OFFICE OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Symposium on STROKE & Cerebrovascular Diseases


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BROCHURE

October 21, 2017

Eilan Hotel & Spa

San Antonio, Texas


Course Description

We cordially invite you to the inaugural UT Health San Antonio Symposium on Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. This one-day conference will equip health care providers with practical, evidence-based knowledge for early stroke identification, evaluation, treatment, transport, and management. The purpose of this knowledge-based program is to enable you to properly diagnosis patients with stroke and cerebrovascular diseases, as well as be able to offer them the most current treatment therapies available inclusive of research programs. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and results in significant disability and healthcare expenditure. We hope that by attending this course, you will leave with new enthusiasm for the advances in stroke and the knowledge you gained would help your patients experience healthier and happier lives.

 

Who Should Attend?

This conference is intended forneurologists, neurosurgeons, emergency physicians, cardiologists, critical care physicians, primary care physicians, hospitalists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, paramedics, physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and other allied professionals involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of stroke.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity participants will be able to:

  • Identify recent advances in endovascular therapies for ischemic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Discuss the recent evidence for treatments of acute ischemic stroke
  • Discuss the recent evidence for treatments of intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Discuss surgical procedures for hemorrhagic lesions in the brain
  • Identify the role of nursing staff in the care of the stroke patients
  • Discuss management of large hemispheric stroke
  • Discuss palliative and end of life care of the stroke patients