thomalla G, Choe H, Phillips SJ, Schindler JL, Thornton J, Nagel S, Heo JH, Sohn SI, Psychogios MN, Budzik RF, Starkman S, Martin CO, Burns PA, Murphy S, Lopez GA, English J, Tymianski M, ESCAPE-NA1 Investigators. "Efficacy and safety of nerinetide for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke (ESCAPE-NA1): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial." The Lancet, vol. 395, no. 10227, 2020, pp. 878-887. |
| Mac Grory, Brian, Nackenoff, Alex, Poli, Sven, Spitzer, Martin S., Nedelmann, Max, Guillon, Benoit, Preterre, Cécile, Chen, Celia S., Lee, Andrew W., Yaghi, Shadi, Stretz, Christoph, Azher, Idrees, Paddock, John, Bakaeva, Tatiana, Greer, David M., Shulman, Julie G., Kowalski, Robert G., Lavin, Patrick, Mistry, Eva, Espaillat, Kiersten, Furie, Karen, Kirshner, Howard, Schrag, Matthew. "Intravenous Fibrinolysis for Central Retinal Artery Occlusion." Stroke, vol. 51, no. 7, 2020, pp. 2018-2025. |
| Mahta, Ali, Yaghi, Shadi, Reznik, Michael E., Thompson, Bradford B., Wendell, Linda C., Rao, Shyam, Potter, Nicholas S., Dakay, Katarina B., Cutting, Shawna, Mac Grory, Brian, Burton, Tina, Saad, Ali, Sacchetti, Daniel C., Stretz, Christoph, El Jamal, Sleiman, Mahmoud, Leana N., Moody, Scott, Murray, Kayleigh, Costa, Samantha, Sellke, Frank W., Kamel, Hooman, Furie, Karen L. "Serum alpha-1 antitrypsin in acute ischemic stroke: A prospective pilot study." Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, no. April 20, 2020. |
| Brown SC, Falcone GJ, Hebert RM, Yaghi S, Mac Grory B, Stretz C. "Stenting for Acute Carotid Artery Dissection." Stroke, vol. 51, no. Jan, 2020, pp. e3-e6. |
| Reznik ME, Moody S, Murray K, Costa S, Grory BM, Madsen TE, Mahta A, Wendell LC, Thompson BB, Rao SS, Stretz C, Sheth KN, Hwang DY, Zahuranec DB, Schrag M, Daiello LA, Asaad WF, Jones RN, Furie KL. "The impact of delirium on withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment after intracerebral hemorrhage." Neurology, vol. 95, no. 20, 2020, pp. e2727-e2735. |
| Manwani B, Rath S, Lee NS, Staff I, Stretz C, Modak J, Finelli PF. "Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging Decreases Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with Ischemic Stroke." J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, vol. 28, no. Feb(2), 2019, pp. 429-429. |
| Marcolini E, Stretz C, DeWitt KM. "Intracranial Hemorrhage and Intracranial Hypertension." Emerg Med Clin, vol. 37, no. 3, 2019, pp. 529-544. |
| Stretz C, Sheikh Z, Maciel CB, Hirsch LJ, Gilmore EJ. "Seizures, periodic and rhythmic patterns in primary intraventricular hemorrhage." Annals of clinical and translational neurology, vol. 5, no. 9, 2018, pp. 1104-1111. |
| Stretz C, Mook A, Modak JM, Rodriguez JM, Nouh AM. "Gerstmann Syndrome in a Patient With Aggressive Mucormycosis." The Neurohospitalist, vol. 7, no. 2, 2017, pp. 102-103. |
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"Helping young physicians advance their leadership and advocacy skills: The Young Physicians Leadership curriculum of the Connecticut State Medical Society. Conn Med. 2017 Nov; 81(10):581-6." Connecticut medicine, vol. 81, no. Nov(10), 2017, pp. 581-586.
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| Stretz C, Gao C, Greer DM, Loomis C, Gilmore EJ, Kundishora AJ, Matouk CC, Hwang DY. "Intracerebral Hemorrhage with Intraventricular Extension-Getting the Prognosis Right Early." Frontiers in Neurology, no. 8, 2017, pp. 418. |
| Stretz C, Mook AR, Zhang Y. "Pearls & Oy-sters: Transient neurologic events in a patient with leptomeningeal metastases." Neurology, vol. 89, no. Aug, 2017, pp. e50-e53. |
| Stretz C, Song X, Killory BD, Ollenschleger MD, Nouh AM. "Rheumatoid Meningitis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Observations." Connecticut medicine, vol. 80, no. 3, 2016, pp. 163-6. |
| Manwani B, Stretz C, Sansing LH. "Stroke as the Initial Manifestation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus." Stroke, vol. 47, no. 4, 2016, pp. e60-2. |
| Stretz C, Finelli PF. "Differential Diagnosis of Restricted Diffusion of the Thalamus-Focus on Viral Encephalitis. doi: 10.1177." The Neurohospitalist, vol. 4, no. Oct(5), 2015, pp. NP1-2. |
| Muenzberg M, Stretz C, Baur W, Stangl R, Merschin D. "Gender influence on the outcome of an unisex total knee arthroplasty system." Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, 2014, pp. 129-36. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | MD | Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg |
| Clinical Fellow | Yale-New Haven Hospital, Vascular Neurology | 2018-2019 | |
| Clinical Fellow | Yale-New Haven Hospital, Neurocritical Care & Emergency Neurology | 2016-2018 | |
| Resident | University of Connecticut School of Medicine / Hartford Hospital, Neurology | 2013-2016 | |
| Intern | University of Connecticut School of Medicine / Hartford Hospital, Medicine | 2012-2013 |
2020 - 2022 Guided Fellowship Program, American College of Physicians
2018- 2019 Fellow in Training, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
2017 Travel Grant, Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting
2016 - 2017 Young Physicians Leadership Curriculum, Connecticut State Medical Society
2016 Virginia Schola, RN Compassionate Physician Award, Department of Neurology, University of Connecticut
2004 - 2011 Scholar, Max Weber Program, German National Academic Foundation
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Burton, Tina | Assistant Professor of Neurology |
| Cutting, Shawna | Associate Professor of Neurology |
| Furie, Karen | Samuel I. Kennison, M.D., and Bertha S. Kennison Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Professor of Neurology, Chair of Neurology |
| Haas, Richard | Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging (Clinical), Associate Professor of Neurosurgery (Clinical), Associate Professor of Neurology (Clinical) |
| Jayaraman, Mahesh | Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Professor of Neurology, Professor of Neurosurgery |
| Mac Grory, Brian | Assistant Professor of Neurology |
| Madsen, Tracy | Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Mahta, Ali | Assistant Professor of Neurology, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery |
| McTaggart, Ryan | Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Clinician Educator, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinician Educator, Associate Professor of Neurology, Clinician Educator |
| Reznik, Michael | Assistant Professor of Neurology, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery |
| Thompson, Bradford | Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery |
| Wendell, Linda | Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery |
| Yaghi, Shadi | Assistant Professor of Neurology |
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Rhode Island Hospital
The Miriam Hospital
| Diplomate | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Vascular Neurology | 2020- | #1948 |
| Physician License | Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure & Discipline | 2018- | #MD 16507 |
| Diplomate | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | 2016- | #60455 |
| Physician License | Connecticut Department of Public Health | 2016- | #55318 |
| Assistant Professor of Neurology. Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2019- |
| Attending Physician. Rhode Island Hospital, 2019- |
| Attending Physician. The Miriam Hospital, 2019- |
