Stroke Program News
The Stroke Program at UW Health, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and offers a breadth of expertise and a range of services unmatched in the region.
What's new in our program? Check out the news articles below to find out.
UW Hospital Named One of Nation's First Certified Comprehensive Stroke Centers
Madison, Wisconsin – University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics joins an elite group as one of the first hospitals in the country to receive Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from The Joint Commission and the American Heart Associatio...
12/05/2012 | UW Hospital Named One of Nation's First Certified Comprehensive Stroke Centers
Grant Regional Health Center Joins Growing UW Telestroke Network
Madison, Wis. – UW Health welcomes Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster as the latest member of its Wisconsin Telestroke Network.Grant County residents with stroke symptoms can now go to their local emergency department and have immediate,...
9/11/2012 | Grant Regional Health Center Joins Growing UW Telestroke Network
UW Health Wins Stroke Treatment Honors
Madison, Wisconsin – The UW Comprehensive Stroke Center received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Silver Plus Achievement Award. The award recognizes UW's success in giving ex...
3/09/2012 | UW Health Wins Stroke Treatment Honors
Beaver Dam Joins Growing University of Wisconsin Telestroke Network
Madison, Wisconsin - UW Health welcomes Beaver Dam Community Hospitals as the latest member of its Wisconsin Telestroke Network. Beginning August 24, Beaver Dam area residents with stroke symptoms can go to their local emergency department and h...
8/24/2011 | Beaver Dam Joins Growing University of Wisconsin Telestroke Network
Understanding Stroke: What to Know and What to Do
Madison, Wisconsin - May is National Stroke Awareness month and UW Health is dedicated to communicating critical information so that lives are saved. "Informing the public about stroke symptoms and how to respond is the basis for all of our comm...
4/28/2011 | Understanding Stroke: What to Know and What to Do
Saving Two Lives with One Surgery
MADISON - When Stephanie White had some recent photos taken with her new baby, Charles Baskaya Zeinert, she dressed in white, and they both wore angel wings. It symbolized their near brush with death, and the fact that they're both lucky to have...
11/06/2009 | Saving Two Lives with One Surgery
American Stroke Association Lauds UW Hospital's Stroke Care
MADISON - University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics has been awarded the top performance award for achieving the American Stroke Association's guidelines for longer than two years. This means patients at UW Hospital's Comprehensive Stroke Ce...
8/21/2009 | American Stroke Association Lauds UW Hospital's Stroke Care
Clinical Trial Uses Bat Saliva Enzyme for Stroke Treatment
MADISON - Vampires aren't usually cast in the role of saviors, but stroke experts are hoping a blood thinner that mimics a chemical in vampire saliva will help save brain cells in stroke patients. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and P...
8/21/2009 | Clinical Trial Uses Bat Saliva Enzyme for Stroke Treatment
The Rapid Evolution of Stroke Care
MADISON - With stroke, time is brain. Eighty-five percent of the 700,000 strokes that occur nationally each year are ischemic, wherein a blood clot moves to the brain and interrupts the flow of blood. For each minute that passes, an estimated tw...
8/21/2009 | The Rapid Evolution of Stroke Care
UW Health Launches State's First Telestroke Program in Watertown
MADISON - Patients at UW Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center will now have instant access to stroke specialists at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, thanks to the signing of Wisconsin's first "Telestroke" agreement.&nbs...
8/21/2009 | UW Health Launches State's First Telestroke Program in Watertown
Stroke Technology Saves Lives When Minutes Matter
Our Services Comprehensive Stroke Program Stroke Signs and Symptoms Learn the warning signs of a stroke and what to do if you or a loved one experience them. Read more about stroke signs and symptoms Justin Sattin, MD, discus...
6/17/2009 | Stroke Technology Saves Lives When Minutes Matter
You're Never too Young to Have a Stroke
Madison - Tracy Nelson woke up on a cold January morning in 2007 to find that her arm had gone limp during the night. Thinking she had just slept on it wrong she attempted to get out of bed. Moments later she went crashing to the floor. Nelson d...
5/15/2009 | You're Never too Young to Have a Stroke
