Award Winning Stroke Center in Louisville, KY

Vascular neurology involves diagnosis and treatment of several vascular diseases, which is mainly consists of treating conditions affecting the blood levels of the brain and spinal cord.

I primarily treat acute ischemic strokes and acute hemorrhagic strokes in patients. Whenever you have stroke signs and symptoms and come to Baptist Health Louisville ER, you are immediately assessed by, ER physician and a stroke neurologist. And we do [advanced] imaging, including using software with AI, where we are able to predict large strokes. If you have a blood clot, we are able to provide timely intervention, including doing mechanical thrombectomy and giving the clot-buster medication, which is TNK. I always tell my patients this mnemonic, BE FAST, where "B" stands for any sudden problems with balance, "E" stands for any visual problems. "F" stands for any facial drooping. "A" stands for any weakness in your arms or legs. "S" stands for any problem with speech, and "T" stands for time, because time is really important to providing interventions.

Baptist Health Louisville has received several awards. The important ones are the American Heart Association Stroke Gold Honor Roll, which is the highest award for providing timely intervention to patients with stroke.

Working at Baptist, I'm able to provide interventions in a timely manner and see good outcomes in our stroke patients, which is really important.