Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS
Associate Professor
Clinical Interest: Stroke prevention and risk factors, and stroke risk in women, related to menopause, oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy, migraine, and coagulation disorders.
EDUCATION:
1995 M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
1999-2001 Clinical Research Training Program and Masters in Health
Sciences and Clinical Research
1999-2001 Cerebrovascular Research Fellow, Duke University School
of Medicine
1996-1999 Neurology Residency Duke University School of Medicine
1995-1996 Medicine Intern, Medical College of Wisconsin
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
1997 North Carolina Medical Board
SPECIALITY CERTIFICATION
2000 Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
2005 Vascular Neurology – American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Stroke severity, outcomes and prevention in women, especially related to hormone therapy and thrombosis markers; gender differences in sub-clinical disease related to mid-life aging, endogenous hormones and markers of thrombosis and endothelial dysfunction; stroke related to pregnancy and pre eclampsia; adherence to stroke prevention medications and behavioral modification
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Refereed journals:
Cheryl D Bushnell, Barbara Phillips-Bute, Daniel T Laskowitz, John Lynch, Vani R Chilukuri, and Cecil O Borel. Survival and Outcome Following Endotracheal Intubation for Acute Stroke. Neurology 1999;52:1374-1381.
Cheryl D Bushnell and Larry B Goldstein. Ischemic Stroke: Risks Unique to Women. Women’s Health in Primary Care 1999;2:788-804.
Cheryl D Bushnell and Larry B. Goldstein. Diagnostic Testing for Coagulopathies in Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2000;31:3067-3078.
Cheryl D Bushnell, Zaeem Siddiqi, Joel Morgenlander, and Larry Goldstein. Use of Specialized Coagulation Testing in the Evaluation of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. Neurology 2001;56:624-627.
Cheryl D Bushnell, Dean CC Johnston, and Larry B Goldstein. Retrospective Assessment of Initial Stroke Severity: Comparison of the NIHSS and the CNS. Stroke 2001;32:656-660.
Cheryl D Bushnell, Gregory P Samsa, Larry B Goldstein. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Ischemic Stroke Severity: A Case Control Study. Neurology 2001;56:1304-1307.
Cheryl D Bushnell, Zaeem Siddiqi, Larry B Goldstein. Improving Patient Selection for Coagulopathy Testing in the Setting of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Neurology 2001;57:1333-1335.
Cheryl D Bushnell, Santanu Datta, and Larry B Goldstein. Cost Implications of Specialized Coagulation Testing for Acute Ischemic Stroke. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2001;10:279-283.
Cheryl D Bushnell and Larry B Goldstein. Physician Knowledge and Practices in the Evaluation of Coagulopathies in Stroke Patients. Stroke 2002;33:948-953.
Cheryl D Bushnell and Larry B Goldstein. Homocysteine Testing in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. Neurology 2002;59:1541-1546.
Cheryl D Bushnell and Larry B Goldstein. Screening for Hypercoagulable Syndromes in Stroke Patients. Current Atherosclerosis Reports 2003;5:291-298.
Cheryl D Bushnell and David Matchar. Cost-effectiveness and Decision Analysis in Stroke Research. Seminars in Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2003;3:107-113.
Cheryl D Bushnell, L Kristin Newby, Larry B Goldstein, Feng Lin, Kristine Yaffe, and Joel A Simon. Statin Use and Stroke Outcomes in the Heart Estrogen-progestin Replacement Study (HERS). Neurology 2004;62:968-970.
Cheryl D Bushnell and Larry B Goldstein. Risk of Ischemic Stroke with Tamoxifen Treatment for Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis. Neurology 2004;63:1230-1233.
Andra H James, Cheryl D Bushnell, Margaret G Jamison, and Evan R Myers. Incidence and Risk Factors for Stroke in Pregnancy and the Puerperium. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005; 106:509-516.
Cheryl D Bushnell. Oestrogen and Stroke: Assessing the Risk. Lancet Neurology November 2005;743-751.
Cheryl D Bushnell. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Stroke: The Current State of Knowledge and Directions for Future Research. Seminars in Neurology 2005;26:123-130.
Cheryl D Bushnell, Jeffrey Griffin, L Kristin Newby, Larry B Goldstein, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Carmelo A Graffagnino, Robert A Harrington, Harvey D White, R John Simes, Robert M Califf, Eric J Topol, and J Donald Easton. Statin Use and Sex-specific Outcomes in Patients with Vascular Disease. Stroke 2006;37:1427-1431.
Larry B Goldstein, Robert Adams, Mark J Alberts, Lawrence J Appel, Lawrence M Brass, Cheryl D Bushnell, Antonio Culebras, Thomas J DeGraba, Philip B Gorelick, John R Guyton, Robert G Hart, George Howard, Margaret Kelly-Hayes, J V (Ian) Nixon, and Ralph L Sacco. Primary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke. A guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council. Stroke 2006;37:1583-1633.
Brian Bateman, H Christian Schumacher, Cheryl Bushnell, Ralph Sacco, Lynn Simpson. Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Pregnancy: Frequency, Risk Factors, and Outcome. Neurology 2006;67:424-429.
Cheryl D Bushnell, Patricia Hurn, Carol Colton, Virginia M Miller, Gregory del Zoppo, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Barney Stern, David Herrington, Gwendolyn Ford-Lynch, Philip Gorelick, Andra James, Candice M. Brown, Emily Choi, Paul Bray, L Kristin Newby, Larry B. Goldstein, and James Simpkins. Advancing the Study of Stroke in Women. Summary and Recommendations for Future Research from an NINDS-Sponsored Multidisciplinary Working Group. Stroke 2006;37:2387-2399.
Lori Mosca, Carole Banka, Emelia Benjamin, Kathy Berra, Cheryl Bushnell, Rowena Dolor, Theodore Ganiats, Antoinette Gomes, Heather Gornik, Clarissa Gracia, Martha Gulati, Constance Haan, Debra Judelson, Nora Keenan, Ellie Kelepouris, Erin Michos, L Kristin Newby, Suzanne Oparil, Pamela Ouyang, Mehmet Oz, Diana Petitti, Vivian Pinn, Rita Redberg, Rosalyn Scott, Katherine Sherif, Sidney Smith, George Sopko, Robin Steinhorn, Neil Stone, Kathryn Taubert, Barbara Todd, Elaine Urbina, Nanette Wenger. Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update. Circulation 2007;115:1481-1501.
Cheryl D Bushnell. Endogenous Sex Steroids and Ischemic Stroke Risk in Women. Aging Health 2007;3:201-207.
Cheryl D Bushnell and Larry B Goldstein. Hormone Therapy and Stroke: Reviewing the Evidence. Stroke Reviews 2007;10:103-109.
Gretchen Tietjen, Cheryl D Bushnell, Nabeel Herial, Christine Utley, Leah White, and Faizan Hafeez. Endometriosis is associated with prevalence of comorbid conditions in migraine. Headache 2007;47:1069-1078
In press:
Cheryl Bushnell. Stroke and the Female Brain. Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 2007; in press.
Chapters in books:
Bushnell, C. Hypercoagulable States and Cerebrovascular Disease. In: Gilman S, editor. MedLink Neurology. San Diego: MedLink Corporation, 2003; Available at www.medlink.com.