Taskforces

Co-Chair:
Luciano Sposato
Co-Chair:
Michelle Christina Johansen

Members:

Sara Aspberg
Michael M Gibson
Cheng-Yang Hsieh
Max J Hilz
Shadi Yaghi
Sheila CO Martins
Micaela Schachter
David J Seiffge
Jan F Scheitz
Michelle C Johansen
Mira Katan
Santosh B Murthy
Antonia Nucera
Mary N Sheppard
Nicole B Sur

Purpose:
To help improve cooperation between cardiology and stroke services at hospitals around the world, especially in lower resourced countries

Chair: Sheila Martins, MD, PhD, Chair of the Taskforce, WSO President, Neurology
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Brazil)

Co-Chairs:

Carlos Molina, MD, Co-Chair of the Taskforce, Neurology
(Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Spain)

Raul Nogueira, MD, Co-Chair of the Taskforce,
Neurointerventionalist (University of Pittsburg, US)

Executive Members

Robert Mikulik
Marc Ribó
Luciano A. Sposato
Jeyaraj Pandian
Violiza Inoa
Sean Savitz
Valeria Caso
Taskeen Khan
Craig Anderson

Educational Program

Gustavo Saposnik
Octávio Marques Pontes-Neto
Maria Epifania Collantes
Miguel Barboza Elizondo

Early Carreer Group

Gisele Sampaio Silva

Purpose: To drive the global implementation of evidence-based stroke care across all levels of the continuum of care, focusing on prevention, acute care, and rehabilitation.

Co-chairs:
Dr. Renyu Liu, MD, PhD. The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Dr. Jing Zhao, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Members:
Renyu Liu, MD, PhD (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Zhao Jing, MD, PhD (Fudan University, China)
Gary Ford, CBE, FMedSci (Oxford University, England)
David Waters, RN (Council of Ambulance Authorities, Australia & New Zealand)
Li Dou, MD, PhD (Beijing Emergency Medical Center, China)
Rita Melifonwu PhD, BSc (Hons), RN, (Nurse Consultant in Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Action Nigeria)
Siju V Abraham MD (Jubilee Mission Hospital and Medical College & Research Institute, India)
Jacqueline Bosch, PhD (Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Amit Kandel, MD, MBA (University at Buffalo, USA)
Ivy Sebastian MD, DM (Christian Medical College & Hospital, India)

Purpose:
To reduce the global burden of stroke with a special focus in prehospital stroke care

Co-Chair:
Deidre De Silva, Singapore
Co-Chair:
Reza Arpandy, Indonesia

Members:

Bernard Yan, Australia
Yohanna Kusuma, Indonesia
Epifania Collantes, Philippines
Wan Asyraf Wan Zaidi, Malaysia
Yong Chai Nilanont, Thailand
Thang Nguyen, Vietnam

Purpose:

To develop a strategic plan and targets for stroke in the ASEAN region and to seek support and advocacy at a governmental level.

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Chair:
Riadh Gouider, Tunisia
Co-Chair:
Michael Hill, Canada

Members:

Salma Kesraoui, Algeria
Thierry Adoukonou, Benin
Christian Napon, Cameroon
Christian Stapf, Canada
Kadira Abdi Aden, Djibouti
Ange Eric Kouame Assouan, Ivory Coast
Halim Aboud, Lebanon
Urs Fischer, Switzerland
Sana Ben Amor, Tunisia

Co-Chair:
Bruce Ovbiagele, United States
Co-Chair:
Fred Stephen Sarfo, Ghana

Members:

Arvind Sharma, India
Yogesh Kolkande, India
Gisele Sampaio Silva, Brazil
Kristina A. Rankine, United States
Joseph Kamtchum Tatuene, United Kingdom/Cameroon
Abd-Allah, Egypt
Sara Mazzucco, United Kingdom
Adriana Bello, Venezuela

Purpose:

To eliminate preventable strokes in children with sickle cell disease by implementing comprehensive, evidence-based screening, early intervention, coordinated care systems, universal access to life-saving therapies, improving provider awareness, and supporting families through education and transition to adult care.

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