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NEA Baptist Offers New Device to Reduce Stroke Risk

NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital successfully performed the hospital’s first implant of a new cardiac device that helps keep harmful blood clots from forming and causing…

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Baptist Cardiac and Stroke Symposium Attracts Area Health Care Professionals

Many physicians, emergency medical services (EMS) and allied health professionals, advanced practice providers (APPs) and nurses attended the Baptist Cardiac and Stroke Symposium, presented by…

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Baptist DeSoto Stroke Patient Creates Fundraiser for Rehab Program

Jason Pryor spent nine days in March recovering from a stroke at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. He was so touched by the exceptional, compassionate care he…

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Trezevant Career and Technology Center Students Visit Baptist Memphis

Students from the Trezevant Career and Technology Center’s HOSA program toured Baptist Memphis on Sept. 21 to learn more about our health care system and…

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Baptist DeSoto and NEA Baptist Earn Primary Stroke Center Certification

The Joint Commission awarded its Gold Seal of Approval for Primary Stroke Center Certification to Baptist DeSoto and NEA Baptist. The Gold Seal reflects a…

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AHA Recognizes Baptist Memorial Hospitals for High-Quality Stroke Care

The American Heart Association honored multiple Baptist Memorial hospitals with awards for their stroke care. Baptist DeSoto, Baptist Memphis and NEA Baptist earned the AHA’s…

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MEGA Brain Entertains and Educates Visitors at Baptist Memphis

MEGA Brain paid a visit to Baptist Memphis on May 12 to help highlight National Stroke Awareness Month. The highly interactive, educational MEGA Brain is…

How Are Stroke and Heart Disease Connected?

Heart disease and stroke are among the leading causes of death for both men and women, and these diseases are affecting younger adults more and…

Strike Out Stroke

Jasmine Farjallah joined Sunya Payne, principal at Alcy Elementary, and Julie Horn, neuro/stroke coordinator at Baptist Memphis, on the pitcher’s mound during the Memphis Redbirds’…

Strike Out Stroke with the Memphis Redbirds

Redbirds Stadium 6:35 p.m. Baptist team members have the opportunity to once again support stroke awareness by purchasing a ticket to the Memphis Redbirds’ Strike…