Pre-Conference Symposium
ISC 2013 Pre-Conference Symposium: Primary Care for Stroke Patients: A Surfside View
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 | Hawaii Convention Center | 1801 Kalakaua Ave.
Symposium Description
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 | Hawaii Convention Center | 1801 Kalakaua Ave.
Symposium Description
The Pre-Conference Symposium of the International Stroke Conference is designed to provide up-to-date information for healthcare professionals caring for patients with, or at risk for stroke. Each year, this one-day symposium highlights scientific advances in cerebrovascular disease while emphasizing their application in the real world. The symposium informs the audience about issues along the full continuum of stroke care and covers varied topics of interest to healthcare providers working in the emergency department, hospitalist settings, primary care, general neurology, rehabilitation, pharmacies, and other stroke care arenas.
This year, the main focus will be for primary care clinicians in stroke prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Presentations will include the need for rapid
assessment, diagnosis, and management of TIA; current guidelines and practice in the management of acute stroke; the appropriate use of warfarin and newer anticoagulants to reduce primary and secondary
stroke risk; and post-stroke sequelae such as pain, fatigue, and depression and other opportunities to prevent and manage these conditions. This year, we will also include lunch with the experts where
participants can dine and informally discuss cases or ask questions with our faculty.
Pre-Conference Symposium Programming
Learning Objectives
Program Committee
CME Information
View the ISC 2013 Pre-Conference Registration Mailer!
ISC 2013 Pre-Conference Symposium: Primary Care for Stroke Patients: A Surfside View
Tuesday, Feb 5
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Room 310 (Lili’u Theater)
Moderators: Theodore Wein, MD, FRCPC, FAHA, Montreal, QC, Canada
Allen Hixon, MD, MA, Manoa, Hawaii
8:00 Welcome
Steven M Greenberg, MD, PhD, FAHA, Boston, MA
8:05 Was It Really a TIA? Clues to Diagnosing Stroke and TIA Mimics
Susan L Hickenbottom, MD, MS, FAHA, Ann Arbor, MI
8:40 When to Worry? Risk Assessment of TIA in the Office
S Claiborne Johnston, MD, FAHA, San Francisco, CA
9:05 What Test to Order? Diagnostic Modalities for the Investigation of TIA
Michael Sharma, MD, Ottawa, ON, Canada
9:40 What Are the Guidelines? Management and Treatment of Patients with TIA/Stroke
Gordon Gubitz, MD, FRCPC, Halifax, NS, Canada
10:15 What Should Be Done? Difficult Decisions in Acute Stroke Management
Cherylee J Chang, MD, Honolulu, HI
11:05 Why Am I Blue? Depression in Stroke: Prevalence, Recognition and Treatment
Linda Williams, MD, Indianapolis, IN
11:40 am – 12:40 pm Lunch with the Experts: Bring Your Cases and Questions
All Faculty (A boxed lunch will be provided.)
Moderators: Alan Bell, MD, MCFP, Toronto, ON, Canada
Brett M Kissela, MD, MS, Cincinnati, OH
12:40 Old Agent, New Agent or No Agent? The Decision to Anticoagulate
Daniel E Singer, MD, Boston, MA
1:15 pm – 1:55 pm Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent IA: Who Can Receive TPA? A Case Based Approach
Room 311
Matthew A Koenig, MD, Baltimore, MD
Concurrent IB: Doctor, Can I Drive?
Room 313 A
Nicol Korner-Bitensky, OTR, PhD, DDO, Montreal, QC, Canada
Concurrent IC: Antiplatelet Therapy for the Secondary Prevention of Cerebrovascular
Room 310 (Lili’u Theater)
Alan Bell, Toronto, MD, MCFP, ON, Canada
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent IIA: Who Can Receive TPA? A Case Based Approach
Room 311
Matthew A Koenig, MD, Baltimore, MD
Concurrent IIB: Doctor, Can I Drive?
Room 313 A
Nicol Korner-Bitensky, OTR, PhD, DDO, Montreal, QC, Canada
Concurrent IIC: Antiplatelet Therapy for the Secondary Prevention of Cerebrovascular
Room 310 (Lili’u Theater)
Alan Bell, Toronto, MD, MCFP, ON, Canada
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 310 (Lili’u Theater)
3:00 Follow-up of the Post Stroke Patient: 11 Questions You Should Always Ask
Theodore Wein, MD, FRCPC, FAHA, Montreal, QC, Canada
3:25 Closing Remarks
Kyra Becker, MD, FAHA, Seattle, WA
Please note that there is a separate registration fee to attend the ISC Pre-Conference Symposium.
Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, participants will be able to:
This year, the main focus will be for primary care clinicians in stroke prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Presentations will include the need for rapid
assessment, diagnosis, and management of TIA; current guidelines and practice in the management of acute stroke; the appropriate use of warfarin and newer anticoagulants to reduce primary and secondary
stroke risk; and post-stroke sequelae such as pain, fatigue, and depression and other opportunities to prevent and manage these conditions. This year, we will also include lunch with the experts where
participants can dine and informally discuss cases or ask questions with our faculty.
