The Emerald Coast Stroke Coalition, founded in 2023, is a joint initiative between EMS, Hospitals, and the community to ensure collaboration to provide the highest standard of stroke patient care, offer stroke education opportunities, and serve as a resource to the community.


The mission of the Emerald Coast Stroke Coalition is to develop, implement, monitor, and sustain community wide stroke-related standards and performance improvement projects across the different organizations.





We serve the following counties:

  • Escambia
  • Santa Rosa
  • Okaloosa
  • Walton

Stroke Resources

To visit the

  • Florida Stroke Registry:
  • To visit the AHA/ASA Resource Page:
  • To contact the Coalition:
  • Visit our Youtube Channel!

2023-2024 Chair/Co-Chairs

  • charles.schutt@ascension.org

Dr. Charles Schutt

  • Chair
  • allexandra.varnum@ascension.org

Allex Varnum

  • Co-Chair

Emerald Coast Stroke Coalition Advisory Council

Dr. Aaron Noles

Dr. Krystin Baker

Dr. Anthony Nuchereno

Dr. Steven Noggle

Dr. Todd Bell

Dr. Juan Corona

Dr. Keena Risola

Dr. Terry Neill

Dr. Kim Landry

  • The Stroke/EMS Medical Director of organizations in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, or Walton County serve on the Coalition's Advisory Council. This position is the guiding force to our region's understanding of new guidelines and assisting with policy development for stroke care in our region.

Dr. Joshua Gordon