Tulane Neurocritical Care

We are so thankful for our wonderful staff! Pictured here, is Dr. Aysenne, and three of our NPs - Olivia Cornu, Erica Lee, and Latonya McMorris waiting for a patient on the helipad.

✨Introducing our first ever Tulane University School of Medicine Neurocritical Care Fellow - Dr. Talal Nakkar! ✨Dr. Nakkar is a familiar face within the Tulane University School of Medicine halls as he spent two years as the Nephrology and Hypertension Fellow. We're happy to have him coming back home to the Tulane family in 2022!

✨Introducing our Neurocritical Care Fellowship mascot, Bacchus✨ Bacchus is a rescue pup from Oakland who has been by Dr. Aysenne’s side since her fellowship at University of California, San Francisco. Bacchus loves bike rides, visiting the local parks, and yoga time! In his spare time, he loves wearing costumes and bow ties, eating spicy snacks and fine cheeses, and destroying all of his toys. We are happy to have Bacchus on our team! 🐶

Congratulations and welcome to Tulane!

Please join us in congratulating and welcoming our Tulane Neurology Residency Class of 2025! We are so excited to have y'all as a part of the Tulane Neurology family! 💙💚🌊

✨HAPPY FRIDAY, Y’ALL! ✨ Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing our Neurocritical Care team. First up, our fabulous Program Director - Dr. Aimee Aysenne. Dr. Aysenne earned her undergraduate degree at LSU and her medical degree from Tulane. She completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Neurology and her fellowship training in Neurocritical Care was at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Aysenne is happy to be back at Tulane, teaching medical students and residents how to care for the neurologically injured in the intensive care unit and is looking forward to conducting NCC Fellowship interviews in the next few weeks. We are very happy and lucky to have Dr. Aysenne on our team! 🧠🩺

https://currents.neurocriticalcare.org/blogs/currents-editor/2020/11/16/news-intense-lowering-of-sbp-in-ich-patients-with Check out this article that our attending, Dr. Shannon Hextrum, reviewed about the Outcomes of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Reduction in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Excessively High Initial Systolic Blood Pressure.

Currents Editor's Blog - Currents Lists all of the the blog entries

Dr. Ugo Ezema demonstrating bedside ultrasound of pleural effusion to our team. The 15 White Coats

Welcome to the official Tulane School of Medicine Neurocritical Care/Fellowship page! Follow along for updates, articles, highlights, and more. The United Council for Neurologic Specialties (UCNS) has recently accredited our Neurocritical Care program with a Fellowship! Interested applicants should apply through the SF Match Program.

Pictured below (from left to right) is our Neurocritical Care team:
Dr. Kareem Elzamly, Dr. Shannon Hextrum, Olivia Cornu (NP), Dr. Aimee Aysenne, and Dr. Justin Salerian.