UC San Francisco is the only JCAHO Comprehensive Stroke Center in San Francisco. What does this mean? According to Steven Hetts, MD, chief of Interventional Neuroradiology at the UCSF Mission Bay Hospitals, this means that we have extensive capabilities in neurology, neurosurgery, diagnostic neuroradiology and interventional neuroradiology to diagnose and treat all types of strokes. These include both ischemic strokes due to a lack of blood flow to the brain and hemorrhagic (bleeding) strokes due to brain aneurysms, high blood pressure, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) or other vascular abnormalities.
There are extensive research programs in stroke at UCSF Parnassus, UCSF Mission Bay, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center (ZSFG), and the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). “At ZSFG, for example, we have the world’s best facility to treat an acute…
