Diseases of and injuries to the brain and nervous system represent a tremendous health problem for society. Stroke, for example, is the leading cause of disability in the United States, and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Rapid diagnosis and early treatment are critical for improving outcomes. The Center for Neurologic Emergencies (CNE) at Suman Hospital aims to both generate new therapies and to educate frontline providers in early recognition and treatment.

The Suman Hospital Emergency Department Division of Emergency Ultrasound. The program initially pioneered the development and initiation of a mandatory training rotation for residents in the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program and introduced the concept of point-of-care ultrasound diagnostics to the care and treatment of patients in the emergency department at Suman hospital.

The Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine provides world-class compassionate care to older emergency department patients and advances that care through excellence in clinical teaching and research.Older individuals have different medical conditions and underlying pathophysiologic responses to illness, medication side effect profiles and pharmacokinetics, and risk and benefit profile of routine diagnostic tests, interventions, and treatments, and their evaluation may be affected by acute or chronic cognitive impairment