FRIDAY, October 24
7:00-8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome to National Symposium: Advances in Stroke Care 2008 – Alexandrov
8:20 Recognition of Stroke Symptoms and Risk Factors – Alexandrov
8:40 Setting Up Pre-Hospital and Triage Systems for Evaluation of Stroke Patients - Jauch
9:30 Neurological Assessment: The NIH Stroke Scale – Wojner-Alexandrov
10:15 Discussion and Q&A
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Neuroimaging for Acute Stroke: CT, CTA, Perfusion CT. Multimodal MRI – Demchuk
11:45 Ultrasound at Bedside – Alexandrov
12:30 Discussion and Q&A
12:45 Lunch On Your Own
2:00 Understanding Intracranial Hemorrhage – Demchuk
2:45 Protecting Brain: BP Control, Setting Up Stroke Protocols – Wojner-Alexandrov
3:30 Coffee Break
3:50 High Risk Transient Ischemic Attack – Grotta
4:20 Interactive Case Presentations and Common Diagnostic Pitfalls - Faculty Panel
5:30 Adjourn

SATURDAY, October 25
7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00 Antiplatelets for Secondary Stroke Prevention – Grotta
9:00 Anticoagulation for Stroke – Alberts
10:00 Case-based Stroke Prevention Decision-Making – Alexandrov, Moderator
10:15 Coffee Break
10:45 Carotid Endarterectomy and Stenting – Harrigan
11:15 Cardiology Devices for Stroke Prevention – Gray
11:45 Discussion and Q&A - Faculty Panel
12:15 Lunch on Your Own
1:45 Intracranial Arterial Disease – Chimowitz
2:45 Systemic Thrombolysis for Stroke – Alexandrov
3:15 Intra-Arterial Rescue for Stroke – Demchuk
3:45 Coffee Break
4:00 Provocative Cases in Stroke Treatment – Wojner-Alexandrov, Moderator; Faculty Panel
5:30 Adjourn