2025 RI Stroke Symposium_

This is the registration site for VIRTUAL participation at the 2025 Rhode Island Stroke Symposium

REGISTRATION FEES

  

Physicians

$125.00

 

Nurses, EMS & Allied Team

$50.00

 

Residents, Fellows & Med Students

FREE

 

Limited in-person seating is available, so register today to secure your spot! If registration is full, you may add yourself to the waitlist for the in-person event, and/or register for the virtual live stream via Zoom.

A select number of complimentary seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis to Brown University fellows, residents, and students. To inquire about availability, please email [email protected] with "Complimentary seat request - 2025 RI Stroke Symposium" in the subject line. Once capacity is reached, fellows, residents, and students affiliated with Brown University (and beyond) are welcome to a complimentary registration for the virtual live stream of the event via Zoom. 

 Please notify the Brown CME Office in writing at least 72 hours prior to the conference to request reasonable accommodations.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be made in writing to the Brown CME Office at least two weeks prior to the conference, no later than 5 PM ET on September 12, 2025. A $35.00 administrative fee will be charged for all refunds (no refunds for “no shows”). There will be no additional charge for substitutions. This conference is subject to change or cancellation. Brown CME reserves the right to change the delivery format, delay, or cancel a course due to any unforeseen circumstances. In the event that the program is canceled, your registration fee will be refunded.

For More Information, Contact Brown Continuing Medical Education | E: [email protected] | Website: www.cme.med.brown.edu

Target Audience

Regional primary care and specialist physicians, including emergency physicians, neurologists, cardiologists, radiologists, surgeons, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, advanced practice professionals, residents, fellows, medical students and other allied members of the healthcare team.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the symposium, participants should be better able to:

  1. Recognize the critical role of EMS in field diagnosis, triage, and treatment of acute stroke
  2. Outline best practices for emergency department stroke triage and care
  3. Explain how to improve stroke management at a statewide level
  4. Outline the evolution of nursing in stroke care
  5. Delve into the latest advances in endovascular stroke treatment
  6. Identify and manage patients with vascular causes of headaches and neck pain in the ER
  7. Describe best practices for patients with minor stroke
  8. Summarize key contraindications to stroke thrombolysis
  9. Compare medical and endovascular treatment options for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD)
  10. Discuss novel lipid-lowering therapies in secondary stroke prevention
  11. Review key antiplatelet therapies post-stroke
  12. Summarize current challenges of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
  13. Select patients and strategies for high-yield cardiac monitoring post-stroke
  14. Study latest updates in cerebral venous thrombosis
  15. Apply novel findings in evaluation and treatment of cervical artery dissection
  16. Offer insights into contemporary evaluation and management of Moya-moya disease
  17. Navigate stroke in pregnancy
  18. Recognize psychological effects of stroke on the individual and their families
  19. Identify the role of early mobilization post-stroke
  20. Evaluate and manage dysphagia post-stroke
  21. Select advanced neuroimaging options in acute stroke
  22. Discuss options for advanced neuroimaging for intracerebral hemorrhage
  23. Identify novel biomarkers for cerebral amyloid angiopathy
  24. Become familiar with latest updates in evaluation and management of dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVF)
  25. Navigate acute stroke care in Alzheimer patients on anti-amyloid therapy  
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 6.50 Attendance
    Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.
  • 6.50 Participation
  • 6.50 Physical Therapist
    The Warren Alpert Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education is approved by the Rhode Island Board of Physical Therapy to offer CE programs for physical therapists.
  • 6.50 RN - Center for Professional Practice
    The Center for Professional Practice and Innovation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Course opens: 
07/16/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Cost:
$50.00
Part of: 
Homepage for the 2025 Rhode Island Stroke Symposium
   
8:00 - 8:05 amWelcome & Introduction, Symposium Co-ChairsChristoph Stretz, MD, FAAN, FANA & Shadi Yaghi, MD, FAHA
   
