Penn Stroke Center
The Penn Stroke Center offers comprehensive, compassionate,
state-of-the-art care for people who have had
a stroke or other critical neurologic conditions.
In addition, patients at risk for stroke are
evaluated and preventative strategies and risk-factor
modification instituted. Our center provides
innovative and investigational treatments for
stroke and critical neurologic conditions in
an atmosphere of compassion and professionalism.
Every
effort is made to provide continuing information
and support for you and your families. You'll
benefit from the combined expertise of neurologists,
neurointensivists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists
and specially trained advanced practice neuroscience
nurses. In addition, care is provided by dedicated
physical therapists, occupational therapists,
speech pathologists, neuropsycologists and
rehabilitation medicine physicians.
Research is an important part of the stroke center.
Clinicians in the stroke center are active in
ongoing clinical research and collaborate with
scientists from many and varied disciplines to
determine why strokes occur, who is at risk for
stroke, how best to diagnose and evaluate a stroke
patient, what is the best management and how can
recovery be stimulated.
Members of the stroke center also collaborate
with Cardiologists, Interventional cardiologists
and cardiac surgeons to ensure that all causes
of stroke are addressed.
The Penn Stroke Center offers:
- State-of-the-art diagnosis, treatment and
prevention of stroke
- Carotid ultrasonography
- Transcranial Doppler studies
- Noninvasive embolus detection
- MRI, including diffusion and perfusion imaging
- MR- angiography
- CT, CT-Angiography
- PET (positron emission tomography)
- SPECT
- Diagnostic and interventional angiography
The Center offers both traditional and advanced
treatment approaches, including:
- Risk-factor modification
- Medical prevention of stroke
- Acute thrombolytic therapy
- Clinical trials of new stroke therapies administered
as soon as possible after a stroke
- Clinical trials of new approaches to stroke
prevention
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Interventional neuroradiologic techniques
(including angioplasty, stent replacement and
thrombolysis)
- State-of-the-art neuro-intensive care unit
and multimodality monitoring
- Bypass and revascularization
- Surgery for stroke
Locations:
Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
2nd Floor, Ravdin Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
Pennsylvania Hospital
330 S. 9th Street
3rd Floor, Neurology
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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