
Stroke Center | Stroke Team | Assessment | Stroke Clinics | Treatments | About Strokes
The West Virginia University Stroke team is made up of people from across the hospital and the community. It includes:
Diagnosis and treatment of stroke is provided by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists through WVU Hospitals.
David Libell, MD - Director, Stroke Center, Neurology
Dr. Libell is a neurologist whose special interests are stroke and neuromuscular diseases.
Claudette Brooks, MD - Neurology
Dr. Brooks is a neurologist with special training in stroke. She has expertise in primary and secondary stroke prevention.
Jeffrey Carpenter, MD - Section Chief of Neurointerventional Radiology, Director of MRI
Dr. Carpenter is a neuroradiologist. He is board-certified in diagnostic radiology, and has special interest in neuroradiology.
Gauri Pawar, MD - Neurology
Dr. Pawar is a neurologist. She is board-certified in neurology, with a special interest in neurophysiology.
Ansaar Rai, MD - Neurology / Neuroradiology
Dr. Rai is a neuroradiologist at WVU. His special interests include stroke intervention and imaging.
Todd Crocco, MD - Chair, Emergency Medicine
Dr. Crocco is an emergency medicine physician at WVU. His special interests include pre-hospital stroke care.
Julian Bailes, MD - Chair, Neurosurgery
Dr. Bailes is board certified in neurosurgery. His specialty areas are cerebrovascular surgery, sports injuries and telemedicine.
Charles Rosen, MD -
Dr. Charles Rosen is a neurosurgeon. His specialized surgical skills offer hope to patients with tumors of the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the central nervous system and stroke.
Thomas Roberts, MD - Dr. Roberts received his medical degree from West Virginia University and his specialty training at West Virginia University and at University of Pittsburgh. He is board-certified in ABR Radiology and special competence nuclear medicine. Dr. Roberts’ area of special is neuroradiology.
Department of Neurology
Department of Radiology
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Emergency Medicine