Chief, Neurocritical Care Division
Co-Director of Neurosciences Critical Care Unit
Kristine O’Phelan, M.D.

Faculty:

Fellow:

  • Ciro Estebanez, M.D.
  • Ahmed M. Fathy, M.D.
  • Stuart J. Glassner, D.O.
  • David Kahn, D.O.

Information for Patients:

  • What is Neurocritical Care
  • Useful liks
 

Fellowship Newsletter:

Neurocritical Care

The Neurocritical Care Division has been established with the goal of providing cutting edge advanced critical care for neurological and neurosurgical patients. Our physicians are trained in leading international centers and will staff a 24 bed unit located at Jackson Memorial Hospital. This will be one of the largest units of its kind in the United States.  Advanced invasive and non-invasive multi-modality neuromonitoring such as ICP, Brain Oximetry, Microdialysis, Cerebral Perfusion in addition to monitoring such as TCD, CT and MRI scanning is available and routinely utilized in the care of patients.


Being one of the largest trauma centers in the United States, Jackson Memorial Hospital experiences a large number of neurotrauma patients.  It is one of our primary aims to provide excellent critical care to these patients in an effort to improve their outcomes and limit subsequent disability.   

Services

The Neurocritical Care team will provide treatment for the following range of conditions:

Neurosurgical Conditions

  • Severe head injury (traumatic brain injury)                         
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage 
  • Intracranial hemorrhage: Subdural, Extradural and Intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Spinal cord injury
 

Neurological Conditions

  • Severe Stroke
  • Tumors with large mass effect
  • Meningitis / Encephalitis / Cerebritis
  • Myasthenic Crisis
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome
  • Severe seizures: status epilepticus