SORCan Members

Gustavo Saposnik (Chair, Project Leader) MD MSc FAHA FRCPC 
Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist
Director, Stroke Outcomes Research Center
Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME)
St Michael’s Hospital | University of Toronto
55 Queen St E – Suite 931
Toronto, ON, M5C 1R6
Tel: 416.864.5155
Fax: 416.864.5150
Web: Profile and Publications; St. Michael’s Hospital
Email: saposnikg@smh.ca
Twitter: Follow @gsaposnik
Linkedin
Pubmed

Mark Bayley MD FRCPC FAHA
Brain and Spinal Cord Rehab Program,
UHN Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and
Division of Physiatry, Department of Medicine,
University of Toronto
And
Scientist Canadian Partnership for Stroke recovery
And
Adjunct Scientist Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences
Room 3-131 at 550 University Avenue
Toronto M5G2A2 – Canada
Tel: (416) 597 3422 ext 3943
Email: Mark.Bayley@uhn.ca

Sandra E. Black MD FRCPC 
Professor, Brill Chair in Neurology, University of Toronto,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
University of Toronto
Room A421- 2075 Bayview Avenue,
Toronto, ON M4N 3M5
Tel: 416.480.4551
Fax: 416.480.4552
Email: Sandra.black@sunnybrook.ca

Dale Corbett MD FRCPC FAHA 
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Stroke Program
2E3.13 WMC, 8440-112 Street,
Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7
Canada
Tel: (780) 407 3254
Fax: (780) 407 1325
Email: ashfaq.shuaib@ualberta.ca

Robert Côté MD, FRCPC 
Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Medicine
Division of Neurology
Montreal General Hospital
3755 chemin de la cote-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal, QC H3T 1E2
Tel: (514) 934-8057
Fax: (514) 934-8265
Email: robert.cote@muhc.mcgill.ca

Shelagh B. Coutts BSc MB.ChB. MD FRCPC FRCP(Glasg.) 
Assistant Professor Stroke Neurology,
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Calgary
C1246, Foothills Medical Centre
1403 29th St NW
Calgary,AB
T2N 2T9
Tel: 1 – (403) 944 2097
Fax: 1 – (403) 944 2611
Email: shelagh.coutts@albertahealthservices.ca

Andrew M. Demchuk MD FRCPC 
Director, Calgary Stroke Program
AHFMR Scholar
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Adjunct Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Calgary
Foothills Medical Centre, Room 1162
Tel: 403-944-8671
Fax: 403-944-1602

Sean Dukelow MD PhD FRCPC 
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
KINARM & Smart-e-Pants Programs
The Calgary Stroke Program
Tel: (403) 944-5930
Email: Sean.dukelow@ucalgary.ca

David J. Gladstone MD PhD FRCPC 
Assistant Professor
Director, Inpatient Stroke Services and
Regional Stroke Prevention Clinic
Division of Neurology and Regional Stroke Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue, Room A442
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
Tel: 416-480-4866 (secretary: Mrs. June Warenycia)
Fax: 416-480-5753
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Program Coordinator, Stroke Section
Division of Neurology, University of Toronto

Vladimir Hachinski MD FRCPC 
Professor, University of Western Ontario
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences
London Health Sciences Centre
University Hospital
339 Windermere Road
London, ON, N6A 5A5
Canada
Tel: (519) 663 – 3624
Email: eva.newhouse@lhsc.on.ca

Antoine Hakim OC MD PhD FRCPC 
The University of Ottawa
Health Sciences Building, Roger Guindon Hall
451 Smyth Road, 2nd Floor, Room 2413
Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5
Tel: 613-562-5462
Fax: 613-562-5403

Robert Hart MD FRCPC 
Professor
Michael DeGroot Chair in Stroke Research
Department of Medicine
Hamilton General Hospital
McMaster University
Email: robert.hart@phri.ca

Michael D. Hill MD MSc FRCPC 
HSF Alberta/NWT/NU Professorship
Director, Stroke Unit
Associate Professor, Calgary Stroke Program
Department of Clinical Neurosciences / Medicine / Community Health Sciences
Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
Rm 1242A, Foothills Hospital
1403 29th Street NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9
Tel: 403 944 8065

Thomas Jeerakathil BSc MSc MD FRCP(C) 
Assistant Professor
Division of Neurology
Department of Medicine
University of Alberta
2E3.34 WC Mackenzie Centre
Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7
Tel: 780-407-8786
Fax: 780-407-1325

