2012 PSA Stroke Conference Program by Pacific Stroke Association

12th Annual Victory Over Stroke 2012 Conference

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WELCOME

Welcome to the 12th annual Victory Over Stroke Conference. In recognition of National Stroke Awareness Month in May, the goal of the annual regional conference is to increase awareness about the importance of treating stroke as a medical emergency. The Victory Over Stroke Conference is planned to provide the most current medical information to nursing and other healthcare professionals who treat patients and families in all phases of stroke treatment from emergency department through rehabilitation. The conference has been designed to cover the continuum of stroke care (ischemic and hemorraghic stroke management, rehabilitation and the stroke programs at primary and comprehensive stroke centers). The goal is to share the best clinical practices that have been developed to optimize patient outcomes at local stroke centers. Various topics and sessions have been planned to meet the educational needs of nurses and healthcare professionals at various levels of skill. This year, we are pleased to present two full-day conferences in Palo Alto and Burlingame. We want to express our thanks and gratitude to Mills-Peninsula Medical Center for hosting this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference at their beautiful new facility. We specifically thank Dr. Robert Telfer for his support. The annual Victory Over Stroke Conference is made possible through the financial support of the local stroke centers, companies, and businesses. We thank our generous sponsors, donors, guest speakers, and attendees. Many thanks to the members of PSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medical Advisory Council for input and guidance with the program content. Thank you again for attending the 12th Annual Victory Over Stroke Conference. Gary Curtis PSA Board Chair 24

Rezvan Moghaddam PSA Executive Director 1

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Thursday May 10 – Taube Koret Campus, Palo Alto

8:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Welcome 8:30 am

Victoria Thoits Member, PSA Board of Directors

Medical Presentations 8:45 am

Greg Albers, MD Stanford Hospital & Clinics “Results of the DEFUSE 2 Study”

9:30 am

Reza Malek, MD Minimally Invasive Surgical Solutions “Neurointerventional Stroke Management”

10:15 am

Morning Break

10:30 am

Vivek Rao, MD Kaiser Permanente Redwood City “Hemorrhagic Stroke”

11:15 am

Pam Conlon-Sandhu RN BSN CRRN, El Camino Hospital - Los Gatos Naz Motayar, PhD, Neuropsychologist – Good Samaritan Hospital “Post-Stroke Acute Rehabilitation – a panel presentation”

NATIONAL STROKE ALERT DAY MAY 1, 2012

San Mateo County Takes Stroke Seriously!

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May 10 May 23

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Thursday May 10 – Afternoon 12:00 pm

Lunch & Exhibitors

Master of Ceremonies

Heather Holmes, KTVU 2

12:45 pm

Surviving Strokes – a video presentation

1:00 pm

Jeffrey L. Saver, MD University of California Los Angeles “Treating Stroke in the Golden Hour”

2:00 pm

Anne Burleigh Jacobs, PT, PhD SensoMotor Neurological Rehabilitation “The potential of the human brain: neuroplasticity and recovery post-stroke”

2:45 pm

Afternoon Break

3:00 pm

David Tong, MD California Pacific Medical Center “Comprehensive Stroke Centers and Target Stroke: Implications for Treatment”

3:45 pm

Bruce Lee Consultant to the California EMS Authority, Stroke and Cardiac Regulations Project “State of Stroke Statewide – A Report”

Closing Remarks

Heather Holmes, KTVU 2

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650.692.0600 Respite and Vacation stays available

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Note: CEU’s are offered by El Camino Hospital at this conference. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider # CEP360 for 7.0 CEU’s

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Wednesday May 23 – Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Burlingame

Post Stroke Programs

8:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Welcome 8:30 am

Bob Merwin Chief Executive Officer, Mills-Peninsula Health Services

The Peninsula Stroke Association invites stroke survivors and their family caregivers to attend FREE monthly support groups. Meet new people and find practical tools and inspirational support. For more information, visit www.psastroke.org or email support@psastroke.org.

