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Area of Expertise: Stroke Care

A stroke can be a life-changing event, and not just for the person who is experiencing it. When it comes to preventing, treating and recovering from a stroke, put your trust in the state’s first Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) certified by the Joint Commission and the only one in central Arkansas — the UAMS Health Stroke Center. The center treats adult patients with all types of strokes. This includes strokes caused by both blood clots (ischemia) and bleeding in the brain (intracranial hemorrhage).

When you are treated for a stroke at UAMS Health, you get a full team of specialists who make important contributions to your overall care. This includes healthcare providers like neurologists, vascular surgeons, neurosurgeons, cardiologists, neuroradiologists, rehabilitation specialists, and speech/swallowing specialists, among many others.

UAMS has 24/7 staffing to deliver the “clot-busting” drug, TPA, as well as advanced clot removal techniques including Merci thrombus retrieval, and other acute intravascular procedures. As a certified Level 1 Trauma Center, we have a dedicated neurological ICU service, a vascular neurosurgeon, and a dedicated trauma neurosurgeon available at all times.

Expert Stroke Care Across the State

Through UAMS’s Institute for Digital Health and Innovation (IDHI), we participate in a statewide telemedicine IDHI Stroke Program in which UAMS delivers live neurology consultations in emergency departments around Arkansas.

Stroke Research and Innovation at UAMS

UAMS Health is the first medical institution in Arkansas to join the National Institutes of Health StrokeNet, which will make new potential treatments available for patients with stroke and those at risk for stroke. NIH StrokeNet is made up of 25 regional centers across the United States and involves more than 200 hospitals in conducting small and large clinical trials and research studies to advance stroke treatment, stroke prevention, and recovery and rehabilitation following a stroke.

Current stroke research efforts at UAMS include participation in multi-center randomized clinical trials of stroke interventions.

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Men and Stroke PSA (Video)

Educate the men in your family and community on the signs and symptoms of a stroke.

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Related Medical Treatments and Procedures

UAMS Health providers perform and prescribe a broad range of treatments and procedures, some of which may not be listed below.

  • Acute Stroke Interventions

Providers

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J. D. Day, M.D.

J. D. Day, M.D. Neurosurgeon

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Mudassar Kamran, M.D.

Mudassar Kamran, M.D. Neuroradiologist

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Krishna C. Nalleballe, M.D.

Krishna C. Nalleballe, M.D. Neurologist

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Sanjeeva Reddy Onteddu, M.D.

Sanjeeva Reddy Onteddu, M.D. Neurologist

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Kelly-Ann A. Patrice, M.D.

Kelly-Ann A. Patrice, M.D. Vascular Neurologist

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Exterior of UAMS Emergency Room

Emergency Room

4401 Shuffield Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205

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501-686-7000
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UAMS Medical Center

4301 W. Markham St.
Little Rock, AR 72205

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501-686-8000
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Related Areas of Expertise

  • Digital Health & Innovation

    From virtual care for patients to virtual consults for doctors across Arkansas, our goal is to improve quality and access to clinical care.

  • Neurology

    UAMS Health provides expert care for adult patients with neurological disorders, including disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and muscles.

  • Neurosurgery

    Our neurosurgeons perform research, multiple clinical trials and are the leaders for simple and complex surgeries not available at other centers in Arkansas.

  • Trauma

    When a traumatic injury occurs, most cases in Arkansas will be brought to UAMS Health. Our providers are trained and ready to help put your life back together.

Make an Appointment

Request an appointment by contacting a clinic directly or by calling the UAMS Health appointment line at (501) 686-8000.

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