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Neurovascular Team

Our Purpose

The Neurovascular Response Team at Cedars-Sinai has been created to diagnose and treat both emergency and non-emergency neurovascular conditions and to be available 24 hours a day.

Our fellowship-trained, board-certified interventional neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, and stroke neurologists perform every procedure. We offer complete care for patients from diagnosis through treatment.

Our team can be reached with a single phone call, 24 hours a day.

Team Line: (310) 423-2468

24 Hour Emergency Line: (310) 423-7900

Our Team

  • Franklin G. Moser, MD
        Co-Director
        Interventional Neuroradiologist
  • Wouter I. Schievink, MD
        Co-Director
        Neurovascular Surgeon

  • Marcel Maya, MD
        Interventional Neuroradiologist
  • David Palestrant, MD
        Director, Neuro-critical Care,
       Interim Director, Stroke Program
  • What We Do

    A single phone call to our dedicated Neurovascular Response Team begins the process of neurological care. Once our team has been contacted, we can:
    • Confirm the level of urgency of required treatments
    • Determine what is needed in terms of imaging to fully analyze the patient's condition
    • Develop a treatment plan tailored to each patient
    • Perform indicated procedures using either neurointerventional or neurosurgical techniques

    Conditions We Diagnose and Treat
    • Aneurysm - ruptured and unruptured
    • Arteriovenous malformations
    • Carotid and vertebral dissections
    • Carotid or vertebral stenosis
    • Cerebral hemorrhage
    • Cerebrovascular insufficiency syndrome
    • Moya-moya
    • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
    • Subclavian steal syndrome

    Related Websites
    • Division of Neurology

    • Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute

    • S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center

     
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