Detailed Conference Agenda & Registration PROGRAM OBJECTIVE To educate healthcare professionals on current research findings and clinical standards of stroke management and treatment. It will also allow the opportunity for general discussion and collaboration regarding state stroke care initiatives, the latest options for anticoagulation treatment, acute stroke treatment, endovascular therapies, transitions in care and building stronger stroke systems of care with EMS as a critical link in providing the stroke patient best treatment options. TARGET AUDIENCE Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants from Neurology, Emergency Medicine and Quality Improvement Departments, Physical and Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, Administrators, Stroke Program Directors, Community Health Education Specialists, Pharmacists and other health professionals throughout New Jersey. REGISTER TODAY PLEASE NOTE ON-LINE, PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. We suggest that you register now to take advantage of the early registration fees and ensure a seat. Payment is required to complete your registration. Physicians: Nurses and all other Healthcare Professionals: Early Registration Fee (until COB 3/14/14): $120.00 Early Registration Fee (until COB 3/14/14): $100.00 Registration Fee (after COB 3/14/14): $140.00 Registration Fee (after COB 3/14/14): $120.00 Students: Registration Fee: $60.00 Click Here to Register CANCELLATION POLICY If you cannot attend, please email Mia.Freedenfeld@heart.org to cancel. Refund of Registration Fee, less a $30 Administration Fee, will be given if written notice of cancellation is postmarked by March 14, 2014. Refunds will not be issued after March 14, 2014. Please help us spread the word by sharing this information with your colleagues. For more information please contact Mia Freedenfeld at Mia.Freedenfeld@heart.org. Exhibitor Opportunities are available, please contact Shannon Melluzzo at Shannon.Melluzzo@heart.org.
CONFERENCE AGENDA 7:00-8:00 am Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits and Poster Session 8:00-8:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:00-8:05 am 8:05-8:15 am 8:15-9:00 am Bill Cheng-Teng Wang, MD, FACEP Medical Director, EMS, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ Kathryn Donley, RN, BSN, CCRN, CNRN Stroke Program Coordinator, Kennedy Health System, Cherry Hill, NJ Mary E. O Dowd, MPH Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, NJ Endovascular Trends Mandy J. Binning, MD Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Capital Health, Pennington, NJ Too Good To Treat? 9:00-9:45 am 9:45-10:15 am Steven R. Levine, MD, FAHA, FAAN, FANA Professor & Vice Chair, Neurology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY A Stroke or Not a Stroke: That is the Question? Stephen Vetrano, DO, FACOEP, EMT Assistant Director, Saint Francis Emergency Department, Trenton, NJ 10:15-10:45 am Break, Exhibits and Poster Session 10:45 am - 12:00 pm Transitions in Stroke Care Panel Presentation Is EMS Part of Your Stroke Team? 10:45-11:00 am 11:00-11:15 am Sandy Scott, MD Chief of Service, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers, Newark, NJ Acute Care to Rehabilitation Jonathan P. Quevedo, MD Medical Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ Acute Hospital Environment to Home and Community 11:15-11:30 am Jackie Dwyer, RN, MSN, CNRN, CRN Clinical Program Manager, Stroke and NeuroDiagnostics, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ Tele-Rehabilitation in Stroke Care 11:30-11:45 am Neil R. Holland, MB, BS, FAAN Medical Director, Stroke Program and Neuroscience Institute, Monmouth Medical Center, West Orange, NJ 11:45 am - 12:00 pm Facilitated Panel Discussion and Question & Answer 12:00-1:00 pm Lunch, Exhibits, Poster Session and A Survivors Perspective Continued on next page
1:00-2:00 pm Breakout Sessions Option 1: Policy and Economics Economics of Health Care for Stroke Patients 1:00-1:30 pm Joan Censullo, PhD, FAHA Consultant, Health Care Quality, Princeton, NJ Accreditation/Certification Guidelines 1:30-2:00 pm Martin Gizzi, MD, PhD, FAHA Chairman, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ Option 2: Rehabilitation New Advances in Rehabilitation 1:00-1:30 pm 1:30-2:00 pm Option 3: 1:00-1:15 pm 1:15-1:30 pm 1:30-1:45 pm 1:45-2:00 pm Option 4: Gilbert Siu, DO, PhD, FABPMR Assistant Professor/Medical Director, Rowan University, State of Michigan/HealthSouth, Stratford, NJ Aphasia: Strategies for Successful Communication Wendy Greenspan, MA, CCC-SLP Education & Training Coordinator, Adler Aphasia Center, Maywood, NJ EMS Streamlining Hand Off of Patient Data from EMS to the Emergency Department Bil Rosen, BA, CEMSO, CTO, NREMTP Clinical Coordinator, Capital Health EMS, Trenton, NJ Door to Needle in 22 Minutes Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACOEP-D, FACEP Chairman Emergency Medicine, Chief Geriatric Emergency Medicine and Palliative Medicine, Saint Joseph's Healthcare System, Paterson, NJ EMS Pre-Notification of Stroke Patients and Bypass to CT a Collaborative Approach Angela N. McCall-Brown, MSN, APN, BC Stroke Nurse Practitioner, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ EMS and Hypertension in Stroke Mark A. Merlin, DO, EMTP, FACEP Associate Professor, Rutgers, Vice-Chair, Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ Hot Topics Emerging Thrombolytic Therapies and Other Hot Topics James S. McKinney, MD 1:00-2:00 pm Assistant Professor of Neurology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Medical Director, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Comprehensive Stroke Center, New Brunswick, NJ 2:00-2:30 pm Break, Exhibits and Poster Session 2:30-4:00 pm Anticoagulation and Stroke Care Panel Presentation Indications of Using Neuro Agents and a Comparison to Warfarin 2:30-3:00 pm Louis Teichholz, MD Chief, Division of Cardiology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ Reversal Strategies of Anticoagulation Therapies 3:00-3:30 pm Nadia Awad, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ How to Handle Novel Anticoagulants in the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke 3:30-3:50 pm Igor Rybinnik, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 3:50-4:00 pm Facilitated Question & Answer 4:00-4:15 pm Closing Remarks and Adjourn
