Christoph Stretz, MD, FAAN, FANA is a Vascular and Critical Care neurologist at Rhode Island Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is the program director for the Vascular Neurology fellowship.
Dr. Stretz completed Neurology residency training at the University of Connecticut, and fellowship training in Neurocritical Care and Vascular Neurology at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is board-certified in Neurology, Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care.
His clinical and research interests include the acute management and secondary prevention of recurrent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation, the acute management, evaluation, and outcomes of patients with central retinal artery occlusion as well as the management and prognostic factors of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the Neurocritical Care Society and the American Heart Association, and serves as a reviewer for the journals Neurocritical Care, Frontiers in Neurology and Stroke.
| Yaghi S, Shu L, Mandel DM, Leon Guerrero CR, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Ul Haq Lodhi O, Heldner MR, Antonenko K, Seiffge DJ, Arnold M, Salehi Omran S, Crandall RC, Lester E, Lopez Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa JA, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito MTÁP, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufmann J, Engelter ST, Traenka C, Aguiar de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa SD, Zhou LW, Gandhi P, Field TS, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker RR, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner KV, Burton TM, Freiin von Rennenberg R, Nolte CH, Choi RK, MacDonald JA, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, AlMajali M, Samaniego EA, Sanchez S, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe AY, Fonseca AC, Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin KJ, Kuohn L, Frontera JA, Amar J, Giles JA, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind DS, Molaie AM, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski KP, Eltatawy AR, Chervak LM, Chulluncuy-Rivas R, Aziz YN, Bakradze E, Tran TL, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Requena M, Saleh Velez FG, Ortiz Garcia JG, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Vishnu VY, Yaddanapudi SS, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Penckofer M, Siegler JE, Mayer SV, Willey JZ, Zubair AS, Cheng YK, Sharma R, Marto JP, Mendes Ferreira V, Klein P, Nguyen TN, Asad SD, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi TL, Martins SC, Mantovani GP, Kim YD, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Lingam S, Qureshi AY, Fridman S, Alvarado-Bolaños A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Vassilopoulou S, Tentolouris-Piperas V, Martínez-Marino M, Carrasco Wall VA, Indraswari F, El Jamal S, Liu S, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath MM, Morsi RZ, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Simpkins AN, Gomez R, Sen S, Ghani MR, Elnazeir M, Xiao H, Kala NS, Khan F, Stretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein ED, Furie KL. "Antithrombotic Treatment for Stroke Prevention in Cervical Artery Dissection: The STOP-CAD Study." Stroke, vol. 55, no. 4, 2024, pp. 908-918. |
