Diana Slawski, MD

EDUCATION

Neurology residency, Stanford University Medical Center
Medicine internship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Medical school, The University of Toledo College of Medicine
Undergraduate, Baldwin Wallace University


RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Stroke
  • Neurocritical care


PUBLICATIONS

Slawski Md DE, Albers Md GW. Cerebral Perfusion Imaging for Intravenous Thrombolysis Treatment. Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 Aug 1;30(4):205-209. PMID: 34397970.

Slawski DE, Heit JJ. Treatment Challenges in Acute Minor Ischemic Stroke. Front. Neurol., 07 September 2021

Jumaa MA, Castonguay AC, Salahuddin H, Shawver J, Saju L, Burgess R, Kung V, Slawski DE, Tietjen G, Lindstrom D, Parquette B, Korsnack A, Cole K, Afreen E, Bafna K, and Zaidi SF. Long-term implementation of a prehospital severity scale for EMS triage of acute   stroke: a real-world experience. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2019;0:1-6.

Slawski DE, Salahuddin H, Saju L, Shawver J, Korsnack A, Tietjen G, Papadimos TJ, Castonguay A.C, Kung V, Burgess R, Zaidi SF, and Jumaa M. Monitored anesthesia care by sedation-trained providers in acute stroke thrombectomy. Frontiers in Neurology. 2019; 10:296

Slawski DE, Jumaa MA, Salahuddin H, Shawver J, Humayun MJ, Russell T, Seiwert A, Paolini D, Abbas J, Nazzal M, Tietjen G, Espinosa-Morales A, Korsnack A, and Zaidi, SF. Emergent carotid endarterectomy versus stenting in acute stroke patients with tandem occlusion. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2018; 68(4):1047-1053.

Slawski DE, Salahuddin H, Shawver J, Kenmuir CL, Tietjen GE, Korsnack A, Zaidi SF, and Jumaa, MA. Mechanical thrombectomy in elderly stroke patients with mild-to-moderate baseline disability. Interventional Neurology. 2018;7:246-255.

Salahuddin H, Ramaiah G, Slawski DE, Shawver J, Buehler M, Zaidi SF, Jumaa MA. Mechanical thrombectomy of M1 and M2 middle cerebral artery occlusions. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2018;10:330-334.

Arias-Morales C, Stoicea N, Gonzalez-Zacarias A, Slawski D, Bhandary S, Saranteas T, Kaminiotis E, and Papadimos TJ. Revisiting blood transfusion and predictors of outcome in cardiac surgery patients: a concise perspective. F1000 Research. 2017;6:168.


PRESENTATIONS

DWI-FLAIR mismatch does not predict time of stroke onset in DEFUSE 3 patients. Society for Neurointerventional Surgery Conference, August 2020


POSTERS

Slawski D, Salahuddin H, Saju L, Zaidi S, and Jumaa M. (2019). Monitored anesthesia care by sedation-trained providers in acute stroke thrombectomy. American Academy of Neurology conference, Philadelphia 2019

Slawski D, Trahan T, Eid R, Greenstein P, and Hayes M. (2019). The mysterious mold: a case of Coccidioides meningitis. American Academy of Neurology conference, Philadelphia 2019

Slawski D, Salahuddin H, Shawver J, Zaidi S, and Jumaa M. (2017). Mechanical thrombectomy in elderly stroke patients with mild-to-moderate  baseline disability. Society for Vascular and Interventional Neurology conference, Boston 2017

Jumaa M, Slawski D, Zaidi S. (2017). Field destination triage of stroke patients with the RACE scale reduces first medical contact to recanalization time. Society for Vascular and Interventional Neurology conference, Boston 2017

Mansour T, Slawski D, Dhillon R, Ahuja N, and Medhkour A. (2017). Anterior versus posterior multi-level cervical decompression and fusion: which has the best outcomes? American Association of Neurological Surgeons conference, LA 2017   

Slawski D, Bhandary S, Turner K, Stoicea N, and Papadimos TJ. (2015). Blood  transfusion in uncomplicated CABG patients. The American Society of Anesthesiologists conference, San Diego, 2015.

Kang S, Blackburn K, Slawski D, and Morris JK. (2015). Vitamin-D3 upregulation of synaptic proteins, activity-dependent neuroprotective protein and bcl-xL may provide neuroprotection to cortical neurons. The Society for Neuroscience conference, Chicago, 2015.

Brown B, Kang S, Gawelek K, Zacharias R, Slawski D, Wiles N, Anderson S , Sirline L, Morris JK, and Turner CP. (2013). In vivo and in vitro ketamine exposure exhibits a dose-dependent induction of ADNP in rat cortical neurons. The Society for Neuroscience conference, San Diego, 2013.


AWARDS

American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence, 2018

Outstanding Neurology Student Award, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, 2018

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, 2017

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research summer research fellow, 2015