Our annual symposiums are an opportunity to provide the latest stroke education to healthcare workers across a wide variety of disciplines. Agendas focus on innovation and stroke treatment.
2025 STROKE Symposium
Agenda
Slide Decks
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm and Vasospasm Management
Michael W. Robinson, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Prehospital Emergency Stroke Care
Christopher T. Richards, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Co-Director, UC Stroke Team University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Kyle B Walsh, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Neurocritical Care and Stroke Team, University of Cincinnati
Stroke Medical Director, St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Marla’s Stroke Journey
Marley McCarthy
Use of Transcranial Doppler in the Acute Neurologic Patient
Brittany M. Kasturiarachi, DO
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Associate Program Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Neurocritical Care Division
Factors Related to Stroke Awareness and Severity in an Underserved Urban Community
Joanna M. Marmo, MSN, MBA, RN, SCRN, ASC-BC
System Director, Nursing Alarm Management, NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health Nursing Science Fellow
Neuro Imaging for Nurses and Other Interested Parties
Christina Vest, DNP, APRN-CNP, CNRN
Stroke Recovery Models: Brain Computer Interface & More
Andrew J. Ringer, MD
Director Cerebrovascular Surgery, Mayfield
Chief of Neurosciences, TriHealth
Bridging the Gap – Brain Injury and the Role of Community Based Support
Brain Injury Association of Ohio
Aphasia & Apraxia Identification Program
The Greater Cincinnati Stroke Consortium
2024 STROKE Symposium
Slide Decks
Small Vessel Disease and No Stroke: What Now?
Liz Salyers, MS, AGACNP-BC, SCRN, CEN
TriHealth Group Health – Mason & West Chester
EMS & Stroke: Why It Matters
John Kachoris, MD
Director, Neurocritical Care
Director, Neuroscience Education
Mercy Health Neuroscience Institute
The Jewish Hospital
The Role of Angioplasty and Stenting in Carotid Revascularization
Aaron W. Grossman, MD
Vascular and Interventional Neurology
University of Cincinnati
Bridging the Wellness Gap
Danny Meyer, MD, PT, DPR
Division of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy
Instructor, UC Department of Allied Health
Co-Lead, be.well Program
Paradigm Shifts in Thrombolytic Therapy
Stacie L. Demel DO, MD
Greater Cincinnati Stroke Consortium
Key Note Address
2023 STROKE Symposium
Slide Decks
Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries (BCVIs): Stroke Risk and Management
Matthew Stedman Smith, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Burgeoning Treatments in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Chris Zammit, MD FACEP FNCS
Medical Director, Stroke, Neurosciences Critical Care & Acute Neurologic Emergencies, TriHealth
Driving after Stroke: Fitness-to-drive Assessments & Vehicle Modification
Kate Lopez, OTR/L, MHS, LDI, CDRS
Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist
President, Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists
Empowering Excellence:
Elevating Post-Stroke Care in the Outpatient Setting
Katherine A. Schmidt, MD, MBA, MPH*, FACP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director of Hoxworth IM Faculty Practice
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Impact of Neuroscience Nurses
Erin Kennedy
Life After Stroke– Five Years of Growing
Carly Nunn
Spooky Strokes: an overview of rare and atypical cerebral vascular diseases
Lauren Menzies, MD
NIH StrokeNet Vascular Neurology Fellow
NIH StrokeNet and the Future of Stroke Research
2022 STROKE Symposium
Symposium Slide Deck
Symposium Speakers
Keynote Speaker

Natalie Kreitzer, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Neurocritical Care and UC Stroke Team
Medical Director of Stroke Services
West Chester Hospital
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
More Speakers
- Aaron Grossman, MD and Joseph Choo, MD
- Joseph Salfity, MD
- Richard Becker, MD
- Charles Prestigiacomo, MD
- Nikki Enneking, RN and Jenny Ross, RN
- Carrie Stenstrom
- Randy Johann
- Mark Goddard, MD
- Amy Graham, RN, Stroke Survivor
2019 STROKE Symposium
Acute Neurological Stroke Interventions – Charles J. Prestigiacomo, MD FACS FAANS
Neuro Imaging of Acute Stroke – Lynn Hundley, APRN CNRN CCNS ANVP-BC
Posterior Circulation Strokes – Molly O’Brien, ACNP
Stroke Treatment Beyond IV tPA – Opeolu Adeoye, MD MS FACEP FAHA
Transitional Coaching for Stroke – Lorel Studer, RN DNP CNL CCRN-K SCRN
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Lynn Hundley, APRN CNRN CCNS ANVP-BC
Bring Terri Home – Terri Kersey
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