Pre-Conference Symposium Programming
Learning Objectives
Program Committee
CME Information
View the ISC 2013 Pre-Conference Registration Mailer!
ISC 2013 Pre-Conference Symposium: Primary Care for Stroke Patients: A Surfside View
Tuesday, Feb 5
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Room 310 (Lili’u Theater)
Moderators: Theodore Wein, MD, FRCPC, FAHA, Montreal, QC, Canada
Allen Hixon, MD, MA, Manoa, Hawaii
8:00 Welcome
Steven M Greenberg, MD, PhD, FAHA, Boston, MA
8:05 Was It Really a TIA? Clues to Diagnosing Stroke and TIA Mimics
Susan L Hickenbottom, MD, MS, FAHA, Ann Arbor, MI
8:40 When to Worry? Risk Assessment of TIA in the Office
S Claiborne Johnston, MD, FAHA, San Francisco, CA
9:05 What Test to Order? Diagnostic Modalities for the Investigation of TIA
Michael Sharma, MD, Ottawa, ON, Canada
9:40 What Are the Guidelines? Management and Treatment of Patients with TIA/Stroke
Gordon Gubitz, MD, FRCPC, Halifax, NS, Canada
10:15 What Should Be Done? Difficult Decisions in Acute Stroke Management
Cherylee J Chang, MD, Honolulu, HI
11:05 Why Am I Blue? Depression in Stroke: Prevalence, Recognition and Treatment
Linda Williams, MD, Indianapolis, IN
11:40 am – 12:40 pm Lunch with the Experts: Bring Your Cases and Questions
All Faculty (A boxed lunch will be provided.)
Moderators: Alan Bell, MD, MCFP, Toronto, ON, Canada
Brett M Kissela, MD, MS, Cincinnati, OH
12:40 Old Agent, New Agent or No Agent? The Decision to Anticoagulate
Daniel E Singer, MD, Boston, MA
1:15 pm – 1:55 pm Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent IA: Who Can Receive TPA? A Case Based Approach
Room 311
Matthew A Koenig, MD, Baltimore, MD
Concurrent IB: Doctor, Can I Drive?
Room 313 A
Nicol Korner-Bitensky, OTR, PhD, DDO, Montreal, QC, Canada
Concurrent IC: Antiplatelet Therapy for the Secondary Prevention of Cerebrovascular
Room 310 (Lili’u Theater)
Alan Bell, Toronto, MD, MCFP, ON, Canada
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent IIA: Who Can Receive TPA? A Case Based Approach
Room 311
Matthew A Koenig, MD, Baltimore, MD
Concurrent IIB: Doctor, Can I Drive?
Room 313 A
Nicol Korner-Bitensky, OTR, PhD, DDO, Montreal, QC, Canada
Concurrent IIC: Antiplatelet Therapy for the Secondary Prevention of Cerebrovascular
Room 310 (Lili’u Theater)
Alan Bell, Toronto, MD, MCFP, ON, Canada
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 310 (Lili’u Theater)
3:00 Follow-up of the Post Stroke Patient: 11 Questions You Should Always Ask
Theodore Wein, MD, FRCPC, FAHA, Montreal, QC, Canada
3:25 Closing Remarks
Kyra Becker, MD, FAHA, Seattle, WA
Please note that there is a separate registration fee to attend the ISC Pre-Conference Symposium.
Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between mimics of stroke and/or TIA.
- Identify how to risk stratify TIA patients in the office.
- Review current guidelines for TIA/stroke investigations and treatments.
- Establish how to incorporate new anticoagulants in the treatment of cardioembolic stroke.
- Discuss how to identify and treat: post stroke depression, establish who can drive, and common post stroke pain syndromes.
- Describe long term management of the stroke patient.
Program Committee
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association is grateful to the members of the ISC Pre-Conference Symposium 2013 Program Committee for their dedication and leadership provided throughout the year in planning the program:
Ted Wein, MD, FRCPC, FAHA, Chair
Alan Bell, MD, MCFP
Allen Hixon, MD, MA
Brett Kissela, MD, MS
Melvin Wong, MD
Kyra Becker, MD, FAHA (ISC Program Committee, Vice Chair)
Steven Greenberg, MD, PhD, FAHA (ISC Program Committee, Chair)
CME Information
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation - Physicians
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation – Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.
All persons who develop and/or control educational content in CME/CE activities sponsored by the American Heart Association will disclose to the audience all financial relationships with any commercial supporters of this activity as well as with other commercial interests whose lines of business are related to the CME/CE-certified content of this activity. In addition, presenters will disclose unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations. Such disclosures will be made in writing in course presentation materials.
