The 26th Annual Vanderbilt Neurology Stroke and Neuroscience Symposium will be held April 4 as a hybrid event, in person at the Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Vanderbilt Hotel and online.
Anne Hege Aamodt, MD, PhD, will deliver one of two keynote addresses. Aamodt is chair of the Headache and Stroke Research group at Oslo University Hospital and chair of the advisory board at the Norwegian Headache Research Centre at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Aamodt’s address is titled “Vision for Stroke and Vision.”
The other keynote speaker, Gustavo Pradilla, MD, will present an update on intracerebral hemorrhage management. Pradilla is an associate professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine and chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Vanderbilt faculty will present talks on technological advances in stroke care and rehabilitation.
Learning objectives for the symposium include
- Optimize preventive strategies for patients with risk factors for stroke, including prior stroke or TIA.
- Review advances in acute management of stroke, including intravenous tPA and intra-arterial procedures.
- Review diagnostic modalities, emphasizing new developments.
- Refine understanding of stroke rehabilitation, emphasizing aphasia and dysphagia.
- Discuss quality improvement and systems of care, particularly regarding disparities in care for vulnerable and underserved populations
- Review new clinical trial results and guidelines for intracerebral hemorrhage care.
For more information and online registration, visit the symposium website.
