Comprehensive Stroke Center Team

Rebecca A. Karb, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital; Co-Director, Primary Stroke Center, The Miriam Hospital; Medical Director, Lifespan Community Health Worker Program and Community Outreach

Radmehr Torabi, MD

Co-Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital; Co-Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery

Shadi Yaghi, MD

Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital; Director, Research at the Neurovascular Center, Rhode Island Hospital

Torrey Boland Birch, MD

Director, Neuro-Critical Care, Rhode Island Hospital

Tina M. Burton, MD, MFA

Vascular Neurologist, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital

Curtis Doberstein, MD

Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital; Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, NeuroSurgery, Rhode Island Hospital

Karen L. Furie, MD, MPH

Neurologist-in-Chief, Rhode Island, The Miriam and Bradley Hospitals

Eric Goldstein, MD

Vascular Neurologist, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital

Richard A. Haas, MD

Neuroradiologist, Rhode Island Hospital

Fransisca Indraswari, MD

Mahesh V. Jayaraman, MD

Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, Lifespan; Director, Neurovascular Center, Rhode Island Hospital

Narendra S. Kala, MBBS, MD

Vascular Neurologist, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital

Farhan Khan, MD, MS

Vascular Neurologist, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital

Leslie Kimpler, DO

Neurologist, Neurocritical Care, Rhode Island Hospital

Ali Mahta, MD

Neurointensivist, Neurocritical Care, Rhode Island Hospital

Krisztina Moldovan, MD

Cerebrovascular Surgeon, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital; Co-Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital

Gino A. Paolucci, DNP, ACNP-BC, ANVP-BC

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital; Manager, Neurovascular Advanced Practice Providers, Rhode Island Hospital; Director, Helen Buchanan Neuroscience APP Fellowship

Elizabeth M. Perelstein, MD

Vascular Neurologist, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital

N. Stevenson Potter, MD, PhD

Neurointensivist, Neurocritical Care, Rhode Island Hospital

H. Christoph Stretz, MD

Neurologist, Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care, Rhode Island Hospital; Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program, Rhode Island Hospital

Thanujaa Subramaniam, MD

Neurologist, Neurocritical Care, Rhode Island Hospital

Karen L. Furie, MD, MPH

Neurologist-in-Chief, Rhode Island, The Miriam and Bradley Hospitals

Nakeesha Brown

Administrative Coordinator, Comprehensive Stroke Center

Melissa M. Harmon, MSN, RN, ASC-BC

Manager, Comprehensive Stroke Center

Stephanie Souza, MSN, RN, ASC-BC

Assistant Clinical Manager, Comprehensive Stroke Center