Carolyn Cronin, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt and serves as the Vascular Neurology Division Chief and the Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Neurology and the Stroke Medical Director for the Vanderbilt Adult Hospital. Dr. Cronin is certified in Neurology and Vascular Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She practices in both the inpatient and outpatient settings caring for patients with stroke and other vascular neurology diseases.

Cronin attended medical school at the University of Virginia, where she also earned a PhD in neuroscience. She completed a neurology residency at Johns Hopkins and a vascular neurology fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She then joined the faculty of the stroke division in the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine where she served as the vascular neurology fellowship director, the neurology residency program director, and the vice-chair for education in the department of neurology. Cronin joined the Vanderbilt department of neurology in 2025.