Moira K. Kapral MD MSc FRCPC 
Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto General Hospital
Eaton North Wing
14th Floor Rm 14EN215
200 Elizabeth St.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5G 2C4
Tel: 416-340-4642

Muhammad Mamdani PharmD MA MPH 
Director, Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC)
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1W8
Canada
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
University of Toronto
Email: mamdanim@smh.toronto.on.ca

Stephen J. Phillips BSc (Hons) MBBS FRCPC 
Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Dalhousie University
Director, Acute Stroke Program, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
Halifax Infirmary Room 3831
1796 Summer Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A7
Canada
Tel: 902 473 5423
Fax: 902 473 4438

Tom A. Schweizer PhD 
Director, Neuroscience Research Program, St. Michael’s Hospital
Cognitive Neuroscientist, Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine (Neurosurgery), University of Toronto
Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), University of Toronto
Email: SchweizerT@smh.ca

Ashfaq Shuaib MD FRCPC FAHA 
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Stroke Program
2E3.13 WMC, 8440-112 Street,
Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7
Canada
Tel: (780) 407 3254
Fax: (780) 407 1325
Email: ashfaq.shuaib@ualberta.ca

Frank L. Silver MD FRCPC 
Director, UHN Stroke Program
Tel: (416) 603-5416
Fax: (416) 603-5768
Email: frank.silver@uhn.on.ca

Eric Smith MD MPH FRCPC 
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Calgary
Stroke Neurologist, Calgary Stroke Program
Foothills Medical Centre, Room C1212
1403 29 Street NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9
Tel: 403-944-4399
Fax: 403-944-1154
Email: eesmith@ucalgary.ca

Luciano A. Sposato 
Stroke Fellow
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences
London Health Sciences Centre, Western University
London, ON, Canada
Email: lucianosposato@gmail.com

Scientific Advisory Board & International Collaborators

Sebastian Ameriso MD FAHA
Chief
Stroke Center
Institute for Neurological Research, FLENI
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Email: sameriso@fleni.org.ar

Fernando Barinagarrementeria MD
Neurology Department
Hospital Ángeles
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
Web: www.community.frontiersin.org/people/fernandobarinagarrementeria
Email: fbarinaga@prodigy.net.mx

Cheryl Bushnell MD MHS
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Wake Forest Baptist Stroke Center
Wake Forest Baptist School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston Salem, NC 27157 – USA
Tel: (336) 716-2357 (Donna Hoffman)
Fax: (336) 716-7790
Email: cbushnel@wakehealth.edu

Seemant Chaturvedi MD FAHA FAAN
Professor of Neurology
Director of the WSU/DMC Stroke
Wayne State University
42 W. Warren Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
Tel: (313) 745-1540
Email: schaturv@med.wayne.edu

Steven Cramer MD  
Professor, Department Anatomy & Neurobiology;
Director, Neuroimaging Core, Institute for Clinical Translational Science; Clinical Director, Bill & Sue Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Anatomy & Neurobiology
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine – USA
Tel: (714) 456-6876
Email: scramer@uci.edu

Julie Bernhardt  
NMHRC Fellow, Principal Research Fellow, the Florey
245 Burgundy Street
Heidelberg Vic 3084
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9035 7072
Email: j.bernhardt@unimelb.edu.au

Leonardo G. Cohen MD  
Chief, Human Cortical Physiology and Stroke Neurorehabilitation Section.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH,
Building 10, Room 7D54
Bethesda, MD 20892 – USA
Tel: (301) 496-9782
Fax: (301) 402-7010
Email: cohenl1@mail.nih.gov

Stephen Davis MD FRCP Edin FRACP
Director Melbourne Brain Centre
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Professor of Translational Neuroscience
University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
President, World Stroke Organization
Tel: +61 3 9342 8448 Fax: +61 3 9342 8427
Email: stephen.davis@mh.org.au

Felipe de los Rios MD
Neurologo Clinico
Director, Enfermedades Cerebrovasculares – Red de Atencion SANNA, Peru
Profesor Asistente, Dpto. de Neurología y Rehabilitación – University of Cincinnati, EEUU
SANNA Healthcare Network
Av. Aurelio Miro Quesada 1030 |San Isidro |Lima |Perú
Celular (+51) 9500 – 58407 | Oficina +511 631 – 0010
RPM #9500 58407
Web:
Email: felipe.delosrios@sanna.pe

Mitchell S. Elkind MD MS FAAN FAHA
Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology
Division Head, Neurology Clinical Outcomes Research and Population Sciences (Neuro CORPS)
Fellowships Director, Department of Neurology
Columbia University
710 West 168th Street, Room 642
New York, NY 10032
Tel: 212 305-1710
Fax: 212 305-1658
Email: mse13@columbia.edu

