CME/CEU-Accredited Symposium
Learn about the newest approaches, treatment options and management of diseases and conditions of the brain, spine and nervous system.
Open to physicians, medical residents, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, medical and nursing students.
Participants can earn 6.75 CMEs or 6.75 CEUs.
Thursday, May 16
8:15 am to 4:30 pm
Health Sciences Tower, Level 2, Lecture Hall 2
Stony Brook Medicine, 101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
Registration/Check in at 7:30 am
Breakfast and lunch provided
Registration Fees:
- Free for Stony Brook Medicine employees with ID
- $75 for outside healthcare providers
- $125 for MDs
Register by May 12
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AGENDA
8:15 to 9 am
Mobile Stroke Unit Program
David Fiorella, MD, PhD; Neurointerventional Radiologist; Professor, Neurological Surgery and Radiology; Director, Stony Brook Cerebrovascular Center, Stony Brook Medicine
9 to 9:45 am
Management of Cerebral Edema
Kevin N. Sheth, MD; Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology; Associate Chair, Clinical Research, Department of Neurology; Director, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital
9:45 to 10 am
Break
10 to 10:45 am
Stroke in the Young
Jason Mathew, DO; Stroke Neurologist; Assistant Professor, Neurology; Stony Brook Medicine
10:45 to 11:30 am
A New Era in Carotid Disease Treatment
Angela Kokkosis, MD; Vascular Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Surgery; Director, Carotid Interventions; Director, Women's Vascular Health; Co-Medical Director, Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory; Stony Brook Medicine
11:30 am to 12:15 pm
Management of Ischemic Penumbra
Michael Guido III, MD; Neurologist, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology; Director, Stony Brook Neurology Stroke Program, Stony Brook Medicine
12:15 to 1:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 to 2 pm
Overview of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Yuhjien Gu, MD; Neurointensivist; Director, Stony Brook Neurocritical Care Unit, Stony Brook Medicine
2 to 2:45 pm
Lyme Disease Update 2019
Patricia Coyle, MD, FAAN, FANA; Neurologist; Professor and Vice Chair (Clinical Affairs) of Neurology, Founder and Director, Stony Brook Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center, Stony Brook Medicine
2:45 to 3 pm
Break
3 to 3:45 pm
Management of Patients with Epilepsy
Rebecca Spiegel, MD; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology; Director, Stony Brook Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
3:45 to 4:30 pm
Heuristic and Cognitive Bias in Medical Decision Making
Brian Wright, MD; Emergency Medicine and Neurocritical Care Physician, Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine; Stony Brook Medicine
For accessibility-related accommodations, please call (631) 444-4000.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDITS: The School of Medicine State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Acreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The School of Medicine, Sate University of New York at Stony Brook, designates this live activity for a maxiumum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physuicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS: Stony Brook University School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by PA State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The School of Nursing designates this live activity for 6.5 continuing education credits.