Giving & Donations

Donations are an important source of funding for the Comprehensive Stroke Center. They help support patient care, new technologies and groundbreaking translational and clinical research that could lead to better treatments for patients who experience a stroke or other complex cerebrovascular conditions.

Bonnie Mitsui_Turner Farm The Comprehensive Stroke Center is honored to have benefited from gifts and the ongoing legacy of the late Bonnie Mitsui, pictured at right at Turner Farm, and her foundation.

Click here to make a donation online to the Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Center Fund.

The UC Foundation and UC Health Foundation collaborate to manage donations to the Center. For more information, or to make a donation, please contact:

Peggy A. A’Hearn
Director of Development, College of Medicine
The University of Cincinnati Foundation
PO Box 19970
Cincinnati, OH 45219-0970
(513) 558-6112

Kathy Nullmeier
Associate Director of Development
UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute
PO Box 670570
260 Stetson Street, Suite 5221
Cincinnati Ohio 45267-0570
(513) 558-6769

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Signs & Symptoms of Stroke – FAST
The best way to treat a stroke is for people to learn what to recognize using FAST:
- F
  
  Facial numbness or weakness, especially on one side.
- A
  
  Arm numbness or weakness, especially on one side.
- S
  
  Slurred speech or difficulty speaking.
- T
  
  Time to call 911.
Other symptoms of stroke also may include: severe headache, dizziness, loss of balance, loss of vision or double vision. Surprisingly, pain is not a frequent symptom of stroke.
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- Marlene’s Story: Facebook was her Friend
  In treating a stroke, time is brain. Because treatment must be administered within 3 to 4 ½ hours to be eff ective, one of the first things a doctor or EMT must do is determine the moment when the stroke...
- Renee’s Story: Stroke
  When 33-year-old high energy mother Renee Young became ill with the flu in November 2007, the last thing she expected was she was about to suffer a stroke. But that was exactly what happened. As she tried to swallow medication...
- Richard’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysms
  Almost three years ago, Richard “Dick” Watson, MD, found himself in an unfamiliar position for a doctor: lying on the operating table instead of standing over it. He didn’t know it at the time, but it was the beginning of...
- Christine’s Story: Stroke
  There was a sliver of a chance, maybe, and most likely the emergency room doctor thought there was no chance at all. Christine had arrived at the community hospital comatose, brought by her parents, who had come home after working...
- Jeff’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm, Airway Reconstruction
  Jeff’s remarkable story has two parts: recovery and reconstruction. He doesn’t remember the first part -- the recovery from a ruptured aneurysm. But he vividly remembers the second part -- the reconstruction of his airway. He is living the followup to...