January 20, 2010
Jared Dienst, an 8-year-old New Yorker, suffered a stroke in June 2008 and was treated by specialists from four institutions, including Dr. Rebecca Ichord, director of the Pediatric Stroke Program at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In a Jan. 18 article on nytimes.com, she talks about the challenges of diagnosing and treating strokes in children.