10th Annual Cerebrovascular Update

March 17-18, 2011

Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue 200 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 March 17-18, 2011 This annual conference has been specially designed for practicing neurologists, neurosurgeons, emergency medicine physicians, critical care physicians, hospitalists, neuroradiologists, primary care physicians, internists, gerentologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, case managers and rehabilitation therapists to improve the delivery of care they provide in treating a myriad of stroke related conditions and diseases. The conference agenda will include in-depth presentations on epidemiology and management of risk factors in stroke prevention such as hypertension, high blood cholesterol, heart disease, emergency management of acute stroke, anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy, diagnosis and management of intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, and intracranial aneurysms. The expert faculty will provide guidance to assist participants in applying new knowledge to their practices. The combined format of live debate and didactic presentations will allow participants to observe and question the expert faculty as they discuss real patient cases, and demonstrate how to apply new information and clinical guidelines into their practices. Download Brochure | Download Program Agenda Exhibitors | Course Hotel Information Presented by The Department of Neurology - Established in 1934 has a full-service department where leading neurologists deliver comprehensive care for a wide variety of neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other dementia and movement disorders, epilepsy and headache. Subspecialty centers of note include the Stroke Center at Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience. This center is one of the most advanced centers in the United States for the diagnosis, management, prevention and research of stroke and is the largest facility dedicated to the care of acute stroke in the greater Delaware Valley. The Stroke Center’s approach to care is also multidisciplinary, incorporating, as the needs of each individual patient demand, the expertise of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s extensive medical staff of leading specialists in various disciplines, and accounting, in large part, for our recognition as a center of excellence. One current example of the advantages of this approach is the center’s ongoing collaboration with the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory within the Division of Cardiology of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Department of Medicine to test the safety and effectiveness of a minimally invasive procedure to seal a flap that can be present between the two upper chambers of the heart. The procedure could prove helpful in preventing recurrence of stroke in certain patients between the ages of 20 and 55. In addition, the researchers at the Jefferson Stroke Center are focused on investigating additional prevention strategies, as well as new treatments for acute stroke. The Department of Neurological Surgery - is comprised of several divisions including Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery which offers a comprehensive array of treatments for cerebrovascular disease. Some of these procedures are minimally invasive or non-invasive, which reduces risk for all patients and, in particular, provides options to those patients who cannot withstand the rigors of open surgery. In addition to clinical treatments, Jefferson’s Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery engages in research to determine the mechanisms of stroke and to investigate possible therapies aimed at reducing stroke-associated injury.