Neurosciences Institute - Neurology - Stroke Program

Clockwise from left Gary Bernardini, MD, Ph.D., Randall Edgell, MD, Alan Boulos, MD, Celso Agner, MD, Dileep Yavagal, MD

The Acute Stroke Team at Albany Medical Center is comprised of a multidisciplinary group that includes stroke neurologists, neuroendovascular interventionalists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, vascular surgeons, nurse practitioners, nurses, rehabilitation specialists and neurology residents.

The stroke team is available to respond for evaluation and treatment of stroke patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the emergency department and within the hospital's fully monitored designated Lally Neurological Observation/Stroke Unit. The program treats more than 500 hospitalized patients per year.