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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-322-3000Fax+1 615-936-0605
Education & Training
- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1975 - 1978
- Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1972 - 1973
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1972
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 1978 - 2026
- KY State Medical License 2018 - 2023
- FL State Medical License 2015 - 2021
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Vascular Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Nashville Lifestyles Magazine Castle Connolly, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013-2014
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
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Clinical Trials
- Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE) Trial Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 363 citationsEffect of a Balloon-Expandable Intracranial Stent vs Medical Therapy on Risk of Stroke in Patients With Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis The VISSIT Randomized Clinica...Osama O. Zaidat, Brian-Fred Fitzsimmons, Britton Keith Woodward, Zhigang Wang, Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer
JAMA. 2015-03-24 - 135 citationsDesign and baseline characteristics of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) StudyHenrik Sillesen, Gregory W. Albers, Irfan Altafullah, Oscar Benavente, Diane S. Book
Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2003-01-01 - 105 citationsManagement of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: JACC Focus SeminarMatthew Schrag, Howard S. Kirshner
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020-04-21
Press Mentions
- VUSM Faculty Honored with Emerita or Emeritus StatusJune 8th, 2022
- VUMC Achieves ‘Elite-Plus’ Stroke Status for Third Consecutive YearMay 25th, 2017
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