World-Renowned Care for Life Threatening Neurological Diseases and Emergencies
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Critical Care and Hospitalist Neurology
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Neurological emergencies and illnesses necessitating inpatient neurological care require a highly trained team of Critical Care and Hospital Neurology specialists to meet the often complex, time-sensitive needs of seriously-to-critically ill neurological patients. Our Neurological Intensive Care Unit and Neurological Wards at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center are world-renowned for state-of-the-art neurocritical care, offering advanced monitoring techniques and specialized treatments to minimize brain damage and maximize recovery. As one of the oldest and most established programs in the country, our specialized team of critical care neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurohospitalists, neurocritical care nurses, and related healthcare providers have the expertise to administer advanced interventions with clarity and precision, to address and often reverse worsening medical conditions and enable healing, recovery, and quality of life
Services We Offer
Our Hospitalist Neurology wards and Neurological Intensive Care Unit are equipped with advanced monitoring and state-of the art treatment techniques capable of improving prognosis in serious neurological illness. The team of physician-scientists has been at the forefront of developing novel diagnostic, prognostic, and interventional approaches to improve the outcomes of the sickest patients with acute neurological illnesses, such as:
- Traumatic brain injury
- Brain hemorrhages
- Neuro-infectious diseases
- Cardiac arrest
The Neurological Intensive Care Unit at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYP/CUIMC) was one of the first units in the country to focus solely on patients with acute neurological illnesses. The Neurohospitalist Program at NYP/CUIMC provides care to the most complex patients with neurological diseases and those transitioning out of the Neurological Intensive Care Unit.