Stroke

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Mission of the Section of Stroke Neurology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is to promote the health of patients with strokes. We are a group of individuals with diverse interests and the common goal to maintain excellence in clinical care, education, and research.

Medical Director

Edward "Luke" Bradbury

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Associate Professor

Providers

Eric Adelman

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Associate Professor

Edward "Luke" Bradbury

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Associate Professor

Marcus Chacon

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Associate Professor

Sepideh Chagharvand

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Assistant Professor (CHS)

Jamie Elliott

Credentials: M.D., Ph.D.

Position title: Assistant Professor

Bolanle Famakin

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Assistant Professor

Cassie Nankee

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Assistant Professor

Jerdan Ruff

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Assistant Professor

Justin Sattin

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Professor

Shaun Shaker

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Assistant Professor

Erick Tarula

Credentials: M.D.

Position title: Assistant Professor

Natalie Wheeler

Credentials: M.D., J.D.

Position title: Assistant Professor

APPs

Ryan Anderson

Credentials: P.A.

Position title: Physician Assistant

Tess Lee

Credentials: N.P.

Position title: Nurse Practitioner

Logan Renfert

Credentials: P.A.

Position title: Physician Assistant

Kristina Trybek

Credentials: P.A.

Position title: Physician Assistant

HMGB1 is a Potential Mediator of Astrocytic TLR4 Signaling Activation following Acute and Chronic Focal Cerebral Ischemia
Famakin BM, Tsymbalyuk O, Tsymbalyuk N, Ivanova S, Woo SK, Kwon MS, Gerzanich V, Simard JM.
Neurol Res Int. 2020 Feb 20;2020:3929438. doi: 10.1155/2020/3929438. eCollection 2020.
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Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling in Focal Cerebral Ischemia: a Focus on the Neurovascular Unit
Famakin BM, Vemuganti R.
Mol Neurobiol. 2020 Jun;57(6):2690-2701. doi: 10.1007/s12035-020-01906-5. Epub 2020 Apr 18.
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Pearls & Oy-sters: Primary angiitis of the CNS presenting with recurrent intracranial hemorrhage
Rice J, Woltjer R, Stienstra N, Sun E, Yadav V.
Neurology. 2020 Mar 3;94(9):e992-e995. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009047. Epub 2020 Feb 10.
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Blood Pressure Thresholds During Endovascular Therapy in Ischemic Stroke
Sun ZE, Smirnakis S, Feske S.
JAMA Neurol. 2020 Dec 1;77(12):1578-1579. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.3816.
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Osmotherapy for malignant cerebral edema in a phase 2 prospective, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of IV glibenclamide
Hinson HE, Sun E, Molyneaux BJ, von Kummer R, Demchuk A, Romero J, Taylor Kimberly W, Sheth KN.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Jul;29(7):104916. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104916. Epub 2020 May 13.
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Intensive vs Standard Treatment of Hyperglycemia and Functional Outcome in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: The SHINE Randomized Clinical Trial
Johnston KC, Bruno A, Pauls Q, Hall CE, Barrett KM, Barsan W, Fansler A, Van de Bruinhorst K, Janis S, Durkalski-Mauldin VL; Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials Network and the SHINE Trial Investigators.
JAMA. 2019 Jul 23;322(4):326-335. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.9346.
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Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome Treated Successfully With Anakinra in a 21-Year-Old Woman
Westbrook C, Subramaniam T, Seagren RM, Tarula E, Co D, Furstenberg-Knauff M, Wallace A, Hsu D, Payne E.
WMJ. 2019 Oct;118(3):135-139.
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Sur1-Trpm4 Cation Channel Expression in Human Cerebral Infarcts
Mehta RI, Tosun C, Ivanova S, Tsymbalyuk N, Famakin BM, Kwon MS, Castellani RJ, Gerzanich V, Simard JM.
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Aug;74(8):835-49. doi: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000223.
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The Immune Response to Acute Focal Cerebral Ischemia and Associated Post-stroke Immunodepression: A Focused Review
Famakin BM.
Aging Dis. 2014 Oct 1;5(5):307-26. doi: 10.14336/AD.2014.0500307. eCollection 2014 Oct.
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Nonparetic arm force does not overinhibit the paretic arm in chronic poststroke hemiparesis
Dimyan MA, Perez MA, Auh S, Tarula E, Wilson M, Cohen LG.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 May;95(5):849-56. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.12.023. Epub 2014 Jan 16.
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