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It often depends on a few minutes whether brain cells die or not in the event of a stroke. We treat strokes quickly and with university expertise.

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An overview of our current research projects and information on how to contact us for dissertations and fellowships.

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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
Tel. +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 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.: 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
Tel. +41 61 328 63 70
jacqueline.riegraf@usb.ch

General inquiries
hirnschlagzentrum@usb.ch

Offer

In Switzerland, around 15,000 people suffer a stroke every year. Strokes are the most common cause of permanent disability in adults. The University Stroke Center offers patients immediate and comprehensive treatment. It is one of only nine certified stroke centers in Switzerland. A coordinated assessment and treatment concept enables care of the highest quality.

Our team

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Prof. Mira Katan Kahles

Chefärztin a.i.

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
UKBB

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Jörg Eckardt

Leitung Pflege

Neurologie Stroke Unit

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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 / Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie

Leiter Innovations-Focus Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie

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Dr. Marc Lüthy

Kaderarzt

Sanität Basel-Stadt

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Prof. Christine Stefanie Meyer-Zürn

Oberärztin

Kardiologie

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Prof. Christian Nickel

Stv. Chefarzt

Notfallzentrum

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Dr. Tim Sinnecker

Leitung a.i.

Neurologie

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Prof. Raoul Sutter

Leitender Arzt

Intensivstation

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Benjamin Wagner

Oberarzt

Neurologie

Leitung

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Dr. David Winkler

Leiter Neurologie
KSBL

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PD Dr. Thomas Wolff

Stv. Chefarzt

Gefäss- und Transplantationschirurgie

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Benjamin Günther

Leitung stationäre Administration

Neurologie

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