Target audience
Neurologists, Neurosurgeons, Emergency Physicians, Internal Medicine and Family Practice Physicians, Hospitalists, Advanced Practice Providers, Nursing, EMS responders and other health care professionals who want to enhance their knowledge of cerebrovascular disease processes.
Objectives
• Outline updated AHA/ASA guidelines for management and treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
• Identify secondary prevention of ischemic stroke including medical management and carotid revascularization.
• Discuss management of hemorrhagic stroke patients.
• Review management of cerebral venous thrombosis and latest technology.
• Discuss disposition of stroke patients and the future of regionalized stroke care.
Register online using the QR code or by visiting
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Pre-registration is required.
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 St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center and Good Samaritan University Hospital.
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Good Samaritan University Hospital is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Must attend entire program with successful completion of posttest/evaluation in order to receive 7.5 contact hours. No conflict of interest exists for any individual in a position to control or influence the content of the educational activity including nurse planner, planning committee, presenters, authors and reviewers.
Good Samaritan University Hospital is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapist assistant continuing education. This seminar is awarded 7.5 contact hours.
None of the planners nor faculty for this educational event have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Advances in Comprehensive Stroke Care 6th Annual Conference
Hosted by The Gary H. Richard and Family Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island at Good Samaritan University Hospital
September 25, 2024
7:00 am – 3:30 pm
Stonebridge Country Club
2000 Raynors Way, Smithtown, NY 11787
Good Samaritan University Hospital 1000 Montauk Highway West Islip, NY 11795
The Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island
Session 1: Ischemic Stroke
Moderator: Kimon Bekelis, MD, Chairman of Neurosurgery for Catholic Health
Co-chair of Neuroscience Service Line
Director, Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island at Good Samaritan University Hospital
Co-Director, Neuro ICU, Good Samaritan University Hospital
7:00 – 7:10 am Welcome
7:10 –7:30 am Welcome and program overview of The Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island at Good Samaritan University Hospital
Kimon Bekelis, MD, Chairman of Neurosurgery for Catholic Health
Co-chair of Neuroscience Service Line
Director, Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island at Good Samaritan University Hospital
Co-Director, Neuro ICU, Good Samaritan University Hospital
7:35 –7:55 am Advances in the medical management of acute ischemic stroke, TNK, wake up stroke and beyond
Bruce Mayerson, MD, Chairman of Neurology for Catholic Health, Co-chair of Neuroscience Service Line, and Chairman, Neurology at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
8:00 – 8:20 am New Developments in endovascular treatment of large vessel occlusion
Elizabeth Hogan, MSN, AGNP-c, Lead Neurovascular Neurosurgery Nurse Practitioner at Good Samaritan University Hospital
8:25 – 8:45 am Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Atherosclerosis in 2024
Miklos Marosfoi, MD, Director of Neurointervention at Good Samaritan University Hospital
8:50 – 9:10 am Secondary prevention of ischemic stroke
Laura Donarummo, MD, Chief of Neurology & Medical Director of Stroke Program at Good Samaritan University Hospital
9:10 – 9:20 am
9:20 – 9:40 am Surgery for ischemic stroke: Does decompressive hemicraniectomy impact outcomes?
Symeon Missios, MD, Neurosurgeon at Good Samaritan University Hospital
9:45 – 10:05 am The Role of Intravascular Imaging in Neurointerventional Surgery
Miklos Marosfoi, MD, Director of Neurointervention at Good Samaritan University Hospital
10:10 – 10:50 am Secondary prevention of ischemic stroke: The role of carotid revascularization. Live TCAR performed by Dr. Bekelis broadcast directly from the biplane room at GSUH
Kimon Bekelis, MD, Chairman of Neurosurgery for Catholic Health
Co-chair of Neuroscience Service Line Director, Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island at Good Samaritan University Hospital
Co-Director, Neuro ICU, Good Samaritan University Hospital
10:55 – 11:15 am Spinal vascular malformations
Pascal Jabbour, MD, Angela and Richard T. Clark Distinguished Professor; Division Chief for Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
11:15am – 12:15 pm Lunch and Seminars
• Pearls in the nursing care of stroke
Karin Antaky, MSN, SCRN, CNRN, FNP-BC, Stroke Coordinator at Good Samaritan University Hospital
• Key elements of neuro-rehabilitation for stroke patients
Tara McConnon, DO, Chief of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Good Samaritan University Hospital
• Pearls in identification of stroke in the field
Robert Bramante, MD, Emergency Medicine at Mercy Hospital
Session 2: Hemorrhagic Stroke
Moderator: Javaad Ahmad, MD, Co-Director Neuro ICU at Good Samaritan University Hospital
12:15 – 12:35 pm Brain aneurysm awareness: How far have we come?
Todd Crawford, Founder and Executive Director of The Lisa Colagrossi Foundation
12:40 pm – 1:00 pm Critical care of SAH patients
Javaad Ahmad, MD, Co-Director Neuro ICU at Good Samaritan University Hospital
1:05 – 1:25 pm The ENRICH Trial
Daniel Calnan, MD, PhD, Director of Neurointervention, Co-Director of Stroke Center at St. Francis Hospital
1:30 – 1:50 pm IIH and pulsatile tinnitus and venous stenting
Sundeep Mangla, MD, Neurointerventionalist at The Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island
1:55 – 2:15 pm Updates in the management of cerebral venous thrombosis
Reuben Burshstein, DO, Neurologist at Good Samaritan University Hospital
2:15-2:25 pm 10 Minute Break
2:25 – 2:45 pm Treatment of cerebral aneurysms in the era of dually trained neurosurgeons
Kimon Bekelis, MD, Chairman of Neurosurgery for Catholic Health
Co-chair of Neuroscience Service Line
Director, Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island at Good Samaritan University Hospital
Co-Director, Neuro ICU, Good Samaritan University Hospital
2:50 – 3:10 pm Saccular devices for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms
Daniel Calnan, MD, PhD, Director of Neurointervention, Co-Director of Stroke Center at St. Francis Hospital
3:15 – 3:35 pm Round Table discussion: Moderator: Chris Raio, MD, System Chair, Emergency Medicine at Catholic Health
• Bringing it all together, from pre-notification to tele-stroke, the comprehensive stroke center of the future
Chris Raio, MD, System Chair, Emergency Medicine at Catholic Health
• The current state of emergency disposition of stroke patients
John Mathew, DO, Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital
• No LVO left behind: Making the comprehensive stroke center the nucleus of stroke care
Robert Bramante, MD, Emergency Medicine at Mercy Hospital
• Primary Stroke Centers at the core of regionalized stroke care
Joshua Bozek, DO, Emergency Medicine at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
3:40 Closing remarks
