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"Time is brain": This expression is very often heard in English-speaking countries in connection with a stroke - "time is brain". This is exactly what emergency treatment of a stroke is all about: a few minutes often decide whether brain cells whose blood supply has been interrupted die or not. As a result, strokes are the most common cause of permanent disability in adults.

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Approach & Contact

University Hospital Basel

Stroke Center

Petersgraben 4

4031 Basel

Take streetcar line 11 to Universitätsspital station and then walk along Petersgraben for about 80 meters to the entrance.

Please use the parking garage City, entrance Schanzenstrasse or Klingelbergstrasse.

Registration of acute patients
Referral and triggering of the stroke alarm:
Stroke duty doctor, 24/7h
Phone +41 61 556 57 00


Registration for neurovascular consultations/Doppler sonography
Suzana Runge
Secretary
Tel. +41 61 265 41 84
suzana.runge@usb.ch


Intermediate Care Stroke Unit
Referral for diagnostics, monitoring, follow-up treatment:
8.00-18.00: Senior physician, tel. +41 61 556 57 70
6.00-8.00 p.m.: according to duty roster, via the switchboard +41 61 265 25 25


Indication conferences
Presentation for revascularizing surgery/intervention and AV malformation/aneurysms:
Jacqueline Riegraf
Phone +41 61 328 63 70
jacqueline.riegraf@usb.ch

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The term "stroke" refers to a loss of function in an area of the brain caused by arteriosclerosis of the cerebral arteries (also known colloquially as "arteriosclerosis"). A stroke due to bleeding caused by a burst blood vessel is less common.

In Switzerland, around 15,000 people suffer a stroke every year. All age groups can be affected, but the risk increases with age. A healthy lifestyle reduces the likelihood of a stroke - patients with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and smokers are more at risk.

The Stroke Center at the University Hospital Basel is one of nine certified stroke centers in Switzerland and offers patients immediate and comprehensive treatment. A coordinated assessment and treatment concept enables all patients to be cared for in accordance with specific quality requirements.

Our team

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Prof. Mira Katan Kahles

Stv. Chefärztin

Neurologie

Leiterin Hirnschlagzentrum / Stroke Center

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Prof. Marios Psychogios

Leitung diagnostische und interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Co-Leiter des Hirnschlagzentrums/Stroke Centers, Leitungsgremium Department für klinische Forschung

Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin

Co-Leiter Hirnschlagzentrum / Stroke Center

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Prof. Daniel Bolliger

Leitender Arzt

Anästhesie in der weissen Zone

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Prof. Alexandre Datta

Stv. Chefarzt
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Jörg Eckardt

Stv. Leitung Pflege

Neurologie Stroke Unit

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Prof. Jens Eckstein PhD

Leitender Arzt

Innere Medizin

Innere Medizin

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Prof. Stefan Engelter

Leitender Arzt

Neurologie

Hirnschlagzentrum / Stroke Center

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Sandra Erb

Leitung Therapiebereich Neurologie

Teamleiterin Logopädie

Therapien

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Prof. Raphael Guzman

Chefarzt und Klinikleiter

Neurochirurgie

Leiter Innovations-Focus Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie

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Prof. Christoph Ado Kaiser

Standortleiter HKL Liestal

Kardiologie

Interventionelle Kardiologie

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Prof. Christian Nickel

Stv. Chefarzt

Notfallzentrum

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Joshua Schulz

Fachleitung Pflege

Neurologie Bettenstation/Stroke Unit

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Prof. Dr. Raoul Sutter

Leitender Arzt

Intensivstation

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Dr. David Winkler

Leiter Neurologie
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PD Dr. Thomas Wolff

Stv. Chefarzt

Gefäss- und Transplantationschirurgie

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Sabrina Erb

Leitung stationäre Administration und stv. Klinikmanagerin

Neurologie

Hirnschlagzentrum / Stroke Center