Neurosurgery–

The Vascular Neurosurgery program at Stanford provides state-of-the-art care and management of all forms of cerebrovascular disease. Stanford is a quaternary referral center for complex neurovascular lesions. The Vascular Neurosurgery team collaborates closely with neuroradiologists and stroke neurologists to plan treatments for challenging cerebrovascular diseases using endovascular embolization, radiosurgery, arterial bypass grafting, and microsurgery.

The Stanford Stroke Center

Co-directed by Department of Neurosurgery Chair Gary Steinberg, the Stanford Stroke Center was established in 1992 to bring together a team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroradiologists, nurse specialists, basic scientists, and clinical researchers to provide the most up-to-date medical and surgical treatment and to guide basic science and clinical research into the causes of and treatments for stroke.

Recognized worldwide as a leader in stroke research and treatment, the Stanford Stroke Center was ranked the No. 1 academic institution in the country for stroke management by the University Health Consortium.

Moyamoya Disease

Moyamoya Disease is a rare disease of children and adults that causes blood vessels leading to the brain to narrow and close, resulting in brain hemorrhage or stroke-like symptoms. A thorough evaluation of the blood flow pattern in the brain, using cerebral angiography, MRI and Xenon CT scans, is essential to developing a treatment plan for each patient. The most common treatment is a bypass procedure known as an Intracranial-Extracranial Bypass Graft (EC-IC Bypass). This involves the connection of normal blood vessels in the scalp to blood vessels on the surface of the brain in an effort to increase the blood flow to the brain. We have treated numerous moyamoya patients over the last decade at Stanford, with excellent results.

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