| Lindgren E, Shu L, Simaan N, Krzywicka K, de Winter MA, Sánchez van Kammen M, Molad J, Klein P, Hallevi H, Barnea R, Heldner MR, Hiltunen S, de Sousa DA, Ferro JM, Arauz A, Putaala J, Arnold M, Nguyen TN, Stretz C, Tatlisumak T, Jood K, Yaghi S, Leker RR, Coutinho JM, DIAS research collaboration, Mansour M, Canhão P, Ekizoglu E, Rodrigues M, Silva EM, Garcia-Esperon C, Arnao V, Aladin S, Mendel R, Aridon P, Sezgin M, Alasheev A, Smolkin A, Guisado-Alonso D, Yesilot N, Barboza MA, Ghiasian M, Silvis SM, Fang T, Siegler JE, Wu T, Wilson D, Asad SD, Al Kasab S, Almallouhi E, Frontera J, Rothstein A, Bakradze E, Omran SS, Henninger N, Kuohn L, Zubair A, Sharma R, Kerrigan D, Aziz Y, Mistry E, Zuurbier SM. "Development and Validation of a Clinical Score to Predict Epilepsy After Cerebral Venous Thrombosis." JAMA neurology, vol. 81, no. 12, 2024, pp. 1274-1283. |
| Lee E, Shu L, Omran SS, Goldstein ED, Henninger N, Nguyen TN, Siegler JE, Strelecky L, Khan F, Stretz C, Furie KL, Yaghi S. "Differential Outcomes and Treatment in Non-traumatic Carotid versus Vertebral Cervical Artery Dissection: A National Inpatient Sample Study." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2024, pp. 108170. |
| Klein P, Shu L, Lindgren E, de Winter MA, Siegler JE, Simpkins AN, Omran SS, Heldner MR, de Havenon A, Abdalkader M, Al Kasab S, Stretz C, Wu TY, Wilson D, Asad SD, Almallouhi E, Frontera J, Kuohn L, Rothstein A, Bakradze E, Henninger N, Zubair AS, Sharma R, Kerrigan D, Aziz Y, Mistry EA, van Kammen MS, Tatlisumak T, Krzywicka K, Aguiar de Sousa D, Jood K, Field TS, Yaghi S, Coutinho JM, Nguyen TN. "External validation of the SI(2)NCAL(2)C score for outcomes following cerebral venous thrombosis." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 33, no. 6, 2024, pp. 107720. |
| Jayaweera M, Hernandez A, Haripottawekul A, Stretz C, Furie KL, Yaghi S, Mahta A. "Impact of Intracranial Atherosclerosis Burden on Vasospasm Risk and Outcomes in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2024, pp. 108077. |
| Stretz C, Paddock JE, Burton TM, Bakaeva T, Freeman M, Choudhury A, Yaghi S, Furie KL, Schrag M, MacGrory BC. "IV Thrombolysis for central retinal artery occlusion - Real-world experience from a comprehensive stroke center." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 33, no. 4, 2024, pp. 107610. |
| Benali F, Singh N, Fladt J, Jaroenngarmsamer T, Bala F, Ospel JM, Buck BH, Dowlatshahi D, Field TS, Hanel RA, Peeling L, Tymianski M, Hill MD, Goyal M, Ganesh A, ESCAPE-NA1 Investigators. "Mediation of Age and Thrombectomy Outcome by Neuroimaging Markers of Frailty in Patients With Stroke." JAMA Network Open, vol. 7, no. 1, 2024, pp. e2349628. |
| Shu L, Jack N, de Havenon A, Goldstein ED, Khan F, Nguyen TN, Henninger N, Siegler JE, Stretz C, Perelstein E, Kala N, Rana M, Furie KL, Douketis JD, Yaghi S. "Risk Factors For MACE And Bleeding In Atrial Fibrillation Patients Undergoing Surgery: Insights From The Bridge Trial." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2024, pp. 107839. |
| Rigutini AG, RAF NOAC Investigators. "The Impact of Atherosclerotic Burden on Vascular Outcomes in Patients with Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation: The ATHENA study." Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, vol. 30, 2024, pp. 10760296241240746. |
| Stretz, Christoph, Mahta, Ali, Witsch, Jens, Burton, Tina, Yaghi, Shadi, Furie, Karen L, Reznik, Michael E. "A reassessment of hemoglobin and hematoma expansion in intracerebral hemorrhage." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 32, no. 11, 2023, pp. 107339. |
| Meyer A, Forman E, Moody S, Stretz C, Potter NS, Subramaniam T, Top I, Wendell LC, Thompson BB, Reznik ME, Furie KL, Mahta A. "Cisternal Score: A Radiographic Score to Predict Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Requirement in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage." Neurosurgery, vol. Publish Ahead of Print, no. 1, 2023, pp. 75-83. |
