Annemarei Ranta is a New Zealand academic neurologist, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in stroke care.
[1] She obtained her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University, and also has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and biology from St Mary's College of Maryland.
[2] She moved to New Zealand in 2007, where she was initially a consultant neurologist and lead stroke physician at the MidCentral District Health Board.
[2] Ranta completed a postgraduate certificate in public health at Massey University in 2010, and a PhD titled Transient Ischaemic Attack and Stroke Electronic Decision Support to Improve Stroke Care in New Zealand at the University of Otago.
[1] Ranta is a on the boards of the World Stroke Organisation and the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists.