Description: 

This conference series gives clinicians an opportunity to stay up to date on the latest advances and recommendations in neurovascular care via review of emerging evidence in peer-reviewed journal articles. It also serves as a platform to share best practices with teammates across specialties, subspecialties, and service-lines. Additionally, this is a forum for clinicians to come together to discuss complex or rare patient cases and share various expertise so as to make informed decisions on the patients' treatment plan.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Pharmacists (PharmD)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Social Workers

Learning Objectives: 

After Attending This Activity Learners Should Be Able To:

1. Discuss and review difficult neurovascular cases with team members of various specialties and disciplines to facilitate optimized care plan recommendations.

2. Adopt new evidence-based treatment options into practice based on review of peer-reviewed journal articles.

3. Discuss social determinants of health impacts on clinical presentation and/or implicit biases impacts on treatment planning.

Providing Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)/Cultural or Linguistic Considerations:

  • Amofa-Ho, P. A., Fiala, J. A., Levy, S. A., Marie Ross, K., Walker, A. F., & Smith, G. E. (2025). Interrelationships of Social Determinants with Cognition, Vascular Health, and Physical Functioning. Alzheimer's & dementia. Behavior & socioeconomics of aging, 1(2), e70013. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsa3.70013
  • Olowoyo, P., Adeniji, O., Akinyemi, R., & Owolabi, M. (2024). Maintenance of brain health: The role of social determinants of health and other non-traditional cardiovascular risks. Cerebral circulation - cognition and behavior, 6, 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2024.100213
  •  Towfighi, A., Berger, R. P., Corley, A. M. S., Glymour, M. M., Manly, J. J., & Skolarus, L. E. (2023). Recommendations on Social Determinants of Health in Neurologic Disease. Neurology, 101(7), S17-S26https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/wnl.0000000000207562

Implicit Bias Considerations (as it relates to the content):       

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

Dr. Rudolph J. Schrot, faculty for this RSS has disclosed consulting relationships with SI-Bone involving education and product development, and professional services with Medtronic involving education. These relevant financial relationships have been reviewed and mitigated through clear role delineation. Dr. Schrot does not have independent control over case selection, content development, or clinical recommendations. Cases are selected and discussed by a multidisciplinary committee (that includes members without relevant financial relationships), ensuring balanced, evidence-based, and peer-informed perspectives.

Bahram Varjavand, MD has disclosed ownership of stock in Shape Memory Therapeutics. Because this activity uses a multidisciplinary case conference format, Dr. Varjavand will complete the Sutter Health Speaker Agreement and will refrain from discussing products or technologies related to Shape Memory Therapeutics during the educational activity. 

Matthew Alexander, faculty participant in this activity, receives consultant fees from Certus Critical Care, Route 92 Medical, Cerenovus Johnson & Johnson, and Medtronic. Dr. Alexandar also has an ownership interest in Wasatch Endovascular Solutions. These relevant ineligible relationships were mitigated via attestation of accreditation compliance via the Speaker Agreement Form and in compliance with Standard 3, Exception 2.

No one else involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification: Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D. 

Faculty List: 

Shannon Burns, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Course Director(s)

Steven Yang, DO has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Planner(s)

Micaela Tejeda, Site Supervisor has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Speaker(s)

Nilufar Abdul, PA-C has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Matthew Alexander, MD, MS has a financial relationship (Stock Options) with Galaxy Therapeutics; financial relationship (Consultant) with Certus Critical Care; financial relationship (Consultant) with Route 92 Medical; financial relationship (Consultant) with Cerenovus Johnson & Johnson; financial relationship (Consultant) with Medtronic ; financial relationship (Consultant) with Wasatch Endovascular Solutions; financial relationship (Stock Options) with Piraeus Medical.

Ruchir Chaudhari  has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Thymur Chaudhry, Neurointerventional Radiology, Neuroendovascular Surgery, Neuroradiology has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Samuel Ciricillo has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Rhea De Mesa, ACNP has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Rose George  has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Asha Iyer, MD PhD has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Manmeet Kaur has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

John Lee  has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Nicholas Lewis, PharmD, BCPS has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Shaan Ludder, D.O. Vascular Neurologist has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Azmath Mohammed has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kira Namura, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC, ENLS, CCRN has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jessica Rau  has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

David Roberts III, MD, FACC, FSCAI has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time. 

Rudolph Schrot, MD, MAS, FAANS has a financial relationship (Other Professional Service) with Medronic; financial relationship (Consultant) with SI Bone.

David Seidenwurm  has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Rochelle Thangalan  has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jacqueline Tran, MD has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Bahram Varjavand, MD PhD has a financial relationship (Stock) with Shape Memory Therapeutics; financial relationship (Financial Stake) with Neuronics, Inc..

Debra Witthar, DNP, APRN, MSN, BSN, RN has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Steven Yang, DO has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time

Session date: 
11/02/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm PST
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  • 1.00 ACPE

    Pharmacy Credit - Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE) 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 of ACPE credit(s). Credits for pharmacists and technicians will be transmitted to CPE Monitor and will be available within 60 days post-activity pending submission of individual NABP e-PID and DOB (mm/dd only). Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Physician Credit 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 1.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

     

  • 1.00 ANCC

    Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 1.00 ASWB-ACE

    Social Work Credit 

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Sutter Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education credits.

     

  • 1.00 CA BRN

    Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
    This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 IPCE

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

     

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