STROKE | Neurology
EDUCATION
The Neurology residents who train within our Program will have the opportunity to see a large number of patients with various forms of stroke during their three year residency. Many of the stroke patients are admitted onto the Neurology Service and most of the rest are seen in consultation.
There are a number of didactic presentations on the diagnostic evaluation and management of acute, subacute and chronic stroke. This includes a series of lectures on optimizing stroke prevention.
There is outstanding neuroimaging available, when clinically appropriate, and this includes ready access to CT brain scan (with the availability of perfusion CT) for acute stroke, MRI including magnetic resonance spectroscopy as well as perfusion and diffusion-weighted imaging, along with formal instruction in the Department's Noninvasive Lab which includes color duplex scanning along with transcranial Doppler. The transcranial Doppler component is responsible for the reading of the transcranial Doppler studies of all patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and Sickle Cell Disease at our medical center and from referring medical centers.
It is expected that the Neurology residents will be quite comfortable with acute and chronic management of stroke by the time they complete their training. This is augmented by the neurorehabilitation rotation during the PGY-4 year.
The Department of Neurology has an active Stroke Service which is involved in a number of stroke preventive and interventional studies. Residents are encouraged to participate in clinical trials in stroke as sub-investigators.
