Brain tissue damage due to blood vessel disease. Stroke may be caused by plaque rupture in an artery to the brain that has atherosclerosis, hemorrhage of a blood vessel, or obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot.
In 2010 Dr. Goldberg was celebrated on New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors” list, a recognition she also received in 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001 and 2000.