| Rose D, Cavalier A, Kam W, Cantrell S, Lusk J, Schrag M, Yaghi S, Stretz C, de Havenon A, Saldanha IJ, Wu TY, Ranta A, Barber PA, Marriott E, Feng W, Kosinski AS, Laskowitz D, Poli S, Mac Grory B. "Complications of Intravenous Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Stroke, 2023. |
| Meinel TR, Wilson D, Gensicke H, Scheitz JF, Ringleb P, Goganau I, Kaesmacher J, Bae HJ, Kim DY, Kermer P, Suzuki K, Kimura K, Macha K, Koga M, Wada S, Altersberger V, Salerno A, Palanikumar L, Zini A, Forlivesi S, Kellert L, Wischmann J, Kristoffersen ES, Beharry J, Barber PA, Hong JB, Cereda C, Schlemm E, Yakushiji Y, Poli S, Leker R, Romoli M, Zedde M, Curtze S, Ikenberg B, Uphaus T, Giannandrea D, Portela PC, Veltkamp R, Ranta A, Arnold M, Fischer U, Cha JK, Wu TY, Purrucker JC, Seiffge DJ, DOAC-IVT Writing Group for the International DOAC-IVT, TRISP, and CRCS-K-NIH Collaboration. "Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Recent Ingestion of Direct Oral Anticoagulants." JAMA neurology, 2023. |
| Yaghi S, Shu L, Goldstein ED, Chang A, Kala N, Stretz C, Burton TM, Perelstein E, Furie K, Jayaraman M, Torabi R, Moldovan K, de Havenon A, Khatri P, Gebregziabher M, Liebeskind DS, Prabhakaran S. "Recurrence risk in symptomatic intracranial stenosis treated medically in the real world." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 32, no. 6, 2023, pp. 107086. |
| RAF and RENO-EXTEND Investigators*. "Risk of recurrent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with oral anticoagulants alone or in combination with anti-platelet therapy." European stroke journal, vol. 8, no. 3, 2023, pp. 722-730. |
| RAF and RENO-EXTEND Investigators. "The risk of stroke recurrence in patients with atrial fibrillation and reduced ejection fraction." European stroke journal, vol. 8, no. 3, 2023, pp. 731-737. |
| Basso C, Goldstein E, Dai X, Rana M, Shu L, Chen C, Sweeney J, Stretz C, Smith EE, Gurol ME, de Havenon A, Burton T, Fussell-Louie D, Furie K, Yaghi S. "Acute ischemic stroke on anti-Xa inhibitors: Pharmacokinetics and outcomes." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 31, no. 9, 2022, pp. 106612. |
| Baker AD, Schwamm LH, Sanborn DY, Furie K, Stretz C, Mac Grory B, Yaghi S, Kleindorfer D, Sucharew H, Mackey J, Walsh K, Flaherty M, Kissela B, Alwell K, Khoury J, Khatri P, Adeoye O, Ferioli S, Woo D, Martini S, De Los Rios La Rosa F, Demel SL, Madsen T, Star M, Coleman E, Slavin S, Jasne A, Mistry EA, Haverbusch M, Merkler AE, Kamel H, Schindler J, Sansing LH, Faridi KF, Sugeng L, Sheth KN, Sharma R. "Acute Ischemic Stroke, Depressed Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, and Sinus Rhythm: Prevalence and Practice Patterns." Stroke, vol. 53, no. 6, 2022, pp. 1883-1891. |
| Polymeris AA, Meinel TR, Oehler H, Hölscher K, Zietz A, Scheitz JF, Nolte CH, Stretz C, Yaghi S, Stoll S, Wang R, Häusler KG, Hellwig S, Klammer MG, Litmeier S, Leon Guerrero CR, Moeini-Naghani I, Michel P, Strambo D, Salerno A, Bianco G, Cereda C, Uphaus T, Gröschel K, Katan M, Wegener S, Peters N, Engelter ST, Lyrer PA, Bonati LH, Grunder L, Ringleb PA, Fischer U, Kallmünzer B, Purrucker JC, Seiffge DJ. "Aetiology, secondary prevention strategies and outcomes of ischaemic stroke despite oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation." Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2022. |
| Persad-Paisley EM, Shamshad A, Stretz C, Potter NS, Wendell LC, Thompson BB, Furie KL, Reznik ME, Mahta A. "Association of pre-admission antihypertensive agents and outcomes in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage." Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, vol. 103, 2022, pp. 119-123. |
