Stroke Care Network

The Norton Healthcare/UK HealthCare Stroke Care Network is pleased to offer accredited continuing medical education.

The Stroke Care Network’s mission is to operate for the purpose of improving the quality of care, preventive medicine, education and research into stroke and related diseases throughout our region. Led by UK HealthCare and Norton Healthcare, the Stroke Care Network includes hospitals across Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia that are teaming up to improve stroke prevention and patient outcomes.

Comprehensive Approach to Stroke (CATS) Lecture Series

The Comprehensive Approach to Stroke Lectures (CATS) are designed for healthcare professionals (including EMS personnel, doctors, nurses, therapists, pharmacist & students) who work with stroke patients or are interested in learning more about research, prevention and best practices in stroke care.

Registration is not required for this free series. Continuing education credits will be provided for the physicians, nurses and EMS personnel that submit attendance documentation. Certificates of attendance are available upon request.

Date	Topic	Speaker
12/11/18	Saving Brain Cells	Amy Graham
1/15/19	Sex Differences in Stroke	Dr. Jessica Lee
2/19/19	Ideas for Stroke Awareness	Anne Fowler & Lauren Marion
3/19/19	Hot Topics from ISC	Dr. Danny Rose, Jr.
4/16/19	Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation	Dr. Kara Swafford
5/21/19	EMS	Lacy Keith
6/18/19	Stroke Nursing Assessment	Lynn Hundley
7/16/19	Cryptogenic Stroke	Dr. Bryan Eckerle
8/20/19	Pharmacy in Stroke	Dr. Melissa Nestor
9/17/19	Hemorrhagic Stroke	Dr. Stephen Grupke
10/15/19	EVT	Dr. Justin Fraser
11/19/19	Sexuality & Stroke	Lisa Bellamy
12/10/19	Stranger Things: Uncommon Strokes	TBD
Presentations take place on the third Tuesday of each month 12 – 1 pm EST (11 am – 12 pm CST) Lectures are accredited for physicians, nurses and EMS

Join us online via Zoom with your smartphone, tablet or computer: https://uky.zoom.us/j/5355100884

Or Telephone:
    Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll)
    Meeting ID: 535 510 0884
    International numbers available

Leadership

. Michael R. Dobbs, MD, MHCM Director
	Lisa Bellamy, RN, BHS, CPHQ Managing Director	.....
Kelley Elkins, RN, BSN Quality & Research Associate
Lauren Marion, RN, MSN Nurse Educator - East
Anne Fowler, RN, BSN, SCRN Nurse Educator - West
Britan Schenk, BHS Administrative Associate 859-323-3092
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