7th Annual Acute Stroke Symposium

September 13, 2024

The Seventh Annual Acute Neurovascular Symposium is designed to provide the most recent advances in stroke care for nurses and health care providers including physical, occupational, and speech therapists. This event is held annually to assist with educational requirements of nurses and to provide education to health care professionals who care for stroke patients. The faculty of experts will present stroke research, didactic training, and case presentations on Acute Stroke Care.

Target Audience

This one-day symposium is geared toward nurses, physicians, EMS, therapists, and other health care professionals who provide neurology, emergency medicine, neurosurgery, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and cognitive therapy services to patients from pre- through post-acute stroke.

Learning Objectives

The participant will have a better understanding of the benefits, indications, and limitations of the transcranial doppler. 

The participant will be able to identify patients who may benefit from revascularization of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

The participant will be able to recognize the recently published and ongoing clinical research trials and their impact on acute stroke treatments.

The participant will be able to describe the indications for MMA embolization's, including chronic SDH.

The participant will be able to recognize ocular emergencies, best treatments, and expected outcomes.

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: 
07/16/2024
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
09/13/2024 - 7:45am EDT
Event ends: 
09/13/2024 - 4:15pm EDT
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Symposium Agenda:

  • 7:00 am- Registration Begins

 

  • 7:30 am- Virtual login begins

 

  • 07:45 am- Introduction
    • Cynthia Kenmuir, MD

 

  • 08:00 am- Eye Emergencies
    • Evan Waxman, MD

 

  • 09:00 am- Clinical Research Trials
    • Whitfield Lewis, MD

 

  • 10:00am – 10:15am – Break

 

  • 10:15 am- Carotid Artery Stenosis
    • Cynthia Kenmuir, MD

 

  • 11:15am – Transcranial Dopplers
    • Mausaminben Hathidara, MD

 

  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm – Lunch Break

 

  • 1:15pm – Indications for MMA Embolization
    • Mohamed Shehab-Eldin, MD

 

  • 2:15pm – Life after Stroke- rehab perspective/return to work & driving
    • Jennifer Shen, MD

 

  • 3:15pm – Questions and Wrap Up
    • Cynthia Kenmuir, MD

 

  • 4:00pm – Conference Adjournment
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
United States

Cynthia Kenmuir, MD, PhD.
UPMC Altoona
Endovascular/Vascular Neurologist
Director of Stroke Program
Director of Neuro-Endovascular Program
Asst. Professor of Neurology

Mausaminben Hathidara, MD,RPNI
UPMC Altoona
Vascular Neurologist
Clinical Asst. Professor of Neurology

 

Whitfield Lewis, MD
UPMC Altoona
Neurohospitalist

 

Mohamed Shehab-Eldin, MD
UPMC Altoona
Endovascular/ Vascular Neurologist
Clinical Asst. Professor of Neurology

 

Alyssa Bradley, PA-C
UPMC Altoona
Physician Assistant

 

Jennifer Shen, MD
Asst. Professor At the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

 

Evan Waxman, MD, PhD
UPMC Vision Institute/ Ophthalmology

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
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Cancellation Policy:
Please reach out to Stephanie Warmath @ warmathsm@upmc.edu,  prior to September 6th