On May 19th, 2022, the Maimonides Health and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University jointly convened the 2nd Annual Brooklyn Stroke Symposium at Maimonides Medical Center.
Daniel M. Rosenbaum, MD, Regional Chair of Neurology at Maimonides Medical Center and SUNY Downstate, welcomed more than 360 medical professionals from across the country to the hybrid in-person and virtual event to learn about latest advances in research and management of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes that are improving patient outcomes.
Tony Wang, MD, PhD, Director of the Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) at Maimonides and Vice Chair of Neurology at Maimonides/SUNY Downstate, moderated the symposium where nationally renowned and local stroke experts presented cutting-edge topics including:
- Mission Thrombectomy 2020+, a global health campaign led by the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN), to enhance access to highly effective stroke thrombectomy procedures globally
- Cryptogenic and medium-vessel occlusive (MVO) stroke
- Intracranial atherosclerosis and cerebral collateral perfusion
- Cardiovascular therapeutic advancements and management of cardiac-related stroke risks
- Surgical, neuro-interventional, and critical care management of stroke and carotid stenosis
- Vascular dementia and nursing management of stroke patients
- Artificial Intelligence application in advanced stroke imaging
- Latest human stem cell research and therapeutics in stroke recovery
The Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides has been ranked among the top 1% of hospitals in the U.S. for outstanding stroke survival rates for four years running by the federal government (CMS) and is designated as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. Maimonides has been on the American Heart Association Gold Plus Honor Roll for 14 consecutive years and earned the Target Stroke Elite Plus award recognizing that at least 50% of eligible patients are treated with stroke thrombolytic therapy within 30 minutes of arrival.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is the only university hospital and clinical research center in Brooklyn, and one of the leading cerebrovascular research centers in the country. Maimonides and SUNY Downstate formed a partnership in 2017 to expand delivery of and access to high quality neurosciences care in Brooklyn. Together we have a joint Department of Neurology.
“Stroke therapies are rapidly advancing, and we are now able to offer stroke patients highly effective and safe treatments that enable many patients not only to survive strokes, but to also return to their pre-stroke quality of life. It’s critical that patients come to stroke centers like Maimonides early. Time is brain – help us help patients by dialing 911 if someone is suffering stroke symptoms,” Dr. Wang said.
Video recordings of the presentations will be available later this month at maimo.org/BrooklynStroke2022.
To refer a patient, call 718.283.7670 or visit maimo.org/stroke.
