TELEMEDICINE CONNECTING TO OUR COMMUNITY & SHARING OUR EXPERTISE The UCLA Stroke Center innovated the Telestroke Network Partner Program (red lines), which gives community hospitals across California direct, immediate, around-the-clock video consultations with UCLA stroke experts. Through two-way video conferencing, our neurologists can beam into a local hospital to give a stroke-specific neurologic exam while reviewing local diagnostic images for rapid response to stroke, when minutes can mean the difference between brain damage and full recovery. The UCLA Tele-ICU Network (blue lines) provides around-the-clock neurocritical care specialists to assist patients with brain and spine trauma emergencies in hospitals without this expertise throughout California and across the country in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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AWARD-WINNING CARE
JON’S TEAM Neil A. Martin, MD Professor & W. Eugene Stern Chair in Neurosurgery, Dr. Neil A. Martin is Co-Director of the UCLA Stroke Center and Director of the Aneurysm and AVM Program. Dr. Martin specializes in the research and treatment of neurovascular disorders, including arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm and stroke. Neil A. Martin, MD NEUROSURGERY
Patrick Pezeshkian, MD, Justin Dye, MD Colin Buchanan, MD NEUROSURGERY RESIDENTS
Paul M. Vespa, MD, Alex Nee, MD, Benjamin Emanuel, MD
Jonathan Cotliar, MD
NEUROCRITICAL CARE TEAM
DERMATOLOGY
Areti Tillou, MD
Saleh Salehmoghaddam, MD
GENERAL SURGERY
NEPHROLOGY
The UCLA Stroke Center has been certified as a comprehensive stroke center by the Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association. It is one of the first 10 stroke centers in the nation to receive the prestigious designation. The UCLA Stroke Center has also received the two highest American Heart Association awards recognizing excellence in stroke treatment: Gold Plus Stroke Award and Target: Stroke Honor Roll hospital. American Heart Association American Stroke Association CERTIFICATION Meets Standards for
Comprehensive Stroke Center
Joint Commission National Quality Approval (Awarded to UCLA Stroke Center)
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