Fourth Annual

Pursuit of Neurovascular Excellence 2012

Pursuit of Neurovascular Excellence is a program of the Neurosciences Institute at Abington Memorial Hospital, led by Steven J. Barrer, M.D., Director.

Abington Memorial Hospital Faculty

Qaisar A. Shah, M.D.
Neurovascular Associates of Abington
Director, Neurointerventional and Neurocritical Care

Osman S. Kozak, M.D.
Associate Director, Neurointerventional Care

Larami G. MacKenzie, M.D.
Associate Director, Neurocritical Care

Hana Choe, M.D.
Neurointerventional Care

Conference Coordinators

Qaisar A. Shah, M.D.
Neurovascular Associates of Abington
Director, Neurointerventional and Neurocritical Care

Nancy Arena-Gogal, B.S.N., R.N.
Nurse Manager, Cardiac Cath/EPS/Neurovascular Lab

Deborah Murphy, M.S.N., C.N.R.N., C.R.N.P.
Stroke Program Coordinator
Nurse Director, Neurosciences Institute

Guest Faculty

Harold P. Adams, Jr., M.D.
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs,
Professor and Director,
Division of Cerebrovascular Disorders
Director, University of Iowa Stroke Center

Joseph P. Broderick, M.D.
Research Director, UC Neuroscience Institute
Albert Barnes Voorheis Chair,
Department of Neurology,
and Professor of Neurology,
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Brett L. Cucchiara, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Neurovascular Laboratory,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Muhammad Shazam Hussain, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stroke Program Staff, Vascular Neurology and
Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology
Cerebrovascular Center
Cleveland Clinic

Tareq Kass-Hout, M.D.
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Endovascular Neurosurgery
State University of New York at Buffalo

Stephan Anthony Mayer, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurological Surgery,
Critical Care Neurology, Division Head
The Neurological Institute of New York
Columbia University Medical Center

Peter Kim Nelson, M.D.
Associate Professor,
Section Chief, Neuro Interventional
Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery
NYU Langone Medical Center