Saturday, June 14, 2008

1:00 Welcome Wengui Yu, MD, PhD
1:15 Stroke Care in China Yougjun Wang, MD
2:00 Stenting vs Medical Therapy for Intracranial Stenosis Marc Chimowitz, MD

2:45 Break

3:00 Stenting for Intracranial Stenosis Weijian Jiang, MD, PhD
3:45 Wingspan Stent for Symptomatic Stenosis: the US Experience Lee Pride, MD
4:30 Intracranial Vertebral Artery Dissection Varoujan Kostanian MD, PhD

Sunday, June 15, 2008

8:00 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Endovascular Management Phillip Purdy, MD
8:30 Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting: When and How Ken Moresco, MD
9:00 Brain EC-IC Bypass: Current Application Jonathan White, MD
9:30 Acute Ischemic Stroke: Beyond IV tPA David Wang, DO

10:00 Break

10:15 Traumatic Cervical Arterial Dissection and Stroke Chris Madden, MD
10:45 Endovascular Management of Fusiform Vertebrobasilar Aneurysms Babu Welch, MD
11:15 Neurocritical Care of Acute Stroke Wengui Yu, MD, PhD
11:45 Closing Remarks Weijian Jiang, MD, PhD

Target Audience

The target audience for the Stroke Symposium is neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neurointerventional radiologists.

Educational Objectives

To provide a review of current management of cerebrovascular diseases, with emphasis on recent advances and progress in the medical, endovascular and surgical management of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes.

Upon completion of this symposium, participants should be able to discuss:

. Clinical applications of new concepts in intracranial stenosis, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, cervical artery dissection , and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

. Diagnosis and effective management of cerebrovascular disorders.

. Neurocritical care of acute stroke.

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Tiantan Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China, and US-China Neuroscience and Stroke Initiative. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians.

Credit Designation

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.