Meet the Team

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Regional Coordinating Center Contact PI: Christopher Streib, MD, MS

Dr. Streib is an Associate Professor in Neurology and also the Director of the Cerebrovascular Services for the MHealth Fairview system. Due to his role as a clinical operations leader, he actively works to synergize clinical care workflow with research processes. At the level of the RCC he provides overall oversight, with the focus on building the regional research network and initiating network trials. 

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Regional Coordinating Center Senior PI and Career Enhancement Director:
 
Dr. Lakshminarayan directs the Clinical Research Training Program in the nationally-ranked UMN School of Public Health. She is an NIH-funded investigator whose research deliberately involves low-resource health systems, including federally qualified health centers, in order to ensure recruitment of under-represented minorities.  
 
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Project Manager: Abbey Staugaitis, RN, MSN, CCRC

Ms. Staugaitis’ accumulated experience as project manager for StrokeNet, Strategies to Innovate Emergency Care Clinical Trials Network (SIREN), and essential multicenter COVID trials has been critical to operationalizing practical, efficient, and effective clinical research workflows.


Site Principal Investigators
Satellite Site Principal Investigators

Ganesh Asaithambi, MD

Allina Health System

Alejandro Rabinstein, MD

Mayo Clinic Health System

Behnam Sabayan, MD

Health Partners Health System

Michael Brogan, MD

Health Partners Health System

Michael Abraham, MD

Kansas University Health

Rwoof Reshi, MD

Avera McKennan Hospital

Hesham Allam, MD

Southern Illinois University, Memorial Medical Center

Edward Labin, MD

Hennepin County Medical Center

Project Specialist
Julie Scherber, RN
Lead Coordinators
Anna Brauch, BSN, RN
Nicole Degerman, BSN, RN, CNRN
Megan Tessmer, BSN, RN, PHN, CCRC
Jessica Staloch, MSN, RN, PHN, CCRC
Elizabeth Nierengarten, BSN, RN, CEN
Jessica Gieseke, BSN, RN, CCRN
On-Call Coordinators
Chloe Lawyer, BSN, RN, CCRC
Michele Schirmers, BSN, RN
Nitin Chakravarthula, MBBS
Luis Silva, MD
Karen Stalin, MD