MGH Appointment: Assistant in Neurology; Director, Stroke Neurology, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
HMS Appointment: Instructor in Neurology
MGH Address: VBK 802
MGH Phone Number: (617) 726-8459
Patient Office Phone Number: (617)726-8459
Patient Office Location: Wang ACC 835
E-Mail Address: furie@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Fax Number: (617) 726-5043
Undergraduate Education:
Graduate And/Or Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine
Residencies And Fellowships:
Residency: Rhode Island Hospital, Neurology
Fellowship: Brown University, Cerebrovascular Disease
Foreign Language Spoken:
Certification by an American Specialty Board: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Primary Specialty:
Other Specialties:
Research Interests: Hypercoagulability, Genetics and Stroke, Homocysteine and Stroke, Stroke Recovery, Neurosonology
Clinical Interests: Stroke prevention and recovery, TIA
Representative Publications:
Suwanwela N, Can U, Furie KL, Southern JF, Mcdonald NR, Ogilvy CS, Hansen CJ, Buonanno FS, Abbott WM, Koroshetz WJ, Kistler JP. Carotid Doppler ultrasound criteria for internal carotid artery stenosis based on residual lumen diameter calculated from en bloc carotid endarterectomy specimens. Stroke 1996; 27: 1965-9.
Wilterdink JL, Feldmann E, Furie KL, Bragoni M, Benavides J, "A transcranial Doppler ultrasound battery reliably identifies severe internal carotid artery stenosis," Stroke 1997, 28:133-6.
Can U, Furie KL, Suwanwela N, et al. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound criteria for internal carotid artery stenosis based on residual lumen diameter calculated from en bloc carotid endarterectomy specimens. Stroke 1997, 28: 1966-1971.
Furie KL, Wilterdink JL. The epidemiology of stroke: a focus on Rhode Island. Medicine and Health\Rhode Island 1997, 80: 142-145.
The WARSS, APASS, HAS and Genesis Study Groups. The feasibility of a collaborative double-blind study using an anticoagulant. Cerebrovasc Dis 1997; 7:100-112.
Ay H, Furie KL, Koroshetz W. Diffusion-Weighted MRI characterizes the ischemic lesion in transient global amnesia. Neurology 1998; 51:901-903.
Wilterdink JL, Furie KL, Easton JD, "Cardiac evaluation of stroke patients," Neurology 1998;51(Suppl 3):S23-26
Furie KL, Suwanwela N, Can U, Southern JF, Mcdonald NR, Ogilvy CS, Hansen CJ, Buonanno FS, Abbott WM, Gonzalez G, Kistler JP. Magnetic resonance angiography for predicting internal carotid artery stenosis based on residual lumen diameter calculated from en bloc carotid endarterectomy specimens. Stroke. In progress.