The NECC 12th Annual Summit Speakers

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Dee Behrens, BSN, CNRN, SCRN
Technical Advisor/Surveyor, Stroke Program, DNV GL Healthcare
DNV GL- Healthcare Stroke Programs
Curtis Benesch, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAHA, FAAN
Professor of Clinical Neurology / Vice-Chair for VA Programs
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Sara Cuccurullo, MD
VP, Medical Director, Residency Program Director
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
Jeremy Cushman, MD, MS, EMT-P, FACEP
Medical Director for Monroe-Livingston Region/ Associate Professor and Chief- Division of Prehospital Medicine
University of Rochester
Andrew Demchuk, MD, FRCPC
Director, Calgary Stroke Program/ Professor, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences & Radiology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
University of Calgary

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David Eickemeyer, MBA
Associate Director, Certification, The Joint Commission
The Joint Commission
Talya Fleming, MD
Director, Aftercare Program & Stroke Recovery Program
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
Toby Gropen, MD
Professor, Division Director, Cerebrovascular Disease, University of Alabama School of Medicine
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Nils Henninger, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts | UMass Memorial Medical Center
Richard Kamin, MD, FACEP
EMS Program Director / Medical Director
University of CT Health Center / CT DPH OEMS
Tapan Kavi, MD
Director of Neurocritical Care, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery, Radiology & Neurology
Cooper University Hopsital
David Kent, MD, MS
Director- Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness (PACE) Center
Tufts Medical Center
Steven Levine, MD, FAHA, FAAN, FANA
NECC Chair / SUNY Distinguished Professor and Executive Vice Chair of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Timothy Lukovits, MD
Medical Director, NH Stroke Collaborative & Cerebrovascular Disease & Stroke Program
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Mark Merlin, DO, EMT-P, FACEP
Vice Chairman and EMS Fellowship Director / Chief Medical Officer
Newark Beth/RWJ Barnabas / MONOC, Jet911, World Medical Bank
Peter Panagos, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine & Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine

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Gino Paolucci, NP
Lead APP, Stroke & Neurointerventional Radiology
Rhode Island Hospital
Kori Sauser Zachrison, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Lee Schwamm, MD, FAHA
Founder of NECC; Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology; C. Miller Fisher Chair & Chief of MGH Stroke Services
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hamza Shaikh, MD
Co-Director of Neurointerventional Surgery, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology, Department of Neurosurgery, Radiology & Neurology
Cooper University Hospital

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Matthew Sholl, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Department of Emergency, Maine Medical Center, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
Matt Siket, MD, MS
Co-Director Rhode Island Hospital Stroke Centers, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Brian Silver, MD, FAHA, FAAN, FANA
NECC Vice-Chair; Vice Chair & Professor of Neurology
UMass Memorial Medical Center / University of Massachusetts Medical School