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8th Annual Yatsu Day Symposium
Stroke Recovery in the 21st Century
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2015
Cooley Conference Center
7440 Cambridge St, Houston, TX 77030
7:30 – 8 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration
8 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Conference
Attendance is free, but registration is required: https://cmetracker.net/UTMB/Catalog
General Information
Symposium Overview
This symposium is designed to address the challenges faced in the rehabilitation and management
of current and future post-stroke patients. It will provide participants with a maximal learning
experience through lectures and debates, interspersed with question and answer sessions.
Evaluations will be available to the participants online at the conclusion of the course.
Registration
Registration for this symposium is at no cost for all attendees. You must pre-register to attend. You
may register by visiting https://cmetracker.net/UTMB/Catalog or contacting the UTMB Office
of Continuing Education at continuing.ed@utmb.edu or 409.772.9300. A continental breakfast,
buffet lunch, and break refreshments are included with this symposium. Please inform us if you need
to cancel your registration.
If you require special assistance, please provide a written description of needs and submit to the
UTMB Office of Continuing Education at least 30 days prior to the start of the symposium
Objectives
1. Update attendees on rehabilitation options for stroke patients.
2. Learn latest techniques developed to promote recovery after stroke.
3. Understand controversies about treatment options in the area of stroke recovery.
4. Learn advances in stroke rehabilitation research.
Target Audience
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Students
• Residents
• Fellows
• Physical Therapists
• Speech Therapists
• Occupational Therapists treating
patients with stroke, and their
recovery and rehabilitation
CME ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
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 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
UTHealth at Houston School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on
Accreditation.
This activity will provide 5.25 contact hours of Nursing Continuing Education
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Agenda
7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8 a.m. Welcome – Sean Savitz, M.D., and Jim Grotta, M.D.
SESSION 1: REHABILITATION – Moderator: Gerard Francisco, M.D.
8:15 a.m.
What is rehab therapy – do we know how much each patient needs? –
Gerard Francisco, M.D.
8:35 a.m.
Does rehab therapy work for patients beyond 6 months after stroke? –
Pamela Duncan, Ph.D.
8:55 a.m.
Health Disparities in Elderly and Minority Stroke Patients –
Nneka Ifejika, M.D., M.P.H.
9:15 a.m.
Speech Therapy in Stroke – Shilpa Shamapant
SESSION 2: CONTROVERSIES USING ADJUNCTIVE APPROACHES WITH REHABILITATION
9:35 a.m.
Constraint-induced Movement Therapy – Steven L. Wolf, M.D.
9:55 a.m. Pharmacological Approaches to Promote Brain Recovery –
Sheryl Martin-Schild, M.D.
10:15 a.m.
Games and Virtual Reality – Steven Wolf, M.D.
10:35 a.m.
Spasticity Management – Theodore Wein, M.D.
10:55 a.m. Debate: What do we know, what don’t we know about rehab? –
Moderator: Elizabeth Noser, M.D.
SESSION 3: STEM CELL THERAPY
11:15 a.m.
What is the status of stem cell therapy for stroke? – Sean Savitz, M.D.
11:30 a.m. Lunch
Noon The Bentsen Center Research Update – Brian Davis, M.D.
Stem cells: Will they ever be ready for clinical application in neurological disorders?
12:10 p.m. Charles Cox, M.D.
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Darwin Prockop, M.D., Ph.D.
12:40 p.m.
Debate – Moderator: James Grotta, M.D.
12:55 p.m. Q&A
SESSION 4: DEVICES TO PROMOTE STROKE RECOVERY
1:15 p.m.
Robotics – Steven Cramer, M.D.
1:35 p.m.
Noninvasive Stimulation – Brent Masel, M.D.
1:55 p.m.
Brain-Machine Interfaces – Nikunj Bhagat
2:25 p.m.
Debate: Are certain types of stimulation ready for standard of care for stroke patients? – Moderator: James Grotta, M.D.
2:40-3 p.m.
Afternoon Break
SESSION 5: FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
3 p.m. Telerehabilitation – Mansi Jhaveri, M.D.
3:20 p.m.
Monitoring Outcomes in Outpatient Rehab – Bruce Dobkin, M.D.
3:40 p.m.
Imaging the Recovering Brain – Sean Savitz, M.D.
4:05 p.m.
Swipe Out Stroke – Nneka Ifejika, M.D., M.P.H.
4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
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Speaker Affiliations
NAME
SPECIALTY
AFFILIATION
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Gerard Francisco, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Physical Medicine
& Rehabilitation
UTHealth Medical School
TIRR Memorial Hermann
James Grotta, M.D.
Director, Mobile Stroke Unit
Consortium and Director of Stroke
Research
Memorial Hermann Clinical
Innovation and Research
Institute
Sean Savitz, M.D.
Professor and Director, Stroke Program
UTHealth Medical School
Mischer Neuroscience
Institute at Memorial
Hermann-TMC
Nikunj Bhagat
Postdoctoral Student & Research
Assistant, Laboratory for Noninvasive
Brain-Machine Interface Systems
University of Houston
Charles Cox, M.D.
George & Cynthia Mitchell
Distinguished Chair in Neurosciences;
Director, Program in Children’s
Regenerative Medicine; Co-Director,
Texas Trauma Institute
UTHealth Medical School
Children’s Memorial
Hermann Hospital
Steven Cramer, M.D.
Professor of Neurology and Anatomy
and Neurobiology; Director,
Neuroimaging Core, Institute for Clinical
Translational Science; Clinical Director,
Bill & Sue Gross Stem Cell Research
Center
University of California, Irvine
SPEAKERS
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Brian Davis, M.D.
Director, Center for Stem Cell and
Regenerative Medicine
UTHealth Medical School
Bruce Dobkin, M.D.
Program Director, UCLA Neurologic
Rehabilitation and Research Program,
Professor of Neurology
UCLA David Geffen School of
Medicine
Pamela Duncan, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology; Director of
Neurorecovery Research Center and
Chief Medical Officer
Wake Forest School of
Medicine
Nneka Ifejika, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor and Director,
Neurorehabilitation, Department of
Neurology
UTHealth Medical School
Mischer Neuroscience
Institute at Memorial
Hermann-TMC
Mansi Jhaveri, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
UTHealth Medical School
Sheryl Martin-Schild, M.D.
Associate Professor and Director,
Stroke Program
Tulane University Hospital
and Clinic
Brent Masel, M.D.
President and Medical Director
Transitional Learning Center
Elizabeth Noser, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of
Neurology
UTHealth Medical School
Darwin Prockop, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Institution for
Regenerative Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science
Center
Shilpa Shamapant
President
Austin Speech Labs
Theodore Wein, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and
Neurosurgery
McGill University Health
Centre
Steven L. Wolf, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and
Rehabilitation Medicine
Emory University School of
Medicine
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