Jose Suarez, MD
Dr. Suarez is currently the Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery and Director of the Neurocritical Care Division at Johns Hopkins University. Dr Suarez has authored or co-authored over 150 publications in the areas of stroke and critical care neurology and neurosurgery in reputable journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Stroke, Critical Care Medicine, and Neurology. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Stroke and Neurocritical Care and is the editor of several books including the Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery textbook. He is also the Vice President and President-Elect of the Neurocritical Care Society.

Salia Farrokh, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FNCS
Dr. Farrokh is the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit Clinical Specialist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has published and presented on topics of neurocritical care and the treatment of neuroinfectious diseases. Dr. Farrokh is a Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) and a member of the NCS Pharmacy Committee.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Zink, Ph.D., MSN, RN, CCNS, CNRN
Dr. Zink is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Neurocritical Care Unit at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has worked as a staff nurse, nurse practitioner, and clinical nurse specialist in the areas of neurosciences and stroke, managing clinical care, research, and education at the patient, staff, and systems levels. She has a track record of leadership in quality improvement efforts, organizing interprofessional teams, and translating evidence into practice. She has published and presented locally, nationally, and internationally on neurocritical care and stroke. Her research interests focus on applying biomarker measurement of early rehabilitation interventions in neurocritical care and stroke and exploring the effects of team performance on stroke patient outcomes.