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M Sohel Ahmed, MD
Medical Director, Neurocritical Care
Bon Secours Mercy Health Neurosciences Institute, Toledo, Ohio
Author of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Conflicts: None

Anne Alexandrov, RN, NP, PhD
University of Tennessee
Health Science Center at Memphis
College of Nursing & College of Medicine, Department of Neurology
Author of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Ayham Alkhachroum, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospitals
Author of: Seizures and Status Epilepticus in the ICU
Conflicts: None

Melissa Angulo, DNP, AG-ACNP
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Science System
Author of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Steven Atallah, PharmD
UC Irvine Medical Center
Author of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Neeraj Badjatia, MD, MSc
Chief of Neurocritical Care
University of Maryland Medical Center
Author of Nutrition and Metabolism
Conflicts: None

Barak Bar, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center - Milwaukee
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

JJ Baumann, MS, RN, CCNS-BC, FNCS
Clinical Nurse Specialist
UCHeath-Memorial
Author of Clinical Evaluation of Coma and Brain Death
Conflicts: None

Cynthia Bautista, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNRN, ACNS-BC, SCRN, FNCS
Associate Professor
Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies
Fairfield University
Author of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Conflicts: None

Stephanie Bennett, PharmD
Loyola University Medical Center
Author of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Gary L. Bernardini, MD, PhD, FANA
Professor of Neurology
New York Presbyterian/Queens
Author of Clinical Evaluation of Coma and Brain Death
Conflicts: None

Patricia A. Blissitt, PhD, ARNP-CNS, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, CCNS, CCM, ACNS-BC
Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist
Harborview Medical Center and Swedish Medical Center
Associate Professor
University of Washington School of Nursing
Author of Endocrine Disorders in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Megan A. Brissie, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, CEN
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
UNC Health Care
Author of Cardiovascular Monitoring & Complications
Conflicts: None

Yana Bukovskaya, PharmD, BCPS
Neurocritical Care Pharmacist
Ochsner Medical Center
Author of Seizures and Epilepsy
Conflicts: None

Katharina Busl, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, College of Medicine
Author of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Conflicts: None

Meghan M. Caylor, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Neurocritical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Pharmacy
Author of Traumatic Brain Injury
Conflicts: None

Cherylee W.J. Chang, MD, FACP, FCCM, FNCS
Division Chief, Neurocritical Care
Professor of Neurology
Duke University
Author of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Conflicts: None

Melissa J. Ellis, DNP, MSN, ACNP-BC
Novant Health
Author of Neuroinfectious Diseases
Conflicts: None

Michael Erdman, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Florida College of Pharmacy
Clinical Specialist in Neurocritical Care
University of Florida Health Jacksonville
Author of Endocrine Disorders in Neurocritical Care 
Conflicts: None

Salia Farrokh, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Neuro Intensive Care
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Author of Sedation and Analgesia in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Elizabeth Fox, MSN, ACNS-BC, FAHA
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Neurocritical Care
Stanford Hospital and Clinic
Author of Prognostic Assessment in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

W. David Freeman, MD
NeuroICU Medical Director, UCNS and CAST Fellowship Director
Mayo Clinic
Author of Nutrition and Metabolism
Conflicts: None

Shannon Giddens, PharmD, BCPS
Pediatrics
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Author of Pediatric Neurocritical Care 
Conflicts: None

Emily Gilmore, MD, MS, FANCS, FNCS
Associate Professor in the Divisions of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology/Epilepsy
Yale School of Medicine
Author of Seizures and Status Epilepticus in the ICU
Conflicts: None

Kay Goodall, MSN, RN, CNP
Neurocritical Care Nurse Practitioner
Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital
Author of Nutrition and Metabolism
Conflicts: None

Kristy Greene, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Author of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Adults
Conflicts: None

David M. Greer, MD, MA
Editor in Chief, Neurocritical Care ON CALL
Chair and Chief of Neurology
Boston University School of Medicine
Author of Hypoxoic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Adults
Conflicts: None

Leslie Hamilton, PharmD
Associate Professor
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy
Author of Nutrition and Metabolism
Conflicts: None

J. Claude Hemphill, MD
Editorial Board member, Neurocritical Care ON CALL
University of California, San Francisco
Author of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Theresa Human, PharmD, BCPS, FNCS
Neuroscience Clinical Specialist
Washington University
Barnes-Jewish Hosptial
Author of Sedation and Analgesia in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

David Y. Hwang, MD
Editorial Board member, Neurocritical Care ON CALL
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology
Yale School of Medicine
Author of Prognostic Assessment in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: Research Funding: American Brain Foundation, Apple Pickers Foundation, National Institute on Aging, Neurocritical Care Society