Surviving Strokes – a video presentation Medical Presentations 8:45 am

Chitra Venkatasubramanian, MBBS, MD Stanford Hospital & Clinics “Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke”

9:30 am

Greg Gilbert, MD San Mateo County EMS “San Mateo Assessment Risk Tool for Stroke (SMARTS)”

9:45 am

Robert Telfer, MD Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Kathleen MacKerrow, RN, MS, GCNS Laguna Honda Rehabilitation Center “Improving the Door to Needle Time for t-PA”

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Colman Ryan, MD Seton Medical Center “Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke - a worldwide experience”

11:30 am

Craig Hou, MD Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco “Behavioral Changes after Ischemic Stroke”

Los Gatos: The Los Gatos support groups meet at: Mission Oaks Campus of Good Samaritan Hospital, Cafeteria Conference Room 15891 Los Gatos-Almaden Road, Los Gatos Different Strokes for Different Folks 2nd Tuesday of the month 3:00pm-4:30pm Facilitators: May Goodreau, SLP Naz Motayar, Ph.D Neuropsychologist Young Adult Stroke Survivor Group Second Thursday of the month 4:00pm - 5:00pm Kristine Welch, SLP Speech Therapist Mountain View Women’s Therapeutic Group Last Friday of the month 10:30am-12:00pm El Camino Hospital, Ground Floor [Check digital boards for room numbers] 2500 Grant Road, Mountain View Facilitators: Virginia Newberry, MA Michelle Joelson, MS Counseling Psychology

Palo Alto Active Adults Support Group First Wednesday of the month 4:00pm - 5:00pm VA Hospital, Employee Dining room, Room C1-212 3801 Miranda Avenue, Building 101, Palo Alto [You do not need to be a Veteran to attend this group.] Facilitator: Deanna Baldi, Recreational Therapist Caregiver’s Workshop September through June, PSA provides a monthly workshop for caregivers. For more information visit www. psastroke.org or email support@psastroke.org.

Palo Alto Quarterly “Stroke Social” Join friends both new and old at PSA’s quarterly Stroke Social. Please visit www.psastroke.org for more information about upcoming events. This quarterly program is open to our stroke community. Group leaders: Kyle Smith, MPT, ATC and Jari Koister (checking he’s OK with this) Quarterly Post Stroke Educational Forum 5:00pm – 7:00pm VA Hospital, Bldg. 101, Auditorium 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto For more information and the dates for this program visit www.psastroke.org

San Jose A Time to Talk Second Wednesday of the month 3:30pm – 5:00pm O’Connor Hospital, Cafeteria Meeting Room 2105 Forest Avenue, San Jose Facilitators: Laleh Ebadat PT, Craig Maloney OT, Chris Hamilton OT, Hoang Nguyen PT, Gary Standridge OT, and Marianne Heidtmann SLP Santa ClaraValley Medical Center Stroke Classes Mondays through Thursdays 4:00pm-5:00pm Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Rehab. Center 751 Bascom Avenue, San Jose For more information, call: 408-885-560

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Wednesday May 23 - Afternoon

SAVE YOUR AD SPACE NOW The next Edition of the PSA Resource Directory goes to print in Fall 2012. A valuable resource for Stroke Survivors, Caregivers, and Clinicians

12:15 pm

Lunch & Exhibitors

Master of Ceremonies

Allen Martin - KPIX

1:00 pm

Brian Richardson, MD Alta Bates Summit Medical Center “Stroke Prevention, Naturally!”

1:45 pm

Nobl Barazangi, MD, PhD California Pacific Medical Center “Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy”

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Scott Rome, MD California Pacific Regional Rehabilitation Center “Stroke & Brain Injury Rehabilitation”

3:30pm

Harriet Zeiner, PhD Neuropsychologist VA Palo Alto Health Care System “Family Caregivers Role in Stroke Survivor Rehabilitation”

Consider placing an advertisement for your business, service, or organization in the upcoming edition of the PSA Resource Directory and reach over 3,000 people. To view the current edition, visit: www.psastroke.org. To secure your ad space or for more information, contact support@psastroke.org or 650.565.8485

5TH ANNUAL ABILITY RESOURCE FAIR Join us for the Peninsula Stroke Association’s 5th Annual Ability Resource Fair in Fall 2012

Reserve your exhibitor space now by contacting support@psastroke.org or calling 650-565-8485

NOTE: Mills-Peninsula Health Services is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Mills-Peninsula Health Services takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of the CME activity. Mills-Peninsula Health Services designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category I Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education. Mills-Peninsula Health Services is a provider of continuing medical education approved by the California Board 5 of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 0784. Nurses attending this course may report 7 contact hours.

