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UW Health Stroke Conference
The UW Health Comprehensive Stroke Program sponsors an annual spring conference to present the latest information about acute stroke and stroke prevention. The conference is intended for physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners that care for patients during the acute phase of stroke and/or in prevention counseling for patients at an elevated risk for stroke. UW faculty members representing Vascular Neurology, Vascular Neurosurgery, Neuroendovascular Surgery, Neuroradiology, Preventative Cardiology, and Rehabilitation provide short, clinically-focused talks. Prior topics included:
2008
Matt Jensen – Recently Completed and Ongoing Clinical Trials in Stroke.
Edwin Ferguson - Primary and Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke: Time to Get it Right.
Charlie Strother - The Unruptured Aneurysm: Treatment Goals and Techniques.
Robert Dempsey - New Concepts in Carotid Atherosclerosis: Factors That Determine the Onset of Symptoms.
Marcus Chacon - Neuroanatomy of Stroke.
Doug Dulli - Stroke Subtypes.
Ross Levine - Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease.
Howard Rowley - Advances in Stroke Imaging.
Justin Sattin - Emergent Stroke Management: Community vs. Tertiary Center Roles.
The next UW Health Stroke Conference is scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, April 17th, 2009, in Madison. For full details please email Jeannie Doescher at doescher@neurology.wisc.edu
Stroke Faculty:
Matt Jensen, MD
Marcus Chacon, MD
Justin Sattin, MD
Ross Levine, MD
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Current stroke-related clinical trials at the UW
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