Professor Anna Ranta

Professor Anna Ranta is a Wellington based academic neurologist whose research focuses on stroke care optimsation and reducing health inequities. She is the Head of Department of Medicine at University of Otago, Wellington, leads the NZ National Stroke Registry, and co-leads the National Stroke Clot Retrieval Service Improvement Initiative.  She is the immediate past Chair of the New Zealand National Stroke Network, the current President of the Neurological Association of New Zealand, the Treasurer of Stroke Society of Australasia, Board Member of the World Stroke Organization, and serves on the editorial boards of Stroke and Neurology.