The 2019 Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Conference

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Date & Location
Saturday, September 14, 2019, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM, Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago, IL

Target Audience
Cardiovascular Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Physical Medicine & Rehab, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiology

Overview
This program will highlight the recent advances in the diagnosis, treatment and management of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, clinical research in stroke prevention and treatment and interdisciplinary approach to stroke care.

Objectives
  1. Recognize the role of the emergency department in triaging acute stroke patients and in coordination of care with paramedics in the field
  2. Apply the importance of rehabilitation intervention for early recovery of stroke patients.
  3. Examine the cardiac causes of stroke, as well as current clinical trials and the medical and interventional management options available.
  4. Outline current state-of-the-art endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke and discuss various clinical trials in endovascular management.
  5. Identify the role of nurses in the acute intervention, management and care of stroke patients.
  6. Examine the role of frontline neuroradiology imaging and functional imaging in acute stroke and paradigm in triaging patients for acute intervention.
  7. Evaluate endovascular and surgical options for revascularization
  8. Review criteria for both surgical and endovascular options for patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm.
  9. Examine causes and management of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  10. Recommend the management of ruptured cerebral aneurysm.
  11. Integrate the role of a neurointerventionist in the prevention of complications related to acute stroke and present current guidelines.

Registration

Please note: You will have the option to register for BOTH the 2019 Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Conference (Saturday September 14) AND the 2019 Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) CME Conference (Sunday September 15) at checkout. A discount will be applied.  Click on the registration button above to register.


Accreditation

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.