Providence Stroke Center
When you or someone you love is showing signs of a stroke the certified Comprehensive Stroke Center at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center provides the highest level of attention and immediate care to minimize damage from the stroke. We offer 24-hour on-call teams to assure stroke experts quickly diagnose your symptoms and use the most advanced treatments.
The Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Stroke Center exceeds national quality guidelines for stroke care and patient outcomes. Our stroke team experts include vascular neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurointerventionalists, radiologists, emergency physicians, nurses and therapists. From diagnosis to treatment and recovery, the Comprehensive Stroke Center team provides advanced care at every stage of stroke.
Our team of emergency doctors, neurologists, neurosurgeons, nurses, radiologists and therapists provides the care you need.
- Clinical trials lead by the Providence Brain and Spine Institute give you access to the most advanced stroke care treatments.
- Neuro biplane catherization lab lets doctors remove blood clots from the brain and repair weak brain arteries using nonsurgical techniques. Learn more about our lab.
- Neuroendovascular treatments use advanced nonsurgical and surgical techniques to treat and prevent blood clots. Learn more about our cerebrovascular and endovascular services.
- Physiatry and rehabilitation therapy provide treatment to help you regain or strengthen your balance, physical mobility, speech and other functions that can be limited after a stroke.
- Surgical clipping involves placing a small metal clip around the base of the aneurysm to isolate it from normal blood circulation. This decreases the pressure on the aneurysm and prevents it from rupturing.
- Telestroke services let our neurologists use telemedicine to provide consultations for stroke patients at rural hospitals throughout Oregon and southern Washington.
- Thrombolytic drugs are "clot-busting" emergency medicines that dissolve blood clots and can help stop a stroke.
- Transcranial doppler studies are painless ultrasound tests that identify blood clots, detect stroke and measure the blood flow in your brain.
At Providence Stroke Center, we provide education and resources to help you reduce your stroke risk and learn about this condition.
- Life After Stroke Community Group: Join us for this group facilitated by Providence Stroke Center nurses and guest speakers
- Understand stroke and reduce your stroke risk from stroke.org
- Recursos en Español from stroke.org
- Caring for Yourself and a Stroke Survivor from stroke.org
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At Providence, you'll have access to a vast network of dedicated and compassionate providers who offer personalized care by focusing on treatment, prevention and health education.
Recognition
Providence St. Vincent has received the 2024 American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is committed to improving patient care by adhering to the latest treatment guidelines, as outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
U.S. News & World Report - High Performing Hospital in Stroke (2024-25)
American Heart Association (AHA) Get With the Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Achievement with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes℠ Honor Roll (2024)
Providence Brain and Spine Institute of Oregon
The Providence Brain and Spine Institute is a comprehensive, integrated center of excellence that treats all conditions of the brain and spine. We are the leading provider of neurological care in Oregon committed to making a positive difference in every life we touch. Our patients are at the center of everything we do. See a complete list of conditions we treat and learn more about the care we offer.