Faculty

Course Director

Thomas Hemmen, MD, PhD
Director, UC San Diego Stroke Center
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosciences

UC San Diego Faculty

Bob Carter, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery

Jessica S. Choe, MD
Fellow, UCSD Stroke Center
Department of Neurosciences

Kama Guluma, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine

Navaz Karanjia, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosciences
Director, UCSD NeuroCritical Care and Neuro-ICU

Alexander Khalessi, MD, MS
Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery
Surgical Director of NeuroCritical Care
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Division of Neurosurgery

Kiet M. Loc, MD
Fellow, UCSD Stroke Center
Department of Neurosciences

Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Co-Director, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center

Scott Olson, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology and Neurosciences
Department of Radiology

Visiting Faculty

Steven C. Cramer, MD
Professor
Departments of Neurology, Anatomy & Neurobiology, and PMR
Director, Neuroimaging Core, Institute for Clinical Translational Science
Clinical Director, Bill & Sue Gross Stem Cell Research Center
Vice Chair for Research, Neurology
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Patrick D. Lyden, MD
Chair, Department of Neurology
Director, Stroke Program
Carmen and Louis Warschaw Chair in Neurology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Katie L. McCarthy, NP, CNRN
Neurovascular Nurse Practitioner & Coordinator
Swedish Medical Center Comprehensive Stroke Center
Denver, Colorado