Vascular Neurology Fellowship Training Sites

Patient Volumes for January to December 2024 

• Acute ischemic stroke: 847
• TIA: 72
• Hemorrhagic stroke: SAH=78; ICH=239; total=317
• IV thrombolysis cases at UK: 76
• IV thrombolysis cases transferred to UK from an outside facility: 108
• Mechanical thrombectomy cases: 185

The Neuroscience floor spans across two towers and covers more than 66,000 square feet, accommodating 32 progressive care rooms, 20 neurologic intensive care rooms, and a 12-room epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU), which is the largest EMU in the state.

Our Stroke Inpatient Service is divided into multiple teams: Stroke ICU, Stroke Consults, Stroke PCU, and Stroke Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Teams. 

The neuro-interventional radiology procedure space contains 43 prep/recovery beds with multiple new angio suites, including two biplane suites and an intraprocedural CT. On call neuro-interventionalists provide 24/7 care to our stroke patients.  

UK Interventional Radiology: https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/services/interventional-radiology

University of Kentucky is part of the UK HealthCare/Norton Stroke Care Network, which is a network of 40 affiliate hospitals.  

Our team uses Viz.ai to connect with the network (currently 33 sites), providing patient consultation and accepting patients for transfer to our facility, including for emergent mechanical thrombectomy.

We are excited to announce Tele-Stroke is in the near-future.

We are also part of the NIH StrokeNET with many ongoing clinical research trials. We are highly engaged in quality improvement and patient safety research. Past neurology residents and fellows have presented their work at multiple national meetings and have received national patient safety awards. For a list of ongoing research click here.