Department of Neurology

Department of Neurology
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Scott E. Kasner, MD, MSCE

Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology

Contact information
Dept of Neurology, 3W Gates Bldg.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: (215) 662-3564
Fax: 215-614-1927
Education:
B.S. (Physics & Zoology)
Duke University , 1988.
M.D. (Medicine)
Yale University, 1992.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1992-1993.
Resident in Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , 1993-1996.
Fellow in Stroke and Neurocritical Care, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1996-1997.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), 1997.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Vascular Neurology), 2006.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), 2007.
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Description of Research Expertise

stroke (acute stroke treatment, stroke diagnosis, stroke outcome measures, stroke secondary prevention)

Description of Clinical Expertise

stroke, neurocritical care

Selected Publications

Lyden P, Shuaib A, Ng K, Levin K, Atkinson RP, Rajput A, Wechsler L, Ashwood T, Claesson L, Odergren T, Salazar-Grueso E, Hankey GJ, the CLASS-IHT Investigators (Kasner S, local principal investigator). : Clomethiazole acute stroke study in ischemic stroke (CLASS-I): final results. Stroke 33: 122-129, 2002.

Messé SR, Kasner SE, Mehta Z, Warlow CP, Rothwell PM, European Carotid Surgery Trialists. : Effect of body size on operative risk of carotid endarterectomy. Stroke 33: 409, 2002.

Cucchiara BL, Kasner SE, Wolk DA, Lyden PD, Knappertz VA, Ashwood T, Odergren T, Norlund A, the CLASS-I Investigators. : Early sedation predicts mortality after major anterior circulation stroke. Stroke 33: 411, 2002.

Kasner SE. : Treatment of “other” stroke etiologies. Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management. Fourth edition. Churchill Livingstone, New York, in press. Mohr JP, Choi D, Grotta JC, Weir B, Wolf PA (eds.). 2002.

Kasner SE, Cucchiara BL. : Review: Stroke Syndromes and Uncommon Causes of Stroke. JAMA 287: 1584, 2002.

Chalela JA, Kasner SE. : Evaluation and treatment of altered consciousness. Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Batjer H, Loftus C (eds.). Lippincott, Philadelphia. Page: 246-259, 2003.

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