Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Souvik Sen received his MD degree (1990) from University of Calcutta, MPH degree (2009) in Epidemiology from the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, and MS degree (1993) in Cardiovascular Pharmacology from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. He completed his Neurology Residency (1997) at Temple University Philadelphia and Post-Doctoral fellowship (1998) in Cerbrovascular Diseases (Stroke) from the Johns Hopkin’s Medical Institution in Baltimore Maryland. In 2002, he founded the stroke center at UNC Chapel Hill. In 2010, he joined as the founding Chair and Tenured Professor of the Department of Neurology (http://neurology.med.sc.edu/) at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. In this current position, he has started an accredited Neurology Residency Program, as well as a Stroke Fellowship Program. He also created and developed the Joint Commission Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center (2011) and Comprehensive Stroke Center (2018) at Prisma Health Richland Hospital. These additions were much needed to provide state-of-the -art diagnostic testing and advanced care to a population residing in the “buckle” of the stroke belt, accounting for one of the highest stroke-related mortality rates in the country. Dr. Sen received tenure and a promotion to associate professor in 2007 at UNC Chapel Hill and, in 2010, was promoted to tenured full professor and endowed chair at the USC SOM. During this period he gained a reputation for empathy and coordination of multidisciplinary patient care. This is evident by many publicly-available online patient reviews, the Palmetto Health Neuroscience Service Line award (2017), and multiple institutional quality improvement awards at the highest level, provided by the American Heart Association (2012-18). Dr. Sen is engaged in teaching Medical Students, Physician Assistant Students, Medical Residents, Neurology Residents and Stroke Fellows. He was awarded the 2017 Faculty Mentor Award in recognition of his dedication to mentoring residents. Since 2018, he has served as president of the South Carolina Neurology Association, as he is committed to continuing medical education for neurology healthcare providers in the state of South Carolina. He is also actively engaged in clinical research, with recent involvement including the DEFUSE-3, IRIS, MASTERS-1, and ATACH-2 trials. These trials (listed in https://clinicaltrials.gov/) have had a major impact on stroke treatment and prevention, both within and outside of the stroke belt. He has received several grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His ongoing R01, awarded by the NIH, is a cross-collaboration between the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Public Health, and is engaged in stroke prevention research in a disparity population impacted by stroke. In his spare time, Dr. Sen enjoys jogging, swimming, traveling, and watching football and basketball.