Dr Crisitna Russo
Consultant in Acute Medicine and StrokeGMC6146008Specialities
- Acute stroke
- Intravenous thrombolysis
- Mechanical thrombectomy (including telemedicine)
- Ischaemic stroke
- Haemorrhagic stroke
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
- Stroke mimics (including migraine)
- Stroke and migraine
- Stroke prevention
- Anticoagulation
- Stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
- Stroke in immunological conditions
- Vasculitis and stroke
- HRT and stroke risk (including women on HRT)
- Young stroke
Consultant Physician specialising in Stroke and Acute Internal Medicine, with extensive experience in clinical leadership, patient safety, and emergency care service development.
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A senior physician with over 20 years of experience across Diabetology, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, and Stroke Medicine, with a strong focus on acute and emergency care. For the past 15 years, her practice has been dedicated primarily to stroke medicine, including work in Hyper Acute Stroke Units, thrombolysis services, TIA and stroke clinics, and multidisciplinary neuroradiology teams. She has recently completed a postgraduate diploma in Stroke to further strengthen her expertise in this field.
Alongside her clinical work, she has held leadership roles in acute medicine, contributing to the development of Same Day Emergency Care pathways and service redesign in line with NHS Long Term Plan and GIRFT initiatives. She also serves as Deputy Head of Safety, with a focus on clinical governance, serious incident review, learning from deaths, and medico-legal processes, and has been involved in implementing electronic systems such as Cerner and digital consent projects.
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