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About PSA Board of Directors Gary Curtis, Chair Beth Chang Michael J. Elliott Kathleen MacKerrow, RN, MSN Caroline Macnab Nancy Houston Miller, RN

Peninsula Stroke Association is a not-for-profit organization serving Santa Clara and San Mateo counties in northern California. PSA’s mission is to reduce the incidence of stroke through education and to help alleviate stroke’s devastating aftermath through programs supporting survivors and family caregivers. PSA programs include: l Stroke Community Education - Reaching over 45,000 people annually through educational lectures and distribution of stroke multilingual educational materials in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese. l

Vivek A. Rao, MD Melanie Rogers Marge Sentous

Annual Victory Over Stroke Conference - Featuring a regional forum for medical staff and health care professionals to learn about the latest information on stroke treatment and post-stroke rehabilitation. Post stroke programs Monthly support groups for stroke survivors and caregivers.

Victoria B. Thoits Scott Ward

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Greg Yu

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Medical Advisory Council Vivek A. Rao, MD - Chair Peter Fung, MD Reza Malek, MD Robert Telfer, MD

Print and distribution of the Resource Directory, a comprehensive resource guide for stroke survivors and caregivers. Annual Abilities Resource Fair, quarterly Educational Forum, and Stroke Social group, are among other opportunities for stroke survivors and their families to learn and connect with resources available to them.

Connect To receive PSA’s monthly e-newsletter, or to schedule a lecture in your community, please email support@psastroke.org. For the updates on PSA programs visit www.psastroke.org, and LIKE us on Facebook for latest news and updates.

David Tong, MD

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Christine Wijman, MD

As a not-for-profit community-based organization, Peninsula Stroke Association relies on the financial support from individuals, foundations, corporations. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Tax ID 77-0500631. Make your donations online www.psastroke.org.

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Featured Speakers Gregory W. Albers, MD Medical Director-Stroke Program, Stanford University Medical Center Dr. Greg Albers is the Coyote Foundation Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University and the Director of the Stanford Stroke Center. Dr. Albers’ research focuses on the use of diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI to expand the treatment window for ischemic stroke. He is also conducting clinical studies of both neuroprotective and thrombolytic strategies for the treatment of acute stroke and investigating new antithrombotic strategies for stroke prevention. Dr. Albers is also an active clinician, providing clinical care for patients with cerebrovascular disorders. Dr. Albers received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, and completed his neurology residency and cerebrovascular fellowship at Stanford. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1989 and co-founded the Stanford Stroke Center in 1991. Nobl Barazangi, MD, PhD California Pacific Medical Center Dr. Barazangi is Director of CPMC’s Stroke/Neurocritical Care Research and Education Program in the CPMC Center for Stroke Research (CCSR). She received her medical degree and PhD at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her neurology residency and fellowship in Neurocritical care and Vascular Neurology at UCSF, and is board certified in Neurology, Vascular Neurology, and Neurocritical care. Her research interests include neuroimaging, neurovascular disorders, and neuromonitoring. She has an ongoing appointment as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Neurology at UCSF, and is the Director of the Stroke/Neurocritical Care Research and Education Program at the CPMC Center for Stroke Research. Pamela Conlon-Sandhu, RN BSN CRRN El Camino Hospital/Los Gatos Pam Conlon-Sandhu is the Assistant Clinical Manager of the Acute Rehab Unit at the Los Gatos campus of El Camino Hospital. She is also Chair of the Mountain View Senior Advisory Committee. Her professional interests and expertise are primarily on physical medicine and rehabilitation, stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and general rehabilitation. You can be a daughter again. Let us help. If you’re 40 and they’re 70, it’s time to talk. The Topic is 40/70 a free seminar February, 2nd from 6-8PM . Call Palo Adult School for registration and location 650.329.3752 Home Instead Senior Care....650.691.9671 At the center of the “40-70 Rule” is a guide of conversation starters for sensitive aging-related subjects, which is available free from your local !"#$%&'(#)*$+#&,!-$.)-#$!/01#2$34#$56786$ Rule Guide features communication tips, as well as role-playing situations that can help family caregivers know what to say and when.

