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Stroke Center

Neuroscience

Stroke Center

The Stanford Stroke Center offers you the most advanced stroke treatments and leads the advancement of stroke care for patients nationwide. Our center is a designated comprehensive stroke center and provides rapid access to care that can help save your life or the life of a loved one.

Stroke Center at Stanford Neuroscience Health Center
213 Quarry Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: 650-723-6469 Getting Here
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Maps & Directions
Maps & Directions
213 Quarry Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: 650-723-6469 Getting Here »
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Our Doctors

Care and Treatment of Stroke

Expertise

Our Stroke Center team provides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment for stroke and stroke-related issues. Stanford’s stroke experts offer the most comprehensive, specialized, and leading-edge treatments for every type of stroke.

Services available at the Stanford Stroke Center include:

Comprehensive Stroke Center Status

The Stanford Stroke Center was the first program in the nation to earn the newest level of advanced stroke care certification by the Joint Commission, the nation's predominant health care accrediting body.

Stanford StrokeNet: Regional Stroke Trials Coordinating Center

The Stanford Stroke Center is a Regional Stroke Trials Coordinating Center of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Stroke Trials Network. This prestigious designation is awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to only 25 stroke centers in the nation.

As a key participant in major NIH stroke clinical trials for the next five years, the center helps advance stroke prevention, treatment, and recovery. Participating centers share data and work together to help improve stroke care and outcomes for all patients.

Stroke Awareness Saves Lives

Learn more about how stroke awareness can save your life or the life of a loved one.

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Clinical Trials

Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials.

Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.

Open Trials Closed Trials

For Patients

For your convenience, you may check in for all same-day appointments at the Stanford Neuroscience Health Center through a centralized, check-in desk near the front lobby. In addition to all outpatient services, you also can access onsite pre-surgery consultations at the center.

If you or someone you know should experience symptoms of stroke, seek emergency help immediately - CALL 911 - do not wait!

International Patients
Phone: +1 650-723-8561
Email: IMS@stanfordhealthcare.org

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650-723-6469

Resources

For Health Care Professionals

PHYSICIAN HELPLINE

Phone: 1-866-742-4811 
Fax: 650-320-9443
Monday – Friday,  8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

TRANSFER CENTER

Phone: 1-800-800-1551,  24 hours - 7 days a week

Stanford Health Care provides comprehensive services to refer and track patients, as well as provides the latest information and news for physicians and office staff. For help with all referral needs and questions visit Referring Physicians.

The following tests may be ordered as part of the stroke work-up:

  • Send referrals online
  • View referral status
  • Access medical records

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To request an appointment, call 650-723-6469.