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Stroke Center Expands Neuroscience Services at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital

The Woodlands, Texas, May 26, 2005 – A new stroke center at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital marks the facility’s latest milestone in developing a comprehensive neurosciences program.

The new stroke center reflects the hospital’s commitment to providing acute stroke patients with leading-edge treatment, including new clot-dissolving drugs. It also enables Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital’s Emergency Center to receive stroke patients transferred via ground or air ambulance from hospitals lacking the capability or capacity to provide urgent treatment. This means Montgomery County residents may not have to travel so far for treatment in the critical first three hours following a stroke.

The stroke center is one of a series of initiatives through which we are creating a center of excellence in neurosciences,” said Dr. William B. Parks, the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer

In addition to offering neurosurgery to treat conditions such as brain tumors and aneurysms, the hospital is expanding its neurotrauma capabilities. It can now treat patients age 17 and older with isolated head injuries, Dr. Parks said.

“Our neurosciences planning committee, made up of physicians and staff members, is doing an excellent job, charting ways to enhance the continuum of quality care offered to stroke patients and others with neurological problems,” said Steve Sanders, CEO of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital.

Neurosurgeon Peter Shedden, M.D., chairs that committee. Other neuroscience physicians practicing at the hospital include surgeons Norman Torres, M.D., and Imran Fayaz, M.D., and neurologists Kevin Gaffney, M.D., John Rossi, M.D., Randall Wright, M.D., and Benny Wang, M.D.

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