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