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STROKE CENTER OVERVIEW
When someone
you love is experiencing a stroke and requires emergency care,
it's reassuring to know expert help is
immediately available. Stroke care requires a dedicated
team that fights stroke 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Stroke
Center at Abington Memorial Hospital is designed to diagnose, treat and
manage patients with stroke. The center has committed its services to
the community by interacting and teaching people about stroke warning
signs and prevention.
The Comprehensive Stroke Center consistently sets
goals to improve patient outcomes. A fully integrated and multidisciplinary neuro
team work together to accomplish these goals. Team members include: a
neurologist, neurointerventionalist, neurosurgeon, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy,
speech therapy, case management, social service, nutrition services, pastoral
care services, geriatric clinical nurse specialist, pharmacist, and stroke
program coordinator.
The Comprehensive Stroke Center also has a dedicated
stroke committee, which meets every eight weeks to review
stroke care and set new goals. This is a dedicated committee to
evaluate our processes and outcomes. Members of the committee include: director of Medicine,
Stroke director, Rehabilitation physician, Stroke Program coordinator, vice president of
Patient Services, nurse director, Stroke Unit, nurse manager,
Stroke Unit, nurse representatives, Stroke Unit, nurse representative, Rehabilitation
Unit, Pharmacy, Performance Improvement, ETC physicians, ETC nurses, neurointerventionalist,
radiologist, nurse manager, Cath Lab, and nurse
manager, Surgical Trauma/TCU.
The Comprehensive Stroke Center aligns
critical hospital resources for emergency stroke intervention and follow
up. Structural measures of the Stroke Center include:
- Organized emergency response
team/system that responds to stroke as an emergency, with immediate response
time, access to specialty care (neurosurgery, neurointerventionalist, neurology, rehabilitation),
access to acute pharmacological therapy, clinical trial availability,
and critical care availability.
- A designated stroke
unit, inpatient rehab program, multidisciplinary stroke team, clinical
practice guidelines, physician orders, patient quality improvement program.
- Process measures include
the implementation of secondary stroke prevention (antiplatelet therapy,
anticoagulation), acute management of stroke risk factors, evaluation
of patient for rehabilitation, evaluation of screening, swallowing,
evaluation of nutritional status, and screening for depression.
As published by the Journal
of the American Medical Association, key elements of a stroke center
include an acute stroke team, a stroke unit, written care protocols, integrated
EMS, rehabilitation services and community education programs. Inpatient
support services include availability and interpretation of CT scans 24
hours a day, rapid laboratory testing and around-the-clock pharmacy services.
Administrative support, strong leadership and continuing education are
also important elements.
The Abington Memorial Hospital
Comprehensive Stroke Center possesses all of these key elements.
THE
AMH STROKE CENTER PHYSICIANS
B.
Franklin Diamond, M.D.
Stroke Center Director
Debi
Murphy, M.S.N., C.R.N.P. Stroke Program and Neuro-Research
Coordinator
dmurphy@amh.org
NEUROLOGY
Active - Inpatient and
Outpatient Care B.
Franklin Diamond, M.D.
- Stroke Center
Director
Lee
J. Harris, M.D.
- Chief,
Neurology Division Kevin
R. Booth, M.D.
James
M. Burke, Jr. M.D.
James
H. Cook, M.D.
Brad Klein, M.D.
Albert
D. Wagman, M.D.
David C. Weisman,
M.D.
Stephen
F. Lewis, M.D.
Affiliates - Outpatient Care
Tonya
M. DiTrapani-Stephenson, M.D. George
H. Dooneief, M.D. Vidhu
B. Gupta, M.D.
Lawrence
A. Kerson, M.D. Malcolm
L. McHarg, M.D.
Laurance
D. Smith, M.D.
NEUROSURGERY
Steven
J. Barrer, M.D.
Chief, Neurosurgery
Vincent L. Ferrara, M.D.
Jonas
Gopez, M.D. Richard
J. Meagher, M.D.
Michael
Yoon, M.D.
NEUROENDOVASCULAR
/ NEUROINTERVENTIONAL
Robert
A. Koenigsberg, D.O.
Qaisar A. Shah, M.D.
EMERGENCY
MEDICINE/TRAUMA CENTER
Kendel
G. Kidwell, M.D.
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
John E. Bair, M.D.
Andrew G. Ball, M.D.
Christopher K. Blazes, M.D.
John T. Comber, M.D.
David M. Comperatore, M.D.
Philippe de Kerillis, D.O.
Steven F. Fisher M.D.
F. Thomas Harkins, M.D.
Paul R. Hope, M.D.
