History of the Center 1963 - Sonics program initiated by William M. McKinney in 1963, which grew into the Sonic Center , and later the Center for Medical Ultrasound. The Neurosonology Laboratory, is recognized internationally as a leader in this field.
- Holography (3-D imaging) research begun
1964 - Courses started in Echoencephalography
1965 - Third in Nation Stroke Center awarded by the National Institutes of Neurologic Diseases and Blindness (NINDB)
- Rapid sequential angiography of the cerebral circulation unit purchased by the Department of Neurology
1965-1971 - Research Fellowship Program with Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
1966 - Summer training programs for college students for health career programs
- Outreach Regional medical program Comprehensive Stroke Program awarded
- Walter C. Teagle endowed Chair in Neurology
- Ambulatory EKG monitoring service established in the Stroke Center
1967 - Cerebrovascular Disorders by Toole and Patel . first textbook on CVD in the world, published by McGraw-Hill
1968 - Bioengineering Section established
- Automated tilting bed developed and patented in Neurology
1972 - Cerebrovascular traineeships . Mini-Sabbatical Program
1974 - Stroke nursing and graduate nursing education in neurological diseases funded by the Teagle Foundation
- Neurobehavioral Unit established
1974-76 - Presidential Office of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Moved to the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (William M. McKinney, M.D.)
1975 - One week courses in Neurovascular Ultrasound Sonics graduate courses . world. s first. Over 4000 neurovascular students have been graduated through June 1999
- Designation as one of the seven best medical centers in the United States for treatment of neurological conditions
1976 - Ultrasonographers registry
- The term . Neurosonology. comes into use
- Neurosonology Fellowship Program Established
1977 - Comprehensive Stroke Program established in Eastern North Carolina for epidemiologic research and training
1978-1982 - American Neurological Association secretariat transferred to Neurology Department
1980 - International Neurosonology Workshop, Wake Forest House, Venice, Italy
1980-1983 - NHLBI B-mode ultrasound validity and reproducibility assessment trial
1981-Present - Willit Award established in the Department of Neurology, Bowman Gray
1981 S. Steve Roach
1982 Gary Harpold
1983 Edward G. Hill, Jr.
1984 Robert L. Brownlow, Jr.
1985 B. Eliot Cole
1986 Lee P. Dresser
1987 William Ferrell
1988 Timothy C. Thomas
1989 Neil Crowe
1990 Ruth Fredericks
1991 Lloyd P. Hitchings
1992 (No award)
1993 Tara C. Noone
1994 Volker A. Knappertz
1995 Gary Dalley
1996 Vanessa Karsch
1997 Disya Ratanakorn
1998 Antonio Alayón Fumero/Wilbur Avant
1999 Jun Hong Lee/Charles H. Tegeler 1982-1990 - World Federation of Neurology secretariat transferred to Neurology Department
1985 - Salzburg Cerebrovascular Disease Conference, Graylyn Conference Center
- Stroke Support Group established
- Dr. Toole, President of the American Neurological Association
1985-1993 + - NINDS . Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study . Principal Investigator, Operations Center
- NHLBI Site . Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC)
1986 1987 - Division of Vascular Ultrasound Research established
- Salzburg Cerebrovascular Disease Conference, Graylyn Conference Center
- Handbook of Clinical Neurology: Cerebrovascular Disorders, edited by Vinken, Bruyn, Klawans, and Toole, Elsevier Science Publishers
1988 - NHLBI Study Site . Cardiovascular Health Study
- Stroke Information Service Outreach
1989-1997 - Journal of Neurological Sciences Editorial Office to Neurology Department
1989-1992 - International Stroke Society Program Chairman (James F. Toole, M.D.)
- Dr. Toole cited in Who. s Who in the World
1990 - International Bubble Ultrasound Intensifier Conference, Graylyn Conference Center
- American Society of Neuroimaging moved to the Wake Forest University School of Medicine:
Presidents 1990-1992 William M. McKinney, M.D.
1992-1994 James F. Toole, M.D.
