Thank you to all who attended the 2023 Brooklyn Stroke Symposium.
A hybrid, virtual/in-person, symposium featuring exciting topics on new research and clinical paradigms of the diagnosis and management of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, including Maimonides’ research on IV thrombolytics and neuroprotection, updates from ISC 2023, precision-medicine in stroke biomarker discovery, carotid web management, contemporary approach to cerebral aneurysms, surgical management of Afib-related stroke risks, in addition to state-of-the-art stroke neurocritical care and stroke rehabilitation.
Over 500 people attended the 2022 conference, which was jointly presented by the Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides, Maimonides Neurosciences Institute, and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Department of Neurology
- Date: Thursday, May 25, 2023
- Time: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
- CME Credit: Maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (recordings not eligible for credit)
2023 Symposium Objectives
- Provide an educational review of new research and clinical paradigms in stroke care, along with clinical updates from ISC 2023
- Discuss advances in stroke biomarker discoveries for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of stroke
- Provide updates on the contemporary management of cerebral aneurysms and carotid web
- Gain insights into cardiovascular surgical advances in stroke prevention and treatment
- Learn about state-of-the-art stroke neurocritical care and current trends in neuro-rehabilitation
Who Should Attend
- Physicians, including neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurointerventionalists, radiologists, intensivists, hospitalists, cardiologists, vascular specialists, emergency and critical care specialists, as well as medicine, primary care, and other physicians
- Healthcare professionals, including first responders/EMTs, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, rehabilitation specialists, and others
- Interested members of the public
View Presentation Video Recordings
Q. Tony Wang, MD, PhD.
2023 Program *
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION AND SPONSOR EXHIBITS
CONFERENCE & REGISTRATION
Maimonides Medical Center Schreiber Auditorium
SPONSOR EXHIBITS & LUNCH/COFFEE BREAKS
Maimonides Medical Center, 2C Conference Room, Second Floor and 5th Floor Conference Room
8:00 a.m. - 8:05 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
Daniel M. Rosenbaum, MD
Distinguished Service Professor & Chair of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Regional Chair of Neurology, Maimonides Medical Center
8:05 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Opening Remarks
Q. Tony Wang, MD, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center; NES/NIR Fellowship, Maimonides Medical Center
Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Neurology, Maimonides/SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Thrombolytics & Neuroprotection: The Yin & Yang of Neuronal Survival in Stroke
Q. Tony Wang, MD, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center; NES/NIR Fellowship, Maimonides Medical Center
Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Neurology, Maimonides/SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | New Paradigms of Stroke Care: Latest Updates from ISC 2023
Nikolaos Papamitsakis, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology; Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | 15 MINUTE BREAK | Q&A | SPONSOR EXHIBITS
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | How Biomarkers Can Guide Us for Precision Medicine in Stroke
Ann Stowe, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Diagnosis and Management of Carotid Web
Erez Nossek, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Brossman School of Medicine
Director, Cranial Bypass Program, NYU Langone Health
Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Bellevue Hospital Center
12:30 p.m. – 1:30pm | 60 MINUTE LUNCH BREAK | Q&A | SPONSOR EXHIBITS
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 pm | Contemporary Management of Cerebral Aneurysms
David Altschul, MD
Director of Vascular Neurosurgery; Co-Director, Montefiore Comprehensive Stroke Center
Professor of Neurosurgery, Montefiore Medical Center
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | State-of-Art Neurocritical Care for Stroke Management
Ilya Levin, DO
Director, Neurocritical Care, Maimonides Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | 15 MINUTE BREAK | Q&A | SPONSOR EXHIBITS
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Surgical Management of Afib-related Stroke Risks: Ablation vs LAA Closure
Benjamin A. Youdelman, MD
Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Co-Director, Aortic Center
Maimonides Medical Center
4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | State-of-Art Stroke Rehab Update
Steven Sparr, MD
Visiting Professor of Neurology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks
Tony Wang, MD, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center; NES/NIR Fellowship, Maimonides Medical Center
Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Neurology, Maimonides/SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
* Please note that program is subject to change.
In-Person Symposium Location
Maimonides Medical Center
Schreiber Auditorium, Administration Building, 2nd Floor
4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11219
Virtual Symposium will be held online
Login information provided to registrants prior to the event.
Symposium Presented by
Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center & Maimonides Neurosciences Institute
The Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides is among the elite few hospitals designated as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. U.S. News & World Report ranks Maimonides as a ‘Best Regional Hospital’ and High Performing for Stroke Care (2022/23).
Maimonides has been on the American Heart Association Gold Plus Honor Roll for 15 consecutive years, and earned the Target Stroke Elite Plus award, Target: Stroke Honor Roll Advanced Therapy award, and the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award in 2023. Our team of neurologists, neurointerventionalists, neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists takes an adaptive multidisciplinary approach 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, performing minimally invasive procedures and managing patients in state-of-the-art facilities.
Maimonides Neurosciences Institute is recognized for clinical excellence and is a leading center for neurosciences research and medical education. The Institute is comprised of the Divisions of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, and Neurocritical Care, and the Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center.
The Institute offers a new two-year (24-month) NES/NIR fellowship program providing top-notch, comprehensive training to support Fellows in becoming successful neuro-endovascular surgeons/neurointerventionalists.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Designated as a Primary Stroke Center by the NYS Department of Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is recognized for providing high standards of care for the diagnosis and management of stroke patients in Brooklyn. Using advanced multi-modal diagnostic imaging studies, it offers cutting-edge medical therapy for ischemic stroke. SUNY Downstate successfully attained Joint Commission Certification as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center in 2023.
SUNY Downstate is the first and leading university hospital and clinical research center in Brooklyn, and one of the leading cerebrovascular research centers in the country. It offers stroke prevention education and screening through community outreach programs to the population it serves.
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 led by Regional Chair Dr. Daniel Rosenbaum.
CONTINUING EDUCATION ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) through the joint providership of Maimonides Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Maimonides Medical Center is accredited by The Medical Society of the State of New York to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Maimonides Medical Center designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The planners of this activity have no relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
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