Liza Pulcine

Dr. Pulcine is a pediatric neurologist and stroke specialist who cares for neonates, children and adolescents with various neurovascular disorders. Her clinical care and research focuses on all aspects of childhood stroke including etiology, diagnosis, early treatment, prevention and rehabilitation. She is currently the Fellowship Director of the Children’s Stroke Program at the Hospital for Sick Children. She completed her residency training in Paediatric Neurology at The Hospital for Sick Children and pursued further subspecialty training in Paediatric Neurovascular Disease at The Hospital for Sick Children and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. While completing her fellowship training, she was accepted into the Clinician Investigator Program and attained a Master of Science degree looking at the safety of antithrombotic therapy in children with stroke and congenital heart disease. She is eager to extend her research beyond observational to intervention based. Personally, she in a native of Toronto, Canada, a mother of two boys and one Bernedoodle, and, in her spare time is passionate about reading and running long-distance.