Welcome / Meeting Introduction /Audience Questions & Survey

Andy Jagoda, MD and Edward Sloan, MD

Stroke in the Prehospital and ED Settings: Should EMS triage and inter-hospital transfer to stroke centers take place?  Why?  When? How?

Andy S. Jagoda, MD FACEP
Professor and Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York City, New York

Stroke Patient and New Stroke Therapy Assessment: NIHSS & Stroke Scales in Patient and Stroke Therapy Assessment

J. Stephen Huff, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Eneurology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Stroke Care within the 3 Hour Window for tPA Use: What do we do? What should we do?

E. Bradshaw Bunney, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Stroke Care After the 3 Hour Window for tPA use: What are the options? What should we do?

Thomas G. Brott, MD
Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida

Stroke Patient Management in the ED: Clinical Guidelines and Neuroprotection Strategies

Edward P. Sloan, MD
Professor and Research Development Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois