7:10 am Registration / Exhibitors / Breakfast (provided)

7:40 am Introduction / Welcome
Kayli Saathoff, RDCS, BS (American Heart Association)

8:15 am Vocal Cord Paralysis: What are the Treatment Options?
Dr. Shannon Kraft, MD (University of Kansas Health System)

8:50 am Secondary Prevention in Stroke Care
Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed, MD (Research Medical Center)

9:55 am Break / Exhibitors

10:10 am Best Practice: Improving Door-In Door-Out Times in a Community Hospital
Jonathan Eivins, MBA, BSN, RN (Mosaic Life Care)
Joseph Pike, EMT (Buchanan County EMS St. Joseph, MO)

10:40 am Expanding Minimally Invasive Aneurysm Treatment with a New Generation of Implants
Dr. Coleman Martin, MD (Saint Luke’s Hospital)

11:10 am Small Vessel Disease/Glymphatic System
Dr. Gordon Kelley, MD (AdventHealth Shawnee Mission)

11:50 am Brain Saver Award / Lunch / Exhibitors

1:00 pm Large Vessel Occlusion Screening in the Field
Dr. Ryan Jacobsen, MD, FAEMS, FACEP (Johnson County EMS)
Melody Morales, BSN, RN (Johnson County EMS)

1:30 pm Local Driving Resources in the KC Metro
Kristin Nichols, OTR/L, SCDCM, CDRS (Avenues Driving Rehabilitation Program)
Annette Maggard Lewer, MOT, OTR, CDRS (Ability KC)
Amber Conn, OT DRS (KUMC)

2:00 pm The Neuro-Intensivist Guide to Hemorrhagic Stroke Survival
Dr. Kathrin Husmann, MD (The University of Kansas Health System)

2:30 pm Fatigue and Depression in Stroke Patients
Sherry Bahr, APRN, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNRN, ANVP-BC ACNP-BC (Research Medical Center)

3:50 pm Panel Discussion: In-Hospital Strokes
Kristina Willour, RN, SCRN (Ascension Via Christi Hospital Wichita, Inc.)
Angela Hawkins, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN (Saint Luke’s Hospital)
Juli Heitman, RN, MSN (LifeSave Emergency Air Medical Transport)
Kathleen Henderson, RN, MN, APRN, ACNS-BC, SCRN, LNC (AdventHealth Shawnee Mission)
Danny Perry, BSN, RN (Wright Memorial Hospital, Hedrick Medical Ctr)

4:30 pm Closing 
Kayli Saathoff, RDCS, BS (American Heart Association)