Maimonides Neurosciences Institute’s 1st Annual Brooklyn Stroke Symposium
2021 Symposium Objectives
- Provide an educational review of stroke along with current and future treatment options.
- Discuss strategies and advances for managing stroke care.
- Gain insights on clinical care for populations at high risk of stroke.
- Examine developments around COVID-19 and stroke.
Symposium Recordings
Symposium Program
8:00 - 8:10am | Opening Remarks
Q. Tony Wang, MD, Ph.D.
Director, Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides, and NES/NIR Fellowship Programs, SUNY Downstate
8:10 - 8:15am | Welcome Remarks
Daniel M. Rosenbaum, MD
Distinguished Service Professor & Chair of Neurology, SUNY Downstate;
Regional Chair of Neurology, Maimonides Medical Center
8:15 - 8:45am | Thrombolytic Therapy of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Steven R. Levine, MD
Executive Vice-Chair of Neurology, Chief of Neurology UHB; Associate Dean for Clinical Research & Faculty Development, SUNY Downstate
8:45 - 9:15am | Interventional Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Razvan Buciuc, MD
Director, Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology, Maimonides
9:15 - 9:45am | Surgical Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Daniel Zumofen, MD
Director, Cerebrovascular & Endovascular Neurosurgery, Maimonides/SUNY Downstate
9:45 - 10:00am | 15 Minute Break
15 Minute Break
10:00 - 10:45am | Medical Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Stanley Tuhrim, MD
Director, Mount Sinai CSC, The Division of Vascular Neurology; System Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Health System
10:45 - 11:30am | Mobile Stroke Unit & Acute Stroke Triage
James C. Grotta, MD
Director of Stroke Research, Clinical Institute of Research & Innovation, Memorial Herman-Texas Medical Center; Director, Mobile Stroke Unit Consortium
11:30 - 12:00pm | Age Friendly Stroke Care: Meeting the Needs of Older Adults
Shirley Girouard, PhD, RN
Co-Director, Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatric Education; Associate Dean, Research & Community Partnerships, SUNY Downstate
12:00 - 12:30pm | 30 Minute Break
30 Minute Break
12:30 - 1:00pm | Stroke in Women & Young Patients
Sanskriti Mishra, MD
Associate Director of Research & Education, Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides and SUNY Downstate
1:00 - 1:30pm | Health Care Disparities in Stroke/ Kings County Hospital Experience
Susan Law, MD
Director, Stroke Program, Kings County Hospital/HHC, SUNY Downstate
1:30 - 2:15pm | Motor Recovery Post-Stroke - The BLAM/KATA Approach
John W. Krakauer, MA, MD
Director, The Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement Lab (BLAM), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Co-founder of the KATA project
2:15 - 2:30pm | 15 Minute Break
15 Minute Break
2:30 - 3:15pm | Tigertriever and Future Approaches to LVO Stroke Intervention
Jeffrey, L. Saver, MD
Director, UCLA Comprehensive Stroke and Vascular Neurology Program; Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Dept. of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
3:15 - 3:45pm | The Impact of COVID-19 on Stroke
Q. Tony Wang, MD, Ph.D.
Director, Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides, and NES/NIR Fellowship Programs, SUNY Downstate
3:45 - 4:15pm | Telemedicine in the COVID Era
Steven Rudolph, MD
Director, Stroke Program & Chief of Neurology, Mount Sinai Brooklyn; Director, Tele-Stroke, Mount Sinai Health System, Foundation for Stroke Prevention
4:15 - 4:45pm | Q&A Session
Q&A Session
4:45 - 5:00pm | Closing Remarks
Q. Tony Wang, MD, Ph.D.