Rachel Pauline Mehendale MD (She/Her)

Neurohospitalist

Summary

Dr. Rachel Mehendale is a neurologist based in Chicago, IL, specializing in vascular neurology and neurohospitalist care. She completed her neurology residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital and an internship in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Medical Center, with previous roles as a practicing neurologist at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center and Baylor University Medical Center and a Clinical Instructor at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. Dr. Mehendale has published extensively on the management of transient ischemic attacks and minor strokes, with her works cited multiple times, and was recognized with the Gold Humanism Honor Society award in 2014.

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Neurology, 2015 - 2018
Baylor College of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2015
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioClass of 2014

PubMed

22 citations
Safety and Feasibility of a Rapid Outpatient Management Strategy for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke: The Rapid Access Vascular Evaluation–Neurology (RAVEN)...
Bernard P. Chang, Sara K. Rostanski, Joshua Z. Willey, Eliza C. Miller, Steven Shapiro
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2019-07-17
23 citations
Opioid overuse pain syndrome (OOPS): The story of opioids, Prometheus unbound
Anand W. Mehendale, Mark P. Goldman, BA Rachel P. Mehendale
Journal of Opioid Management. 2013-11-01

Journal Articles

A collaborative neurology-emergency rapid outpatient clinic for the management of TIA and minor stroke in the emergency department
Chang B, Mehendale R, Miller E, Kummer B, Willey J, Elkind M, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 11/21/2018

Abstracts/Posters

Evaluation of A Rapid Outpatient Stroke Clinic for TIA and Minor Stroke Patients in the Emergency Department
Mehendale R, Shapiro S, Chang B, Miller E, Rostanski S, Kummer B, Willey J, Elkind M., American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 5/2019
A Hospital's Perspective: Economic Evaluation of Hospitalization vs Rapid Outpatient Evaluation for TIA and Minor Strokes
Shapiro S, Luna J, Mehendale R, Navi B, Kummer B, Rostanski S, Rosen C, Vawdrey D, Chang B, Miller E, Elkind M, Willey J., American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 5/2019
Evaluation of A Rapid Outpatient Stroke Clinic for TIA and Minor Stroke Patients in the Emergency Department
Mehendale R, Chang B, Miller E, Rostanski S, Kummer B, Willey J, Elkind M., Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, 5/2018
Establishing the First Mobile Stroke Unit in New York City
Kummer B. Lerario M. Ganzman A. Navi B. Ribaudo D. Mir S. Pishandar S. Mehendale R Williams O, Kamel H, Marshall R, Elkind M, Fink M., International Stroke Conference, Houston, TX, 2/2017
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