Section head
Andria L. Ford, MD, MSCI
Professor of Neurology
Chief, Adult Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Director, ED Acute Stroke Service
Director, Stroke Patient Access Core
Co-Director, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center
Co-Director, BJC Stroke Clinical Program
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.
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Faculty
David Carpenter, MD
Professor of Neurology, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center
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.
Xing (Cathy) Dai, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Brendan Eby, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
Derek Holder, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
Medical Director, Washington University Telestroke Program
Medical Director, Hyperacute Stroke (HASTE) Team
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.
Destiny Hooper, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Osvaldo Laurido-Soto, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
Director, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Neurology Step-Down Unit
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.
Renee B. Van Stavern, MD
Professor of Neurology, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
Program Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship
Assistant Program Director, Neurology Residency
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, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
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 R. Zazulia, MD
Professor of Neurology, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
Professor of Radiology
Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education
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.