UT Southwestern Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Symposium
Sponsored by Department of Neurological Surgery and Neurology
Saturday, July 24, 2010
T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building, 14th Floor Dining Room, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, Texas 75390
8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 am
Opening remarks
Jonathan White, MD
8:30 am
Acute Stroke: Time is brain
Jessica Lee, MD
8:50 am
Emergent Care of Cerebrovascular Disaster
Wengui Yu, MD, PhD
9:10 am
Treatment of acute basilar artery with Penumbra Device
Robin Novakovic, MD
9:30 am
Hematoma evacuation, aneurysm clipping, and beyond
Babu Welch, MD
9:50 am
Acute stroke case presentation: great save
Kim Rickert, MD
UT Southwestern Cerebrovascular Center Faculty
Duke Samson, MD
Phillip Purdy, MD
Jonathan White, MD
Mark Johnson, MD
Jessica Lee, MD
Christopher Madden, MD
Lee Pride, MD
Christiana Hall, MD
Robin Novakovic, MD
Kim Rickert, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery
Professor and Director, Neuroradiology/Neurointerventional Radiology
Worthy R. Warnack, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery and Radiology
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery and Neurology
Babu Welch, MD
Wengui Yu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery and Radiology
Associate Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
Associate Professor of Radiology and Neurological Surgery
Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Assistant Professor, Neurology and Radiology
Instructor, Department of Neurological Surgery and Radiology
Target audience: Paramedics, EMTs, and other health care professionals involved in the acute evaluation, resuscitation and
transportation of patients with acute stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases.
Purpose: To educate emergent care givers in new concepts and techniques related to the management of acute stroke and
cerebrovascular disaster.
Learning objectives: At the conclusion of this symposium, participants will be able to:
1). appreciate the symptoms and signs of acute stroke and cerebrovascular disaster
2). understand state-of-art emergent care and transportation of stroke patient
3). know endovascular and surgical options in the management of cerebrovascular diseases.
Continuing education credit: CEUs will be awarded through UTSW Dept of Emergency Medicine Education
and the State of Texas to Paramedics and EMTs
Parking: free on-site parking.
Registration: By Friday, July 16, 2010 call Vicki Rankin at 214-648-8513, or E-mail: Vicki.rankin@utsouthwestern.edu