Saint Thomas West Hospital is our Stroke and Neurosciences hub where we have an experienced team of Neuroscience specialists, including:
- ************* Neurohospitalists
- ************* Spinal Surgery team with both Neuro and Ortho Spine specialists
- ******** *****Brain Tumor Center with dedicated Neuro-oncologists and Radiation Oncologists
- ************* Neurosurgeons with subspecialty training
- ************* Endovascular Neurosurgeons
- ************* Stroke Team with a Stroke NP, Stroke Nurse Coordinator and Stroke Data Abstraction Specialist
- ************* Well-trained and experienced nursing staff in the NICU and on the step-down floors
- ************* Dedicated support personnel in all areas
Our state-of-the-art equipment includes:
- ************* 24/7 CT and MRI capabilities
- ************* Endovascular interventional suite (24/7 availability)
- ************* Unity hybrid neurosurgical suite with intraoperative MRI
- ************* Epilepsy monitoring unit
Saint Thomas West is a certified Primary Stroke Center and is actively working toward certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. It is also a major referral hospital for patients with cardiovascular, vascular, orthopedic, hematologic/oncologic, pulmonary, renal, and gastrointestinal diseases. There is an active and growing transplant service at Saint Thomas West. In addition, there is a relationship with the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee to train residents in internal medicine, surgery, and other specialties. We are also in discussion to introduce a neurology residency training program.
Saint Thomas Health has developed a regional stroke network which provides educational opportunities and stroke readiness drills for the staff at each participating hospital. We also have 24/7 telestroke support for hospitals with no or limited Neurologist availability. The same telestroke capability is used in our Saint Thomas Certified Stroke Center hospitals to allow for more-rapid triage and treatment of stroke patients.
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