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.

2023 STROKE Symposium

Greater Cincinnati Stroke Consortium 9th Annual Stroke Symposium

Let’s get together!

We’re hosting a new event, and we’d love to see you there. Join us for the Greater Cincinnati Stroke Consortium’s 9th Annual Stroke Symposium, October 27, 2023 at 8:00 AM.

Register soon because space is limited.

We hope you’re able to join us!

Event Details

Date: Friday, October 27, 2023
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Where: St. Elizabeth Training and Education Center, 3861 Olympic Blvd, Erlanger, KY 41018

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

Debunking the Myth of “Unable to Assess”

Liz Salyers, MS, AGACNP-BC, SCRN

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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

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

To download 2019’s presentation handouts, please click on its title below.

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
Download all 2019 presentation