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GSA 2023 - Organizing Committee

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Sheila Martins

President

Brazil

President

Sheila Martins

Brazil

Sheila Martins is member of the WSO Board since 2008. She is neurologist, PhD in Stroke Neurology, Professor of Universidade Federal of Rio Grande do Sul / Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Chief of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Hospital Moinhos de Vento. She is founder and President of the Brazilian Stroke Network. As advisor of the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Brazil she started the organization and implementation of the National Stroke Policy. She works with research to modify public policies and led the Brazilian Clinical Trial sponsored by the MoH (RESILIENT Trial) that was the responsible for incorporating the thrombectomy treatment in the public health system in Brazil. Since 2021 has worked in Porto Alegre, south of Brazil, for implementation of the World Health Organization/ Pan American Organization Program – the HEARTS initiative, reorganizing the primary care units for detection and effective treatment of risk factors for stroke prevention. Also, started a WSO clinical trial with a polypill with anti-hypertensive and statin in middle risk patients associated with lifestyle modification – the PROMOTE trial.

She has large experience as clinician in public health, and also as health manager working globally with different levels of governments (Ministries of Health, Health secretaries of States and Cities), helping to implement strategies to improve stroke care.

Since 2015 she is working with other Latin American countries and in 2021 launched the WSO/SIECV Certification of Stroke Centers in Latin American and Caribbean countries (13 countries participating) to ensure the implementation of all evidence-based strategies in 2 levels of stroke services, qualifying stroke care and stimulating the monitoring and organization of the network in the region. Until now, 37 hospitals were certified in 8 countries. In November 2022 the Certification program was launched in India in a partnership with the NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers) and the first hospital already received the onsite visit. She assumed the WSO presidency in October, 28th 2022.

Jeyaraj Pandian

President-Elect

India

President-Elect

Jeyaraj Pandian

India

Dr Jeyaraj D Pandian is a Professor and Head of Neurology and the Principal/Dean from Christian Medical College (CMC), Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Dr Pandian is the current President Elect of World Stroke Organisation and Immediate Past President of Indian Stroke Association. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of European Stroke Organization and Fellow of World Stroke Organisation (WSO).

Dr Pandian was the past Chair of World Stroke Campaign International Working Group of WSO. He has been a member of WSO Policy and Research Committees. Dr Pandian was the Co-chair of the World Stroke Congress 2016 held in Hyderabad, India. He is a member of the Strategic Advisory Group (STAG) for NCDs in WHO Geneva. Dr Pandian was conferred the WSO Global stroke services award in 2020 for his contributions to the field of stroke.

Dr Pandian has made significant contribution to stroke care services, epidemiology, and thrombolysis in low and middle-income countries. He is the National PI for the Indian Stroke Clinical Trial Network (INSTRuCT). He has 236 peer-reviewed publications (Citations 151731, h-index 62, i10 index-135).

Bo Norrving

WSO Past President

Sweden

Maria Fredin Grupper

WSO Executive Director

Switzerland

Carlos Molina

Vall Hebron Hospital

Spain

Raul Nogueira

Past President of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Slim Slama

World Health Organization

Switzerland

Taskeen Khan

World Health Organization

Switzerland

Violiza Inoa

University of Tennessee

United States

Gillian Gordon-Perue

University of Miami

United States

Nitin Goyal

University of Tennessee

United States

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