1999-2001 Charles H. Tegeler, M.D. 1990-1999 - Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories Board of Directors representing the American Academy of Neurology (William M. McKinney, M.D. & Charles H. Tegeler, M.D.)
1991 1992 - Embolus Detection . 92: First International Consensus Conference, Graylyn Conference Center
- Senior Stroke Society Meeting, Graylyn Conference Center
- Salzburg Cerebrovascular Disease Conference, Graylyn Conference Center
- Second World Congress on Stroke, Washington, D.C., Stroke Research Center Organizer
1993 - Neurosonology Fellowship Program established
Willis Courtney, M.D. Steven Dick, M.D.
J. Stephen Shymansky, M.D. Elaine Atos-Radzion, M.D.
Virgil A. DiBiase, M.D. Allan M. Burke, M.D.
Hsiao S. Lo, M.D. Timothy J. Maatman, M.D.
Frederick E. Munschauer, M.D. Efraim David, M.D.
Ward B. Rogers, M.D. Gregory M. Sutliff, M.D.
Cindy Hester Robert Calmes, M.D.
C. Stephen Ford, M.D. Gabriel Diaz, M.D.
Sharon Knowles Alan M. Birnbaum, M.D.
Janice Anderson Annette Alpert, M.D.
Brent Edwards, M.D. Arun Singh, M.D.
Bernard Weintraub, M.D John Fulcher, M.D.
Orlando Ricalde, M.D. Rhonda Pridgeon, M.D.
Paul Spillsbury, M.D. Carmela Picone, M.D.
Fredric M. Radoff, M.D. Kenneth P. Sharlin, M.D.
Harvey L. Edmonds, M.D. Wendell Meyer, M.D.
Kurt V. Miller, M.D. Courson Cunningham, M.D.
David Lackey Lloyd P. Hitchings, M.D.
Susan Dobmeyer, M.D. Sidney Mallenbaum, M.D.
Ray Bertino, M.D. Greg N. Smith, M.D. - NICH & HD . Neuroimaging in Medical Rehabilitation Research Meeting, Winston-Salem, NC
1993-1998 - NINDS . Prevalence and Natural History of Carotid Emboli in Stroke, Principal Investigator (Charles H. Tegeler, M.D.)
- Cerebrovascular Disease (DRG-14) Clinical Resource Utilization Program established at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine
1994 - Working Group on Disability in U.S. Presidents . Headquarters (Drs. Toole and Link)
- Workshops
- The Carter Center of Emory University . Atlanta, Georgia (1995)
- Wake Forest University, Reynolda Campus (1995)
- The White House Conference Center, Washington, D.C. (1996)
1996 - Neuroscience Service Line and Stroke Continuum Task Force established at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Stroke Care Area and Stroke Multi-Disciplinary Care Team established at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, with implementation of Stroke Care Maps
- One week Neurovascular Interpretation Course established
1996-Present - NINDS Clinical Trial . Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention, Operations Center
1997 - Hyperacute Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Graylyn Conference Center
- International Neurosonology . 97, The 7th Meeting of the Neurosonology Research Group of the World Federation of Neurology, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- World Federation of Neurology. s Presidential Office moved to Neurology Department (James F. Toole, M.D.)
- Neurosonology published (Charles H. Tegeler, M.D.)
1997-2000 - American Medical Association House of Delegates representative for the American Society of Neuroimaging (Charles H. Tegeler, M.D.)
1998 - Congress on Cerebral Ischemia, Vascular Dementia, Epilepsy and CNS Injury, Washington, D.C., Space and Underwater Neurology Meeting, Washington, D.C.
1998-Present - North Carolina Neurological Society representative to the North Carolina Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee (Charles H. Tegeler, M.D.)
1999 - Cerebrovascular Disorders, 5th edition, published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
2000 - Office of the President of the International Stroke Society moved to Department of Neurology (James F. Toole, M.D.)
- More than 1,000 clinical and basic research publications since Stroke Research Center established
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