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Jose G. Merino MD

Medical Director, Suburban Hospital Stroke Program

Bethesda, MD

Specialties and Interests

  • Neurology, 
  • Vascular Neurology

Education

Universities

University of Cambridge, England

M.Phil., History of Medicine
1992 to 1993

Universidad Anahuac, Mexico

Doctor of Medicine, Medicine
1986 to 1992

Postgraduate Training

University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

1999 to 2001
Clinical Fellow in Stroke

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1994 to 1999
Dual Neurology and Psychiatry Residency Training Program

St. Luke's/Roosevelt Medical Center, New York, NY

1993 to 1994
Internship, Department of Medicine

Licenses/Certifications

Board Certified in Vascular Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

2008

Board Certified in Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

2001

Experience

Medical Director

Suburban Hospital Stroke Program
2007 to present

Medical Director

NIH Stroke Program at Suburban Hospitl
2005 to 2007

Staff Clinician

National Institutes of Health
2004 to 2007

Assistant Professor

University of Florida
2001 to 2004

Medical Director

Suburban Hospital Stroke Program
2007

Memberships

Asociacion Mexicana de Enfermedad Vascular Cerebral
2007 to 2009

American Stroke Association
1999 to 2009

American Academy of Neurology

Publications

Articles

"Distal hyperintense vessels on FLAIR. An MRI marker for collateral circulation in acute stroke?"

Neurology
2009;
PubMed ID: 19211928

"Racial differences in microbleed prevalence in primary intracerebral hemorrhage."

Neurology
Vol. 71 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18838665

"The Boston Acute Stroke Imaging Scale: ready for use in clinical practice?"

Nature clinical practice. Neurology
Vol. 4 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18825146

"Reperfusion half-life: a novel pharmacodynamic measure of thrombolytic activity."

Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Vol. 39 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18451344

"Untangling vascular cognitive impairment."

Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Vol. 39 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18258823

"In-hospital delays to stroke thrombolysis: paradoxical effect of early arrival."

Neurological research
Vol. 29 - 2008;
PubMed ID: 18173904

"Interleukin-6 174G/C polymorphism and ischemic stroke: a systematic review."

Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Vol. 38 - 2007;
PubMed ID: 17916761

"Willingness of ischemic stroke patients to donate DNA for genetic research: a systematic review."

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Str
Vol. 12 - 2007;
PubMed ID: 17903932

"Lesion volume change after treatment with tissue plasminogen activator can discriminate clinical responders from nonresponders."

Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Vol. 38 - 2007;
PubMed ID: 17901392

"Intra- and interrater reliability of ischemic lesion volume measurements on diffusion-weighted, mean transit time and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MRI."

Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Vol. 37 - 2006;
PubMed ID: 17082470
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