Welcome from the Center Director

Welcome to the Neurocritical Care Center of the Neurological Institute at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Our Center provides 24/7 management of critically ill patients with acute neurological and neurosurgical disease. We work within a multidisciplinary team of fellowship-trained neurology and neurosurgery neurointensivists and a dedicated group of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dedicated pharmacists, physical and respiratory therapists, and social workers. This team concentrates many aspects of patient care into one service and utilizes evidence-based care pathways to improve quality, safety, and patient satisfaction while decreasing cost and treatment variability.

UH Cleveland Medical Center is a quaternary referral center in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1866, UHCMC has 1,032 beds, including 109 adult ICU beds with 19 in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NSU). A Joint Commission-accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center and an American College of Surgeons-accredited Level 1 Trauma Center, UH Cleveland Medical Center is the central hub of a large network that includes 50 community health centers, 12 community hospitals, and two rehabilitation hospitals.

Research and education are key components of our mission. The Center supports medical student and resident education from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals. The Neurology residency is the second largest in the U.S. Several other graduate and undergraduate medical education programs in Northeast Ohio send their learners to our program to augment their education.

University Hospitals is proud of its rich history of neurocritical care. Dr. David Jackson created the first American Academy of Neurology course on Critical Care Neurology in 1978. Dr. Jose Suarez, NSU Director from 1996 to 2006, is the author of Critical Care Neurology and Neurosurgery, one of the standard textbooks in the field. Dr. De Georgia became the NSU Director in 2007. The fellowship became accredited through the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) in 2008 and the American Committee on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2022.

We are proud to continue to train the next generation of neurocritical care specialists to improve patient outcomes for critically ill patients with neurological and neurosurgical diseases.  

Michael A. De Georgia, MD, FACP, FAHA, FCCM, FNCS
Director, Neurocritical Care Center