Lawrence R Wechsler MD
Vascular Neurology
Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
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330 S. 9th StPhiladelphia, PA 19107
Phone+1 215-829-3000
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 1983 - 1984
Mass General Brigham/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 - 2026
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
- Critical Care Decisions After Large Core Cerebral Infarctions: A Secondary Analysis From the SELECT2 Trial.Scott E Kasner, Michael T Mullen, Michael DeGeorgia, Spiros Blackburn, Donna K George
Annals of Neurology. 2025-04-01 - Association of Ischemic Core Hypodensity With Thrombectomy Treatment Effect in Large Core Stroke: A Secondary Analysis of the SELECT2 Randomized Controlled Trial.Vignan Yogendrakumar, Bruce C V Campbell, Hannah Johns, Leonid Churilov, Felix C Ng
Stroke. 2025-03-28 - 1 citationsClinical relevance of intracranial hemorrhage after thrombectomy versus medical management for large core infarct: a secondary analysis of the SELECT2 randomized trial.Michael Chen, Krishna C Joshi, Bradley Kolb, Clark W Sitton, Deep Kiritbhai Pujara
Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2025-01-17
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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