GENERAL INFORMATION LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the completion of this program, the learner will be able to: Identify one stroke initiative being implemented in NJ. Describe the indications for acute stroke intervention and restate the endovascular treatment options. Recognize prognostic and therapeutic implications of various approaches and definitions of rapidly improving stroke symptoms. Identify the 4 categories of symptoms that are associated with atypical stroke presentation. Identify 3 elements of pre-hospital stroke care that make a difference. Compare the difference between acute rehabilitation and subacute rehabilitation settings. Restate in-hospital initiatives to improve patient compliance and engagement in self care management for secondary prevention. Recognize the utility of telemedicine for the remote assessment of stroke patients in rehabilitation units. Provide 2 examples of micro and macro financial impact from stroke. Identify 3 key elements of a Comprehensive Stroke Center that distinguish it from a Primary Stroke Center across all designation programs. Describe the role of new technology in stroke rehabilitation. Review 4 communication strategies that health care workers can use with people with aphasia. Discuss 4 methods to improve pre-hospital treatment of stroke patients. Discuss emerging alternatives to "standard" intravenous rt-pa for acute stroke treatment. Compare the novel anticoagulants currently FDA approved for treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation, including indications for use, acute stroke care in patients on these drugs and reversal strategies. LOCATION Hyatt Regency New Brunswick 2 Albany Street New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 Phone: (732) 873-1234 GPS Address: 200 Neilson Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 DIRECTIONS From Newark Airport NJ Turnpike South 19 miles to Exit 9. Proceed on Route 18 North for 3 miles to Route 27 South. Travel 2 blocks to Neilson Street. Turn left. Hotel is on left. From Route 1 North or South Take Route 18 North 3 miles to Route 27 South. Travel 2 blocks to Neilson Street. Turn left. Hotel is on left. PARKING Parking will be validated for this conference at the Hyatt Regency Parking Garage (2 Albany St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901) and the Church Street Parking Garage (90 Church St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901). Please bring your parking ticket to registration for validation. Validation will be provided for these two garage locations ONLY if you park in a different garage you are responsible for your parking fee. ROOM RESERVATIONS For your convenience, we reserved a limited block of rooms at the Hyatt Regency at a rate of $143.00 plus applicable fees. This rate is available until March 13, 2014, or once the block of rooms has been reserved. After March 13, 2014 or the room block has been reserved, rooms and rates will be on a space available basis. Should you wish to take advantage of this special offer, please click this link to RESERVE YOUR ROOM to make your reservation online. Or call the Hyatt Regency Reservations Department at (888) 421-1442 and ask about the ASA New Jersey State Stroke Conference. We encourage participation by all individuals. If you have a disability, advance notification of any special needs will help us to serve you better.
ACCREDITATION INFORMATION CERTIFICATION Continuing Medical Education Accreditation - Physicians 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 American Heart Association, The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium, and the New Jersey Department of Health. The American Heart Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Heart Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. All persons who develop and/or control educational content in CME activities sponsored by the American Heart Association will disclose to the audience all financial relationships with any commercial supporters of this activity as well as with other commercial interests whose lines of business are related to the CME-certified content of this activity. In addition, presenters will disclose unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations. Such disclosures will be made in writing in course presentation materials. Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Physician Assistants AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 6.25 hours of Category I credit for completing this program. Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Nurse Practitioners American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Continuing Education Accreditation - Nurses The American Heart Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center s Commission on Accreditation. The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 6.25 contact hours. Continuing Education Accreditation Pharmacists The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE Credit: 6.25 Contact Hours or 0.625 CEUs. Universal Program Number: 0256-9999-14-695-L01-P. Continuing Education Accreditation Emergency Medical Services This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 6.25 Advanced CEHs, activity number 14-AMHA-F1-0209. Steps for Successful Completion To successfully complete this activity, learners must fully participate in the sessions. In addition, learners must provide feedback that will be used for evaluative and outcomes measurement purposes. Learners will check-in onsite for attendance verification purposes and will be required to provide evaluative feedback before CME/CE credit can be claimed. This program has been approved for 7 CEU EMT elective credits from NJ Department of Health Office of Emergency Medical Services. DISCLOSURE POLICY All persons who develop and/or control educational content in CME/CE activities sponsored by the American Heart Association will disclose to the audience all financial relationships with any commercial supporters of this activity as well as with other commercial interests whose lines of business are related to the CME/CE-certified content of this activity. In addition, presenters will disclose unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations. Such disclosures will be made in writing in course presentation materials.