Our Team

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute comprises two highly specialized teams that collaborate to bring outstanding care to our patients.

The neurosurgical/interventional team includes neurovascular surgeons, interventional neuroradiologists, and neurocritical care physicians who use advanced procedures and technologies to treat stroke and complex vascular conditions.

The University of Cincinnati Stroke Team includes stroke neurologists, neurovascular surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, and neuroradiologists backed by a team of researchers and clinical and technical support staff. Based at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC), the Stroke Team serves as a community resource to all Greater Cincinnati hospitals, while managing the stroke treatment program at UCMC.

The UC Comprehensive Stroke Center is led by led by Co-Medical Directors Dawn Kleindorfer, MD, Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, and Mario Zuccarello, MD, Professor and Frank H. Mayfield Chair for Neurological Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery.

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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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Hope Stories
- 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...
- Paula’s Story: Clot-Retriever Success
  No one ever wants to suffer a stroke. But when Paula suffered a major, life-threatening stroke in September 2013 while working at a local deli, one might say that her timing was perfect. First and foremost, Paula got to the University...
- 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...
- Zettie’s Story: Aphasia
  In November of 2004, Zettie Williams confronted what neurologists consider one of the most feared consequences of stroke. When a therapist showed her a photograph of her son, she knew she was looking at her son, but she couldn’t say...