2021 John Scholz Stroke Education Conference

Activity Chair

Lee Dresser, MD
Delaware Stroke Initiative

Co-Chairs
Kate W. Smith, MD, MPH
Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public Health Association 
ksmith@delamed.org 
302-733-5571 

Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH
Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public
Health Association
tgibbs@delamed.org

When

Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
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Where

This is an online event. Registrants will recieve additional information via email regarding how to connect prior to the event.

John P. Scholz, PT, PhD
December 20, 1949 - October 19, 2013

The John Scholz Stroke Education Conference is dedicated to the memory of John P. Scholz, PT, PhD, a highly regarded movement scientist renowned for his ability to take complex theoretical concepts of motor control and apply them to the understanding and treatment of neurologic problems.

Dr. Scholz was professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, and, for many years, a member of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Stroke Initiative.

The John Scholz Stroke Education Conference is co-sponsored by the Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public Health Association, and the Delaware Stroke Initiative.

Costs

If you are a health care provider, the $20 cost of your admission includes the cost of continuing education credits. Non-health care providers will only be invoiced $10 if they register but do not attend and/or do not cancel 7 days before the beginning of the conference.

Cancellations made 7 days or more in advance of the event date, will receive a 100% refund minus applicable fees. Cancellations made less than 7 days from the event will not receive a refund, and may be blocked from attending future events if invoices are ignored. 

Saturday, October 16, 2021
Virtual Event

AGENDA
Subject to change

8:00 - 8:05 am: Welcome
Lee Dresser, MD

8:05 - 8:35 am: Aneurysms/Sub-Arachnoid Hemorrhage
Sudhakar Satti, MD
Associate Medical Director, Neurointerventional Surgery, ChristianaCare

8:35 - 9:05 amPsychological Effects of Stroke / Post-Stroke PTSD
Nancy Devereux, PhD
Psychotherapy, ChristianaCare

9:05 - 9:35 am: Cutting Edge Thrombolytics
Sridhara Sastry Yaddanapudi, MD
Neurology & Vascular Neurology, ChristianaCare

9:35 - 9:45 am
Bio Break

9:45 - 10:15 am: Safe Discharge Planning of Stroke Patients
from Acute Care
Jamir Dobson
Director of Care Management, Manager of Social Services,
St. Francis Hospital

10:15 - 11:00 am: Technology & Stroke Rehabilitation
Louis N. Awad, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy, Boston University

11:00 - 12:00 pm: KEYNOTE
COVID-19, Stroke, and Other Neurologic Complications
Anna Cervantes-Arslanian, MD
Director, Neurocritical Care and Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston School of Medicine

 Continuing Education

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Medical Society of Delaware and the Delaware Academy of Medicine/Delaware Public Health Association. The Medical Society of Delaware is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


The Medical Society of Delaware designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

It is the policy of the Medical Society of Delaware to comply with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education. In keeping with these standards, all faculty participating in continuing medical education provided by MSD are expected to disclose to the activity audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentations.

Joint providership of CME by MSD in no way implies endorsement of any product or service. 

This activity is not supported by commercial funding. 

Continuing education hours have been approved for Occupational Therapy (3.75 hours) and Physical Therapy (3.75 hours).

Continuing education hours have been requested for Speech Language Pathology.