| Yaghi S, Furie K, Wechsler L, Mullen MT, Stretz C, Burton T, de Havenon A. "Differences in Inpatient Insertable Cardiac Monitor Placement after Ischemic Stroke." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 31, no. 1, 2022, pp. 106124. |
| Yaghi, Shadi, Shu, Liqi, Bakradze, Ekaterina, Salehi Omran, Setareh, Giles, James A., Amar, Jordan Y., Henninger, Nils, Elnazeir, Marwa, Liberman, Ava L., Moncrieffe, Khadean, Lu, Jenny, Sharma, Richa, Cheng, Yee, Zubair, Adeel S., Simpkins, Alexis N., Li, Grace T., Kung, Justin Chi, Perez, Dezaray, Heldner, Mirjam, Scutelnic, Adrian, Seiffge, David, Siepen, Bernhard, Rothstein, Aaron, Khazaal, Ossama, Do, David, Kasab, Sami Al, Rahman, Line Abdul, Mistry, Eva A., Kerrigan, Deborah, Lafever, Hayden, Nguyen, Thanh N., Klein, Piers, Aparicio, Hugo, Frontera, Jennifer, Kuohn, Lindsey, Agarwal, Shashank, Stretz, Christoph, Kala, Narendra, El Jamal, Sleiman, Chang, Alison, Cutting, Shawna, Xiao, Han, de Havenon, Adam, Muddasani, Varsha, Wu, Teddy, Wilson, Duncan, Nouh, Amre, Asad, Syed Daniyal, Qureshi, Abid, Moore, Justin, Khatri, Pooja, Aziz, Yasmin, Casteigne, Bryce, Khan, Muhib, Cheng, Yao, Mac Grory, Brian, Weiss, Martin, Ryan, Dylan, Vedovati, Maria Cristina, Paciaroni, Maurizio, Siegler, James E., Kamen, Scott, Yu, Siyuan, Leon Guerrero, Christopher R., Atallah, Eugenie, De Marchis, Gian Marco, Brehm, Alex, Dittrich, Tolga, Psychogios, Marios, Alvarado-Dyer, Ronald, Kass-Hout, Tareq, Prabhakaran, Shyam, Honda, Tristan, Liebeskind, David S., Furie, Karen. "Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin in the Treatment of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (ACTION-CVT): A Multicenter International Study." Stroke, 2022. |
| Shu L, Bakradze E, Omran SS, Giles J, Amar J, Henninger N, Elnazeir M, Liberman A, Moncrieffe K, Rotblat J, Sharma R, Cheng Y, Zubair AS, Simpkins A, Li G, Kung J, Perez D, Heldner MR, Scutelnic A, von Martial R, Siepen B, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Do D, Al Kasab S, Rahman LA, Mistry EA, Kerrigan D, Lafever H, Nguyen TN, Klein P, Aparicio HJ, Frontera JA, Kuohn L, Agarwal S, Stretz C, Kala N, ElJamal S, Chang A, Cutting S, Indraswari F, de Havenon A, Muddasani V, Wu T, Wilson D, Nouh A, Asad D, Qureshi A, Moore J, Khatri P, Aziz Y, Casteigne B, Khan M, Cheng Y, Grory BM, Weiss M, Ryan D, Vedovati MC, Paciaroni M, Siegler J, Kamen S, Yu S, Guerrero CL, Atallah E, De Marchis GM, Brehm A, Dittrich T, Psychogios M, Alvarado-Dyer R, Kass-Hout T, Prabhakaran S, Honda T, Liebeskind D, Furie K, Yaghi S. "Predictors of Recurrent Venous Thrombosis After Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Analysis of the ACTION-CVT Study." Neurology, vol. 99, no. 21, 2022, pp. e2368-e2377. |
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| Andere, Ariana, Jindal, Gaurav, Molino, Janine, Collins, Scott, Merck, Derek, Burton, Tina, Stretz, Christoph, Yaghi, Shadi, Sacchetti, Daniel C., Jamal, Sleiman El, Reznik, Michael E., Furie, Karen, Cutting, Shawna. "Volumetric White Matter Hyperintensity Ranges Correspond to Fazekas Scores on Brain MRI." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 31, no. 4, 2022, pp. 106333. |
| Ganesh A, Ospel JM, Menon BK, Demchuk AM, McTaggart RA, Nogueira RG, Poppe AY, Almekhlafi MA, Hanel RA, Thomalla G, Holmin S, Puetz V, van Adel BA, Tarpley JW, Tymianski M, Hill MD, Goyal M, ESCAPE-NA1 Trial Investigators. "Assessment of Discrepancies Between Follow-up Infarct Volume and 90-Day Outcomes Among Patients With Ischemic Stroke Who Received Endovascular Therapy." JAMA Network Open, vol. 4, no. 11, 2021, pp. e2132376. |
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| 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. |
