LawrenceRWechslerMD
Neurology • Philadelphia, PAVascular Neurology
Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
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Office
330 S. 9th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107Phone+1 215-829-3000- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 1983 - 1984
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1980 - 1984
UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1980
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1978
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1979 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2017 - 2023
WV State Medical License 2016 - 2023
MD State Medical License 2009 - 2021- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Vascular Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Pittsburgh Magazine Castle Connolly, 2005-2011
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Clinical Trials
- Clot Lysis: Evaluating Accelerated Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage Phase III Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 01
- A Study of Modified Stem Cells in Stable Ischemic Stroke Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Experience with a hybrid recruitment approach of patient-facing web portal screening and subsequent phone and medical record review for a neurosurgical intervention tr...Brad J Kolls, Keith W Muir, Sean I Savitz, Lawrence R Wechsler, Julie G Pilitsis, Scott Rahimi, Richard L Beckman, Vincent Holmes, Peng R Chen, David S Albers, Daniel ...> ;Trials. 2024 Feb 28
- 2 citationsEndovascular thrombectomy plus medical care versus medical care alone for large ischaemic stroke: 1-year outcomes of the SELECT2 trial.Sarraj, A., Abraham, M., Hassan, A., Blackburn, S., Kasner, S., Ortega-Gutierrez, S., Hussain, M., Chen, M., Johns, H., Churilov, L., Pujara, D., Shaker, F., Maali, L....> ;Lancet. 2024 Feb 24
- Endovascular Thrombectomy Treatment Effect in Direct vs Transferred Patients With Large Ischemic Strokes: A Prespecified Analysis of the SELECT2 Trial.Khan, M. A., Amrou Sarraj, Michael D Hill, M Shazam Hussain, Michael G Abraham, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Michael Chen, Scott E Kasner, Leonid Churilov, Deep K Pujara...> ;JAMA Neurology. 2024 Feb 8
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Press Mentions
This COVID-19 Practice: A Call to Limit Unnecessary Transfers to Comprehensive Stroke CentersAugust 6th, 2020
Treat Stroke to Target Finds Lower Risk of CV Events with Lower LDL-C LevelsNovember 18th, 2019
Lower LDL Target Better After StrokeNovember 18th, 2019- Join now to see all
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Hospital Affiliations
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania- Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
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