8:05 - 9:15 am Pre-hospital and ED Evaluation and Management of Acute Stroke TOPIC BLOCK 1
 New Tools for Field Detection of Large Vessel Occlusion StrokeLiqi Shu, MD
 Airway Management of the Acute Stroke PatientTorrey Birch, MD 
 Emergency Management of ICHSamuel Goldman, MD, MPH 
 DiscussionAll
   
9:15 -10:25 amAcute Stroke TOPIC BLOCK 2
 Time is Vision – Emergent Evaluation & Management of CRAO Tatiana Bakaeva, MD, PhD
 Updates in Endovascular TherapyMahesh Jayaraman, MD, FACR
 Navigating Intraluminal Thrombi in Acute Stroke Hannah Irvine Russell, MD 
  DiscussionAll
   
10:25 -10:55 am MORNING BREAK 
   
10:55-11:25 am Debate 1: To Intervene or Not – Endovascular Therapy for Medium Vessel Occlusions (MeVo)Maksim Shapiro, MD & Fawaz Al Mufti, MD 
   
11:25-12:35 am Secondary Stroke PreventionTOPIC BLOCK 3
 Caught in the (Carotid) Web Farhan Khan, MD, MS
 A New Classification System for Stroke Shadi Yaghi, MD, FAHA
 Factor XI Inhibition in Stroke Prevention Jeffrey Weitz, OC, MD, FRSC, FRCPC, FACP
  DiscussionAll
   
12:35-1:45 pm LUNCH BREAK 
   
1:45-2:55 pmIntracranial Hemorrhage & Vascular Malformations  TOPIC BLOCK 4
 Antithrombotic Reversal in Intracranial Hemorrhage        Michelle Payne, PharmD, BCCCP
 Management Options for Cavernous MalformationsCurtis Doberstein, MD
 MMA – A Promising Intervention for Subdural Hemorrhage Krisztina Moldovan, MD
  DiscussionAll
   
2:55-4:05 pmStroke Recovery and Stroke RehabTOPIC BLOCK 5
 Vestibular Rehab Therapy for StrokeLauren Hall, MD
 Mood Disorders After Stroke and Their Impact on OutcomeColin Harrington, MD
 Palliative Care in StrokeSarah Rose Lamport, NP
  DiscussionAll
   
4:05 - 4:10 pmClosing Remarks by Symposium Co-ChairsChristoph Stretz, MD, FAAN, FANA & Shadi Yaghi, MD, FAHA

 

The live stream of the 2025 Rhode Island Stroke Symposium will be hosted via the Zoom webinar platform.

Symposium Co-Chairs

Christoph Stretz, MD, FAAN, FANA
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery 
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
Neurologist, Divisions of Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care
Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI

Shadi Yaghi, MD, FAHA
Chair of Neurology, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Regional Chair of Neurology, Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Region
Neptune City, NJ
Professor of Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Speakers

Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Vice-Chair of Neurology (Research)
Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology
New York Medical College
Director of the Center for Neuroscience Research and Innovation
Director of the CNC Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship
Director of the Neurocritical Care Unit
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY

Tatiana Bakaeva, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Service Chief, Neuro-Ophthalmology
Brown University Health Ophthalmology
Providence, RI

Torrey Boland Birch, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Clinician Educator
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director, Division of Neurocritical Care
Director, Neurocritical Care Unit
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI

Curtis Doberstein, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinician Educator
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Executive Vice-Chair, Clinical Operations
Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull-base Surgery Division
Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program
Brown University Health
Providence, RI

Samuel Goldman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Attending Physician, Brown Emergency Medicine
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI

Lauren Hall, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinical Educator
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Physiatrist, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Vestibular Rehab Therapy for Stroke
Brown University Health
Providence, RI

Colin Harrington, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Clinician Educator
Professor of Medical Science, Clinician Educator
Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director, CNS-Psychiatry Clerkship and Consultation Psychiatry Fellowship
Director, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
Brown University Health
Providence, RI

Hannah Irvine Russell, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Vascular Neurologist
Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI

