# Transitional Stroke Care and the Road to Recovery With Dr. Mona N. Bahouth Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/continuum-audio-6777185/transitional-stroke-care-and-the-road-to-recovery-with-dr-mona-n-bahouth Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/continuum-audio-6777185/transitional-stroke-care-and-the-road-to-recovery-with-dr-mona-n-bahouth.md Podcast: [Continuum Audio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/continuum-audio-6777185) Published: 2026-07-22T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://continuumjournal.libsyn.com/transitional-stroke-care-and-the-road-to-recovery-with-dr-mona-n-bahouth Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/continuumjournal/CA2026-Cerebro-10_Bahouth_final_edit_1.mp3?dest-id=4262328 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/continuum-audio-6777185/episodes/transitional-stroke-care-and-the-road-to-recovery-with-dr-mona-n-bahouth Duration seconds: 1301 ## Resource The period immediately after hospital discharge is a critical yet often overlooked phase in stroke recovery, marked by both heightened vulnerability and opportunities for rapid brain repair. This episode explores the concept of transitional stroke care, emphasizing early specialist follow up, coordinated multidisciplinary support, and targeted interventions to improve outcomes and reduce complications. In this episode, Katie Grouse, MD, FAAN, speaks with Mona N. Bahouth, MD, PhD, FAAN, author of the article "Transitional Stroke Care and the Road to Recovery" in the Continuum ® June 2026 Cerebrovascular Disease issue. Dr. Grouse is a Continuum® Audio interviewer and a clinical assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, California. Dr. Bahouth is the medical director of the Brain Rescue Unit and an associate professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Additional Resources Read the article: Transitional Stroke Care and the Road to Recovery Subscribe to Continuum® : shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Guest: @MonaBahouth Full episode transcript available here Dr Grouse: A lot of attention has been paid to what happens within hours to days of a stroke, but are we missing an equally crucial time in our patient's recovery after their discharge? Today, I have the opportunity to interview Dr. Mona Bahouth about the latest issue of Continuum on cerebrovascular disease. Dr Jones: This is Dr. Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Ch… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/continuum-audio-6777185/episodes/transitional-stroke-care-and-the-road-to-recovery-with-dr-mona-n-bahouth/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/continuum-audio-6777185/transitional-stroke-care-and-the-road-to-recovery-with-dr-mona-n-bahouth.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.