Steven N. Johnsson, D.O.
Paul D. McMullen, M.D.
Bruce D. Rubin, M.D.
Leonard A. Rubin, D.O.
Millard A. Ruddell, M.D.
Kenneth C. Shildkrout, M.D.
David R. Theodorson, M.D.
Linda M. Urbanski, M.D.
PULMONARY
– CRITICAL CARE
Henry
S. Mishel, M.D.
Chief, Pulmonary Medicine Division
Christopher
G. Bossé, M.D.
G.
Chris Christensen, III, D.O.
Joseph
G. Crocetti, Jr., D.O.
Richard
E. Friedenheim, M.D.
Conrad
C. Reed, M.D.
Stanley
P. Silverman, M.D.
Richard
W. Snyder, M.D.
RADIOLOGY
Jennifer
V. Frabizzio, M.D. Jere
F. Seelaus, M.D. Alan
R. Weiss, M.D.
Robert
M. White, M.D.
REHABILITATION
MEDICINE
Steven P. Levin, M.D.
Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine
Carol Anne Dillon D.O. Jill
A. Marple, M.D.
Richard
P. Rosenstein, D.O.
V. Theerasakdi, M.D.
Zhongyu
Zhang, M.D.
SERVICES
RELATED TO STROKE
Department of Radiology
Neurology Research Coordinator
Vanessa Thomas, P.A.-C.
(215) 886-7000
Research Pharmacy
Deborah Rhodes, Pharm.
D., M.A.S.
(215) 481-2319
Stroke Therapy and Service
Pam Cottman, Nurse Manager
(215) 481-7535
STROKE
PROGRAMS
Abington has been acting as a resource for coordinators from other hospitals
who wish to come, visit and learn about our stroke program. We are working
with the National
Stroke Association, the Delaware Valley
Stroke Council, the American
Stroke Association and the National Aphasia Association as these educational projects continue. Stroke
programs continue to develop to enhance stroke treatment and management.
AMH continues to play a leadership role in stroke care through its participation
in the Philadelphia's Stroke Council's Stroke Treatment Enhancement Program
(STEP) and the American Stroke Association's Acute Stroke Treatment Program
(ASTP).
THE
STROKE CENTER FUND
Abington Memorial Hospital Stroke Center has a Stroke Center Fund. Donations
to this fund can be mailed directly to:
Abington Memorial Hospital
Fund Development Department
Attn: Stroke Center Fund
1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001
Stroke Center donations
are used to obtain the most recent equipment and rehabilitation items
for our stroke patients. Equipment may include items such as communication
programs for patients who are unable to speak, computer software programs
utilized in speech rehabilitation, motor and sensory rehabilitation tools,
and more. For more information, please contact our Fund Development Department
at (215) 481-4977.
ATTENTION ALL STROKE SURVIVORS…
Please join our Stroke Survivor Volunteer Program
If you are a stroke survivor and have ever wondered “Why me?”-- you have what it takes to be a stroke survivor volunteer at Abington Memorial Hospital’s Stroke Center. In fact, you now have a terrific opportunity to make your stroke experience meaningful for others.
These special volunteers lend a helping hand to other stroke survivors and their caregivers. You have knowledge and experience that can directly support and benefit others.
If you would like to become a stroke survivor volunteer at AMH, please call Volunteer Services, at (215) 481-2490 or Debi Murphy, stroke program coordinator, at (215) 481-3627 for an application. After you apply, you will be called for an interview and scheduled for a three-hour volunteer orientation session. We are very excited about this program and are looking forward to hearing from you.
Share your personal stroke experience and recovery story on our AMH stroke center website
We would like to invite you to share your stroke experience and inspirational thoughts on our hospital website (as a stroke survivor and/or caregiver) with other stroke victims and families.
As a stroke survivor, you have a unique story about your experience with stroke and your recovery. What happened to you? How did you deal with it? There may be a specific challenge you may want to share or inspirational, motivating thoughts for recovery. You may want to discuss how stroke has changed your life, how you survived and re-created your life. Here is your chance to help others recover from stroke. You can share your story (and even a personal photo) here on the AMH stroke website. You may also keep your story anonymous. We will post stories and bios in a new, dedicated section called “Personal Inspirational Stories from Stroke Survivors and Caregivers.”
If you are interested in sharing your personal experience with stroke, please call Debi Murphy, stroke program coordinator, (215) 481-3627, or send an e-mail to dmurphy@amh.org. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
STROKE HELP LINE (215) 481-3621
The Stroke Help Line is a non-emergency help line. It is an informational resource line available to our patients (inpatients and outpatients) and caregivers. |