Program Schedule
This is a working agenda, it may change drastically between now and March 29, 2017.

7:00am - 7:25am -     Registration

7:25am - 7:30am -     Welcome & Opening Remarks
                                - Alison Nohara, MD,  Education Director, Medical Director, NeuroInterventional Surgery,Vassar Brothers Medical Center

7:30am - 8:15am -  Optimizing Prehospital Management of Stroke.
                         - Faizan Arshad, MD, EMS Medical Director, Health-Quest

8:15am - 9:00am -  Cerebrovascular Anatomy & Stroke
                             - Haralabos Zacharatos, DO,NeuroInterventional Surgery, Vassar Brothers Medical Center 

9:00am - 9:15am -      BREAK

9:15am - 12:15pm -    Interactive Anatomy Model
                                 - Linda R. Littlejohns, RN, MSN, CNRN,SCRN, FAAN​, Neuroscience Clinical Nursing Consultant

12:15pm - 1:15pm -    LUNCH

1:15pm -  1:45pm -    Atypical Stroke
                         - John Ferro, MD, MS, FAAN, Medical Director, Vassar Brothers Medical Center
                                                  
1:45pm - 2:30pm -   Cryptogenic Stroke and Artrial Fibrillation: Importance, diagnosis and Treatment
                           - Sarah Levin, MD, FACC, Attending Cardiologist, The Heart Center, A Division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular Practice P.C., Health-Quest

2:30pm - 3:15pm-   Closing the Door on Cryptogenic Stroke- A 2017 Update on Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
                               - Rajeev Narayan, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI, Director of  Endovascular Vassar Brothers MedicalCenter Services and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology Rutgers- New Jersey Medical School 

3:15pm  -  3:35pm-    Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices
                                - Sankar Varanasi, MD, Director Electrophysiology Attending                                     Cardiologist, The Heart Center, A Division of Hudson Valley                                     Cardiovascular Practice P.C., Health-Quest
3:35pm - 4:15pm-    Current Issues in NeuroInterventional Surgery
                             - Alison Nohara, MD, Education
                               Director, Medical Director, NeuroInterventional Surgery,
                               Vassar Brothers Medical Center

4:15pm  -  4:30pm-    Closing Remarks
                                - Alison Nohara, MD, Education
                               Director, Medical Director, NeuroInterventional Surgery, 
​                               Vassar Brothers Medical Center