2024 Stroke Symposium Presented by UPMC Stroke Institute

Pittsburgh, PA US
October 11, 2024

The 2024 Stroke Symposium: Presented by UPMC Stroke Institute is designed to provide the most recent advances in stroke care for nurses and health care providers including physical, occupational, and speech therapists, APPs, physicians, etc. This event has been developed to add to the educational requirements of nurses and other health care professionals who work at certified stroke centers and to provide education to health care professionals who care for stroke patients.

Target Audience

This conference is geared towards nurses, physicians, physical, occupational, speech language therapy, APPs, and other health care professionals who are affiliated with neurology, emergency medicine, neurosurgery and are working with patients through pre-, intra, and post-acute stroke care.

Learning Objectives

  1. Develop the understanding of pre-hospital stroke care and the importance of communication.
  2. Understand Dysphagia Screening and Interventions following Stroke.
  3. Understand surgical treatment options for carotid disease.
  4. Develop an understanding the importance of Early Mobilization After Stroke   
  5. Understanding the applications of transcranial dopplers in Stroke Neurology.
  6. To become familiar with large core stroke treatments, cryptogenic stroke treatments, and pediatric strokes.
  7. Discussion of mild stroke in large vessel occlusion.
  8. Discussion and understanding Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension & Venous Sinus Treatment
  9. Become familiar with treatment options for aneurysms.
  10. Become familiar with decision-making regarding return to driving.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 0.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 0.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/12/2024
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
10/11/2024 - 7:45am EDT
Event ends: 
10/11/2024 - 4:00pm EDT
Cost:
$1.00
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Schedule

7:45 – 8:00 15min

Opening

 

8:00 – 8:30 30min

Hot Topics in Regionalized Care for Pre-Hospital Stroke Patients

Christian Martin – Gill, MD, MPH

 

8:30 – 9:00 30min

Dysphagia Interventions Following Stroke

Kathryn Krobot, M.A. CCC-SLP

 

9:00 – 9:30 30min

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension & Venous Sinus Treatment

Cynthia Kenmuir, MD, PhD

 

9:30 – 9:45 15 min

Break

 

9:45 – 10:15 30min

Surgical Treatment of Carotid Disease

Bart Thaci, MD

 

10:15 – 10:45 30min

Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Applications in Stroke Neurology

Marcelo Rocha, MD, PhD

 

10:45 – 11:15 30 min

Hot Rehab Topics - Decision-making regarding return to driving

Jennifer Shen, MD

 

11:15 – 12:15 1hr

Lunch

 

12:15 – 12: 45 30min

The Aneurysm Toolbox

Bradley Gross, MD

 

12:45 – 1:15 30 min

Early Mobilization After Stroke

Shaheryar Hafeez, MD

 

1:15 – 1:45 30 min

Decrypting Cryptogenic Stroke

Matthew Starr, MD

 

1:45 – 2:00 15 min

Break

2:00 – 2:30 30 min

Pediatric Strokes Can Happen

Elissa Ortolani, MD

 

2:30 – 3:00 30 min

Intravenous Thrombolysis Grey Zone

Nirav Bhatt, MD

 

3:00 – 3:30 30 min

Endovascular Treatment of Large Infarct Sizes: Understanding the Mechanism and Expectations

Raul Nogueira, MD, FAHA, FSVIN

 

3:30 – 3:45 15 min

Closing Remarks

 

3:45 – 4: 00 15 min

Adjournment

 

University Club
123 University Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
United States

Course Directors

Stephanie Henry, MSN, RN – Program Director, UPMC Stroke Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

Christina Bonaccorsi Mathews, PA-C - UPMC Stroke Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

Alhamza Al-Bayati, MD – Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery, UPMC Stroke Institute, Associate Director, Neuroendovascular & Stroke Fellowship, Director, Pediatric Endovascular Surgery, Co-Director, Pediatric Endovascular Center of Excellence

 

Invited Faculty

Stephanie Henry, MSN, RN|
rogram Director, UPMC Stroke Institute

 

Jennifer Shen, MD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

 

Alhamza Al-Bayati, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery, UPMC Stroke Institute
Associate Director, Neuroendovascular & Stroke Fellowship
Director, Pediatric Endovascular Surgery
Co-Director, Pediatric Endovascular Center of Excellence

 

Bradley Gross, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery and Endovascular Fellowship

Christian Martin-Gill, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of EMS
Program Director, EMS Fellowship
Associate Medical Director, STAT MedEvac
Associate Medical Director, UPMC Prehospital Care
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Shaheryar Hafeez, MD
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Neurology
Medical Director, Neurovascular ICU, Presbyterian Hospital
Unit Based Education Director, Neurovascular ICU

 

Kathryn Krobot, M.A. CCC-SLP
Manager, Speech Language Pathology
UPMC Presbyterian and Montefiore

Matthew Starr, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Associate Director of UPMC Stroke Institute
Director of Vascular Neurology Fellowship
Director of Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center at UPMC Mercy and the Primary Stroke Center at UPMC Shadyside

 

Cynthia Kenmuir, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Elissa Ortolani, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Co-Director of UPMC Pediatric Stroke Program

 

Bart Thaci, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
UPMC, Central PA

 

Nirav Bhatt, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Associate Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, UPMC Presbyterian

 

Marcelo Rocha, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director, NIH StrokeNET Research Fellowship
Pepper Scholar

Raul Nogueira, MD, FAHA, FSVIN
Endowed Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Director, UPMC Stroke Institute
Division Chief, Cerebrovascular Medicine

This activity is approved for the following credit: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, ANCC, and AAPA Category 1 CME. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 

Available Credit

  • 0.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 0.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 0.00 Attendance

Price

Cost:
$1.00
Please login or register to take this course.

Fees:    Physician Reg $145.00

Nurse & Other Healthcare Professionals Reg $90.00

Physician Late (Sept 30th – 10th) Reg $160.00

Nurse Late (Sept 30th– 10th) Reg $100.00

Registration Closes October 10th at 5pm

**No onsite registration