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Neuroscience # Neuroscience **Section menu** - [Giving opportunities](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities "Giving opportunities") - [Cancer care and research](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cancer-care-and-research "Cancer care and research") - [Advancing cancer care with Car-T therapy](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cancer-care-and-research/car-t-therapy "Advancing cancer care with Car-T therapy") - [Cancer patient navigation program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cancer-care-and-research/cancer-patient-navigation-program "Cancer patient navigation program") - [Melanoma research and treatment](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cancer-care-and-research/melanoma-research-and-treatment "Melanoma research and treatment") - [Cardiovascular](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cardiovascular "Cardiovascular") - [Advanced cardiovascular care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cardiovascular/advanced-cardiovascular-care "Advanced cardiovascular care") - [Kanbar Cardiac Care Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cardiovascular/kanbar-cardiac-care-center "Kanbar Cardiac Care Center")  - [Elder care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/elder-care "Elder care") - [Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE)](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/elder-care/acute-care-for-the-elderly-ace "Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE)") - [Grove](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/elder-care/grove "Grove") - [Thrift stores](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/elder-care/thrift-stores "Thrift stores") - [Neuroscience](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience "Neuroscience") - [Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research & Treatment Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/cure-als "Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research & Treatment Center") - [Mobile Stroke Unit](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/mobile-stroke-unit "Mobile Stroke Unit") - [Ray Dolby Brain Health Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/ray-dolby-brain-health-center "Ray Dolby Brain Health Center") - [Transplant](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/transplant "Transplant") - [Transplant care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/transplant/transplant-care "Transplant care") - [Women's and children's health](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health "Women's and children's health") - [Carol Ann Read Breast Health Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/read-breast-health-center "Carol Ann Read Breast Health Program") - [Kalmanovitz Child Development Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/kalmanovitz-child-development-center "Kalmanovitz Child Development Center") - [Notkin Family Breast Cancer Recovery Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/notkin-breast-cancer-recovery-program "Notkin Family Breast Cancer Recovery Program") - [Sophie's Place](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/sophies-place "Sophie's Place") - [Youth mental health reimagined](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/youth-mental-health "Youth mental health reimagined") - [Scholarships and funds](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/funds-and-scholarships "Scholarships and funds") - [Giving opportunities](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities "Giving opportunities") - [Cancer care and research](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cancer-care-and-research "Cancer care and research") - [Advancing cancer care with Car-T therapy](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cancer-care-and-research/car-t-therapy "Advancing cancer care with Car-T therapy") - [Cancer patient navigation program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cancer-care-and-research/cancer-patient-navigation-program "Cancer patient navigation program") - [Melanoma research and treatment](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cancer-care-and-research/melanoma-research-and-treatment "Melanoma research and treatment") - [Cardiovascular](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cardiovascular "Cardiovascular") - [Advanced cardiovascular care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cardiovascular/advanced-cardiovascular-care "Advanced cardiovascular care") - [Kanbar Cardiac Care Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/cardiovascular/kanbar-cardiac-care-center "Kanbar Cardiac Care Center")  - [Elder care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/elder-care "Elder care") - [Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE)](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/elder-care/acute-care-for-the-elderly-ace "Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE)") - [Grove](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/elder-care/grove "Grove") - [Thrift stores](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/elder-care/thrift-stores "Thrift stores") - [Neuroscience](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience "Neuroscience") - [Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research & Treatment Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/cure-als "Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research & Treatment Center") - [Mobile Stroke Unit](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/mobile-stroke-unit "Mobile Stroke Unit") - [Ray Dolby Brain Health Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/ray-dolby-brain-health-center "Ray Dolby Brain Health Center") - [Transplant](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/transplant "Transplant") - [Transplant care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/transplant/transplant-care "Transplant care") - [Women's and children's health](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health "Women's and children's health") - [Carol Ann Read Breast Health Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/read-breast-health-center "Carol Ann Read Breast Health Program") - [Kalmanovitz Child Development Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/kalmanovitz-child-development-center "Kalmanovitz Child Development Center") - [Notkin Family Breast Cancer Recovery Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/notkin-breast-cancer-recovery-program "Notkin Family Breast Cancer Recovery Program") - [Sophie's Place](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/sophies-place "Sophie's Place") - [Youth mental health reimagined](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/women-and-children-health/youth-mental-health "Youth mental health reimagined") - [Scholarships and funds](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/funds-and-scholarships "Scholarships and funds") ## Advancing neuroscience care Your support drives cutting-edge research, innovative treatments, and compassionate care for patients facing neurological conditions. Together, we’re improving lives—one breakthrough, one recovery, one mind at a time. ![morris-family-600x300](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/people/family/morris-family-600x300.jpg?h=350&iar=0&w=600) ## Cure ALS The Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Center at CPMC is a national leader in ALS care and research. Donations help fund patient services, innovative clinical trials, and promising treatments—offering hope to those affected by this devastating disease. [Learn more](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/cure-als) ## Mobile stroke unit The Mobile Stroke Unit at Mills-Peninsula brings rapid stroke care directly to patients, with onboard imaging and treatment that dramatically improves outcomes. Funded by community donations, it helps save lives when every second counts. [Learn more](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/mobile-stroke-unit) ![Ray-&-Dagmar-Dolby\_2013](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/RayDagmarDolby2013.jpg?h=768&iar=0&w=1024) ## Ray Dolby Brain Health Center The Ray Dolby Brain Health Center at CPMC provides expert, compassionate care for Alzheimer’s and other memory disorders. Funded by the Dolby family, it offers advanced diagnostics, clinical trials, and vital support for patients and families. [Learn more](https://www.sutterhealth.org/giving/giving-opportunities/neuroscience/ray-dolby-brain-health-center) ## Give to Sutter Health neuroscience  Support Sutter neuroscience—your gift drives research and improves care. 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one of the neighbors.\nThere's a husband and a wife, they're both paramedics.\nAnd I had a stroke.\nThey called 911 immediately.\nAnd I was taken to Mills-Peninsula Medical Center.\nThey did a brain scan and administered\ntPA, a blood thinner.\nAnd then, subsequently, I was taken\nto California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.\nI was extremely fortunate.\nI refer to it as the perfect storm.\nA lot of things could have gone wrong but they didn't.\nJOEY ENGLISH: Time is everything when you're\ntreating the stroke patient.\nWhen the patient arrives to the emergency room,\nwe are trying to go as fast as possible.\nStroke happens when there is a disruption of the blood\nsupply to an area of the brain.\nAbout 85% of the time, strokes are\ncaused by a blockage of a blood vessel.\nAbout two million nerve cells die per minute,\nwhen you have a blockage of a blood vessel.\nIt is extremely time sensitive.\nEven a 15 to 30 minute delay in delivering a clot dissolving\nmedication can dramatically impact the likelihood\nthat patient's going to recover well from their stroke.\n\nTom was very lucky with his stroke.\nHis care happened very quickly and efficiently.\nThe truth is most people don't receive that type of care.\nAnd that is why we came up with the concept of the Mobile\nStroke Unit.\nNOBL BARAZANGI: The current way that we\ntreat stroke patients is that 911 is called,\nor family or friends bring the patient into the emergency\nroom.\nBut there is this inherent delay of getting the patient\nto the emergency room.\nThe goal of the Mobile Stroke Unit\nis to provide faster and safer care.\nJOEY ENGLISH: The Mobile Stroke Unit\nis a specialized ambulance that has within it, a CT scanner.\nAnd in addition to that, it carries the expertise\nof a nurse and a physician who know how to evaluate and treat\nstroke.\nNOBL BARAZANGI: It brings the emergency room to the patient,\nto wherever the stroke patient is having their stroke.\nAnd so we're saving time by getting\nthe CAT scan in the field so that treatment\ncan be initiated faster.\nJOEY ENGLISH: The Mobile Stroke Unit\nis based at Sutter Health's Mills-Peninsula Medical Center,\nand will be dispatched throughout San Mateo\nCounty integrated with the San Mateo County first responders\nand the 911 response team.\nGREGORY GILBERT: By being one of the first mobile stroke\nunits in the country, we'll be on the forefront\nof knowing whether or not this new technology is\nthe way that we should be taking care of patients.\nJOEY ENGLISH: Everything fell into place for Tom.\nThat is how we want all of our stroke patients to be treated.\nWe think the Mobile Stroke Unit can have a dramatic impact\non stroke in this country.\nTOM DOOR: If this Mobile Stroke Unit\ncan save lives and continue to keep people\nin a meaningful way in the community\nand with their families, there's going\nto be a lot of people getting another chance, getting\nmore time.\nThis is going to be the future.\nI got a big 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