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Craig Hou, MD Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Dr. Hou has been a neurologist at Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco since 2006, and is the current Director of their stroke program. Previously, Dr. Hou was Clinical Instructor and later Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Dr. Hou received his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. He was a resident in Internal Medicine at University of California Irvine College of Medicine, and a resident physician in neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Hou completed his clinical fellow program in Neurology at the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. His research and practice are focused not only on stroke but on dementia as well.

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Acknowledgements

Stryker Neurovascular and Concentric Medical

Conference Planning

Working together to offer Complete Stroke Care™ Solutions

Conference Volunteers

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With special thanks for the support of: Greg Albers, MD – Stanford Hospital & Clinics Tina Campbell – RealTime Health Pamela Colon-Sandhu, RN – El Camino Hospital Patrice Christensen – San Mateo County Health System Gary Curtis – PSA Board of Directors Amy Hanley, RN – Seton Medical Center Sherril Hopper, RN – El Camino Hospital Ann Jones, RN – Mills Peninsula Health Services Brenda Krokoski – Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Audra Laquidra – RealTime Health Janelle Loredo – Bay Area News Group Ellie Mansfield – Community Volunteer Kerry McArdle – The Daily Journal Rezvan Moghaddam – Peninsula Stroke Association Vivek Rao, MD – Kaiser Redwood City Razia Ratansi - UCLA Stroke Center Clara Roa – Peninsula Stroke Association Francine Serafin-Dickson – Hospital Consortium of SM County Alissa Shaw – Peninsula Stroke Association Robert Telfer, MD – Mills-Peninsula Health Services Victoria Thoits – PSA Board of Directors Bobbi Wind – Mills-Peninsula Health Services

Many thanks to our conference volunteers: Annabel Gonzales – AJ Photo & Video, Janna Kenniston, Jill Knapp, Joseph Mathews, Carmel Mould, Gordon Peterson – Able Cable Production, Don Steinfeld, June Steinfeld, Sawako Tajima Santa Clara County El Camino Hospital Good Samaritan Hospital Kaiser Permanente - Santa Clara Kaiser Permanente - San Jose O’Connor Hospital Regional Medical Center of San Jose Saint Louise Hospital - Gilroy Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Stanford Hospital & Clinics

San Mateo County Kaiser Permanente - Redwood City Kaiser Permanente - So. San Francisco Mills-Peninsula Health Services Sequoia Hospital Seton Medical Center

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STANFORD STROKE CENTER Committed to the highest standards of stroke care. Providing multidisciplinary stroke care for 20 years, the Stanford Stroke Center has led the way in establishing community standards of care. Stanford is consistently recognized as a leader in stroke treatment and research, with a comprehensive center pioneering in medical, surgical and interventional therapies for treating and preventing stroke. stanfordhospital.org/stroke 650.723.6469

Greg Gilbert, MD San Mateo County EMS Dr. Gilbert is Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center. He is also the EMS Medical Director for San Mateo County since 2008, and CoDirector of Stanford’s Emergency Medical Services Fellowship. Dr. Gilbert received his medical degree from SUNY at Brooklyn School Of Medicine in New York. He completed his residency and intership at the Emory University Hospital. Dr. Gilbert is Interested in education and different modalities to perform education. In addition, he is interested in different aspects of pre-hospital and disaster medicine. Currently, he is looking into CPR education in the pre-hospital setting. Anne Burleigh Jacobs, PT, PhD SensoMotor Neurological Rehabilitation Anne Burleigh Jacobs earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy in 1985 and a Doctorate in Neuroscience and Physiology in 1995. Her career has focused on neurological rehabilitation and teaching principles of neuroscience and neuroplasticity. She was a co-founder of Peninsula Stroke Association, and currently specializes in stroke recovery through her private practice and provides consultation to emerging technology companies developing tools for rehabilitation. She also continues to teach courses in neuroscience and motor control through a variety of different forums. Dr. Jacobs was a contributor to the textbook Neuroscience: Fundamentals for Rehabilitation, and recently contributed to the student study guide for the third edition of this text. She has been an invited lecturer nationally and internationally on topics related to motor learning, balance and postural control, recovery of sensory-motor function, and neuroscience. Bruce Lee Consultant to the California EMS Authority, Stroke and Cardiac Regulations Project. Bruce Lee is General Manager at American Medical Response. He is responsible for business development, market growth and product innovation in the Northern California region, and currently manages a new 911 EMS system for the Napa Valley. Bruce also owns Advanced Practice Group (APG) where he provides professional consulting services in EMS, healthcare and disaster planning. He is currently under contract to develop STEMI and Stroke Care Regulations for the State of California. Previously he was EMS Director at the County of Santa Clara.

