The pediatric neurology and neurosurgery services help treat neurological problems that are congenital in nature. State-of-the-art imaging, including brain MRI, MRA, cerebral angiogram, and CT angiogram, as well as other comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions are offered for all forms of neonatal and childhood stroke. Children with acute stroke are cared for in a state-of-the-art pediatric intensive care unit staffed full-time by experienced pediatric intensivists in conjunction with our pediatric neurologists. Special areas of stroke interest include children with central nervous system vasculitis, stroke associated with cardiac disease or interventions, neonatal stroke, and the vasculopathy of neurofibromatosis.
The Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Neurology team is a member of the International Pediatric Stroke Study Consortium, a group of international child neurologists, hematologists and rheumatologists from over 6 countries with a special expertise and interest in childhood stroke. The pediatric stroke team is also a founding member of the Ohio Pediatric Stroke Consortium which has established a pediatric stroke registry in Ohio.
