The Chattanooga Network for Stroke is built around core facilities of the Erlanger Medical Center, Parkridge Hospital, Memorial Health Care System, Inc. all located in the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Erlanger and Memorial are Level 1 Stroke Centers. This designation signifies that medical facilities at these centers can provide a six hour window for stroke intervention using either intravenous or intra-arterial t-PA to patients in acute stroke distress.

Parkridge is a Level II facility, with a three hour treatment window beginning from the time of stroke on-set. Therapeutic intervention is limited at Parkridge to the administration of intravenous t-PA.

From this core of expertise, hospitals and medical care centers within a 200 mile radius of Chattanooga will develop diagnostic and screening procedures for acute stroke intervention on a local level, or, as indicated, at one of the Level I facilities.

For further information on the core medical centers in Chattanooga, please visit the following homepages:

Erlanger Medical Center is at www.erlanger.org

Parkridge Hospital can be found by visiting www.parkridgemedicalcenter.com

Memorial Health Care System’s web URL is www.memorial.org