Our Team

David Carpenter is a Professor of Neurology and the Medical Director for the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University. He received his M.D. from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine where he also completed a Neurology Residency. He then completed an NINDS Fellowship. Dr. Carpenter has an active outpatient clinic where he sees multiple types of stroke patients. This includes not only those who have experienced more common etiologies of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, but also patients who have suffered from many of the more rare causes of stroke.

Cathy Dai is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of the Outpatient Comprehensive Stroke Clinic. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and earned her medical degree at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. She completed her neurology residency training at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, followed by her fellowship training in Vascular Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Slim Fellah is an Assistant Professor of Neurology. He received his PhD in Neuroscience from Aix-Marseille University, France. He then joined the department of Radiological Sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where he completed his Postdoctoral fellowship.

Andria Ford is a Professor of Neurology and Radiology and Section Head for the Stroke Center.  She received her undergraduate degree from Duke University in Biomedical Engineering and her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma. After medical school, she completed a Neurology residency and Vascular Neurology Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. She then completed a research fellowship in stroke followed by a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation.  She specializes in acute stroke management, stroke in young adults, aging-related and inherited forms of cerebral small vessel disease and neurological impairment in sickle cell disease.  She directs the Stroke Patient Access Core (SPAC) which oversees participant enrollment into numerous stroke clinical trials conducted at BJH-Washington University School of Medicine.  She is a principal investigator in NIH-funded clinical and translational research studies to help understand, treat and prevent stroke.

Dr. Kristin Guilliams is an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Radiology.  She received her undergraduate degree in neuroscience from Furman University and her medical degree from the University of Virginia. She completed her child neurology residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Guilliams leads the Pediatric Stroke Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and serves on the BJC HealthCare System Stroke Clinical Excellence Council. She is a member of the International Pediatric Stroke Organization, where she co-chairs the Acute Management Research group, and the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group. Her translational imaging lab investigates changes of blood flow and oxygen use in the brain throughout childhood in children with and without sickle cell disease to better understand mechanisms of pediatric stroke.

Derek Holder is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and the Medical Director for our growing Telestroke Program as well as our Hyperacute Stroke Team. He received his M.D. from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago, Illinois. After medical school, he completed a Neurology residency at the University of California-Davis. He then came to Washington University where he completed a Vascular Neurology clinical fellowship.

Salah Keyrouz is a Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery. He heads the Neurocritical Care section in the department of Neurology and serves as the Medical Director for Neurocritical Care Unit. He received his M.D. from The Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Beirut, Lebanon. After medical school, he completed a Neurology residency at the University of Arkansas. He then came to Washington University where he completed a Neurocritical Care fellowship. He practices both vascular and critical care neurology and neurosurgery. Dr. Keyrouz’s research interests revolve around intracerebral hemorrhage as well as medical complications in neurocritical care, and the provision of acute stroke care using telemedicine.

Osvaldo Laurido-Soto is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and the Director for the neurology step-down unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. After medical school, he completed a Neurology residency and then Neurocritical Care fellowship at Washington University.

Jin-Moo Lee is the Norman J. Stupp Professor of Neurology and Section Head for the Stroke Center. He received his MD and PhD at Weill Cornell Medical College. After medical school he completed a Neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He then came to Washington University where he completed a Vascular Neurology clinical fellowship followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship. He has served as a chair or board member on multiple national and international stroke associations.

Alyssa Smith is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics. She received her undergraduate degree in bioinformatics from Loyola University Chicago and her medical degree from Rush Medical College. She completed her child neurology residency and pediatric neurocritical care fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. Smith leads the Neurorehabilitation Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and is a Pediatric Acute Stroke Attending. She is a member of the International Pediatric Stroke Organization and the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group. Her clinical research is focused on outcomes after pediatric brain injury. She is the site PI for the StrokeNet I-ACQUIRE study which is a Phase III clinical trial to compare the efficacy of two dosages of an infant rehabilitation protocol (I-ACQUIRE) to the standard of care for infant rehabilitation in infants who have experienced Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke.

Renee Van Stavern is Professor of Neurology, Program Director for our Vascular Neurology fellowship, and Assistant Program Director for our Neurology Residency. She received her MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. She then completed Neurology residency and Stroke Neurology fellowship, also at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

Yan Wang is an Instructor of Neurology. She received her MD from the University of Chicago. She then completed a Neurology residency, Stroke Neurology clinical fellowship, and StrokeNet research fellowship at Washington University.

Allyson Zazulia is a Professor of Neurology and has served as the Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education since 2014. She received her MD from Georgetown. She has also completed a research fellowship in Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, studying the pathophysiology of human cerebral circulation.