Compassion • Dedication • Clinical Excellence
Providence Alaska Neuroscience Center combines compassion, dedication and clinical excellence to deliver outstanding evidence-based care to patients with neurological and  neurosurgical disorders. Providence’s stroke team is led by Dr. Robert Lada, the only board certified vascular neurologist in Alaska, and Stroke Program Coordinator, Robin Shabica RN. The stroke team includes board-certified neurologists, neurosurgeons, endovascular and interventionally specialized physicians, neuropsychologists and physiatrists. The team provides acute and rehabilitative services for patients with disorders of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles. Care with Compassion
Although technology plays an important role in neuroscience, at Providence our emphasis remains on providing the highest quality of individualized care to our patients. Throughout the diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative processes, the neuroscience staff works closely with other physicians and therapists as needed to develop an individualized and comprehensive course of care designed to meet each patient’s unique needs. Our outstanding nursing staff includes an experienced team of nurses with the only certified neuroscience nurses in the State of Alaska and is unrivaled in providing expert compassionate care. Providence Uses State-of-the-Art Stroke Telemedicine
Through Providence’s Emergency Stroke Care, neurologists use advanced techniques and technology in the comprehensive assessment and management of neurological conditions including the state-of-the-art Remote Evaluation of Acute isCHemic stroke (REACH) diagnosis and evaluation system. In 2009, Providence became Alaska’s hub hospital offering web-based telemedicine stroke care statewide. REACH allows local neurologists to remotely diagnose and recommend treatment for stroke patients in rural areas via an Internet connection. Services Include:
• Stroke care recognized as an “Advanced Primary Stroke Center” by the Joint Commission
 • Back and spine surgery
• Cranial surgery for brain tumors, aneurysms and other disorders requiring neurosurgical care
• Traumatic brain injury
• Neuropsychology
• Neurodiagnostic and cognitive evaluations
• Neurology services
• Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
• Movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Multiple sclerosis
• Migraines
• Neuro-oncology services through our state-of-the-art Cancer Center
• Stereotactic radiosurgery - minimally invasive brain surgery
• Radiation therapy
• Remote Stroke Evaluation (REACH) through Emergency Stroke Care
• Chemotherapy Visit the following Web sites for more information on stroke: American Stroke Association
National Stroke Association
The Brain Attack Coalition | 
