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Gary Ford is a Professor of Stroke Medicine and the Chief Executive Officer of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network. His clinical work involves serving as a Consultant Stroke Physician at Oxford University Hospitals, where he focuses on developing and evaluating treatments that reduce brain damage in the hours following a stroke. He has also developed and evaluated performance metrics for stroke recognition, including the Face Arm Speech Test (FAST) and the Recognition Stroke Emergency Room Scale (ROSIER), which are aimed at improving early diagnosis of stroke among the public and ambulance paramedics. His research has critically evaluated the risks and benefits of thrombolysis in elderly stroke patients who are 80 years and older, a population that represents the highest risk for stroke. In addition to his stroke research, he aims to understand the broader risks and benefits of drug therapies for older individuals.
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