Stanford Stroke Center Symposium 2012: Celebrating 20 Years of Patient Care, Education, and Innovation
June 2, 2012
REGISTER
| Li Ka Shing Center 291 Campus Drive, Room 230 Stanford, CA 94305 |
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Sponsored by STANFORD MEDICINE and the STANFORD STROKE CENTER
Course Overview
Spring 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Stanford Stroke Center. The 3 founding directors of the Center, Drs. Albers, Steinberg and Marks, all continue to lead Stanford’s Stroke Program into its 3rd decade. Louis R. Caplan, MD, one of the world’s leading authorities on stroke, helped inaugurate the Stanford Stroke Center in 1992; he will return to present the keynote address at the 20th anniversary symposium. The morning session will highlight remarkable advances in stroke diagnosis, treatment and prevention that have occurred since the center was founded and forecast future breakthroughs in stroke therapy. During the afternoon session, Stroke Center faculty members will summarize current state-of-the-art management of both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. The symposium will close with an interactive question and answer session.
Target Audience
The course is designed to meet the educational needs of primary care physicians, neurologists, neurosurgeons, interventional neuroradiologists, emergency medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses. CME credit will not be provided.
The Stanford Stroke Center
The Stanford Stroke Center, one of the first comprehensive multidisciplinary centers of its kind, was established in 1992 to develop new approaches to diagnose and treat stroke. A team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, nurse specialists, basic scientists, and clinical researchers were assembled with the goal of improving the chances that a patient can prevent, or recover optimally, from a stroke. The Center has received a number of awards for clinical excellence and has provided care for more than 30,000 patients with cerebrovascular disorders.
The Stroke Center at Stanford has consistently been one of the most prolific research groups in the nation and is widely recognized as a world as a leader in stroke research. Stanford has pioneered major advances in medical therapies for treating and preventing stroke, neurosurgical techniques for stroke prevention and exciting interventional neuroradiologic procedures for stroke patients. Stanford developed an innovative TIA program that is transforming the way TIA is diagnosed and managed. The Stroke Center's Neurocritical Care Program has made key advances in the diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage and the prognosis of coma. Stanford neuroscientists have helped clarify the basic mechanisms of stroke-induced brain injury and have pioneered several new imaging techniques that allow selected acute patients to be treated up to 12 hours after symptom onset.
PROGRAM
8:30 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 am |
Welcome and Announcements |
9:10 am |
The Evolution of Stroke Therapy: Video excerpts from the past two decades |
9:30 am |
The Future of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery |
10:00 am |
The Future of Interventional Neuroradiology |
10:30 am |
Refreshment Break |
10:50 am |
The Future of Vascular Neurology |
11:20 am |
Keynote Address: It's The Matter that Matters |
12:00 pm |
Lunch |
1:30 pm |
Current Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke |
1:50 pm |
Current Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage |
2:10 pm |
Current Management of Cerebral Aneurysms |
2:30 pm |
Refreshment Break |
2:50 pm |
Current Guidelines for Stroke Prevention |
3:20 pm |
Questions and Answers |
SYMPOSIUM FACULTY
Course Director
Gregory W. Albers, MD
Director, Stanford Stroke Center
Coyote Foundation Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Robert Dodd, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Maarten Lansberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Michael P. Marks, MD
Director, Stanford Stroke Center Neuroradiology
Professor of Neuroradiology
Neil E. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Stanford Stroke Center
Bernard and Ronni Lacroute-William Randolph Hearst Professor of Neurosurgery
Chitra Venkatasubramanian, MBBS, MD, PGDip
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Guest Faculty Member
Louis R. Caplan, MD
Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School
