Emory Stroke Center Physicians and Staff
The Emory MBNA Stroke Center team has one of the largest clinical experiences in the United States in the surgical management of intra-cranial aneurysms and vascular malformations of the brain and spinal cord.
Our physician team includes neurosurgeons, interventional neurologists and neuro-intensivists, physicians who specialize in caring for critically ill patients with neurological disorders.
Many of the patients who are afflicted with cerebrovascular disease are acutely ill; our world-renowned neuro-intensivists are specially trained to diagnose and treat emergent cases, working full-time to augment their intensive care.
The staff at Emory MBNA Stroke Center also includes specially trained nurses, nurse practitioners and rehabilitative therapists dedicated to the care of stroke patients.
Our team is committed to providing quality routine and emergency care. Through our comprehensive service of diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, follow-up, and long-term care after stroke, our patients receive the best care available from a well-trained and compassionate staff.
Physician Staff:
Daniel L. Barrow, MD
Director of The Emory MBNA Stroke Center
Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Emory University
Chief of Neurological Surgery Services, Emory University Hospital
Dr. Barrow is board certified in Neurological Surgery and also specializes in vascular and skull base neurosurgery. He is a graduate of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine where he was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award. He conducted his internship and residency at Emory and completed a Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic and neurology training at Massachusetts General Hospital. His special clinical interests include intracranial aneurysms, vascular malformations of the brain and spinal cord, carotid artery surgery, brain bypass surgery and skull base surgery. Dr. Barrow has authored more than 200 scientific articles and chapters in medical textbooks and is a member of many professional organizations, including the past President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Georgia Neurosurgical Society. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including Who's Who in America and was selected by his peers to appear in the publication "The Best Doctors in America."
Michael Cawley, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology
Dr. Cawley is board certified in Neurological Surgery. He is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He conducted his residency at Emory and completed a Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Surgery at the University of Florida. His special clinical and research interests lie in the treatment of neurovascular diseases via traditional surgical and endovascular means. Dr. Cawley is a member of many prestigious professional organizations and a recipient of many awards and prizes including the Surgical Excellence Award for the University of Maryland in 1990.
Owen B. Samuels, MD
Director of the Division of Neurointensive Care and Director of the Neuroscience Critical Care and Stroke Units
Dr. Samuels is board certified in Neurology. He received his medical degree from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn and completed his internship and residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Samuels then completed a Stroke Neurology Fellowship at Emory and a second fellowship in Neurointensive Care Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Barney J. Stern, MD
Executive Vice-Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurology
Dr. Stern received advanced training at the University of Rochester, Boston City Hospital. His research and specialty interests are stroke and neurosarcoidosis. Specifically, Dr. Stern is interesting in the diagnosis and management of large artery cerebrovascular atherosclerosis, acute stroke treatment strategies, stroke in the young (including pregnancy-associated stroke), and stroke genetics. He is also involved in research activities examining the neurologic complications of sarcoidosis.
Marc I. Chimowitz, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Dr. Chimowitz received his advanced training at University of Cape Town (South Africa), Tufts New England Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic. His research and specialty interests are optimal treatment for intracranial occlusive disease, management of coronary disease in patients with stroke, cryptogenic stroke in the young, thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke, and transcranial Doppler ultrasound.
Michael R. Frankel, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Dr. Frankel received his advanced training at the University of Louisville and Emory University. His interests lie in experimental therapeutics in acute stroke. He is involved in research examining acute treatment of stroke, stroke prevention, stroke epidemiology, stroke recovery, racial differences in stroke, and cerebrovascular imaging.
Jacques E. Dion, MD
Professor, Radiology, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology
Fellowship Program Director
Other Affiliations: Neurological Surgery
Dr. Jacques E. Dion received his B.A. from the University of Ottowa in 1974 and completed his M.D. in 1978. Following completion of his fellowships in Neuroradiology and Peripheral Interventional Radiology in London and Ontario from 1983-85, he received an appointment as an Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal where he was Head of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology in addition to Interventional Radiology. In 1987 Dr. Dion was recruited to UCLA as an Assistant Professor where he co-established the Interventional Neuroradiology Section. He then moved to the University of Virginia Hospital where he served as Section Head for Interventional Neuroradiology and Fellowship Director for the Interventional Neuroradiology Training Program. Dr. Dion joined Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998 where he is Professor and Section Head of Interventional Neuroradiology with a joint appointment in the Department of Neurosurgery.
Frank C. Tong, MD
Assistant Professor, Radiology, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology
Dr. Frank C. Tong completed a B.S. degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in biomedical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His special interests as an undergraduate included development of artificial neural networks for computer speech recognition and digital signal processing. He received his M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine and completed a diagnostic radiology residency at Emory University in Atlanta. After residency, he completed one year of diagnostic neuroradiology fellowship at Emory and subsequently finished an additional two years of interventional neuroradiology fellowship training. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor beginning in 2000.
