Comprehensive Stroke Center

Our Mission

Our certification as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center demonstrates Massachusetts General Hospital’s continuous commitment to advancing the care of stroke patients in Boston, New England and nationwide. Our groundbreaking research and excellent clinical care will continue to impact the lives of patients, restore hope and prevent the disability associated with stroke.

If you or a family member arrive at Mass General as soon as stroke symptoms occur, we will provide immediate evaluation of your symptoms to determine if stroke is a possibility, quick imaging and timely treatment for people who meet the criteria for acute treatments. Our goal is to treat as quickly as possible to be able to help you achieve your best functional outcome post stroke.

Our mission reflects Mass General’s commitment to patient care, research and teaching. We aim to provide the best possible care for patients with cerebrovascular disease, and to conduct cutting edge scientific research to improve stroke prevention, acute stroke management, and stroke recovery. Furthermore, we educate fellows, residents, medical students, and peers to provide state of the art care.

Treatment Approach

We provide high-quality, integrated clinical care to all stroke patients hospitalized at Mass General in all phases of care from prevention to acute intervention and recovery. Our multidisciplinary stroke team includes vascular neurologists, Emergency Department physicians, neurosurgeons, radiologists, nurses, pharmacists, rehabilitation therapy professionals, case managers and social workers to provide evidence-based treatment for the most complex stroke cases. Special programs are led by faculty in:

• Carotid stroke
• Fibromuscular dysplasia
• Hemorrhagic stroke
• Stroke prevention
• Cerebrovascular ultrasound
• Stroke in the young
• Cardio-neurology
• Pediatric stroke
• TeleNeurology virtual visits

Our Leadership

Our faculty members are nationally recognized leaders in the field of stroke who have guided the development of the field for decades, and hold multiple foundation, and federal grants across a wide spectrum of topics from disease biology to translational therapeutics. Former graduates of the program lead many of the major academic vascular neurology programs in the U.S. and internationally.

All Stroke Service doctors

• Aneesh Singhal, MD

  • Director, MGH Comprehensive Stroke Center
  • Vice Chair, Department of Neurology
  • Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  • Co-chair, Mass General Brigham Network Stroke Collaborative
• Aman Patel, MD

  • Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
  • Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
• Kasey O'Keefe

  • Sr. Administrative Director, Department of Neurology
• Barbara Voetsch, MD, PhD

  • Associate Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center
  • Director, Acute Stroke Service

The New England Regional Coordinating Center (NERCC)

The New England Regional Coordinating Center (NERCC) is a collaboration of sites encompassing thirteen of the top academic medical centers in New England, with Massachusetts General Hospital as coordinating site, in participation with NIH StrokeNet. NIH StrokeNet is focused on conducting small and large clinical trials and research studies to advance acute stroke treatment, stroke prevention, and recovery and rehabilitation. Learn more about the NERCC.