Annual Meeting and CME Program - Overview
      
Join us Saturday, November 15th, 2008 for our annual meeting and CME Program.

This event is open to Physicians, Nurses and Health Professionals, as well as stroke survivors, their families, and the general public.

Event Details:
When: November 15th, 2008 7:00 AM through 5:00 PM
(Layman tract = from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Where: Turf Valley Resort & Conference Center
2700 Turf Valley Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042
United States

Contact 703.248.1744 or 410.637.4534
Email: rhonda.chatmon@heart.org. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript? enabled to view it Email: faye.brooks@heart.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript? enabled to view it

Hotel Information
Attendees can contact the Turf Valley Resort to make hotel reservations by dialing 410-465-1500 0r 1-888-833-8873. Reservations can also be made online at http://www.turfvalley.com/. Please use group code 27L9SB. All rooms must be reserved and must be held on a guaranteed basis using the attendee’s credit card. Attendees should identify themselves as participants of the Maryland Stroke Alliance Annual Meeting & CME Conference. A special rate of $131.00 is available through 10/31/08.

Agenda:

7:00 am - 8:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 12:00 pm CME Program Sessions
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Survivor / Caregiver Sessions
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Meeting/Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm General Session: Richard Zorowitz MD
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Survivor / Caregiver Sessions
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm CME Program Sessions

Topics Include:

Stroke in the Young
Women and Stroke
Coping Mechanisms for Stroke Survivors
PVD, Stroke and CAD: The Connection; Malignant Stroke
Location of Stroke and Rehabilitation Interventions
To Treat or Not to Treat: Review of Difficult Real-Time? Acute Treatment Decisions
Overview of Catheter-Based? Therapies
Stroke Rehabilitation Across the Continuum
Disparities in Acute Stroke Care
Acute Stroke Care in the ED
Antiplatelet Therapy in the post-PRoFESS Era
Legal Aspects of tPA Administration for Acute Stroke
The State of Stroke in Maryland

CEU Info: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of MedChi?, the Maryland State Medical Society, through the joint sponsorship of LifeBridge? Health and the Maryland Stroke Alliance. LifeBridge? Health is accredited by MedChi? to provide continuing medical education for physicians and takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. LifeBridge? Health designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
8 hours of continuing education has been applied for from AACN.

For more information contact Rhonda Chatmon at 703.248.1744, rhonda.chatmon@heart.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript? enabled to view it or Faye Brooks at 410.637.4534, faye.brooks@heart.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript? enabled to view it.