Cerebrovascular Disorders and Stroke Program

Outpatient care

The Cerebrovascular Disorders and Stroke Outpatient Program at Boston Children's Hospital provides outpatient evaluation and care for patients with:

• Arterial ischemic stroke
• Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis
• Non-traumatic central nervous system hemorrhage
• Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs, or "mini-strokes")

Our multidisciplinary outpatient clinic, held on Fegan 11 on the Children's main campus, offers the following services:

• Cooperative evaluation by a pediatric neurologist, pediatric hematologist and/or pediatric neurosurgeon
• Primary neurological follow-up care to children with stroke or cerebrovascular disorders
• Additional evaluations, as needed, with physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists or educational specialists
• Direct access to consultations and evaluations, as needed, with specialists from Children's Learning Disabilities Program to help with a child's return to school and educational planning after stroke.