Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease

Our Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease specialists are highly trained to manage the complex needs of patients with stroke and cerebrovascular disease. The extraordinary breadth of our expertise allows us to deliver a quality of care that is truly cutting-edge and world-renowned. Whether you arrive by ambulance to the emergency room,  or by visiting one of our physicians' offices, your care will be delivered by master clinicians who are leaders in the field of cerebrovascular diseases.

From the moment a patient arrives to the hospital we create a continuum of care to minimize damage and give you the best chance of survival and recovery of quality of life and function. Our team will review your case and develop a plan tailored to your specific needs so that each patient receives exactly what is needed to diagnose, treat and/or prevent stroke and other cerebrovascular disorders, and restore their quality of life.

Our multidisciplinary team of experts includes:

• Neurologists, subspecialty-trained in stroke and cerebrovascular disease
• Vascular and Neuro-interventional neurosurgeons
• Neuro-radiologists
• Neurointensivists, in a dedicated Neurological Intensive Care Unit
• Neuropsychologists
• Rehabilitation medicine specialists
• Physical, occupational, and speech therapists

The physicians in the division of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases also care for patients in the outpatient setting. We conduct follow-up visits on patients who were discharged from the stroke unit and provide initial and second opinions after hospital admissions elsewhere. The specialists in the division also evaluate patients who have a diagnosis of stroke or cerebrovascular disease who were admitted to the hospital via referrals from primary care, cardiology, and neurology.

Conditions We Treat

• Aneurysm
• Arterial dissection
• Arteriovenous malformation
• CADASIL
• Carotid artery disease
• Carotid artery stenosis
• Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• Cerebral vascular disease
• Moyamoya disease
• Sinus venous thrombosis
• Stroke
• Transient cerebral ischemia

Services We Offer

Our nationally accredited Doppler Neurosonology Laboratory provides a full line of neurovascular diagnostic services onsite, including state-of-the-art ultrasound imaging of the carotid, vertebral, and subclavian arteries, as well as Circle of Willis. More than 5,000 duplex carotid and transcranial Doppler studies are performed in our lab each year.

Procedures available in the Doppler Neurosonology Laboratory include:

• Carotid and vertebral artery Doppler (duplex) ultrasound with color/power Doppler
• Transcranial Doppler (TCD)
• Vasomotor reactivity test for cerebral blood flow
• Microemboli detection
• Cardiac shunting evaluation for patient foramen ovale (PFO) with IV microbubble injections
• Intimal-media thickness (IMT) measurements