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Sabreena J. Slavin, M.D.

Professional Background

Sabreena Slavin, M.D., earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado-Denver School of Medicine in 2012, then completed an internship in internal medicine and a residency in neurology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. In 2017, she finished a vascular neurology fellowship at the University of Cincinnati, where she also earned a Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research.

Dr. Slavin joined the faculty of the University of Kansas Medical Center in August 2017. She specializes in neurology and vascular neurology. Her clinical practice focuses on acute ischemic stroke, carotid stenosis, stroke, vascular neurology and vertebral artery stenosis.

Education and Training
  • BA, Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
  • MD, Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Internship, Internal Medicine, Rush University School of Medicine
  • Residency, Neurology, Rush University School of Medicine
  • Clinical Fellowship, Vascular Neurology, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Professional Affiliations
  • Institutional Review Board, Institutional Review Board, Member, 2020 - Present
  • Inpatient Neurology/Stroke Research, Inpatient Neurology and Stroke Research, Associate Director, 2018 - Present
  • American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Member, 2016 - Present
  • American Academy of Neurology, Member, 2012 - Present

Selected Publications
  • Gillow Sabreena J, Lee Vivien H. 2015. PFO Closure for Cryptogenic Stroke.. Current atherosclerosis reports, 17 (8), 45
  • Hunter Sharon K, Gillow Sabreena J, Ross Randal G. 2015. Stability of P50 auditory sensory gating during sleep from infancy to 4 years of age.. Brain and cognition, 94, 4-9
  • Gillow Sabreena J, Ouyang Bichun, Lee Vivien H, John Sayona. 2017. Factors Associated with Fever in Intracerebral Hemorrhage.. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 26 (6), 1204-1208
  • Gillow Sabreena J, Dorman James. 2018. Early presentation of cerebral fat embolism. Trauma, 20 (3), 230-232
  • Slavin Sabreena J, Sucharew Heidi, Alwell Kathleen, Moomaw Charles J, Woo Daniel, Adeoye Opeolu, Flaherty Matthew L, Ferioli Simona, McMullan Jason, Mackey Jason, De La Los Rios Rosa Felipe, Martini Sharyl, Kissela Brett M, Kleindorfer Dawn O. 2018. Prehospital neurological deterioration in stroke.. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 35 (8), 507-510
  • Kamel Hooman, Alwell Kathleen, Kissela Brett M, Sucharew Heidi J, Woo Daniel, Flaherty Matthew, Ferioli Simona, Demel Stacie L, Moomaw Charles J, Walsh Kyle, Mackey Jason, De Los Rios La Rosa Felipe, Jasne Adam, Slavin Sabreena, Martini Sharyl, Adeoye Opeolu, Baig Tehniyat, Chen Monica L, Levitan Emily B, Soliman Elsayed Z, Kleindorfer Dawn O. 2020. Racial Differences in Atrial Cardiopathy Phenotypes in Ischemic Stroke Patients. Neurology
  • Madsen Tracy E, Khoury Jane C, Leppert Michelle, Alwell Kathleen, Moomaw Charles J, Sucharew Heidi, Woo Daniel, Ferioli Simona, Martini Sharyl, Adeoye Opeolu, Khatri Pooja, Flaherty Matthew, De Los Rios La Rosa Felipe, Mackey Jason, Mistry Eva, Demel Stacie L, Coleman Elisheva, Jasne Adam, Slavin Sabreena J, Walsh Kyle, Star Michael, Broderick Joseph P, Kissela Brett M, Kleindorfer Dawn O. 2020. Temporal Trends in Stroke Incidence Over Time by Sex and Age in the GCNKSS. Stroke