Reza Malek, MD Minimally Invasive Surgical Solutions Dr. Malek is the founder of Minimally Invasive Surgical Solutions, a Neuro-Interventional and Interventional Radiology firm. He is also Director of Neuro-Interventional Radiology at Good Samaritan Hospital, and Neurointerventional Radiologist at California Pacific Medical Center. Dr. Malek received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at the Medical Center of Delaware. He was a fellow in cardiovascular and interventional radiology at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, a fellow in interventional neuroradiology at the University of California Irvine Medical Center, and at UCSF Medical Center. Dr. Malek also has a master’s degree in Neurovascular diseases from SUD & Mahidol University, in Paris. Dr. Malek has been a member of PSA’s Medical 9 Advisory Board since 2010.

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We believe in intensive caring Integrated. Comprehensive. Innovative. We are dedicated to providing world-class therapies and high-quality care for our patients and our community. Kaiser Permanente is a proud supporter of the Peninsula Stroke Association. Kaiser Foundation Hospital Redwood City

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Naz Motayar, PhD, Neuropsychologist Good Samaritan Hospital Dr. Motayar is a clinical neuropsychologist. She holds a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and has completed extensive postdoctoral studies and training in neurospcyhology and neurology. In addition to neurocognitive evaluation, she provides specialized cognitive retraining therapy to support, empower and enable individuals who are experiencing cognitive weaknesses on how to use compensatory strategies to regain their life purpose and independence. Vivek Rao, MD Assistant Chief, Neuroscience Center - Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City A strong interest in caring for critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients ever since his days in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, led Dr. Rao to undergo training in Neurology at the Neurologic Institute (Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons) in New York City. Then he spent a few years as a fellow at the University of California, San Francisco studying stroke and neurocritical care. Specifically, Dr. Rao’s specialty training is in caring for patients with strokes, traumatic brain injury, brain aneurysms and neurologic complications of medical illness. Dr. Rao joined Kaiser, Redwood City in 2003. He is a member of the American Stroke Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Neurocritical Care Society. He has served on PSA’s Medical Advisory Council since 2006 and now serves on PSA’s Board of Directors. Brian Richardson, MD Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Dr. Richardson has been a Neurologist at the Alta Bates Summit Medical center in Berkeley, CA since 1993, and the Medical Director of their Regional Stroke Center since 2005. Dr. Richardson received his medical degree from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He completed his internship at the White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, and his residency in neurology at the University of California, Davis; Martinez Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Richardson did his fellowship at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory on cerebral blood flow and metabolism, and dementia. His research interests include cerebral metabolism, blood flow, and physiology, transcranial doppler ultrasonography, functional imaging techniques (PET, SPECT, MRI), stroke, dementia, and behavioral neurology.

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Colman Ryan, MD Seton Medical Center Dr. Colman Ryan, a co-founder of the San Francisco Heart Institute, was appointed Executive Director in June of 1992. Dr. Ryan is an internationally recognized authority on high blood pressure and a prolific author on the subjects of cardiac disease and hypertension. In the past four years, he has presented more than 300 lectures on cardiovascular disease throughout the United States and Canada. Born in Kilkenny, Ireland, Dr. Ryan is a graduate of the College of the National University of Ireland. He interned at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, and did his residency in medicine and cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, the American College of Physicians, The American College of Cardiology and the American College of Angiology. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and past president of the American Heart Association, San Francisco Chapter. He is a specialist 11 in Clinical Hypertension with the American Society for Hypertension.

