Stroke Center
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
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The Stroke Center at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center ensures the best possible outcomes for patients being treated for stroke. We also provide close neurological monitoring, and secondary stroke prevention as well as cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose monitoring to reduce stroke recurrence.
Our Center has been certified as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, designated a Massachusetts Department of Public Health Stroke Center, and was a recipient of the American Heart Association’s GoldPlus Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award.
Our Team
Judith Hinchey, MD
Neurology
Anna DePold Hohler, MD, FAAN
Neurology
Kaarkuzhali Krishnamurthy, MD
Neurology
David Weinberg, MD
Neurology
Patient Information
We treat all types of strokes, including:
- Large vessel stroke
- Small vessel stroke
- Vasculitis
Here are treatments we offer:
- Close neurological monitoring
- Secondary stroke prevention
- Elective angiograms
- Physical, occupational, and speech therapies
- Follow up neurological care
- Rehabilitation
How can you tell if a stroke is happening? Think F.A.S.T.
One of the most important ways to prevent severe damage from a stroke is to recognize the early warning signs of somebody experiencing a stroke. The American Stroke Association has provided this easy tool to help identify symptoms of a potential stroke with the acronym F.A.S.T.:
- F = Face Drooping – Does one side of the face droop or is it numb, or is the person’s smile uneven?
- A = Arm Weakness – Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
- S = Speech Difficulty – Is speech slurred?
- T = Time to call 911
Additional symptoms include a severe headache with no known cause, trouble walking, dizziness, trouble seeing, and confusion speaking or understanding speech.