Clinical care of acute stroke patients can be handled by multiple specialties yet the concept of “strokophobia”, or the fear of dealing with stroke patients has not been explored in the literature. We explore some of the roots of that fear in residents of the neurology, emergency medicine (EM) and internal medicine (IM) specialties. An anonymous survey was sent to neurology, IM and EM residents at two different academic institutions. The survey inquired about the respondent’s demographics, training, and the first time the had a strong discomfort dealing with stroke. More detailed questions followed regarding some of the common perceived misconceptions and reasons behind the fear of caring for stroke patients. The questionnaire also inquired about some available resources to mitigate that fear. Of the 47 respondents, 47% were male. 57% were in IM, 38% were in neurology, and 4% from EM. 23% were in their PGY1 of training, 30 % were PGY2, 32% PGY3, and 15% PGY4. Most residents (83%) had an inpatient component in their neurology clerkship. 66% report having some fear in dealing with stroke patients. 28% report the fear to originally stem from the clinical years of medical school and 28% during residency. 40% of residents agreed that more neuroanatomy teaching is needed and 36% did not think enough education was given in medical school. 11% did not have a neurology clerkship in their medical school, 4% did not have an opportunity to work with a neurologist in medical school. 25% of residents report having limited exposure to stroke patients. 23% of residents consult neurology out of fear of missing significant pathology, while 23% were not comfortable with their exam skills. 38 % residents blame excessive paperwork for the lack of education while 23% think it was witnessing some attendings uncomfortable with stroke patients. The high acuity of these patients would deter 30% of the residents from caring for them. 11% of residents shy away due to having to establish adequate time windows or asking for help. 72% agree that more hands-on teaching is needed while 38% state that more tutorial videos could be helpful. In this first-ever exploratory analysis of strokophobia, the results show that the phenomenon is prevalent and more education is needed in order to mitigate it amongst residents.