Because of your incredible support and dedication to advancing stroke education, care, and recovery, this year’s event was a resounding success. Together, we continue to make a meaningful impact in our community.

• The conference will feature a series of presentations and discussions led by leaders from all areas of stroke care.
• Expert speakers will cover topics such as Acute Stroke and TIA management, chemical and mechanical interventions, rehabilitation breakthroughs, clinical practice guidance, and real-world evidence-based applications.

• CEU Allocation:
  Note 1: CEUsfor nurses are offered by El Camino Hospital at this conference. The provider is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider #CEP532 for 6.5 contact hours for Day One (5/20) and 6.5 contact hours for Day Two (5/21).

  Note 2: Sutter Valley Hospitals & Sutter Valley Medical Foundation approve this course and are recognized by the California Board of Physical Therapy (www.ptbc.ca.gov) & the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispenser Board as an approval agency. This course meets the requirements for continuing education by the California Board of Occupational Therapy. Sutter will be providing 11 CEUs for California-based rehabilitation clinicians (PT, OT, and SLP), with 5.5 units available for each day of the conference (Wednesday and Thursday).

  Note 3: Other Disciplines/Out-of-State Attendees: Attendees from other disciplines or those joining from outside of California will receive a Certificate of Attendance provided by El Camino Hospital and will be responsible for submitting their own hours to their respective governing bodies for credit.

Topics and Speakers: 

Wednesday, May 20 – 8:30am to 4:30pm
Conference Moderators: Meagan Littlepage, MD, El Camino Health; Vivek Rao, MD- Kaiser Permanente

1. KEYNTOE – How to Prevent a Recurrent Stroke -Maarten G. Lansberg, MD Ph Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences – Stanford Stroke Center 
2. Communication skills in difficult conversations – Hannah Louise Kirsch, MD – Stanford Medicine
3. Aneurysm Clipping – Arjun Pendharkar, MD – Neurosurgery – Kaiser Permanente
4. CREST-2 Trial: Rethinking Stroke Prevention in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis – Fabio Settecase, MD – Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center
5. Brain Attack to Breakthrough: A Survivor’s Roadmap to Thriving After Stroke – Carol Yorke – Stroke Champion
6. LUNCH PRESENTATION: Early Experience with Vivistim: Patient Stories and an OT’s Perspective – Jyoti Digwalekar MS/ OT, CSRS,LSVT- BIG CEO/ Founder Rehabcore Therapy And Wellness
7. Neurorehabilitation – Christopher Traver, MD, FAAPMR – Stanford Medicine
8. ICH talk: You have to crawl before you walk: the development of surgical ICH evacuation– Tamar R Binyamin, MD – Sutter Health 
9. Modern Management of Carotid Stenosis: Where does TCAR fit? – Adam Ring, MD -Vascular Surgery –Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center
10. Maternal Stroke – Laurel Jakubowski, MD Santa Clara Valley Medical Center 
11. Challenging Aneurysms – Akash P. Kansagra, MD, MS – Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
12. Mobile Stroke Units: Promise, Proof, and Practical Challenges – Ilana Spokoyny, MD – Vascular Neurologist – Sutter Health West Bay Medical Group
13. Show & Tell of Mobile Stroke Unit

Thursday, May 21 – 8:30am to 4:30pm
Conference Moderators – Jenelle Jindal, MD – Kaiser Permanente, Nobl Barazangi, MD – California Pacific Medical Center

1. KEYNOTE -Primed for Stroke: How Traumatic Brain Injury May Influence Vascular Risk – H.E. Hinson, MD MCR FAAN FNCS – Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurology University of California, San Francisco
2. Practical AI in Stroke Care: From Workflow Automation to Clinical Decision Support – Daniel I Ro, MD – Neurology – Sutter Health
3. Lifestyle Medicine and GLP-1 RA in Primary and Secondary Stroke Prevention – Varalakshmi Niranjan, MD, MBA, Dip ABOM, Dip ABLM.– Stanford Health Care
4. Stroke Survivor Story – Orlena Fong Shek – Stroke Champion
5. A Three-Point Perspective of Post-Stroke Fatigue– Janice Kishi Chow, PhD, DOT, OTR/L – VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
6. LUNCH PRESENTATION– KCENTRA Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (Human) Urgent Warfarin Reversal – Charles Finch, D.O., FACOEP, Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Education, Chair of Integrated Medicine
7. Dual Task training – John Garfinkle, SLP – Sutter Health & Angelina Forte, PT, DPT, NCS California Pacific Medical Center
8. Sealing the Source: Catheter-Based Approaches to Cardioembolic Stroke -Tim T Hinohara, MD – Sutter Health
9. Hidden Heroes: Highlighting the work of Kaiser Permanente Stroke Coordinators – Kelley Kruze, RN; Robbie A. Glasper, RN; Chaitali Patel, RN
10. Early Clinical Experience Implementing Paired Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation -Deanne K Loube, M.D. & Austin T Momii, M.D. – Sutter Health
11. MMA Embolization as a Therapeutic Cornerstone of SDH Management – Ambooj Tiwari, MD Neurology – El Camino Health
12. Stroke in pediatric patients – new guidelines from the AHA that address thrombectomy in pediatric patients – Sabrina Smith MD, TPMG pediatric neurologist – Kaiser Permanente

STROKE CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE 2026:
Nobl Barazangi, MD, California Pacific Medical Center – Jenelle Jindal, MD, Kaiser Permanente
Christine Kilkenny, RN, El Camino Health –  Meagan Littlepage, MD, El Camino Health – Vivek Rao, MD- Kaiser Permanente -Kathryn Snow, RN, Kaiser Permanente – Chitra Venkat, MD, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Jaylee York, PhD – Palo Alto VA Medical Center; Robela Cruz, Pacific Stroke Association, Nithya Sankararaman, Pacific Stroke Association