Stroke Care

Get timely, stroke care and rehabilitation at our Advanced Care Stroke Center. UNM Health is home to the most sophisticated Stroke & Cerebrovascular Outpatient Program.

We deliver individualized, evidence-based care that helps patients achieve the best outcomes after a stroke. UNM Health is certified by The Joint Commission, the nation’s leading health care accreditation agency.

The best treatment for strokes is early detection. Call 911 immediately if you notice stroke symptoms in yourself or someone else.

Expert Stroke & Neurovascular Care

UNM Health’s neuroscience and stroke specialists work together to provide advanced care. You’ll appreciate a team that makes sure you and your family understand your diagnosis, are comfortable with your care plan and have the support you need going forward. 

Our team collaborates with neurosurgeons and endovascular neurosurgical radiologists to treat patients from throughout New Mexico and the Southwest who have:

• Amyloid angiopathy
• Arterial dissections
• Arteriovenous malformations
• Carotid stenosis
• Carotid and vertebral pseudo-aneurysms
• Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
• Dural arteriovenous fistulas
• Fibromuscular dysplasia
• Intracranial hemorrhage and aneurysms
• Moyamoya disease
• Neurovascular conditions
• Posterior reversible encephalopathy
• Post-stroke seizure and epilepsy
• Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction
• Strokes—Hemorrhagic, pediatric, transient ischemic and ischemic
• Symptomatic arteriovenous malformation
• Vascular and cerebral malformations