Rudiger Von Kummer Von Kummer MD

Professor Dr. medical Rüdiger von Kummer, Director of the Department of Neuroradiology at the University Hospital Dresden and the Dresden University Stroke Center (DUSC). A telemedicine connection of small regional hospitals to large centers with stroke specialists can improve the care situation.

For example, the Dresden University Stroke Center supplies 1.7 million people with the East Saxony Stroke Network (SOS). It offers cooperating clinics telemedical advice for stroke patients. Specialist neurologists are available 24/7 to conduct teleconsultation using a video link. The task of neuroradiology at the University Hospital Dresden is to train and monitor the neurologists of the SOS network in the interpretation of CT and MRI images. Patients who require complex diagnostics or acute interventions on the arteries supplying the brain are transferred to the university hospital.