Meet the Team

Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Stroke Program brings together leading neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, vascular surgeons, as well as specially-trained neuroscience nurses in a team-based approach to neurovascular stroke care.

Stroke Program Nurse Coordinator
 

Deborah L. Bergman, MS, RN, FNP-BC, FAHA
Advanced Practice Nurse 

Neurology
 

Richard A. Bernstein, MD, PhD
Stroke Program Director, Stroke Neurologist

Yvonne M. Curran, MD
Stroke Neurologist

Matthew B. Maas, MD
Neurocritical Care

Andrew M. Naidech, MD, MSPH
Neurocritical Care

Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, MS
Stroke Neurologist

Neil Rosenberg, MD
Neurocritical Care

Neuroradiology
 

Sameer A. Ansari, MD, PhD
Interventional Neuroradiologist

Michael C. Hurley, MD
Interventional Neuroradiologist

Ali Shaibani, MD
Interventional Neuroradiologist

Neurosurgery
 

Bernard R. Bendok, MD
Neurosurgeon

Vascular Surgery
 

Mark K. Eskandari, MD 
Vascular Surgeon

Andrew W. Hoel, MD 
Vascular Surgeon

William H. Pearce, MD
Vascular Surgeon

Heron E. Rodriguez, MD
Vascular Surgeon

Call for an Appointment
 

Please call our Physician Referral Department at 1-877-926-4664.

Online Appointment Request (New Patients Only)
 

If you need to schedule a first time appointment, you may use our online appointment request form.