Faculty

Hana Choe

Hana Choe, MD

Community Medical Center – Fresno, CA

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Dr. Choe is an interventional neurologist specializing in stroke, intracranial stenosis and brain aneurysms. She is the Stroke Medical Director at the newly accredited CSC at Community Medical Center in Fresno, CA.

Mikayel Grigoryan

Mikayel Grigoryan, MD

Glendale Adventist Medical Center – Los Angeles, CA

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Dr. Grigoryan is a US Board-Certified vascular and interventional neurologist. He received his MD degree from Yerevan State Medical University in 1998, after which he moved to United States to pursue a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr Grigoryan is the Medical Director of Neurointerventional Program at Adventist Health Glendale Comprehensive Stroke Center and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology at University of Southern California. He has authored and co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of the American Heart/Stroke Association, American Academy of Neurology, a fellow of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, and also serves as a Board Member for the International Society of Interventional Neurology.

Ameer Hassan

Ameer Hassan, DO

Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen, TX

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Dr. Ameer E. Hassan is a triple board-certified neurologist who specializes in Stroke, Neurocritical care and Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology. Dr. Hassan is Head of the Neuroscience Department and a Professor of Neurology and Radiology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the Immediate Past President of the SVIN.

Maxim Mokin

Maxim Mokin, MD PhD

University of South Florida – Tampa, FL

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Dr. Maxim Mokin, MD, PhD is Associate Professor at the Department of Neurosurgery and Brian Repair, University of South Florida and Vice Chair of Research. He completed his residency in neurology and fellowship training in vascular neurology and endovascular neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. His research interests include diagnostic evaluation and management of acute ischemic stroke, and development of new technologies for stroke thrombectomy.

Robin Novakovic-White

Robin Novakovic-White, MD

UTSW Medical Center – Dallas, TX

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Roberta “Robin” Novakovic, M.D., is a Professor of Radiology and Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Neuroradiology Division. Dr. Novakovic has co-authored papers in leading journals in the fields of neurocritical care, vascular neurology, and interventional neuroradiology; as well as book chapters on these topics that serve as a resource for physicians. She has participated in writing groups and committees who develop training guidelines, certification training modules, and standards for quality improvement in neurology, stroke, and stroke rehabilitation. She currently serves as the quality officer for the Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute.

Dr. Novakovic serves as an ad hoc reviewer for leading publications in her field, as well as on the editorial board for Interventional Neurology Journal. She has been invited to speak, moderate, chair sections, and chair annual meeting committees at national and international meetings, including meetings for the International Stroke Conference, the Neurocritical Care Society, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, and the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery.

Sunil Sheth

Sunil Sheth, MD

UT Health McGovern School of Medicine - Houston, TX

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Dr. Sheth is originally from Houston, TX and attended Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude with an A.B. in Chemistry and Physics. He received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was enrolled in the Health Sciences and Technology Program. He graduated magna cum laude and was also awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship. He completed his residency in Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco where he served as the chief resident, and fellowships in Vascular Neurology and Interventional Neuroradiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Sheth is currently an Associate Professor of Neurology at UT Health McGovern Medical School. Dr. Sheth has co-authored many studies, which have been published in Cell, Nature Biotechnology, PlosONE, and the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. For his research work he has been awarded grants from the American Heart Association (AHA), Society for NeuroInterventional Surgery Foundation, and National Institutes of Health. He has also received numerous honors and awards including the AHA International Stroke Conference Junior Investigator Travel Award, American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Resident Scholarship Award, American Society of Neuroradiology Trainee Award, and the Henry Asbury Christian Award for Excellence in Independent Research from Harvard University.

Farhan Siddiq

Farhan Siddiq, MD

MU Healthcare – Columbia, MO

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Finished his Medical School at Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan. Moved to United States for higher education. Completed Neurology Residency at Thomas Jefferson University and Neurosurgery residency at University of Missouri. He completed his Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship at University of Missouri as well. Has been in practice at University of Missouri for past 6 years, serving as Associate Professor and Residency Program director for Neurosurgery and Chair of Faculty affair Council.

Gabor Toth

Gabor Toth, MD

Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Cleveland, OH

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Dr. Toth is a Professor of Neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in Cleveland, OH. He is the Director of the Neuroendovascular Intervention Fellowship program, serves as the Lead of Endovascular Operations at the Cerebrovascular Center. He is also the local Principal Investigator for several national and international clinical research trials. He has research interest with numerous publications in both hemorrhagic and ischemic neurovascular disease. He currently serves as the Secretary of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology.

Haralabos Zacharatos

Haralabos Zacharatos

Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute – Edison, NJ

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Dr. Zacharatos has co-published several journal articles and book chapters and was the recipient of the Mary Bizal Peterson Research Award and The John R. Gates Award. Haralabos Zacharatos, D.O., is a fellowship trained, board-certified neurologist at the Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at JFK University Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey. Invested in the advancement of his field, Dr. Zacharatos has co-published several journal articles and book chapters. He has received multiple recognitions for his research, including the Mary Bizal Peterson Research Award and The John R. Gates Award.

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