Skye Coote (MN, CCRN, ANVP-BC, NVRN-BC, ASC-BC) is from Melbourne, Australia.
She is a Stroke Nurse Practitioner and is the coordinator of the Australian Stroke Unit Certification program with the Stroke Foundation. She has previously been the Nursing Lead of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Units. She has an extensive critical care background, and holds a post-graduate diploma in Critical Care.
Since 2010 she has specialised in stroke, during which time, she completed a Master’s Degree in Nursing and stroke fellowship training. She was the first certified Advanced Neurovascular Practitioner in Australia, and is also certified as a Neurovascular Registered Nurse and an Advanced Stroke Coordinator. She has published and presented internationally and has won numerous awards for her work in stroke, including most recently, the Excellence in Clinical Practice Award, from the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing.
She is the current President-Elect of the ANVC, and has previously served as the organisations conference chair, (2025 Washington DC), secretary and various committee chairs.