Katherine Johnson, MS, CNS-BC
The Queens Medical Center
Author of Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Lauren Koffman, DO, MS
Department of Neurological Sciences 
Rush University Medical Center
Author of Neuroinfectious Diseases
Conflicts: None

Matthew Korobey, PharmD
Mercy St. Louis
Author of Respiratory Support of the Neurocritically Ill
Conflicts: None

Christopher L Kramer, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
University of Chicago
Author of Acute Neuromuscular Disorders
Conflicts: None

Monisha A. Kumar, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurology
Author of Traumatic Brain Injury
Conflicts: None

Lisa Kurczewski, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Author of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Conflicts: None

Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta, MD, MPhil, MSc
Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurosciences
Department of Neurosciences, Division of Neurocritical Care
UC San Diego
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Pavis Laengvejkal, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
Author of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Kimberly E. Levasseur-Franklin, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist—Neurocritical Care
Tufts Medical Center
Author of Cardiovascular Monitoring & Complications
Conflicts: None

Joshua M. Levine, MD
Associate Professor, Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurology
Author of Traumatic Brain Injury
Conflicts: None

Sarah Livesay, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, ACNS-BC
Editorial Board member, Neurocritical Care ON CALL
Rush University
Author of Hypoxoic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Adults
Conflicts: None

Ariane Lewis, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Division of Neurocritical Care
NYU Langone Medical Center
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Carolina B. Maciel, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
University of Florida Department of Neurology
Author of Hypoxoic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Adults
Conflicts: None

Jason M. Makii, PharmD, MBA, FCCM, FNCS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Author of Seizures and Epilepsy
Conflicts: None

Deepa Malaiyandi, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Casey C. May, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty Practice Pharmacist - Neurocritical Care
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Author of Cardiovascular Monitoring & Complications
Conflicts: None

Stephan Mayer, MD
Chair, Department of Neurology
Henry Ford Health System
Author of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Michele G. Mills, RN, MSN
Ruth D. & Ken M. Davee Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Author of Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Melissa v. Moreda, RN, BSN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN
Duke Raleigh Intensive Care Unit Clinical Care Nurse IV
Duke Raleigh Hospital
Author of Toxic Metabolic Encephalopathy
Conflicts: None

Christopher Morrison, PharmD, BCCCP, FNCS
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Critical Care
Grady Memorial Hospital Atlanta, GA
Author of Traumatic Brain Injury
Conflicts: None

Megan Moyer, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNRN
Nurse Practitioner
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Neurology
Author of Traumatic Brain Injury
Conflicts: None

Valerie Musolf, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CNRN
Clinical Nurse Educator - NSICU
Rush University Medical Center
Author of Respiratory Support of the Neurocritically Ill
Conflicts: None

Stephanie Myers, MS, RN, ACNP-AG
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Author of Perioperative Neurosurgical Critical Care 
Conflicts: None

Paul Nyquist, MD, MPH
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Author of Neuroinfectious Diseases
Conflicts: None

Kent Owusu, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS
Pediatrics
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Author of Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Mehrnaz Pajoumand, PharmD, BCPS
Department of Pharmacy
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center
Author of Neuroinfectious Diseases
Conflicts: None

Dennis Parker, PharmD
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Detroit, MI
Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI
Author of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Deepa Patel, PharmD
WellStar Health System
Marietta, GA
Author of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Conflicts: None

Audrey Paulson, DNP
Nurse Practitioner
San Jose State University
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Jose A. Pineda, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Author of Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Kelly A. Rath, ACNP
Lead Nurse Practitioner
Neuroscience Critical Care Unit
University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Fred Rincon, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Neurology
Thomas Jefferson University
Author of Cardiovascular Monitoring & Complications
Conflicts: None

Brianne Ritchie, PharmD. R.Ph.
Mayo Clinic
Author of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Conflicts: None

Benjamin Rohaut, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital AP-HP
Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Amanda Rosen, PharmD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Author of Respiratory Support of the Neurocritically Ill
Conflicts: None

Michael Rubin, MD, MA, FAAN
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics 
Department of Neurological Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Silvia Schönenberger, MD
University of Heidelberg
Department of Neurology
Author of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Conflicts: None

Jennifer Smitt, RN
Barnes Jewish Hospital
Author of Seizures and Epilepsy
Conflicts: None

