May is Stroke Awareness Month and we are excited to bring to you a mini-series this month focused on Careers in Stroke. Each episode we’ll talk with professionals, doctors, researchers and therapists who work with stroke patients and in stroke science. Highlighting the people who work in stroke care, hear their stories, why they chose their career paths, hopefully this encourages future generations of stroke professionals! Starting our Careers in Stroke mini-series, we spoke with Emily...

In this episode we sat down withDr. Nneka Ifejika, Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Section Chief of Stroke Rehabilitation at UT Southwestern Medical Center, following her Grand Rounds presentation, Stroke Recovery Throughout The Continuum of Care at McGovern Medical School. She has secondary appointments in the departments of Neurology, and Population and Data Sciences, and has both clinical and research interests spanning each of these fields. Outside of her...

In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Suja Rajan following her groundbreaking presentation on the cost-effectiveness of mobile stroke units at the 2022 International Stroke Conference in New Orleans. Dr. Rajan and co-researchers aimed to prove “if outcome improvements associated with MSUs justify [an] increase in costs, thereby making MSUs cost effective, or if the outcome improvements lead to follow-up cost reductions thereby making MSUs...

In this episode, Andrea Ancer Leal, RN, LMSW, BSN-DNP Student and Research Coordinator II with the Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, sits down with Miguel A. De La Mora, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner DNP Student at UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing to recap our previous episode on Post-Stroke Depression and Anxiety, with Dr. Jennifer Beachamp, in Spanish. Ideas and opinions are our own and this podcast is not a substitute for expert medical advice. The Institute for Stroke and...

In this episode we chat with Dr. Louise McCullough, professor and Chair of Neurology at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center and Co-Director of UTHealth Neurosciences. She is also the Conference Chair for this year's International Stroke Conference and offers an inside look into this year's event and UTHealth Houston's involvement. We discuss COVID and stroke, Dr. James Grotta's presentation on MSU cost effectiveness, TNK vs TPA use, up and comers from UTHealth Houston to...

In this episode, stroke fellow, Shalene Amin, sits down with Dr. Jennifer Beauchamp, Associate Professor at the UT Health Cizik School of Nursing in the Department of Research to discuss post-stroke depression and anxiety. She is also the Lead Investigator of the University of Texas System Health Biobank Consortium and the director of the Mental Health Program of the UTHealth Stroke Institute. She emphasizes the importance of developing effective behavioral interventions, social supports,...

For our Stroke Awareness Month special episode we chat with vascular and interventional neurologist, Dr. Sunil Sheth, to discuss his career in endovascular and interventional neurology and advice for stroke trainees. The Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease (UTHealth Stroke Institute) http://www.utstrokeinstitute.com/ UTHealth Stroke Institute Vascular Neurology Fellowship https://www.uth.edu/stroke-institute/training/vascular-neurology-fellowship Dr. Sunil Sheth Imaging...

For our second episode, we chat with nationally recognized physician-scientist Lousie D. McCullough, MD, PhD to discuss her work in identifying sex differences in cell death pathways during stroke and leadership advice to stroke trainees. The Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease (UTHealth Stroke Institute) http://www.utstrokeinstitute.com/ UTHealth Stroke Institute Women and Stroke Program https://www.uth.edu/stroke-institute/programs/women-and-stroke  Host: Barbra...

In our first episode, Dr. Alexandra Czap, assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery at UTHealth Houston, sits down with stroke expert and pioneer, Dr. James Grotta, to reflect on the past, present, and future of the stroke field. Dr. Grotta reminisces on the monumental changes within the field and provides insight on what stroke trainees should know to lead the next revolution of stroke. The Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular...