STROKE

This division treats and researches conditions of the brain's blood vessels. This includes acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, vascular malformations (arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, fistulas). We care for patients within minutes of their stroke 24/7 in our Comprehensive Stroke Center and in our outpatient stroke clinic. We have been instrumental in getting FDA clearance for the first devices used in treating acute ischemic stroke, stroke prevention following TIA, risk stratification for patients with TIA, mortality risk from intracerebral hemorrhage, and we publish multiple manuscripts annually. We are a StrokeNet site and currently run several NIH-sponsored clinical trials in parallel. Additionally, we are engaged in our own investigator-initiated research; to name a few: cranial accelerometry in the detection of large vessel stroke; Internet-based recruitment of patients for clinical trials; genetic vulnerability in outcomes following subarachnoid..