Stroke Observership Program
At Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical school, Boston, MA USA
• Found in 1811
• Third oldest general hospital in USA
• The oldest and largest in New England
• Rank number 5th of America’s best hospital edition 2007
• Rank number 4th of America’s best hospital in specialty of Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Top 5 of world report
• 900 bed medical center
• 46,000 inpatient, 1.5 m patient visit and 80,000 ER visit annually
• The largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School
Department of Neurology• 156 Staff• 4 general neurology ward and 1 Neuro-ICU• Stroke service 22 staff• 5 patient care - Acute stroke service - Neurocritical care - TeleStroke service - Inpatient stroke service - Stroke rehabilitation - Out patient stroke service
Key Person
• Karen L Furie MD, MPH
Director of stroke service
• Aneesh B Singhal ,MD
Director of stroke and ICU observership program
• Lee H Schawmm, MD
Vice Chairman, Director of acute stroke service
Log Rotation
• Duration 6 months• OPD stroke with stroke expert 1 time per week• Acute stroke consultation service
- Emergency case
- Teleconsultation• Neuro-ICU service : all acute vascular patient • Stroke IPD service
Log Rotation
• Neuro- vascular lab:
- study and reading of TCD and carotid duplex ultrasound
• Neuro- intervention treatment
- Coiling
- IA thrombolysis
- Clot retrieval
Activities
• Weekly stroke/ICU conferences on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons
• Neurology Department Grand Rounds in the historic Ether Dome on Thursday mornings
• Neuropathology conferences on Friday mornings• Neuroradiology rounds on Thursday afternoons• Neurovascular conferences on Friday mornings• Monthly Vascular Center rounds.
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