TIME IS BRAIN: Advances in Stroke Care 2008

Event Information

Date:         Saturday, October 18, 2008 brain
Time:         7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Clinical Academic Building
                  Room 1302

Registration Fees

Physicians: $75.00
RWJ Physician Assistants: $50.00
Nurse Practitioners: $50.00
All Others: $50.00

Agenda
Please note there is a new agenda

7:30 a.m.	Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 a.m.	Welcome & Introduction	Aron Schlam, Subasini Dash, MD
8:10 a.m.	Pre-Hospital Management of the Stroke Patient	Mark Merlin, MD
8:45 a.m.	Neuroradiology: Diagnostic Technology & Neurovascular Interventions	Sudipta Roychowdruy, MD
9:30 a.m.	Management of Ischemic Stroke	Subasini Dash, MD
10:15 a.m.	Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m.	Cardioembolic Stroke	Sebastian Palmeri, MD
11:15 a.m.	Vascular Intervention	Paul Haser, MD
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
12:30 p.m.	Secondary Prevention	Gary Bernardini, MD
1:15 p.m.	Surgical Implications of Acute Stroke	Rachana Tyagi, MD
2:00 p.m.	Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m.	Hyperglycemia and Stroke	Monica White, Pharm D.
3:45 p.m.	Stroke Rehabilitation	Karen Kepler, D.O., PhD
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn

Continuing Education

Accreditation Physicians: UMDNJ-Center for Continuing & Outreach Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. UMDNJ-Center for Continuing & Outreach Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Learning Objectives

Identify the Joint Commission 10 measures for disease specific care of the stroke patient.
Discuss pre-hospital patient management goals.
Describe current diagnostic technology related to the diagnosis of acute stroke.
Describe several neuro-interventional methods used to treat acute stroke.
Identify the severity of stroke using the NIHSS.
Discuss the role of tPA, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, a treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
Identify the pharmacological management of the patient with stroke.
Discuss neurosurgical intervention in acute stroke.
Discuss current approaches toward secondary prevention.
Discuss interventions and treatments for carotid artery disease and stroke.
Identify the process of functional assessment, rehabilitation treatment, level of care and goals.
Discuss the rational for intensive glycemic control and consequences of hyperglycemia in the stroke patient.

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Contact Information

For additional information, or to register for this event, please contact Virginia Roberts at (732) 828-3000 x2914 or virginia.roberts@rwjuh.edu.

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