12th Annual Summit: Triage, Treatment, Ties, and Tanks


Plenary/ Keynote Presentations

Stroke Readmissions: Metrics & Challenges – Judith Lichtman, PhD, FAHA – Associate Professor & Chair, Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health – New Haven, CT

Comprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services – Rehabilitation Matters– Pamela Duncan, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FAHA – Professor of Neurology, Wake Forest Baptist Health – Winston-Salem, NC


The Debate Stage

Transport of Suspected Large Vessel Occlusion: What’s the Right Protocol for Bypass? Matthew Siket, MD, FACEP – Co-Director Rhode Island Hospital & The Miriam Hospital Stroke Centers, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University – Providence, RI; Andrew W. Asimos, MD – Medical Director, Carolinas Stroke Network, Carolinas HealthCare System – Charlotte, NC

PFOs- Are There Holes in the Argument: To Close or Not? – David E. Thaler, MD, PhD, FAHA – Chairman, Department of Neurology, Tufts Medical Center – Boston, MA; Walter Kernan, MD – Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine – New Haven, CT

Management of Asymptomatic Carotid Disease: If It Ain’t Broken Don’t Fix It. True or False? – Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAHA, FAAN – Professor of Clinical Neurology, Vice-Chair for VA Programs, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine – Miami, FL; Philip M. Meyers, MD, FAHA – Professor, Radiology & Neurological Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Director, Neuroendovascular Services, New York Presbyterian Hospitals, Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY


ISC Highlights

Conquering Strokes Severe Heterogeneity! Does Imaging Help You Stratify Patients for Treatment? – Andrew Dumchuk, MD, FRCPC- Director, Calgary Stroke Program, Professor, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences & Radiology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary- Calgary, Alberta Canada

FDA Approval for a PFO Closure Device – Now What? – Davis E. Thaler, MD, PhD, FAHA- Chairman, Department of Neurology, Tufts Medical Center- Boston, MA

Mission: Lifeline Stroke Prehospital Triage Algorithm & Lessons Learned from the Field – Peter D. Panagos, MD, FAHA, FACEP- Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology Washington University School of Medicine- St. Louis, MO


Updates from Funded Mini-Grant Recipients

PAC: Paramedic Angiographic Correlates. Utility of the Los Angeles Moster Score (LAMS) for Identifying Large Cerebrovascular OcclusionsEthan Brandler, MD, MPH, FACEP- Assistant Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine, Associate Director, Emergency Medical Services, State University of New York, Stony Brook Medicine- Stony Brook, NY

Informed Consent for tPA: Investigating Clinical Outcomes – Tara M. Cope, MS- Director, Outcomes Research Unit, New York State Department of Health – Albany, NY

Nursing Home Performance, Home Health Performance, and 30-Day All Cause Readmission After Stroke – Judith Lichtman, PhD, FAHA- Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health- New Haven, CT

Comprehensive Outpatient Stroke Recovery Program, Outcomes Trial and Functional Outcomes Trial – Tayla K. Fleming, MD- Director, Aftercare Program & Stroke Recovery Program, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute- Edison, NJ; Sara Cuccurollo, MD- Clinical Professor and Chairman, Residency Program Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Medical Director, VP, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute- Edison, NJ


Thursday Closing Keynote

Risk Prediction for More Patient-Centered Evidence – David Kent, MD, MS – Director, Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness (PACE) Center, Tufts Medical Center – Boston, MA


State Breakouts

CT: Richard Kamin, MD, FACEP- EMS Program Director, University of CT Health Center, Medical Director, CT DPH OEMS- West Hartford, CT

ME, NH, VT: Matthew Sholl, MD, MPH- Medical Director, Maine EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Associate Professor Emergency Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; Timothy G. Lukovits, MD- Medical Director, Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center- Lebanon, NH

MA: Sophia Dyer, MD, FACEP, FAEMS- Medical Director, Boston EMS- Boston, MA

NYC: David Ben-Eli, MD, FACEP, FAEMS- Division Medical Director, Office of Medical Affairs, Fire Department New York- New York, NY; Michael Redlener, MD, FAEMS- Assistant Professor, Medical Director for EMS and Disaster Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s & Mount Sinai West, New York, NY

LI: Ethan Brandler, MD, MPH, FACEP – Assistant Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine, Associate Director, Emergency Medical Services, State University of New York Stony Brook Medicine – Stony Brook, NY

Upstate NY: Jeremy Cushman, MD, MS, EMT-P, FACEP – Medical Director for the Monroe-Livingston Region, Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Prehospital Medicine, University of Rochester – Rochester, NY

NJ: Mark Merlin, DO, EMT-P, FACEP – Vice-Chairman and EMS Fellowship Director, Newark Beth/ RWJ Barnabas, Chief Medical Officer, MONOC, Jet911, World Medical Bank – Newark, NJ

RI: Kenneth Williams, MD, FACEP, FAEMS – Director, EMS Division, Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University – Providence, RI


Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Breakout A:
Hospital Accreditation What’s New? TJC, DNV, HFAP – David Eickemeyer, MBA – Associate Director, Certification, The Joint Commission – Oakbrook Terrace, IL; Carol Roesch, BSN, MBA, FACHE – Stroke Coordinator, Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program – Chicago, IL; Dee Behrens, BSN, CNRN, SCRN – Technical Advisor/ Surveyor, Stroke Program DNV GL Healthcare – Milford, OH

Breakout B:
Pre-Hospital Stroke Scales – Compelling Evidence?– Ethan Brandler, MD, MPH, FACEP – Assistant Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine, Associate Director, Emergency Medical Services, State University of New York, Stony Brook Medicine – Stony Brook, NY
How to Solidify Door-In Door-Out and Other Inter-Hospital Transfer Practices – Paul Hansen, MD – Vascular and Interventional Neurologist, Texas Stroke Institute – Plano, TX

Breakout C:
Update on Stroke Rehab Guidelines – Joel Stein, MD, FAHA – Past NECC Chair, C. Miller Fisher Award Recipient, Professor and Chair, Department of Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University & Weill Cornell Medical College – New York, NY

Breakout D:
Care of the Post Thrombectomy Stroke Patient– Gino Paolucci, NP – Lead APP, Stroke & Neurointerventional Radiology, Rhode Island Hospital – Providence, RI
Neuro Assessment Beyond the mNHISS – Eilieen Hawkins, RN, MSN, CNRN, SCRN – Stroke Program Coordinator, Pen Bay Medical Center – Rockport, ME; Dawn Beland, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, ACNS-BC, CNRN, SCRN – Stroke Center Coordinator, Hartford Hospital – Hartford, CT


C. Miller Fisher Keynote Address

The Future of Stroke Rehabilitation – Joel Stein, MD, FAHA – Past NECC Chair, C. Miller Fisher Award Recipient, Professor & Chair, Department of Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University & Weill Cornell Medical College – New York, NY