Pediatric Stroke Resources

Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Resources

Below are resources for medical providers, patients and families interested in learning more about pediatric stroke and cerebrovascular disease.

JCN: NICU series Prenatal Brain Hemorrhage
Dr. Sonika Agarwal of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia talks about prenatal brain hemorrhage.
JCN: Interview with Mary Kay Ballasiotes, pediatric stroke advocate: Dr. Sonika Agarwal of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia interviews Mary Kay Ballasiotes, pediatric stroke advocate and parent of a child with cerebral palsy from a stroke at birth.
JCN: What Your Pediatric Neurologist Wants You to Know: Neonatal Neurology: JCN’s Residents and Fellows Board Director, Dr. Alison Christy, interviews Dr. Sonika Agarwal, a neonatal neurologist from Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia.
Stroke in Children Podcast: Dr. Heather Fullerton, a pediatric neurologist at UCSF, discusses stroke in children, the causes and path to recovery with Bill Monroe on StrokeCast.
JCN: Pediatric Stroke Podcast: Dr. Alison Christy interviews Dr. Sarah Lee from Stanford Children’s Health and Dr. Gabrielle deVeber from Hospital for Sick Children about their publication, Moyamoya Disease in Children: Results from the International Pediatric Stroke Study. She also interviews Dr. Lisa Sun from John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
Stroke Can Happen At Any Age Video Series: The International Alliance for Pediatric Stroke partnered with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association to produce videos to help raise awareness of perinatal and pediatric strokes.
Australian Pediatric Stroke Resources

Pediatric Neurologist and IPSO member, Dr. Christine Fox, presents keys to identifying and treating children with ischemic stroke. Watch the video on the UCSF Medical Center website.