23rd ANNUAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Thursday, May 18
JCC Schultz Cultural Arts Hall-Palo Alto, CA

Friday, May 19, 2023
Microsoft Conference Center – Mountain View, CA

A GREAT SUCCESS!

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: In recognition of National Stroke Awareness Month in May, Pacific Stroke Association (PSA) and our co-sponsors presented the 2023 Annual Regional Stroke Conference on Thursday, May 18 and Friday, May 19

The GOAL of the Annual Stroke Conference is to provide the most current information for clinicians and other health care professionals who care for patients and families in all phases of stroke treatment, rehabilitation and recovery issues. The content of the programs is designed to meet the educational needs of nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Stroke Conference 2023 offered 14 CEUs for RNs and Certificate of Attendance for all other disciplines.

TOPICS & SPEAKERS

A Stroke Survivor Story – Emerging From the Smoke: A Collection of Warrior Voices 
Orlena Fong Shek – Author
A Tour of Mobile Stroke Unit with Ilana Spokoyny, MD – Sutter West Bay Medical Group
Acute Painless Vision Loss: A (Potential) Neurologic Emergency
David Cisewski, MD – Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara
Adjunctive therapies to enhance the effectiveness of speech-language intervention
Michelle Gravier, Ph.D., CCC-SLP – California State University East Bay
Challenges of the Inpatient Code Stroke Alert
Kathryn Snow, RN, MS, CNRN, SCRN –Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City
Chronic Post-Stroke Cognitive / Behavioral Morbidities
Jack T. Wang, MD PhD – Stanford Medical Center
Cryptogenic Stroke – Hooman Kamel, MD – Cornell Medical Center, New York
Expanded Use of Thrombolytics including TNK
Nobl Barazangi, MD, PhD –California Pacific Medical Center
Expect the Unexpected  – Neurological Changes – Fern Cudlip, NP
Ischemic Strokes in the Young
Ali Razmara, M.D., Ph.D – Kaiser Permanente, Orange County
Neurosurgical Treatment of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Giyarpuram N Prashant, MD – Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City
New ICH Guidelines – Hannah Louise Kirsch, MD – Stanford Medical Center
Post –Stroke Seizure – Rana Moosavi, MD – Sutter Health
Take Aways with References & ISC Nursing Highlights – Speakers Panel
The Road to Recovery After Stroke: One Patient’s Rehab Journey
Meagan Littlepage, MD – El Camino Health
Thrombectomy for large Core & low NIHSS – Joey English, MD, PhD – Sutter Health, Mills-Peninsula
Tick Tock: Time is Tissue – Dawn Meyer, NP, PhD – UC San Diego
Time is Tissue – Chad Henry, MBA, Paramedic – San Mateo County Emergency Medical Services
What’s new in Neurocritical Care of Stroke? Embracing Technology to Improve Outcomes
Chitra Venkat, MD – Stanford Medical Center
What’s new in Neurointerventional Stroke Treatment in 2023?
Jeremy Heit, MD, PhD – Stanford Medical Center

Program Moderators:
Nobl Barazangi, MD, PhD – California Pacific Medical Center
Karen de la Cuesta, NP – O’Connor Hospital
Henry Huie, MD – Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Vivek Rao, MD – Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City

For information about sponsorship and exhibitors opportunities, please contact info@psastroke.org

CONFERENCE SPONSORS 2023
         
                  

 STROKE CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE 2023: Khamid Bakhadirov, MD, Kaiser Permanente –
Nobl Barazangi, MD, California Pacific Medical Center – Karen de la Cuesta, NP, O’Connor Hospital –
Ralph Greenspan, PhD, Kavali Institute for Brain & Mind – Ursula Kelly-Tolley, RN – Christine Kilkenny, RN, El Camino Health – Meagan Littlepage, MD, El Camino Health – Rezvan Moghaddam, Pacific Stroke Association – Eric Pancoska, RN, Sutter Health – Vivek Rao, MD, Kaiser Permanente – Kathryn Snow, RN, Kaiser Permanente – Nithya Sankararaman, Pacific Stroke Association – Chitra Venkat, MD, Stanford Hospital & Clinics – Spring Xu, RN – El Camino Health

Community Collaborators: