Stroke Center -- 718.246.8614

The New York State Department of Health has designated New York Methodist Hospital as a Stroke Center.  This designation means that the Hospital has a full team of neurologists and other specialists on-call 24 hours a day.

NYM recently received the American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes NYM's commitment  and success in achieving a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that every person at NYM being treated for stroke receives treatment according to nationally accepted standards.

Our Services and Team

The Stroke Center at the Institute for Neurosciences offers expert diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment for vascular conditions such as stroke, brain aneurysms, and arterial venous malformations.

NYM's stroke program offers an array of medical and interventional treatment options for acute stroke, including dissolving blood clots (ie t-PA administration) and restoring blood flow to the affected part of the brain. Our Center is equipped with the tools needed to quickly assess stroke, including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), duplex ultrasound, carotid ultrasound and Transcranial Doppler, which provides real-time information that cannot be obtained through static images like CT and MRI. Learn more about these tests by visiting our Vascular Laboratory.  And learn more about biplane angiography equipment and its use in treating stroke.

Our team of board certified experts include:

• Specialists in neurocritical care
• Neuro and vascular surgeons
• Neuroradiologists
• Interventional neuroradiologists
• Vascular neurologists
  

NYM's emergency facilities perform a rapid evaluation of patients with stroke and offer medications that may reverse damage done by the stroke. Moreover, our specialists are involved in the study and use of the latest innovative therapeutic approaches and equipment.

What to Expect After Stroke Treatment

A “physiatrist”is a physician specializing in rehabilitation medicine.  Rehabilitation under the direction of a full-time physiatrist generally begins as soon as a patient's vital signs are stable, which usually happens within 48 hours after being treated for a stroke.  Rehabilitation therapy continues for about two weeks in the Hospital's rehabilitation unit and may include physical, occupational and speech/language therapy.  Following the Hospital stay, patients generally receive additional therapy at home or at a long-term care facility.

For more information, please call 718.246.8614.

Download our fact sheet on stroke