Valery Feigin MD PhD
Professor & Director of The National Institute for Stroke & Applied Neurosciences
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences
New Zealand
Tel: (09) 921 9166
Web: AUT University
Email: valery.feigin@aut.ac.nz

Marc Fisher MD 
Professor of Neurology,
Beth Israel Medical Center
Harvard University
Editor, STROKE Journal
Boston, USA
Email: Marc.Fisher@umassmemorial.org

Gary A. Ford MD CBE FMedSci
Professor and Chief Executive Officer
Oxford Academic Health Science Network
Stroke and Cardiovascular Theme Director, NIHR Clinical Research Network
Oxford University
Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4GA
United Kingdom
Tel: 01865 338429
Email: gary.ford@ouh.nhs.uk

S. Claiborne Johnston MD PhD
Dean, Dell Medical School
Professor of Medicine
University of Texas, Austin
1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Suite 1.114
Austin, TX 78723 – USA
Tel: 415-379-0787
Email: clay.johnston@utexas.edu

Anthony Kim MD MS
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Medical Director, USCF Stroke Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143 – USA
Tel: (415) 353-8897
Fax: (415) 353-8705

Ayrton Massaro MD PhD
Hospital Sirio Libanes
Rua Dona Adma Jafet, 91 – Bela Vista
Sao Paulo, SP – CEP 01308-050
Brazil
Tel: 55 11 3155-0200
Email: ayrton.massaro@gmail.com

Aurelio Mosquera MD
Neurovascular Section
Neurology Department
Hospital Luis Vernaza
Escobedo y Loja
Guayaquil- Ecuador
Tel: 0999357603- 59342692080
Email: mosquerab@yahoo.com

Yongchai Nilanont MD FRCPT  
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Siriraj Stroke Center
Department of Medicine
Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
2 Prannok Rd, Bangkoknoi
Bangkok, Thailand
Tel: (662) 419-7101
Email: yongchai.sae@mahidol.ac.th

Bo Norving MD
Professor of Neurology
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Lund University Hospital
Box 117, 221 00 LUND
Lund, Sweden
Tel: 046-222 00 00
Email: bo.norrving@med.lu.se

Martin O’Donnell MB PhD MRCPI
Associate Professor of Translational Medicine,
Director, HRB-Clinical Research Facility,
National University of Ireland, Galway and Galway University Hospital
University Rd, Galway
Ireland
Tel: +353-(0)91-494-098
Fax: +353-(0)91-526-027
Email: martin.odonnell@nuigalway.ie

Bruce Ovbiagele MD MSc
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Neurology
MUSC University
96 Jonathan Lucas St.
Charleston, SC 29425 – USA
Tel: 843-792-3224
Email: ovibes@musc.edu

Jeyaraj Durai Pandian MD DM FRACP 
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology
Head of Research, Betty Cowan Research and Innovation Center
Chair, World Stroke Campaign
Board of Director from Asia/Oceania region to World Stroke Organisation
Christian Medical College,
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Tel: +91-9915784750
Email: jeyarajpandian@yahoo.co.in, jeyarajpandian@gmail.com

Tai Hwan Park MD PhD  
Director, Department of Neurology,
Head of Educational Department,
Supporting Director, Medical Research Institute of Seoul Medical Center,
Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Tel: +82-2-2276-8668
Fax: +82-2-2276-8539
Email: thpark@seoulmc.or.kr

Alejandro A Rabinstein MD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Neurocritical Cre
Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology,
Rochester, MN 55905,
USA
Email: Rabinstein.alejandro@mayo.edu

Ralph L. Sacco MD MS FAHA
Professor and Chief of the Neurology
Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Chairman of Neurology, Olemberg Family Chair in Neurological Disorders, Miller Professor of Neurology, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Human Genetics, and Neurosurgery.
Executive Director of the Evelyn McKnight Brain Institute at the Miller School of Medicine,
University of Miami – USA
Email: RSacco@med.miami.edu

Peter D. Schellinger MD PhD FESO FAHA
Professor and Chairman
Depts of Neurology and Neurogeriatry
Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden
Hans-Nolte-Str.1
D-32429 Minden – Germany
Fon +49 (0) 571/790-3501
Fax +49 (0) 571/790-293500
Email:peter.schellinger@muehlenkreiskliniken.de

Brian Silver MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Tel: 401-863-1000
Email: Brian_Silver@brown.edu