Mahesh Jayaraman, MD, FACR
Charles and Elfriede Collis-Frances Weeden Gibson Professor of Diagnostic Imaging
Chair of Diagnostic Imaging
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Chief of Diagnostic Imaging
Brown University Health
Director, Neurovascular Center
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI

Farhan Khan, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Vascular Neurologist
Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI

Sarah Rose M. Lamport, BA, BSN, MSN
Teaching Associate of Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Brown Physicians Inc.
Providence, RI

Krisztina Moldovan, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Co-Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery Program
Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery Outcomes Laboratory
Brown University Health
Providence, RI

Michelle Payne, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Neurocritical Care
Department of Pharmacy
Rhode Island Hospital
Brown University Health
Providence, RI

Maksim Shapiro, MD
Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Bernard and Irene Schwartz Interventional Neuroradiology Section
Fellowship Director, Neurointerventional Radiology
NYU Langone Health
NYC Health & Hospitals/Bellevue
New York, NY

Liqi Shu, MD
Adjunct Instructor in Neurology (Research)
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Fellow, Endovascular/Interventional Neurology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Jeffrey Weitz, OC, MD, FRCP(C), FRSC, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, and Biomedical Sciences
Executive Director
Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute
McMaster University
Ontario, Canada

 

Planning Committee

Nakeesha Brown
Stroke Program Secretary
Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Brown University Health
Providence, RI

Melissa M. Harmon, MSN, RN, ASC-BC
Manager
Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Brown University Health
Providence, RI

Michelle King
CME Coordinator
Office of Continuing Medical Education
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Jennifer Maloney
Interim Director
Office of Continuing Medical Education
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Emmy Nuttall
Project Manager, Continuing Medical Education
Office of Continuing Medical Education
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

John Potvin, BS, NRP, CEMSO
Chief of Department
Hopkins Hill Fire District
Director of Fire/Rescue Communications, Town of Coventry
Coventry, RI

Stephanie Souza, MSN, RN, ASC-BC
Assistant Clinical Manager
Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Brown University Health
Providence, RI

Christoph Stretz, MD, FAAN, FANA
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery 
The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University
Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
Neurologist, Divisions of Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care
Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI

Shadi Yaghi, MD, FAHA
Professor of Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Vice-Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Neurology
Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Director, Vascular Neurology, Brown University Health
Division Chief, Vascular Neurology, Brown Neurology
Providence, RI

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Accreditation - This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital in collaboration with the Department of Neurology and Neurovascular Center. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education.

Credit Designation - The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

NURSING CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Center for Professional Practice and Innovation, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

PHYSICAL THERAPY
This activity has been approved by the APTA Rhode Island. 

PRE-HOSPITAL CONTINUING EDUCATION (CAPCE)

This CE activity is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) for 6.50 F1 CEH.

Available Credit

  • 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 6.50 Attendance
    Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.
  • 6.50 Participation
  • 6.50 Physical Therapist
    The Warren Alpert Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education is approved by the Rhode Island Board of Physical Therapy to offer CE programs for physical therapists.
  • 6.50 RN - Center for Professional Practice
    The Center for Professional Practice and Innovation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Price

Cost:
$50.00
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REGISTRATION FEES

 

Physicians

$125.00

Nurses, EMS & Allied Team

$50.00

Residents, Fellows & Med Students

FREE

 

Registration includes the convenience of livestream participation, up to 6.5 hours of CME or CE credit, access to a copy of slides, as well as a recording of the day, available for viewing through the end of December.
 

Medical residents and students are welcome and may register free of charge for virtual participation. Please email [email protected] with RI Stroke Symposium in the subject line for instructions. 
 

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be made in writing to the Brown CME Office at least two weeks prior to the conference, no later than September 12, 2025. A $35.00 administrative fee will be charged for all refunds (no refunds for “no shows”). There will be no additional charge for substitutions. This conference is subject to change or cancellation. Brown CME reserves the right to change the delivery format, delay, or cancel a course due to any unforeseen circumstances. In the event that the program is canceled, your registration fee will be refunded.