In response to policy recommendations from the Virginia Joint Commission on Health Care the The Virginia Stroke Systems Task Force is now being formed. The first meeting of this team will be September 19, 2008. The full list of Task Force Members will be posted. Please look for updates coming soon.
 

Virginia Stroke Systems Leadership Team
December 2005 – December 2007
 

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Nina Solenski, MD
Team Leader
Neurologist, Charlottesville
National AHA Stroke Forum Member		 UVA STROKE CENTER, Dept of Neurology
Andrea Arthur
Coordinator of Resource Development		 Virginia Community Healthcare Association;
Virginia Rural Health Association
Barbara Brown, PhD
VP		 Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association
Bob Powell, MD, FACEP
Medical Director		 Central Virginia Emergency Associates
Danny DeBoer
Stroke Survivor		  
Carlos Williams, MD
Neurologist, South Hill		 Commonwealth Neuro Specialists, PC
Jill Cramer, MD
Neurologist, Blacksburg		 Montgomery Regional Hospital
Julie Baker, MSW Virginia Organization of Health Care Social Workers;
CJW Medical Center, HCA Richmond Health System
Kimberly Mitchell, MD Riverside Regional Medical Center;
Office of Emergency Medical Services Medical Direction
Committee
Lee Jensen, MD
Professor, Radiology Department
Neurointerventionalist for IA/stenting		 University of Virginia Health System
Mary Marshman, RN, BSN, CNRN
Neuroscience Nurse Specialist		 Centra Health, Inc., Lynchburg General Hospital
Mary Morrissette RN, BSN, CCM
Neuroscience & Gamma Knife
Program Director
National AHA Stroke Forum Member		 CJW Medical Center
HCA Richmond Health System
MaryBeth Ireland, PT
Executive Director, Rehabilitation		 INOVA Rehabilitation Center, Mount Vernon Hospital
Peggy Cressy, RN, MS
Senior Director, Community Health
National AHA Stroke Forum Member		 INOVA Health System
Ralph Brown, MD
Director of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation		 Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
Randall Bashore, MD
Medical Director, CVHS
Internist		 Central Virginia Health Services, Inc.
Rebecca Lewis, RN, MSN, CNAA-BC
Administrator, Adult Acute Care &
Neuroscience Programs		 University of Virginia Health System
Tim Shephard, RN, PhD, CNRN, CNS
National AHA Stroke Forum Member		 Bon Secours Health System Richmond;
Stroke Systems Consulting
Tom Nevetral
ALS Training Specialist		 Virginia Department of Health Office of EMS

Partner Staff:
Keltcie Delamar
Lead Staff
Director, State Health Alliances		 American Stroke Association
Fran Darlington
Lead Staff
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Project Manager		 Virginia Department of Health
Div of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Barb Mueller
Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
Project, Secondary Prevention
Specialist		 Virginia Department of Health
Div of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Cathleen Grzesiek
Director, Government Relations		 American Stroke Association
Rod Hyner
Physical Activity Coordinator		 Virginia Department of Health
Div of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control

Virginia Stroke Systems (VSS) is a collaborative of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Virginia Council (804-965-6571), the Virginia Department of Health, Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Project (804-864-7877) and many other stroke stakeholders across the state. The development of stroke systems is based upon the ASA Policy Statement Recommendations for the Establishment of Stroke Systems, 2005. Further information about the policy statement can be found at www.americanheart.org.