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Department of Neurosurgery

Comprehensive Stroke Center

Uniting neurosurgeons, oncologists, radiologists, and rehabilitation experts to deliver the highest standards of tumor care.

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Comprehensive Stroke Center

Uniting neurosurgeons, oncologists, radiologists, and rehabilitation experts to deliver the highest standards of tumor care.

Overview

The Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center is dedicated to caring for patients suffering from stroke, cerebral hemorrhage and their related causes. This includes disorders such as carotid artery stenosis, cerebral steno-occlusive disease, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, Moya Moya disease and other diseases which can cause stroke.

Our program is affiliated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is Joint Commission certified. Furthermore, we have been honored to be recognized as a Gold Plus/Target Stroke Center by the American Heart/Stroke Association, which is their highest designation.

Our team is composed of professionals from the Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Interventional Neuroradiology, Emergency Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine who work in close collaboration to provide the best care available for our patients.

Program facilities include:

  • 20 bed stroke unit
  • 18 bed Neurointensive Care Unit
  • 24/7 care and availability to treat all stroke patients
  • One of the busiest Embolectomy for Vessel Occlusion Centers in the United States in all, with over 150 procedures performed annually.

“ We are the largest Comprehensive Stroke Center in the region, and care for over 1,000 patients annually. Our providers are national experts in stroke care and provide cutting edge therapies for patients affected by cerebral vascular disease. ”

Curtis Doberstein, MD Professor of Neurosurgery

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Neurosurgery

  • Curtis E. Doberstein, MD

    Curtis E. Doberstein, MD

    Professor of Neurosurgery, Executive Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull-base Surgery Division, Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program

Combined Neurosurgery and Neurointerventional Radiology

  • Krisztina Moldovan, MD

    Krisztina Moldovan, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Co-Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery Program, Co-Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery Outcomes Laboratory
  • Radmehr Torabi, MD

    Radmehr Torabi, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery Program, Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery Outcomes Laboratory, Co-Director of Comprehensive Stroke Center

Neurointerventional Radiology

  • Jerrold L. Boxerman, MD, PhD, FACR

    Jerrold L. Boxerman, MD, PhD, FACR

    Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Section Director, Neuroradiology, Medical Director, Brain Science Program, MRI Research Facility
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    Jeffrey Brody, MD

    Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Clinician Educator
  • Place holder for Lawrence Davis, MD

    Lawrence Davis, MD

    Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Clinician Educator
  • Richard Gold, MD

    Richard L. Gold, MD

    Associate Professor of Radiology, Clinician Educator
  • Richard Haas, MD

    Richard Haas, MD

    Associate Professor, Clinician Educator, Diagnostic Imaging, Neurosurgery, & Neurology
  • Mahesh V. Jayaraman, MD

    Mahesh Jayaraman, MD

    Charles and Elfriede Collis-Frances Weeden Gibson Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Chair of Diagnostic Imaging, Director, Neurovascular Center, Professor of Neurology, Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Place holder for Gaurav Jindal

    Gaurav Jindal, MD

    Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Clinician Educator
  • placeholder for Krish K. Singhal

    Krish K. Singhal, MD

    Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Clinician Educator
  • Glenn Tung, MD

    Glenn A. Tung, MD, FACR

    Professor of Diagnostic Imaging
  • Wolman

    Dylan Wolman, MD

    Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging

Neurocritical Care

  • placeholder for Eugenie Atallah, MD

    Eugenie Atallah, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • placeholder for Torrey Boland Birch

    Torrey Boland Birch, MD

    Associate Professor of Neurology, Clinician Educator
  • placeholder for Leslie Kimpler

    Leslie Kimpler, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinician Educator
  • Ali Mahta, MD

    Ali Mahta, MD

    Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Academic Neurointensivist, Neurologist
  • N. Stevenson Potter, MD, PhD

    N. Stevenson Potter, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neurologist, Division of Neurocritical Care
  • Michael Reznik, MD

    Michael Reznik, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neurologist, Division of Neurocritical Care
  • Christoph Stretz, MD

    Christoph Stretz, MD

    Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Thanujaa Subramanian, MD

    Thanujaa Subramanian, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor of Neurology

Vascular Neurology

  • Tina Burton

    Tina Burton, MD

    Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Karen Furie, MD

    Karen Furie, MD

    Samuel I. Kennison, MD, and Bertha S. Kennison Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Chair of Neurology, Professor of Neurology
  • Farhan Khan, MD

    Farhan Khan, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • placeholder for Elizabeth Perelstein

    Elizabeth Perelstein, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Christoph Stretz, MD

    Christoph Stretz, MD

    Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • placeholder for Shadi Yaghi, MD

    Shadi Yaghi, MD

    Professor of Neurology

Conditions We Treat

  • Ischemic Stroke
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Transient Ischemic Attack
  • Brain Hemorrhage
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
  • Brain Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
  • Carotid Artery Disease
  • Moya Moya Disease
  • Brain Arterial Occlusion
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia
  • Carotid/Vertebral Arterial Dissection

Technology

  • Dedicated biplanar angiography suites
  • Intra-operative CT scanning and microscopy with ICG vascular imaging
  • MRI perfusion, cerebral blood volume, and RAPID imaging
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