In Memoriam

Michael Sloan, MD

Michael Sloan, MD, Professor of Neurology and Directorof Vascular Neurology at the University of South FloridaCollege of Medicine, died September 9, 2011, at the age of57. Dr. Sloan earned his medical degree from Wayne StateUniversity in Detroit, MI. He completed an internal medicineresidency at Berkshire Medical Center, a neurology residencyat Tufts University/New England Medical Center, and afellowship in vascular neurology at the University of Virginia.He began his academic career at the University of Maryland,where he directed the stroke program and the neurologicalintensive care Unit, before moving to the Carolinas MedicalCenter and, ultimately, to the University of South Florida Col-lege of Medicine as Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery andEpidemiology.

Dr. Sloan was a major authority in stroke, who made sub-stantial contributions to the advances in the field over the past20 years. He served as chair of the National Stroke Study Group

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for the American Heart Association (AHA), chair of the StrokeRegistry for the state of Florida and was a member of theBoard of Directors for the American Society of Neuroimag-ing (and a frequent contributor to that society’s journal, theJournal of Neuroimaging ) among many other national and inter-national leadership positions. He was honored by colleagueswith many of the highest awards in his field, including the 2010AHA Stroke Council Award. Also renowned as a clinician, hewas named of one the Best Doctors in America each year since2003, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Neurol-ogy, the American College of Cardiology, the Royal Society ofMedicine and a member of the American Heart Association’sStroke Council. The stroke program he led at Tampa GeneralHospital consistently earned the Gold Seal of ApprovalTM forhealth care quality—a disease-specific certification bestowed bythe Joint Commission, the nation’s largest health care accredi-tation organization.

He was known as one of the hardest working academicphysicians at USF, in part because of the tremendous timehe gave to the study and management of his patients and thecountless hours he spent on the wards each week to ensurethe very highest level of stroke care for those in need. He isdeeply missed not only by his loving wife, Cheryl, and the restof his family, as well as many friends, patients and colleaguesat USF, but also by his wide circle of peers in the neurologicalcommunity around the world.

Leon D. Prockop, M.D.Founding Editor, Journal of Neuroimaging

Professor and Founding Chairman,Department of Neurology,

University of South Florida College of Medicine,Tampa, Florida

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