VA’s virtual network gets neurologist to bedside, pronto
Dr. Deborah Kerrigan, a neurologist at Vanderbilt Health in Nashville, works remotely via iPad robot with Memphis VA Medical Center staff members as they treat a stroke patient during a Telestroke simulated exercise on Thursday, May 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Beverly Massey (right), the simulation director at Memphis VA Medical Center, leads hospital staff members in a Telestroke simulated exercise on Thursday, May 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis VA Medical Center staff members lift a stroke patient, played by VA hospital nurse educator, Joy Barrera, onto a CT scan machine during a Telestroke simulated exercise on Thursday, May 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis VA Medical Center staff members work with a stroke patient during a Telestroke simulated exercise on Thursday, May 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Dr. Amos Raymond, an emergency room physician at Memphis VA Medical Center, evaluates stroke patient (Joy Barrera) during a Telestroke simulated exercise on Thursday, May 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis VA Medical Center staff members are debriefed after performing a Telestroke simulated exercise on Thursday, May 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
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Dr. John Flaherty Memphis VA Medical Center Dr. Amos Raymond Dr. Deborah Kerrigan Telestroke Veterans AdministrationJane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.