CRN North East and North Cumbria - 9th Advanced Stroke Care Conference Agenda
Contents
Agenda
13:00 - 13:10
Introduction
Dr Anand Dixit, Consultant Stroke Physician at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
13:10 - 13:30
Mechanical thrombectomy – future delivery in the NHS
Prof Gary Ford, Consultant Stroke Physician at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Chief Executive Officer of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network
13:30 - 13:40
Q&A
13:40 - 14:00
Lipid management in stroke patients: current and future horizons
Dr Ahai Luvai, Consultant in Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
14:00 - 14:10
Q&A
14:10 - 14:30
Management of AF after intracranial haemorrhage: only randomisation can influence our practice
Prof Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at NHS Lothian
14.30 - 14.40
Q&A
14.40 - 15.15
Break
15.15 - 15.30
PFO MDT dilemmas: case presentations
Dr Anand Dixit, Consultant Stroke Physician at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
15.30 - 16.00
PFO MDT: Approach to decision making for and against closure of PFO - a stroke physician’s perspective
Sponsored by Abbott Laboratories
Prof David Tirschwell, Professor of Neurology and Medical Director of Comprehensive Stroke Care at the University of Washington Medicine Comprehensive Stroke Center
16:00 - 16:20
PFO MDT: Approach to decision making for and against closure of PFO - an interventional cardiologist’s perspective
Sponsored by Abbott Laboratories
Dr Mark Turner, Consultant Cardiologist at the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
16:20 - 16:40
Panel discussion: Q&A
16:40 - 16:50
Summary and close
Dr Anand Dixit, Consultant Stroke Physician at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust