National Stroke Awareness Month – May 2022
Dr. Anne Alexandrov

May is National Stroke Awareness Month. According to the CDC, every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke, and every 3 and a half minutes, someone dies from a stroke. Today, my guest is a recognized clinical expert in the areas of emergency and critical care with concentrations in neuroscience and vascular dynamics, Dr. Anne Alexandrov. Dr. Alexandrov is considered to be the leading international nursing expert in acute stroke management.

More About Dr. Alexandrov
Dr. Anne Alexandrov, Ph.D., RN, AGACNP-BC, ANVP-BC, NVRN-BC, ASC-BC, CCRN, FAAN, is a Professor of both Nursing and Neurology, as well as the Mobile Stroke Unit Chief Nurse Practitioner at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She is also Professor and Program Director for NET SMART (www.learnstroke.com) at the Health Outcomes Institute, LLC in Fountain Hills, Arizona. Dr. Alexandrov received her MSN from the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) at Houston in 1993 with a concentration in Emergency and Critical Care. She received her Ph.D. from Texas Woman’s University in 2002, which focuses on integrated systemic and intracranial hemodynamics. Dr. Alexandrov is the President of the Association of Neurovascular Clinicians and serves as Certification Examination Architect for the Neurovascular Registered Nurse, Advanced Stroke Coordinator, the Certified Neurointerventional Clinician, and Advanced Neurovascular Practitioner board certifications. She currently serves on the Board of Directors as Treasurer of the Prehospital Stroke Treatment Organization (PRESTO), an international organization for mobile stroke units. Dr. Alexandrov was the FY-2000 National President of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and a former member of the American Stroke Association’s (ASA) Executive Leadership Board (2005-2007). She Co-Chaired the National Quality Forum’s Stroke Committee that selected the first round of evidence-based core measures for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) endorsement/pay-for-performance from 2007-2009. Dr. Alexandrov developed the reviewer role for The Joint Commission’s (TJC) Stroke Center Certification Program and has served on both the Technical Advisory Panel for TJC’s Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification program and the TJC Stroke Performance Measure Panel. She has authored almost 200 original scientific publications related to her work in stroke reperfusion therapies, experimental blood flow augmentation strategies, and stroke systems of care, and co-holds a U.S. patent for ultrasound-enhanced thrombolysis and perfusion. Dr. Alexandrov’s many honors include the 2022 Distinguished Research Lecturer for the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the 2019 American Association of Nurse Practitioner’s Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Excellence Award, the 2018 Memphis Healthcare Hero Award, the 2013 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Flame of Excellence Award for her work in acute stroke, induction as an Honorary Ambassador to the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses in 2012, the UAB Graduate School Dean’s Excellence in Mentorship Award in 2012, the Birmingham Metro Nurse of the Year Award in 2010, induction as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2004, the ASA’s Distinguished Service Award in 2003, the American Heart Association’s Stroke Manuscript of the Year Award in 2003, the ASA Texas Affiliate’s Excellence in Volunteer Leadership Award in 2002, and the John P. McGovern Teaching Excellence Award from UTHSC-Houston in 1999.

Websites:

https://www.heart.org/

https://www.anbc.org

https://www.learnstroke.com/