| Mac Grory B, Landman SR, Ziegler PD, Boisvert CJ, Flood SP, Stretz C, Madsen TE, Reznik ME, Cutting S, Moore EE, Hewitt H, Closser JB, Torres J, Lavin PJ, Furie KL, Xian Y, Feng W, Biousse V, Schrag M, Yaghi S. "Detection of Atrial Fibrillation After Central Retinal Artery Occlusion." Stroke, 2021, pp. STROKEAHA120033934. |
| Doelfel SR, Kalagara R, Han EJ, Chuck CC, Dandapani H, Stretz C, Mahta A, Wendell LC, Thompson BB, Yaghi S, Furie KL, Madsen TE, Reznik ME. "Gender Disparities in Stroke Code Activation in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 30, no. 12, 2021, pp. 106119. |
| Reznik ME, Margolis SA, Mahta A, Wendell LC, Thompson BB, Stretz C, Rudolph JL, Boukrina O, Barrett AM, Daiello LA, Jones RN, Furie KL. "Impact of Delirium on Outcomes After Intracerebral Hemorrhage." Stroke, vol. 53, no. 2, 2021, pp. STROKEAHA120034023. |
| Stretz, Christoph, Wu, Teddy Y, Wilson, Duncan, Seiffge, David J, Smith, Eric E, Gurol, M Edip, Yaghi, Shadi. "Ischaemic stroke in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation." Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2021, pp. jnnp-2020-323963. |
| Guo C, Stretz C, Anderson JR, El-Husseini N, Mac Grory B, Werner B, Yarnell S. "Psychiatric sequelae of stroke affecting the non-dominant cerebral hemisphere." Journal of the Neurological Sciences, vol. 430, 2021, pp. 120007. |
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| Mahta, Ali, Anderson, Matthew N., Azher, Aidan I., Mahmoud, Leana N., Dakay, Katarina, Abdulrazeq, Hael, Abud, Alexander, Moody, Scott, Reznik, Michael E., Yaghi, Shadi, Thompson, Bradford B., Wendell, Linda C., Rao, Shyam S., Potter, Nicholas S., Cutting, Shawna, Mac Grory, Brian, Stretz, Christoph, Doberstein, Curtis E., Furie, Karen L. "Short- and Long-Term Opioid Use in Survivors of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage." Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2021, pp. 106770. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
2024 Fellow of the American Neurological Association (FANA)
2023 Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN)
2022 Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)
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 | Associate 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 |
| Goldstein, Eric | Assistant Professor of Neurology |
| Haas, Richard | Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging (Clinical), Associate Professor of Neurosurgery (Clinical), Associate Professor of Neurology (Clinical) |
| Jayaraman, Mahesh | Charles and Elfriede Collis-Frances Weeden Gibson Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Chair of Diagnostic Imaging, Professor of Neurology, Professor of Neurosurgery |
| Mac Grory, Brian | Assistant Professor of Neurology |
| Madsen, Tracy | Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
| Mahta, Ali | Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery |
| Reznik, Michael | Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor of Neurology |
| Saldanha, Ian | Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Yaghi, Shadi | Associate Professor of Neurology |
Brown Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Rhode Island Hospital
The Miriam Hospital
| Diplomate | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurocritical Care & Emergency Neurology | 2021- | #19 |
| 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 |
| Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2024- |
| Assistant Professor of Neurology. Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2019-2024 |
| Attending Physician. Rhode Island Hospital, 2019- |
| Attending Physician. The Miriam Hospital, 2019- |
