The Stroke Group

The Stroke Group is an organization dedicated to supporting clinicians, medical institutions and the healthcare industry to improve stroke care and acute stroke treatment. We offer human and technological resources that can assist physicians, nurses, administrators and others in their efforts to refine stroke treatment systems and expand clinical options.

The Stroke Group:

Publishes The Stroke Interventionalist

Designed and Provides

- The Stroke Report and Registry

Produces and Distributes the "Quick & Easy" NIHSS Tutorial Program

Is innovating other resources supporting acute stroke treatment

Assists pharmaceutical interests to expand clinical options

Many years of work in the stroke field have allowed The Stroke Group to develop a network of contacts and relationships with a broad cross section of people and organizations at the forefront of improving and advancing stroke treatment, including:

Senior Stroke Opinion Leaders in Neurology and Other Disciplines
Academic and Community-based Hospital Stroke Program Directors,
Emergency Medicine Leadership,
Neuroscience Nurses,
Pre-hospital EMS Providers,
Basic Science Researchers,
Pharmaceutical Companies,
Device Manufacturers
Government and Voluntary Stroke Related Organizations

Gary Houser established The Stroke Group to offer extensive experience within and knowledge of the stroke arena to organizations pursuing interests in stroke. Mr. Houser was previously a cofounder and Vice President of the National Stroke Association where he was responsible for conceiving, developing and managing innovations covering a wide range of healthcare delivery system, political and drug development concerns. Mr. Houser and his colleagues have been fortunate to have been involved with hundreds of hospitals and physicians involved in acute interventional stroke studies, rehab, stroke care delivery system development and other stroke initiatives. The Stroke Group has broad associations with thought leaders and early adopters from academic and community settings with helps provide a thorough comprehension of issues, barriers, problems and solutions surrounding acute interventional stroke treatment.

The Stroke Group has provided a broad range of consulting assistance to healthcare companies including:

Drug development and clinical trials acceleration
Competitive and market analysis of acute ischemic stroke marketplace
Market preparation planning and pre-market strategies development
Provider and association relations
Time-To-Treatment data capture systems, training and management
Acute stroke treatment system development and refinement
Other provider educational initiatives

A Sampling of The Stroke Group Current or Previous Projects:

Stroke opinion leader relationship development
Ischemic stroke treatment market analysis
Evaluation of competitive drugs in development for ischemic stroke
Market preparation and key physician relationship building
Pricing sensitivity and opportunity interactive model design and development
Market positioning and strategic marketing plan development for acute treatment drugs
Conceived and managed IMPACT influence program involving over 350 physicians across the nation
Site selection and development for acute stroke trials (over 400 sites in database)
Planned and managed satellite symposia and seminars
Facilitated and mediated involvement and linkages with an array of organizations for pharmaceutical interests including governmental (NINDS), voluntary (AHA, NSA), and professional societies (AAN, ANA, ACEP, NAEMPS,)
Accelerated recruitment and helped to complete patient enrollment into most difficult acute stroke protocol yet undertaken
Advised companies on history and current status of acute stroke treatment environment

The Stroke Group, Inc.
7826 South Jackson Circle
Littleton, CO 80122

Tele: (303) 770-5363
Fax: (303) 770-1332
e-mail: TSGHOUSER@AOL.COM