Intensive care experts for neurological and neurosurgical conditions

We bring together experts from neurology, neurosurgery, anesthesiology and perioperative medicine to treat patients with life-threatening conditions due to stroke, injuries or aneurysms. This collaboration means better care for our patients and a valuable educational experience for our trainees.

What sets us apart

• Expert multidisciplinary team
• Large and growing neurosciences ICU
• Level 4 stroke care in a high-volume setting

Meet our faculty.

Clinical programs

You will join a team that delivers the most advanced critical care in Oregon for patients with brain and nervous system conditions.

Our neurosciences intensive care includes:

• A 17-bed intensive care unit with in-room CT scans
• Advanced monitoring, including long-term continuous video EEG
• A nationally recognized team, including neurointensivists
• Level 4 stroke care in a high-volume setting

Fellowships and training

Trainees work with a high-performing team in a busy, high-risk practice with providers on duty 24/7. We’re a major referral center for Washington, Idaho, and Northern California for critical neurologic diseases.

We offer three neurocritical care fellowship options:

• A traditional two-year fellowship
• A one-year fellowship for trainees who have completed a fellowship in non-neurological critical care
• A one-year CAST-accredited neurocritical care fellowship for neurosurgery residents that is included in their residency at OHSU

Fellows can enroll in simultaneous M.B.A. or M.P.H. programs to boost their career options.

Neurocritical care research

The Department of Neurology has a national reputation for excellence in research. Neurocritical care specialists contribute to this discovery, and are involved in three current studies:

• A greater occipital nerve block trial for headache therapy
• The ketamine add-on therapy for established status epilepticus treatment trial (KESETT)
• A study to test the use of SENSE radio wave headsets to detect changes in volume of intracranial hemorrhage
• A data repository to study interventions and outcomes in patients with non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Meet section faculty

Our section is led by Dr. Tarvez Tucker, a neurointensivist with deep experience as a critical care researcher.

Explore all department faculty.