McLaren Greater Lansing Primary Stroke Center
For every minute a stroke is left untreated, millions of brain cells die. Even short delays in treatment can change a patient's future or even claim a life. That's why immediate, focused, and expert care for stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) is essential to a community.
McLaren Greater Lansing is dedicated to helping our community achieve the best possible outcomes following stroke. Through implementing the American Heart Association/American Stroke Associations® Get With The Guidelines® program, it has helped us accomplish making it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis.
Silver Plus Recognition
McLaren Greater Lansing has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Silver Plus quality achievement award, with target Stroke Honor Roll and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll for 2025. This recognition celebrates McLaren Greater Lansing for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment based on nationally recognized, research-based guidelines—ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
How to Identify a Stroke
Stroke symptoms can include sudden:
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BALANCE - Loss of balance, headache or dizziness
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EYES - Blurred Vision
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FACE - One side of the face is drooping
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ARMS - Arm or leg weakness
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SPEECH - Speech difficulty
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TIME - Time to call for ambulance immediately
TeleStroke
As part of the McLaren Stroke Network, interventional neurologists utilize a telemedicine robot to provide consultative services within minutes of notification by onsite emergency physicians. The TeleStroke System allows the interventional neurologist to beam into the patient's bedside from a remote location and assess the patient, review CT scan images and discuss best options for the patient with onsite physicians and the patient's family. This telemedicine technology ensures that patients have access to rapid decision-making for treatment during the critical period following the onset of stroke symptoms. This technology assures that clinical therapies such as clot removal and clot busting drugs can be applied quickly and effectively, resulting in better outcomes for the patient in regaining blood flow to affected areas in the brain, thus minimizing long term disability. With McLaren's TeleStroke network, stroke patients benefit from speedier diagnoses, faster care, and a better chance of recovery. We're proud to offer this high level of neurologic intervention for stroke patients.
Podcast Featuring:
Aniel Majjhoo, MD
Topic: Understanding Stroke
Dr. Aniel Majjhoo discusses understanding strokes. Dr. Aniel Majjhoo, an interventional neurologist, is board certified in Neurology, Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care. He completed his Neurology residency and a fellowship in Vascular Neurology at Detroit Medical Center in Detroit.
Listen to the podcast