NJSCAP & NJSCC Spring 2025 Virtual Stroke Symposium

May 8, 2025

Urologic Surgical Care

10th Biannual Virtual Stroke Symposium

This is a FREE virtual stroke symposium by NJ Stroke Care Advisory Panel (NJSCAP) and NJ Stroke Coordinators Consortium (NJSCC).

  • Date: May 8, 2025
  • Time: 8:00am to 12:30pm
  • Location: Virtual 
  • Credits: 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Objectives:

  1. Improve timely identification of stroke and current recommended therapeutic options.
  2. Improve management of intracerebral hemorrhages, including anticoagulation reversal.
  3. Improve management of stroke sequelae.
 ScheduleSpeakerOrganization
8:00 - 8:05amIntroduction and WelcomeJohn Halperin, MD, FAANAtlantic Health system
8:05 - 8:35amNew guideline on primary prevention of strokeDavid Bartov, MD, FACCInterventional Cardiologist,
Medical Director of Cardiac Cath Lab,
Overlook Medical Center
 
8:35 - 9:05amNeuroradiology the sequelEsther Nimchinsky, MD, PhDChief, Neuroradiology;
Rutgers-NJ Medical School,
University Hospital
9:05 - 9:35amThrombectomy for large core strokesTudor Jovin, MD

Chair, Department of Neurology,
Cooper University Hospital;
Professor of Neurology,
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University; Director, Cooper Neurological Institute

9:35 - 10:05amPost stroke seizures & epilepsyGeorges Ghacibeh MD, FAANAssociate Professor of Neurology,
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital 
10:05 - 10:15ambreak  
10:15 - 10:45amICH: The new LVOBrian T Jankowitz, MDChief, Division Neurosurgery;
Co-Chair of Stroke and Neurovascular Service, Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at
JFK University Medical Center
10:45 - 11:15amCode ICH: Door to needle

Kim Hollender ACNP-BC, ANVP

Stroke APN
Coordinator Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital
11:15  - 11:45amXa Inhibitor Reversal: where do things stand?Gregory Kelly, PharmD, MS, BCEMPClinical Assistant
Professor Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy,
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist- Emergency Medicine,
Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital - New Brunswick
11:45am  - 12:15pmDysphagia managementMaria D.McNish MS, CCC-SLPFounder,
Director Advanced Therapy of America
12:15 - 12:30pmClosing

John Halperin, MD, FAAN

Atlantic Health System
Register

The Microsoft Teams meeting link will be provided once you register.

CME provided by Hackensack Meridian Health.

Technical support courtesy of Atlantic Health System.

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