Meet Two of Your Stroke Team Members

Dr. Strachan

A 1996 graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago-College of Medicine, he completed his combined Methodist-IU School of Medicine residency in Emergency Medicine-Pediatrics in 2001. During his final year he served as the first Emergency Medicine-Pediatrics Chief Resident. He's board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics.
He has been a member of FEMA - Indiana's Urban Search and Rescue Team INTF-1 (http://www.fema.gov/urban-search-rescue) since 1998 and responded to several events including the World Trade Center disaster and Hurricane Katrina as the Medical Team Manager. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine with Indiana University and is a teaching faculty at the Methodist Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center (108,000 patient visits/year).
In July 2008 he became the Associate Medical Director of the Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center (EMTC) at Methodist Hospital. He is currently the Vice President of the Medical Staff for the Indiana University Health Academic Health Center. Additionally represents the EMTC on the Indiana University Health Stroke Committee where he advocates for the EMS role in the stroke system to improve patient care and outcomes.

Georgann Adams MSN,RN,ACNS-BS,CNRN,SCRN

Georgann Adams is a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Stroke Team Program Coordinator at IU Health Methodist. She has provided care for stroke patients since 1986, and was promoted to the role of Stroke Coordinator in July of 2013.

Georgann loves responding to the Stroke 1 calls in the Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center. In addition, she regularly attends IU Health EMS Audit and Reviews (held on the third Tuesdays at 7PM) where she presents interesting runs related to stroke cases and their outcomes.

She describes feeling privileged to be an integral part of one of the largest Neuroscience Programs in the country (the only one in Indiana), and having the ability to offer patients more options for acute stroke care. In addition to having the highest stroke patient treatment rates in Indiana,Georgann takes great pride in the rapid door-to-treatment times at Methodist. She describes being “so thankful for our EMS partners in helping us achieve the Comprehensive Stroke Center status!”

On a personal note, Georgann has 3 grown daughters, a dog and two cats. She loves to be outside in nature: boating, camping and gardening are some of her favorites.

Georgann looks forward to the opportunity to meet you at future EMS Audit and Reviews!