Letter: An International Investigation Into the COVID-19 Pandemic and Workforce Depletion in Highly Specialized Neurointerventional Units - Insights From Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry and Endovascular Neurosurgery Research Group

Ali Alawieh¹, Sami Al Kasab^{2

3}, Eyad Almallouhi³, Michael R Levitt⁴, Pascal M Jabbour⁵, Ahmad Sweid⁵, Robert M Starke⁶, Vasu Saini⁶, Kyle M Fargen⁷, Stacey Q Wolfe⁷, Adam S Arthur⁸, Nitin Goyal^{8

9}, Isabel Fragata¹⁰, Ilko Maier¹¹, Charles Matouk¹², Brian M Howard¹, Jonathan A Grossberg¹, Michael Cawley¹, Peter Kan¹³, Muhammad Hafeez¹³, Justin Singer¹⁴, R Webster Crowley¹⁵, Krishna C Joshi¹⁵, Waleed Brinjikji¹⁶, Luis E Savastano¹⁶, Christopher S Ogilvy¹⁷, Santiago Gomez-Paz¹⁷, Elad Levy¹⁸, Muhammad Waqas¹⁸, Maxim Mokin¹⁹, Erol Veznedaroglu²⁰, Mandy Binning²⁰, Justin Mascitelli²¹, Albert J Yoo²², Jazba Soomro²², Richard W Williamson²³, Reda M Chalhoub², Andrew Grande²⁴, Roberto Crosa²⁵, Sharon Webb²⁶, Marios Psychogios²⁷, Andrew F Ducruet²⁸, Felipe C Albuquerque²⁸, Neil Majmundar²⁸, Raymond Turner²⁹, Walter Casagrande³⁰, Fawaz Al-Mufti³¹, Reade De Leacy³², J Mocco³², Richard D Fessler³³, Toshiya Osanai³⁴, Shakeel A Chowdhry³⁵, Min Park³⁶, Clemens M Schirmer^{37

38}, Andrew Ringer³⁹, Alejandro M Spiotta²; STAR and ENRG collaborators

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia.
² Department of Neurosurgery Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina.
³ Department of Neurology Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery University of Washington Seattle, Washington.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Department of Neurosurgery University of Miami Health System Miami, Florida.
⁷ Department of Neurosurgery Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem, North Carolina.
⁸ Department of Neurosurgery Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Clinic University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee.
⁹ Department of Neurology University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee.
¹⁰ Neuroradiology Department Hospital São José Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central Lisboa, Portugal.
¹¹ Department of Neurology University Medical Center Göttingen Göttingen, Germany.
¹² Department of Neurosurgery Yale University/Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut.
¹³ Department of Neurosurgery Baylor School of Medicine Houston, Texas.
¹⁴ Division of Neurosurgery Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, Michigan.
¹⁵ Department of Neurosurgery Rush University Chicago, Illinois.
¹⁶ Department of Radiology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota.
¹⁷ Department of Neurosurgery Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁸ Department of Neurosurgery University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York.
¹⁹ Department of Neurosurgery University of South Florida Tampa, Florida.
²⁰ Global Neurosciences Institute Pennington, New Jersey.
²¹ Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas.
²² Texas Stroke Institute Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.
²³ Department of Neurosurgery Allegheny Health Network Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
²⁴ Department of Neurosurgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota.
²⁵ Department of Neurosurgery Centro Endovascular Neurologico Medica Uruguaya Montevideo, Uruguay.
²⁶ Department of Neurosurgery Bon Secours Greenville, South Carolina.
²⁷ Department of Radiology University of Basel Basel, Switzerland.
²⁸ Department of Neurosurgery Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, Arizona.
²⁹ PRISMA Heath - Upstate Greenville, South Carolina.
³⁰ Department of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery Hospital Juan Fernandez Buenos Aires, Argentina.
³¹ Department of Neurosurgery and Radiology Westchester Medical Center New York, New York.
³² Department of Neurosurgery Mount Sinai Health System New York, New York.
³³ Department of Surgery Ascension St. John Hospital Detroit, Michigan.
³⁴ Faculty of Medicine Hokkaido University Hokkaido, Japan.
³⁵ Department of Neurosurgery NorthShore University Health System Evanston, Illinois.
³⁶ Department of Neurosurgery University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia.
³⁷ Department of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience Institute Geisinger Health System Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
³⁸ Research Institute of Neurointervention Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria.
³⁹ Department of Neurosurgery Mayfield Brain & Spine Cincinnati, Ohio.

PMID: 32893855
PMCID: PMC7499731
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa415

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Letter: An International Investigation Into the COVID-19 Pandemic and Workforce Depletion in Highly Specialized Neurointerventional Units - Insights From Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry and Endovascular Neurosurgery Research Group

Ali Alawieh et al. Neurosurgery. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 16;87(6):E697-E699.

doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa415.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia.
² Department of Neurosurgery Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina.
³ Department of Neurology Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery University of Washington Seattle, Washington.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Department of Neurosurgery University of Miami Health System Miami, Florida.
⁷ Department of Neurosurgery Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem, North Carolina.
⁸ Department of Neurosurgery Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Clinic University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee.
⁹ Department of Neurology University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee.
¹⁰ Neuroradiology Department Hospital São José Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central Lisboa, Portugal.
¹¹ Department of Neurology University Medical Center Göttingen Göttingen, Germany.
¹² Department of Neurosurgery Yale University/Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut.
¹³ Department of Neurosurgery Baylor School of Medicine Houston, Texas.
¹⁴ Division of Neurosurgery Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, Michigan.
¹⁵ Department of Neurosurgery Rush University Chicago, Illinois.
¹⁶ Department of Radiology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota.
¹⁷ Department of Neurosurgery Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁸ Department of Neurosurgery University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York.
¹⁹ Department of Neurosurgery University of South Florida Tampa, Florida.
²⁰ Global Neurosciences Institute Pennington, New Jersey.
²¹ Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas.
²² Texas Stroke Institute Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.
²³ Department of Neurosurgery Allegheny Health Network Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
²⁴ Department of Neurosurgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota.
²⁵ Department of Neurosurgery Centro Endovascular Neurologico Medica Uruguaya Montevideo, Uruguay.
²⁶ Department of Neurosurgery Bon Secours Greenville, South Carolina.
²⁷ Department of Radiology University of Basel Basel, Switzerland.
²⁸ Department of Neurosurgery Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, Arizona.
²⁹ PRISMA Heath - Upstate Greenville, South Carolina.
³⁰ Department of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery Hospital Juan Fernandez Buenos Aires, Argentina.
³¹ Department of Neurosurgery and Radiology Westchester Medical Center New York, New York.
³² Department of Neurosurgery Mount Sinai Health System New York, New York.
³³ Department of Surgery Ascension St. John Hospital Detroit, Michigan.
³⁴ Faculty of Medicine Hokkaido University Hokkaido, Japan.
³⁵ Department of Neurosurgery NorthShore University Health System Evanston, Illinois.
³⁶ Department of Neurosurgery University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia.
³⁷ Department of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience Institute Geisinger Health System Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
³⁸ Research Institute of Neurointervention Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria.
³⁹ Department of Neurosurgery Mayfield Brain & Spine Cincinnati, Ohio.

PMID: 32893855
PMCID: PMC7499731
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa415

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The Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry: Inception, Present, and Future.
Alawieh AM, Spiotta AM. Alawieh AM, et al. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jun;138:562-564. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.03.184. World Neurosurg. 2020. PMID: 32544996 No abstract available.

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