One of the nation's leading neurologists, Patrick D. Lyden, M.D., has been named the Carmen and Louis Warschaw Chair in Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Lyden, who joined the Cedars-Sinai faculty as chairman of the Department of Neurology last July, has conducted extensive research into cerebrovascular disease and potential treatments for stroke. Among numerous professional accomplishments, he helped lead a pivotal clinical trial of the only proven treatment for stroke - the "clot-busting" drug tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA...
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