Primary Stroke Center

aha_gold_plus_web_adMary Washington Hospital has been designated by the Joint Commission as a Certified Primary Stroke Center.  This means that we provide the highest level of quality treatment and services for stroke patients according to national standards.  The designation also recognizes Mary Washington Hospital’s dedication to ongoing quality improvement for stroke care from education and prevention through hospitalization and rehabilitation.

No one expects to have a stroke, but if you do the stroke teams here at Mary Washington Hospital are trained and prepared to offer you the proper treatment and rehabilitation you need.  An interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals have been trained in the emergency department, the intensive care units, on our stroke unit and rehabilitation departments to assure that our stroke patients receive the highest level of care recognized by national standards.

Stroke Support Group
Mary Washington Healthcare’s Stroke Support Group has provided ongoing resource support for stroke survivors and their families or caregivers for over ten years. 

The Stroke Support Group meets on the first Monday of every month at:

HealthSouth Rehabilitation
300 Park Hill Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22401

  

Community Education
In addition to treating stroke patients within the hospital, the Stroke team is dedicated to providing the communities we serve with valuable information on stroke education and prevention, including recognizing a stroke.

If you have a group or organization that’s interested in learning more about stroke, call our Stroke Coordinator, Eleanor Redmond at 540.741.4815 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   

 

Contacts:

Medical Director: Maha Alattar, MD Neurologist, Rapphannock Nuerology Associates
Stroke Program Coordinator: Eleanor Redmond, M.S. CCC/SLP, R.N.

To learn more about stroke, visit

American Stroke Association www.strokeassociation.org 
American Heart Association www.americanheart.org

 

 View an article on MWH's Stroke Program by the US Health and Human Service's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.