The Comprehensive Stroke Center

University Hospital is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and certified by the Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.

Our stroke center provides both in-hospital and outpatient care to patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. We serve the community from the city of Newark and outlying communities.

Our Center has doctors with advanced training in all types of strokes and in diseases that put patients at risk for stroke, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease.

We deliver advanced, state of the art emergency stroke care, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our doctors are experts in removing clots from the blood vessels in the brain, which in certain cases can save brain cells from dying. Patients who are treated early enough once the symptoms of stroke start may recover with little or no disability.

As a Comprehensive Stroke Center, UH strives to erase barriers to stroke care. Stroke policies and processes and multilingual services ensure that all patients have equal access to our services, and practitioners from medicine, cardiology, and endocrinology assist in the evaluation and treatment of the risk factors so prevalent in our patient population.

Our Community, Our Patients (2024)

In 2024, University Hospital’s Comprehensive Stroke Center discharged 688 patients, including transient ischemic attack (TIA). We serve the community of Newark and outlying communities.

• Race and ethnicity: 64.7% of patients were Black or African American (non-Hispanic), 19.2% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% White, 1.4% Asian, and 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native. Race or ethnicity was unable to be determined for 25.5%.
• Gender: 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female.
• Age: 10.5% were 18–45, 49.4% were 46–65, 35.6% were 66–85, and 4.5% were over 85. About 60% were age 65 or younger.

Source: Get With The Guidelines (GWTG).