Why Choose Stanford Health Care
How We Can Help You for Stroke
At the Stanford Health Care Stroke Center, we provide rapid access to every type of diagnosis and treatment for stroke or potential stroke. Our teams work to advance testing, evaluation, and care to save lives and minimize damage due to strokes. We designed a TeleStroke program to offer prompt support to other health systems who are treating people who have suffered strokes.
Our Palo Alto center was the first in the U.S. to receive The Joint Commission's Comprehensive Stroke Center designation. Our Pleasanton center is a Stroke Center of Excellence.
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Let us help find personalized care options for you and your family.
To schedule an appointment, call:
Palo Alto: 650-723-6469
Pleasanton: 925-263-5588
Your Stroke Care Team
A vascular neurologist is a medical doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating, and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system. They treat conditions such as stroke.
Neurosurgeons specialize in treating brain and spinal cord cancer through traditional (open) and minimally invasive surgery and CyberKnife radiosurgery, a noninvasive form of radiation therapy.
This medical specialty is also called neurointerventional surgery. Interventional neuroradiology is a subspecialty within radiology. It also involves catheters and radiology to diagnose and treat neurological conditions and diseases.
Our oncology-certified health care providers work with your oncologist to help with diagnosis and treatment. APPs may recommend medications, lifestyle changes, and services such as genetic counseling. An APP can be a nurse practitioner (NP), physician's assistant (PA), or clinical nurse specialist (CNS).
Your Neuro Care Services
At Stanford Health Care, we take care of the details so that you can focus on your recovery and rehabilitation after a stroke. Our neurologists, vascular surgeons, and other doctors work as a team with physical and occupational therapists, registered dietitians, speech-language pathologists, and rehabilitation nurses to support your recovery.
We offer a wide range of complimentary support groups, classes, and workshops to all patients and caregivers, regardless of where you receive care. All classes are tailored to the specific needs of patients with neurological disorders. Learn more »
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.
