Upstate University Hospital
Central New York's only Designated Stroke center
* NYS Dept. of Health

GET with the GUIDELINES

University Hospital participates in the American Stroke Association's
Get with the Guidelines initiative. The goal of the program is to improve the overall quality of care for stroke patients by improving acute stroke treatment and preventing future strokes and cardiovascular events.

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Stroke Program Team

Administrative & Clinical Leadership

  • Andrew Burgdorf, PharmD, Pharmacy
  • Katherine DeNoyelles, MS, CCC/SLP, Communincation Disorders Unit
  • Darcy Defruscio RN, BS Manager Neuroscience Step-Down Unit
  • Walter Hall, MD, Chair, Neurosurgery
  • Kathleen Heaney, BS, RN, Manager, Neuroscience Medical-Surgical Unit
  • Lori Holmes, PT, Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapy
  • Leonard Hurleau, MS, RN, Manager Interventional Radiology
  • Shernaz Hurlong, DO, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Sharon Klaiber MS,RN,CNAA, Associate Director of Nursing, Administrator/Coordinator Stroke Program
  • Julius Gene Latorre, MD, Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care
  • Thomas Lavoie, MD, Emergency Medicine
  • Yahia Lodi, MD, Chief, Cerebrovascular Program & Services
  • Karla Louenstein, Clinical Pathology
  • John McCabe, MD, FACEP, Chair, Emergency Medicine
  • Louise Pernisi BS, RN, Case Manager, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Tarakad Ramachandran, MD, Stroke Director
  • Catherine Stephens, BS, RN,CNRN, Manager, Neuroscience ICU
  • Jeremy Shefner, MD, Chair, Neurology
  • Julie Soule BS, RN, Nurse Manager, Emergency Medicine
  • Amar Swarnkar, MD, Chief, Interventional Radiology
  • Michael Vertino, MD, Neurology
  • Sari Ann Yonaty, MS, RN, Nurse Practitioner, Neurology
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210-1834
Phone: 315 464-5540
Toll Free: 877 464-5540