[WCN21;105;330]

Thrombolysis & Thrombectomy (In The Anterior And Posterior Circulation)

Fana Alemseged

Career summary:

• Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Level B, University of Melbourne (February 2021),
• PhD University of Melbourne (February 2021),
• Neurologist (2017),
• MD (2011).

Dr Alemseged is a stroke neurologist and one of the world’s few experts (and major expert in Australia) in the field of basilar artery occlusion. During her PhD, she has designed and implemented the international, multisite, prospective BATMAN registry for patients with basilar artery occlusion. This globally unique large-scale registry is necessary to study basilar artery stroke due to its rarity and poor natural history, hence the importance of studying the condition to advance treatments.

The BATMAN collaboration involves recruiting sites in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the USA and aims to answer clinical questions regarding this devastating and under-researched form of stroke. Dr Alemseged has published internationally competitive articles on this topic in major journals and presented at >15 key international and national conferences.

She has been awarded an American Heart Association junior investigator travel grant award, the Bernard J. Tyson Career Development Award 2020 at the International Stroke Conference and the Stephen Davis Award for Outstanding Fellow of the Year 2020 at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Dr Alemseged collaborates nationally and internationally with other clinician scientists in the field of stroke. She has contributed to recruitment to major Australian high-impact trials (EXTEND, EXTEND-IA TNK) and other international trials (ESCAPE NA-1, NAVIGATE-ESUS) published in the world’s leading journals.

She regularly serves as a reviewer for international journals including Neurology, International Journal of Stroke, Frontiers in Neurology and Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease.