We are pleased and thank you when you refer your patients. Our commitment is to provide you and your patients with the highest level of clinical care. You receive the skills and knowledge of board certified neurosurgeons and stroke specialists as well as the most advanced techniques, technology, equipment, and research available to the medical field of cerebrovascular and stroke therapy.

BMC's physicians and staff work closely with referring physicians to ensure that each patient receives an individually tailored treatment. Timely communication and collaboration is a priority and we encourage active participation in your patients' care.

The Cerebrovascular Center strives to ensure prompt management of all patients. We offer full time 24/7 coverage for all stroke and cerebrovascular emergencies.

Other important referral phone numbers to know:

  • Referring to a stroke neurologist: please call 617.638.8456
  • Referring to a neurointerventionalist: Please call 617.638.8456
  • If there is a neurological emergency, please page the stroke Fellow on call: 617.638.5795, FAST(3278).
  • If there is a neurointerventional emergency, please page the neurointerventionalist on call: 617.638.5795, pager COIL (2645).
  • If there is a neurosurgical emergency, please page the neurosurgeon on call: 617.638.5795, pager 7000.

Admit/Transfer a Patient

Please call our One-Call patient admitting service, accessible 24/7. Pager number: 617.638.5795, #1111. A registered nurse will see to it that your patient is admitted expeditiously.

Referring for Neurointerventional Procedure

If referring a neurointerventional procedure, please download and fill out the procedure consult form and fax to 617.414.1698.

Cerebrovascular Center Physicians

To locate and select one of our Cerebrovascular Center physicians and contact him or her directly, visit the Our Team section of this website or you may also search BMC’s Medical Staff Directory.

If you would like to email us, write to stroke@bmc.org or aneurysm@bmc.org. One of our team members will read your message and pass it to the appropriate physician or staff member. Before you send your email, please review the disclaimer below regarding protected health information.

Disclaimer

We would like you to understand that, when you send us private health information on our website email, it is not considered a confidential way to communicate this protected health information. Boston Medical Center is required by law to protect the privacy of your health information. We are required to give you notice on how we may use this information about our patients, and when we can disclose that information to others. We encourage you to review our privacy statement before you send us an email.