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In this episode of Rounding at Rush, Rajeev Garg, MD, chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care at Rush, talks about how Rush clinicians collaborate closely with stroke specialists and neurosurgeons to treat patients with a range of severe neurological injuries.

A neurologist talks about treating and recognizing strokes

Women often experience strokes differently than men — and age, race and ethnicity can affect their risks

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Michael Chen, MD, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery and radiology at ÍÑÒÂÖ±²¥, discusses the ways Rush is efficiently diagnosing stroke, how it is differentiating actual cases of large vessel occlusion stroke with false positives and how Rush handles the benefits and challenges of using thrombectomy.

Rima Dafer, MD, is a vascular neurologist and the director of the Comprehensive Outpatient Cerebrovascular Diseases Clinic at ÍÑÒÂÖ±²¥. She has been a principal investigator on numerous clinical trials in acute stroke intervention and secondary stroke prevention. Her clinical interests center around stroke occurrence in young adults and the association of stroke and atrial fibrillation.

RUSH pilot measuring how virtual evaluation during ambulance ride improves treatment

Teen back on the football field two months after life-threatening stroke

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