Thornsten Steiner, MD
Klinikum Frankfurt Höchst
Author of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Conflicts: Research grant: Octapharma; Speaker honoraria: Bayer, BMS Pfizer, Boehringer, Daiichy Sankyo; Consultancy fees: Bayer, BMS Pfizer, Boehringer, Daiichy Sankyo; Shares: NovoNordisk

Jose Suarez, MD, FNCS
Professor of Neurology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Author of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Conflicts: Member of the DSMB for Newton Clinical trial; Past Chair Neurocritical Care Research Network (NCRN); Vice President Neurocritical Care Society

Lauren H. Sutton, PharmD
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Author of Sedation and Analgesia in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Eljim P. Tesoro, PharmD, BCCCP, FNCS
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Author of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Conflicts: None

Stephen Trevick, MD 
Neurohospitalist
Northwestern Neurology, Chicago
Author of Ethics in Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: None

Andrea Tully, PharmD
Christiana Care Health System
Author of Perioperative Neurosurgical Critical Care
Conflicts: None

Panayiotis N. Varelas, MD, PhD
Henry Ford Hospital & Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
Wayne State University
Author of Toxic Metabolic Encephalopathy
Conflicts: None

Angela Vizzini, RDN, CNSC
Clinical Nutrition Manager
Mayo Clinic Florida
Author of Nutrition and Metabolism
Conflicts: None

Mark S. Wainwright, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Endowed Chair in Neurology
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Seattle Children's Hospital
Author of Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Conflicts: Scientific Advisory Board, Sage Theraputics

Ryan A. Waybright, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
Author of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Conflicts: None

Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD, FACP, FNCS, FANA
Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Author of Clinical Evaluation of Coma and Brain Death
Conflicts: None

Linda C Wendell, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Medical Education
Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
Author of Respiratory Support of the Neurocritically Ill
Conflicts: None

Susan Yeager, NP, MS, CCRN, ACNP
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Author of Perioperative Neurosurgical Critical Care 
Conflicts: None

Julie Zeeman, MS, RN, CNS-BC
CNRN, SCRN, CCRN, CNOR
Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist
Aurora BayCare Medical Center
Author of Acute Neuromuscular Disorders
Conflicts: None

Wendy C. Ziai, MD, MPH
Department of Neurology, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Author of Neuroinfectious Diseases
Conflicts: None

The Neurocritical Care Society would like to thank the following individuals to their previous contribution to Neurocritical Care ON CALL: 

Mary Kay Bader, RN, FNCS
Previous author of The Science Behind Multimodality Neuromonitoring 

Thomas P. Bleck, MD, MCCM, FNCS
Previous author of Seizures and Epilepsy

Julian Bösel, MD, FNCS
Previous author of Respiratory Support of the Neurocritically Ill

Jennifer Bushwitz, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Previous author of Toxic Metabolic Encephalopathy

Sarah Clark, PharmD, BCPS
Previous author of Toxic Metabolic Encephalopathy

Cherylee W. J. Chang, MD
Previous author of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Jan Claassen, MD, FNCS
Previous author of Seizures and Epilepsy

Marek Czosnyka, PhD
Previous author of The Science Behind Multimodality Neuromonitoring

Michael De Georgia, MD
Previous author of Cardiovascular Monitoring & Complications

Jose L. Diaz-Gomez, MD
Previous author of Sedation and Analgesia in Neurocritical Care

Kristen Ditch, PharmD, BCCCP
Previous author of Acute Neuromuscular Disorders

Herbert Fried, MD, MA, FNCS
Previous author of Perioperative Neurosurgical Critical Care

Jennifer E. Fugate, DO
Previous author of Perioperative Neurosurgical Critical Care

Werner Hacke, MD
Previous author of Acute Ischemic Stroke and Seizures and Epilepsy

Karen G. Hirsch, MD
Previous author of Prognostic Assessment in Neurocritical Care

Jeanie Kaeberle, APRN, NP-C, CCRN
Previous author of Sedation and Analgesia in Neurocritical Care

Asma Moheet, MD
Previous author of Endocrine Disorders in Neurocritical Care

Hope Moser, DNP, AGACNP, BC, ANP, BC, WHNP, BC, SCRN, ANVP
Previous author of Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Mauro Oddo, MD
Previous author of The Science Behind Multimodality Neuromonitoring

Soojin Park, MD
Previous author of The Science Behind Multimodality Neuromonitoring

Alejandro Rabinstein, MD
Previous author of Acute Neuromuscular Disorders

Vineeta Singh, MD

Previous author of Endocrine Disorders in Neurocritical Care

Peter Smielewski, PhD
Previous author of The Science Behind Multimodality Neuromonitoring

Wade Smith, MD, PhD
Previous author of Acute Ischemic Stroke