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
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