Mission: To ensure the highest level of safety and quality for every stroke patient across the continuum through standardized care and innovative strategies. A telestroke consult is a real-time audio/visual consultative service with a Mayo Clinic Neurology stroke specialist, for acute stroke patients who present at the emergency department of a participating hospital.  Providing immediate access to critical clinical neurological consultative support, the patients receive optimal and prompt care from a stroke specialist.

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2023

In-Hospital Versus Out-of-Hospital Stroke Onset Comparison of Process Metrics in a Community Primary Stroke Center - Felix Chukwudelunzu, M.D., Bart Demaerschalk, M.D., Leonardo Fuguso, M.D., Emeka Amadi, MBBS, M.D., Donn Dexter, M.D., Angela Gullicksrud, R.N., Clinton Hage, M.S.  Appeared in ScienceDirect.  October 2023.

Genes, Neighborhoods and Surprising Finding on Stroke Risk- Michael Merschel.  Appeared on American Heart Association.  February 3, 2023.

Pregnancy Complications Could Increase a Woman's Stroke Risk at an Earlier Age- Laura Williamson.  Appeared on American Heart Association.  February 2, 2023.

Older Adults with Irregular Sleep Patterns May Face Higher Risk of Hardened Arteries.  Appeared on American Heart Association.  February 15, 2023.

Improving Heart Health at Midlife and Beyond Could Lower Future Risk of Stroke, Dementia- Laura Williamson.  Appeared on American Heart Association.  February 7, 2023.

Indigenous Populations May Have Higher Stroke Risk - Thor Christensen.  Appeared on American Heart Association.  February 6, 2023.

2022

Telehealth in Neurology Is Here to Stay Will Regulations and Reimbursement Keep Up? Appeared on NeurologyToday.  October 20, 2022.

Are Health Diagnosis in Video Calls Accurate?  Appeared on The Naked Scientists.  September 7, 2022.

Telestroke's Role Through the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.  Ehab Harahsheh, Stephen English, M.D., Courtney Hrdlicka, M.D., Bart Demaerschalk, M.D.  August 19, 2022.

Improving the Telemedicine Evaluation of Patients with Acute Vision Loss: A Call to Eyes. Stephen English, M.D., Kevin Barrett, M.D., William Freeman, M.D., Bart Demaerschalk, M.D., Oana Dumitrascu, M.D.  Appeared on Neurology.org.  July 2022.

Telemedicine, Everywhere- Appeared in Mayo Clinic Alumni.  July 2022.

Impact of Telestroke Implementation on Emergency Department Transfer Rate- Michael Lyerly, Joanne Daggy, Michelle LaPradd, etc.  Appeared on Neurology.org.  February 28, 2022.

Stroke Telemedicine for Arizona Rural Residents, the Legacy Telestroke Study- Bart Demaerschalk, M.D., Maria Aguilar, M.D., Timothy Ingall, etc.  Appeared on Mary Ann Leibert, Inc Publishers.  March 14, 2022.

Safety and Efficacy of Tenecteplase in Older Patients with Large Vessel Occlusion - Vignan Yogendrakumar, Leonid Churillov, Peter Mitchell, etc.  Appeared on Neurology.org.  March 22, 2022.

2021

Telemedicine-enabled Ambulances and Mobile Stroke Units for Prehospital Stroke Management. Stephen English, M.D., Kevin Barrett, M.D., Bart Demaerschalk, M.D., etc.  Appeared on SageJournals.  October 12, 2021.

Telestroke Across the Continuum of Care: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic- Amy Guzik, M.D., Sheryl Martin-Schild, M.D., Ph.D., Prasanna Tadi, M.D., etc.  Appeared on ScienceDirect.  July 2021.

Study Reveals Frequency and Characteristcs of Stroke In COVID-19 Patients - Appeared on ScienceDaily.  March 3, 2021.

2020

Stroke Patients More Likely to Die in Rural Hospitals than in Urban Ones - Appeared on American Heart Association.  June 18, 2020.

How Telemedicine May Ease ER Overcrowding - Appeared on ScienceDaily.  November 30, 2020.

Stroke Risk Higher than Expected Among COVID-19 Patients - Appeared on ScienceDaily.  March 19, 2021.

In-Hospital Stroke Care: A Six-Year Community-Based Primary Stroke Center Experience - Felix Chukwudelunzu, M.D., Bart Demaerschalk, M.D., Clinton Hagen, M.S., etc.  Appeared on SageJournals.  May 3, 2021.

"Web-side" Techniques to Improve the Neurology Telemedicine Exam - Susan Kreimer.  Appeared on NeurologyToday.  February 4, 2021.

2020 State of Telemedicine Report- Doximity - September 2020

Telestroke in the Time of COVID-19: The Mayo Clinic Experience - Josephine F. Huang, M.D., Melanie R.F. Greenway, M.D., Deena M. Nasr, D.O., Felix E. Chukwudelunzu Sr., M.D., Bart M. Demaerschalk, M.D., MSc, Cumara B. O'Carroll, M.D. MPH, Charisse A. Nord, MA, Emily Pahl, BS, Kevin M. Barrett, M.D., Lindsy N. Williams, M.D.  Appeared on Mayo Clinic Proceedings. August 1, 2020.

Contemporary Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Across the Continuum: From Telestroke to Intra-Arterial Management.  Appeared in ScienceDirect.  July 2020.

Teleneurology for Primary Headache Disorders.  Appeared in Practical Neurology.  June 2020.

Neurologists on the Front Lines: The Burden of COVID-19 on Native American Communities.  Appeared in Neurology Today.  June 4, 2020.

2019

Telestroke Case Parrish Titusville, FL.  Appeared on Parrish Medical Center YouTube. Dec. 19, 2019.

Mayo Clinic Health System Introduces Telestroke Technology to Inpatient Setting. Appeared in the La Crosse Tribune Nov. 21, 2019.

Refining CT Perfusion Imaging for Optimal Stroke Care. Appeared in Mayo Clinic’s Neurologic Surgery and Clinical Neurology News Vol. 16, Nov. 5, 2019.

New mobile assessment saves brain cells during stroke. Appeared on the Mayo New Network Oct. 29, 2019.

Incorporation of Telestroke into Neurology Residency Training Time is Brain for Education - Philip W. Tipton, MD, Caitlin E. D’Souza, DO, Melanie R. F. Greenway, MD, Jeffrey B. Peel, MD, Kevin M. Barrett, MD, Benjamin H. Eidelman, MD, James F. Meschia, MD, Elizabeth A. Mauricio, MD, Wendy M. Hattery, Jason L. Siegel, MD, Josephine F. Huang, MD, Sarvam P. TerKonda, MD, Bart M. Demaerschalk, MD, and William D. Freeman, MD.  Appeared on Pubmed (National Library of Medicine) 12-11-2019 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31821116