Chair, Department of Neurology, UPMC
Neurology
Dr. Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD
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Dr. Lawrence R. Wechsler practices Neurology. He attended Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Pittsburgh Magazine" and "Top MD". Lawrence Wechsler is a published doctor. He has 42 papers published. The most current publication "Outcomes of Spoke-Retained Telestroke Patients Versus Hub-Treated Patients After Intravenous Thrombolysis: Telestroke Patient Outcomes After Thrombolysis." Lawrence Wechsler is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Outcomes of Spoke-Retained Telestroke Patients Versus Hub-Treated Patients After Intravenous Thrombolysis: Telestroke Patient Outcomes After Thrombolysis.
- Outcomes after endovascular treatment for Anterior circulation stroke presenting as wake-up strokes are not different than those with witnessed onset beyond 8â hours.
- Stem Cells as an Emerging Paradigm in Stroke 3: Enhancing the Development of Clinical Trials.
- Formation and Function of Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals Within a Stroke System of Care Recommendations From the Brain Attack Coalition.
- Acute Stroke Imaging Research Roadmap II.
- Impact of Telemedicine Implementation in Thrombolytic Use for Acute Ischemic Stroke: The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Telestroke Network Experience.
- Teleneurology applications: Report of the Telemedicine Work Group of the American Academy of Neurology.
- Telestroke-guided intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator treatment achieves a similar clinical outcome as thrombolysis at a comprehensive stroke center.
- Intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke.
- Endovascular treatment of tandem extracranial/intracranial Anterior circulation occlusions: preliminary single-center experience.
- A 5-item scale to predict stroke outcome after cortical middle cerebral Artery territory infarction: validation from results of the Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging Eva...
- Imaging evaluation of acute ischemic stroke.
- Management of patent foramen ovale and stroke.
- Protocol adherence and safety of intravenous thrombolysis after telephone consultation with a stroke center.
- The ischemic penumbra: from celestial body to imaging technology.
- Comparison of safety and clinical and radiographic outcomes in endovascular acute stroke therapy for proximal middle cerebral Artery occlusion with intubation and gene...
- Mitochondrial targets for stroke: focusing basic science research toward development of clinically translatable therapeutics.
- Mechanical approaches combined with intra-arterial pharmacological therapy are associated with higher recanalization rates than either intervention alone in revascular...
- Reporting standards for endovascular repair of saccular intracranial cerebral Aneurysms.
- Reporting standards for angioplasty and stent-assisted angioplasty for intracranial atheroSclerosis.
- Clinical trials of stroke therapy: which cells, which patients?
- Patients with acute stroke treated with intravenous tPA 3-6 hours after stroke onset: correlations between MR angiography findings and perfusion- and diffusion-weighte...
- Lower pretreatment Cerebral blood volume affects hemorrhagic risks after intra-arterial revascularization in acute stroke.
- The MRA-DWI mismatch identifies patients with stroke who are likely to benefit from reperfusion.
- Neuroimaging in ischemia and infarction.
- PFO and stroke: what are the data?
- Extensive Brainstem ischemia on neuroimaging does not preclude meaningful recovery from locked-in syndrome: two cases of endovascularly managed basilar thrombosis.
- Intracranial Hemorrhage associated with revascularization therapies.
- Reduced pretreatment ipsilateral middle cerebral Artery cerebral blood flow is predictive of symptomatic hemorrhage post-intra-arterial thrombolysis in patients with m...
- Does the Merci Retriever work? Against.
- Multimodal reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke: factors predicting vessel recanalization.
- Emergent stenting of extracranial internal Carotid artery occlusion in acute stroke has a high revascularization rate.
- Cell therapy for stroke.
- Stem cell transplantation for stroke.
- The cortical ischemic core and not the consistently present penumbra is a determinant of clinical outcome in acute middle cerebral Artery occlusion.
- Cell therapy: replacement.
- Innovative Strategies in the Management of Acute Stroke.
- Absence of a diastolic velocity notch does not indicate hyperemia in traumatic Brain injured patients without elevated cerebral blood flow velocity.
- Cell transplantation for stroke.
- Computed tomographic findings in patients undergoing intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke due to middle cerebral Artery occlusion: results from the PR...
- Intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke.
Schools
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Mass Gen Hospital
University Of Pittsburgh Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- EEG (Electroencephalogram)
- EMG (Electromyography)
Conditions Treated
- Anterior Horn Disease
- Ataxia
- Autonomic Disorders
- Bell's Palsy
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Doctors Specialties
- Clinical Neurophysiology
- Vascular Neurology
- Neurology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Pittsburgh Magazine
- Top MD
Education
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Massachusetts General Hospital -
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside -
UPMC Passavant
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1942276399 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | WECHSLER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | LAWRENCE | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 152133215 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurology | |
| Total Claim Count | 336.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1942276399 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | WECHSLER |
| First Name Of The Provider | LAWRENCE |
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