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Neurology Joins NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials Network

January 23, 2024
This article was originally published by on January 9,2024. contact: Mark Derewicz, Director of Research News. David Y. Hwang, MD, professor of neurology and division chief of neurocritical care, is co-principal investigator along with colleagues at Duke for a new eastern North...

Health, Medical Center commits to improving outcomes for patients with hemorrhagic stroke

July 10, 2023
Medical Center TJC Comprehensive Stroke Center is among the first to use new American Heart Association hemorrhagic stroke-specific enhancements to the Get With The Guidelines – Stroke registry Chapel Hill, North Carolina, May 10, 2023 — Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Hemorrhagic...

Dr. Melissa Johnson Presents at 2023 International Stroke Conference

July 6, 2023
Dr. Melissa Johnson, Neurology stroke fellow, was invited to present at the 2023 International Stroke Conference for the Trainee Case Discussions Invited Speakers Symposium. Dr. Johnson discussed a complex case of a pediatric patient with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis who failed medical management and underwent successful venous sinus mechanical...

Hospital Hillsborough Campus AIRC Receives Upgrade

July 6, 2023
The News of Orange County recently published an article about the recent renovations to the Hospital Hillsborough Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Center (AIRC). Located on the seventh-floor bed tower at Memorial Hospital, the AIRC helps optimize patient recovery for a broad scope of conditions, including spinal cord injury, stroke,...

Health Hospitals Receive Quality Achievement Awards for Stroke Care

July 6, 2023
Health hospitals continue to receive the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Learn more about the Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center here.

Powers Receives AAN’s 2021 A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award

January 19, 2021
Professor William J. Powers, MD, is a professor of neurology within the Division of Stroke and Vascular Neurology.

Health Hospitals Receive Quality Achievement Awards for Stroke Care

August 13, 2020
Seven Health hospitals have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

Powers article featured in the New England Journal of Medicine

July 16, 2020
As part of its “Clinical Practice” series, The New England Journal of Medicine published “Acute Ischemic Stroke” by neurologist William J. Powers, MD, in its July 16, 2020 issue.

Hospitals Comprehensive Stroke Center Receives Quality Achievement Award

June 28, 2019
The Hospitals Comprehensive Stroke Center has once again received the Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association in recognition of Health Care’s commitment to quality stroke care.