Karen G. Hirsch
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Neurology 300 Pasteur Dr Rm A301 MC 5325 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6469 Fax (650) 725-0390
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 725-6983Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Neurology
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Concussion
- Cerebrovascular Circulation
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | University of California San Francisco, CA USA (2012) |
| Board Certification: | Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2010) |
| Residency: | Johns Hopkins University MD (2010) |
| Internship: | Stanford University Hospital - Internal Medicine CA (2007) |
| Medical Education: | Stanford University CA (2012) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Karen G. Hirsch cares for critically ill patients with neurologic disorders in the intensive care unit and for patients with cerebrovascular disease in the inpatient stroke unit. Dr. Hirsch's research focuses on novel imaging techniques such as functional brain imaging in patients with cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury. She also studies methods of non-invasive measurement of cerebral blood flow, oxygenation, and cerebrovascular autoregulation and how these parameters might be targeted to improve outcome in patients with neurologic injury. In the outpatient clinic, she sees patients with head injury, stroke and other neurovascular diseases in addition to patients who have been discharged from the neurological intensive care unit.
Publications
- An update on neurocritical care for the patient with kidney disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2013; (1): 39-44
- Boomerang sign on MRI. Neurocrit Care. 2012; (3): 450-1
- Treatment of elevated intracranial pressure with hyperosmolar therapy in patients with renal failure. Neurocrit Care. 2012; (3): 388-94
- Cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular autoregulation in a swine model of pediatric cardiac arrest and hypothermia. Crit Care Med. 2011; (10): 2337-45
- Clinical and radiographic natural history of cervical artery dissections. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2009 Nov-Dec; (6): 416-23
- Occurrence of perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage during pregnancy. Neurocrit Care. 2009; (3): 339-43
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