PHYSICIANS & STAFF

Gary L. Bernardini, MD, PhD joined Albany Medical Center in January 2000 as the Director of Stroke and Neurocritical Care. His areas of specialty include neurointensive care management of subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage patients and comprehensive care of ischemic stroke patients including treatment with thrombolytic therapy and secondary prevention therapies. Dr. Bernardini is an Associate Professor in Neurology and Neurosurgery at Albany Medical Center and is a Principal Investigator in multiple clinical trials. He is Co-chair of the American Stroke Association's Capital Region Stroke Taskforce. He was awarded the Edith M. Hellman Endowed Chair in Cerebrovascular Disease.

Clinical Background:

Fellowship	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY	1997	Neurological Critical Care
Residency	New York Hospital/Weil-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY	1996	Neurology
Internship	Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, NY	1993	Internal Medicine
MD Degree	University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas	1992
PhD	University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center School of Biomedical Sciences, Dallas, Texas	1989
Board Certification	American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry	1998
Professional Affiliations	American Academy of Neurology American Stroke Association Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Association American Society of Neuroimaging American Stroke Association’s Capital Region Stroke Taskforce.		Active Member Fellow, Stroke Council Active Member Active Member Co-chair
Research	Investigations in subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage and treatment of ischemic stroke	ongoing

Alan S. Boulos, MD joined Albany Medical Center in August 2002 as the first Director of the Neuroendovascular Division of the Neurosciences Institute. His areas of specialty include cerebrovascular, and skull based neurosurgery as well as diagnostic and interventional neurovascular procedures including coiling embolization of cerebral aneurysms, stenting of carotid and cerebral arteries, and intra-arterial treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Dr. Boulos is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology and lectures internationally on the topics of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and carotid stenosis. He was awarded the Herman and Sunny Stahl Chair in Endovascular Surgery in 2004.

Clinical Background:

Fellowship	Millard Fillmore Hopsital Buffalo, NY	2002	Neuroendovascular Surgery
Residency	Albany Medical Center Albany, NY	2000	Neurosurgery
MD Degree	Albany Medical Center Albany, NY	1994
Honors	ANSPACH Fellowship Award in Stroke	2003
Board Certification	American Board of Neurological Surgery	2005
Professional Affiliations	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery of AANS/CNS American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology		Faculty Active Member Active Member
Research	Investigations in subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage and treatment of ischemic stroke and carotid stenosis	Ongoing

Dileep R. Yavagal, MD joined Albany Medical Center in July, 2004 as the Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Division of the Neurosciences Institute. His areas of specialty include diagnostic and interventional neuroendovascular procedures including intra-arterial t-PA and mechanical clot retrieval with the MERCI device for acute ischemic stroke, brain aneurysm embolization, AVM embolization, carotid stenting and intracranial stenting. Dr Yavagal is an Assistant Professor in Neurology and Neurosurgery at Albany Medical Center and Attending Staff Neurologist at Stratton VA Medical Center. He is the Principal Investigator at Albany Medical Center for the NIH sponsored acute stroke clinical trial: MR Rescue.

Clinical Background:

Fellowship	UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA	2004	Interventional Neuroradiology
		2003	Diagnostic Neuroradiology
	Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY	2002	Critical Care Neurology
Residency	Massachusetts General & Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA	2001	Neurology
Internship	University of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics, Madison,WI	1994
MD Degree	Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Bombay, India	1994
Board Certification	American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry	2004
Professional Affiliations	American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (ASITN) American Heart Association American Academy of Neurology Neurocritical Care Society		Active Member Active Member Stroke Council Active member Active Member
Research	Investigations in treatment of acute ischemic stroke	Ongoing


Allison M. Goodell, RN Neuroscience Clinical Support Nurse	Sharon Habiniak Nurse Manager, Neuroscience Unit	Lisa Faist, NP Neurology Stroke Service

Bunny Barnum, RPA-C Physician Assistant Neurosurgery	Marianne J. Harkin, RN, MS Quality Specialist Neurosciences	Allisa Cronin, RN Clinical Coordinator, Neurology Stroke Service

	Randall Edgell, MD Neuroendovascular Fellow