The Stroke Care Service

The Stroke Care Service at New York Hospital Queens brings together the expertise of specialists in many different areas to provide patients the benefit of a collaborative team approach. Physicians and staff from the divisions of neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, and psychiatry join others from vascular surgery, emergency medicine, internal medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation in this effort. They are supported by speech pathology and social services, allowing the delivery of advanced, comprehensive care for patients with stroke.

New medicines, innovative procedures, and advanced surgical techniques are among the options currently available for stroke patients. Our support services provide evaluation and treatment of swallowing and speech-impaired impaired patients.

About Strokes

“Strokes” are injuries to brain tissue usually caused by a blockage or rupture of a blood vessel supplying the master organ. Patients at risk for blood vessel disease are at a high potential for stroke, as are all those with significant, uncontrolled high blood pressure. Some individuals experience stroke as the result of bleeding from a congenitally malformed blood vessel at the base of the brain.

The Neuroscience Institute is dedicated to identifying individuals at risk for stroke by providing preventive care, and treatment that minimizes permanent damage and encourages an individual's most complete return to function and productivity.

Rapid Treatment for Stroke

With stroke, it's important to recognize the signs of stroke quickly and seek emergency care immediately. New York Hospital Queens' Stroke Care Service has seamless coordination between neurologists, emergency physicians, radiologists and neurosurgeons who have rapid access to scanning technology and operating room treatment services. A rapid response can often minimize stroke damage and disability.

Care for patients with stroke symptoms begins in our ultra-modern emergency complex where rapid diagnosis is possible and where interceptive therapies are begun when appropriate. The finest in imaging modalities are quickly available and provide the information needed for appropriate collaboration between the neurologist, neurosurgeon and vascular surgeon.

The staff from the Neuroscience Institute is devoted to early diagnosis and interceptive treatment for patients suffering from a cerebrovascular accident. In the event of such an emergency, the Neuroscience Institute is equipped for use of thrombolytic therapy or urgent surgery. Patients are closely monitored in the hospital's dedicated patient unit where experts from physical medicine, psychiatry and speech therapy become involved at the earliest possible point in care, if necessary.