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Featured Speakers Jeffrey L. Saver, MD University of California Los Angeles Dr. Saver is Professor of Neurology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Director of UCLA’s Stroke Center, and Medical Director of the Stroke Unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1986. He did his internship and residency in neurology at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was a fellow in Cerebrovascular Disease at Rhode Island Hospital and in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Saver is renowned in the field of stroke treatment, and has hundreds of publications on the topic to his credit. Robert Telfer, MD Neurologist, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Dr. Telfer, Medical Director of Mills-Peninsula Health Services Stroke Program, has practiced neurology at Mills-Peninsula Health Services since 1972. He is board certified in “Vascular Neurology.” During his appointment as Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology at UCSF, Dr. Telfer helped train neurology residents and fellows at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Telfer has served on the Medical Advisory Panel for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and has been chapter president of the American Heart Association (San Mateo County Chapter). Dr. Telfer joined the PSA Medical Advisory Council in 2006. David Tong, MD California Pacific Medical Center Dr. Tong is Medical Director at the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Comprehensive Stroke Center (CCSC) and Director of the CPMC Center for Stroke Research. Medical education: Dr. Tong received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 1989. He was an intern at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland, and did his residency and fellowship programs at Stanford University Medical Center. His professional interest and research has focused on stroke, neuroimaging, stroke prevention, acute stroke treatment, advances in stroke therapy, and telemedicine. Dr. Tong was a member of the PSA board until 2006 and is currently a member of PSA’s Medical Advisory Council.

Heather Holmes, KTVU 2 Emmy award winning journalist, Heather Holmes, is co-anchor of the KTVU Channel 2 Weekend News. She joined KTVU in 2006 after working several years in New York. Holmes can also be seen during the week reporting for The Ten O’Clock News. Before joining KTVU, Holmes was a reporter and fill-in anchor at WPIX in New York City. Holmes began her career as a morning anchor and reporter at KLBK in Lubbock, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Holmes lives in the Bay Area with her husband and their young daughter. Allen Martin, KPIX Allen Martin co-anchors the 5 pm and 6 pm news Monday through Friday. He was hired by CBS 5 in August of 2004 as a reporter in the South San Francisco Bay area. Twelve months later he was promoted to anchor the weekend newscasts and in the fall of 2006 he was promoted to the 5 pm newscast. His “Closer Look” reports air in the 6 pm newscasts Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Allen started in broadcasting while a junior at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He has worked for CNN, NBC, and KFOR in Oklahoma City, among others. He enjoys fly fishing, golf, cycling, hikes in the beautiful North Bay and spending time with his three children and one granddaughter.

Chitra Venkatasubramanian, MBBS, MD Stanford Hospital & Clinics Dr. Venkatasubramanian, M.B.B.S., M.D. is Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Venkatasubramanian joined the Stanford Stroke Center in 2005 as a Fellow in vascular neurology and neurocritical care after completing successive residency training in internal medicine and neurology residency at Stanford University Medical Center. She cares for neurologically critically ill patients in the intensive care unit and patients with acute stroke and TIA in the inpatient stroke unit. Her research focuses on the study of the natural history and clinical significance of brain swelling that occurs after a hemorrhagic stroke using MRI techniques and biomarkers. Her other research interest is the study of cerebral microbleeds in patients with TIA and ischemic stroke. She received her medical degree from the Coimbatore Medical College in Tamil Nadu, India, in 1999.

Harriet Zeiner, PhD Neuropsychologist VA Palo Alto Health Care System Dr. Harriet Katz Zeiner is a clinical psychologist, a clinical neuropsychologist and a rehabilitation psychologist at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Dr. Zeiner received her doctorate in Psychology from UC Berkeley, and was a clinical assistant professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for 10 years. Dr. Zeiner was the Neuropsychologist for Palo Alto VA’s Inpatient Polytrauma Unit for 18 years. In May 2007, she began a Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention Clinic at the Palo Alto VA. She developed CRATER therapy for patients with neurological impairment at the NPI Clinic. For 10 years she was also Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford School of Medicine in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.