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- Received April 1, 2016
- Accepted in final form August 11, 2016
- First Published October 26, 2016.
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Author Disclosures
- Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH,
- Didem Ayturk, MS,
- Aditi Ahlawat, BS,
- Saef Izzy, MD,
- Thomas M. Scalea, MD,
- Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH,
- Timothy Emhoff, MD and
- Kevin N. Sheth, MD
- Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH,
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(1) National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 5K23HD080971, PI (Muehlschlegel, S), 2015-2020 (2) NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE, 5R01HL118266, PI (Muehlschlegel, JD), 2013-2018 (husband)
(1) University of Massachusetts Faculty Scholar Award, PI, 2011-2013
(1) American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, 09SDG2030022-02, PI, 2009-2013
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- Didem Ayturk, MS,
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- Aditi Ahlawat, BS,
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- Saef Izzy, MD,
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- Thomas M. Scalea, MD,
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- Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH,
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USAF - Grant - monies paid to my institution.
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Decisio Health, Inc. - Serve as an advisor for which I will be reimbursed travel, if and when that occurs.
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- Timothy Emhoff, MD and
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- Kevin N. Sheth, MD
Novartis
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(1) Neurotherapeutics, Section Edtior, Neuro-Critical Care Section, 2011 (2) Current Treatment Options in Neurology, Section Editor, 2009-present (3) Editorial Board, Neurology Today (4) Editorial Board, Neurosurgery (5) Editorial Board, Neurocritical Care (6) Editorial Board, Stroke (7) Edtorial Board, Neurology
Provisional patent (1) Stroke detection technology
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Remedy Pharmaceuticals, Bard
(1) US Army, (2) NIH, (3) AHA
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American Academy of Neurology Clinical Research Fellowship, American Heart Association Passano Foundation
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- From the Departments of Neurology (Neurocritical Care) (S.M., A.A.), Surgery (S.M., D.A., T.E.), and Anesthesia/Critical Care (S.M.), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester; Department of Neurology (Division of Neurocritical Care) (S.I.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Surgery (T.M.S., D.M.S.), R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore; and Departments of Neurology (Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology) (K.N.S.) and Neurosurgery (K.N.S.), Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- Correspondence to Dr. Muehlschlegel: susanne.muehlschlegel{at}umassmemorial.org
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