Stroke Course: Stroke Intervention Basics (separate registration required)

Saturday, March 29, 2025

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Location: Music City Center, 207 AB

CE: 1.5

Coordinator(s)

Manraj Heran, MD (he/him/his)

Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiologist; Pediatric Interventional Radiologist
BC Children's Hospital; Vancouver General Hospital, Canada
Martin Radvany, MD, FACR, FSIR

Clinical Assistant Professor
Nova Southeastern University, United States

In this session attendees with review the basics of stroke intervention, beginning with access and progressing thru techniques for MT using Aspiration and Stent Retrievers.

Learning Objectives:

Summarize the basics mechanical thrombectomy in AIS
Compare techniques for vascular access in the setting of acute ischemic stroke
Implement techniques for mechanical thrombectomy using aspiration thenbectomy and stent retrievers

Presentations:

10:30 AM – 10:52 AM CT

Access (Femoral and Radial)
Speaker: Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran, MD (he/him/his) – BC Children's Hospital; Vancouver General Hospital
10:52 AM – 11:14 AM CT

Aspiration Thrombectomy (ADAPT)
Speaker: Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, FACR, FSIR – Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Otolaryngology Michigan Medicine
11:14 AM – 11:36 AM CT

Stent Retrievers
Speaker: Sri Hari Sundararajan, MD – University Radiology Group / Robert Wood Johnson Universitu Hospital / St. Peter’s University University Hospital
11:36 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Q&A