Cathy Sila, MD – Neurology-Vascular Neurology [Video]

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Expertise

Carotid Artery Disease
Carotid Artery Dissection
Cerebral Vasculitis
Intracranial Stenosis
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
Stroke
Stroke in the Young
Stroke Prevention
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Vascular Neurology
Vertebral Artery Dissection

Cathy Sila MD, FAAN, FAHA, is the Chair of the Department of Neurology at University Hospitals. She holds the Gilbert W. Humphrey Endowed Chair in Neurology and was the first Distinguished Senior Attending Physician in Neurology at University Hospitals. A Professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Dr. Sila is an internationally recognized vascular neurologist. She previously served as the vice chair in the Department of Neurology for Clinical Activities & Quality and serves as chair of the University Hospitals System Stroke Program, which is recognized as a system integration model for health care delivery.

Dr. Sila is a recognized expert in preventing and treating stroke, neurologic complications of heart disease, and defining outcomes for clinical trials. As the first woman to chair neurology at UH, her priorities include ensuring access to innovative, high-value care integrated throughout the health system, supporting the provider-patient relationship and experience, training the next generation through the many fellowships and one of the largest neurology residency programs in the country, and promoting research that improves the quality of life for patients with neurologic diseases.

Dr. Sila received undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Zoology and graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She completed her Neurology residency at the Mayo Clinic, followed by Fellowship training in Cerebrovascular Research at the Cleveland Clinic. She has extensive clinical research and research administration and core lab experience for more than 100 clinical trials, data element developer for the FDA and NINDS, and expert panel advisor for emerging technologies and therapeutics.

Dr. Sila has received numerous honors, was elected to AHA/ASA and AAN executive committees, and was appointed to national directorship and institutional leadership boards. She was an inaugural UH Distinguished Senior Attending Physician and has received awards from the American Heart Association National Stroke Council, YWCA Women of Professional Excellence and Crain’s Cleveland Business Healthcare Hero. She is consistently named among America’s Top Doctors by Castle-Connelly and is one of their Exceptional Women in Medicine.

University Hospitals is one of the nation’s leading health care systems, providing patient-centered care that meets the highest standards for quality and patient safety and have received numerous awards and recognitions from some of the most prestigious institutions in the country for our leadership and exceptional patient outcomes. As an accountable care organization, we foster long-term patient-provider relationships that help promote preventive care, increase wellness and healthy behaviors, decrease emergency episodes, and prevent hospitalizations. To learn more: https://www.uhhospitals.org