Note from the Editor.......................................................2
By Saef Izzy, MD
President’s Column..........................................................3
By Jose I. Suarez, MD
Neurocritical Care Researchers and the Road to
Career Development Awards...........................................4
By Lauren Koffman
Growing Mentorship Within Neurocritical Care...........5
By Wren Sherrill, MSN, ACNP, and Alexis Steinberg, MD
Neurocritical Care at a Suburban Regional Medical
Center: From the Perspective of a Recently Graduated
Neurointensivist...............................................................7
By Kinjal Desai, MBBS, MD, MPH
The Future of Neurocritical Care Research:
Looking for a Blue Ocean................................................8
By Sara Hocker, MD; Shraddha Mainali, MD; and
Andrew Naidech, MD
Advocacy: Violence and Sexual Harassment in
a Growing Issue................................................................9
By Peter J. Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FAARC
The Dead Donor Rule in the Era of Extremes in
End-of-Life Care............................................................. 10
By Deepa Malaiyandi, MD
Neurocritical Care Society Pharmacy Section
Year in Review................................................................ 11
By Jason Makii, PharmD, MBA, FCCM, FNCS,
BCPS, BCCCP
Caring for the Post Procedure Mechanical
Thrombectomy Patient..................................................13
By Catrice Nakamura RN, MSN, CCRN-K, SCRN,
and Diana Serondo, RN, NVRN-BC
Cleveland Clinic’s Neurocritical Care is in
Abu Dhabi......................................................................14
By Jamil R. Dibu, MD, Section Head, Neurologic
Critical Care Unit, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
Highlights from the Seventh International
Hypothermia and Temperature Management
Symposium in Sydney...................................................16
By Andrew Cheng, MD
Neurocritical Care in Tan Tock Seng Hospital,
Singapore........................................................................18
By Jensen Ng, MBBS, MMed
First Regional Neurocritical Care Meeting in Asia........20
By Sang-Bae Ko, MD, PhD
Acute Neurological Care at University Teaching
Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.......................................... 21
By Jacob Manske, MD, and Teresa Lee, MD
Regional Meeting in Dubai............................................22
By Yasser B. Abulhasan, Chairman, Neurocritical
Care-MENA Chapter of IPACCMS, and Hussain N.
Al Rahma, President, IPACCMS
Literature Review............................................................23
By Kyle Hobbs, MD, and Sara Stern-Nezer, MD
Featured Program: The Neurosciences Intensive
Care Unit at Mayo Clinic Saint Marys Campus............24
By Eelco Wijdicks, MD, PhD; Alejandro Rabinstein, MD;
Sara Hocker, MD; and Jennifer Fugate, DO
News Magazine of the Neurocritical Care Society Volume 13, No. 4
DECEMBER 2018