Podcasts about stroke care

In this episode, Jonathan Sackier welcomes Andrew Southerland, a distinguished neurologist and academic leader in the field of vascular neurology. They explore how machine learning is revolutionising prehospital stroke diagnosis, and how innovative strategies like telemedicine can reduce disparities in stroke care.   Timestamps: (00:00) – Introduction (03:00) – Neurologic lessons from the wild turkey (05:10) – Linking COVID-19 and stroke (10:28) – How can AI revolutionise prehospital stroke diagnosis? (18:39) – Stroke management in underserved populations (23:38) – Google Glass in medical education (29:06) – What is the i-corps programme? (33:24) – Wearable devices as diagnostic tools (37:08) – Andrew's three wishes for healthcare

When it comes to stroke patients, it's truly a race against the clock. Are you ready? Also, get ready to meet our two new co-hosts!  Join Eric, Sam, and Sydney as well as our two new co-hosts, Kellye' and Marcela, as they share their stories, experiences, and approaches for recognizing the symptoms and caring for stroke patients in a comprehensive and timely manner.    MEET OUR CO-HOSTS   Samantha Bayne, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC is a nursing professional development practitioner in the inland northwest specializing in medical-surgical nursing. The first four years of her practice were spent bedside on a busy ortho/neuro unit where she found her passion for newly graduated RNs, interdisciplinary collaboration, and professional governance. Sam is an unwavering advocate for medical-surgical nursing as a specialty and enjoys helping nurses prepare for specialty certification.  Kellye' McRae, MSN-Ed, RN is a dedicated Med-Surg Staff Nurse and Unit Based Educator based in South Georgia, with 12 years of invaluable nursing experience. She is passionate about mentoring new nurses, sharing her clinical wisdom to empower the next generation of nurses. Kellye' excels in bedside teaching, blending hands-on training with compassionate patient care to ensure both nurses and patients thrive. Her commitment to education and excellence makes her a cornerstone of her healthcare team.   Marcela Salcedo, RN, BSN is a Floatpool nightshift nurse in the Chicagoland area, specializing in step-down and medical-surgical care. A member of AMSN and the Hektoen Nurses, she combines her passion for nursing with the healing power of the arts and humanities. As a mother of four, Marcela is reigniting her passion for nursing by embracing the chaos of caregiving, fostering personal growth, and building meaningful connections that inspire her work.   Eric Torres, ADN, RN, CMSRN is a California native that has always dreamed of seeing the World, and when that didn't work out, he set his sights on nursing.  Eric is beyond excited to be joining the AMSN podcast and having a chance to share his stories and experiences of being a bedside medical-surgical nurse.   Maritess M. Quinto, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN is a clinical educator currently leading a team of educators who is passionately helping healthcare colleagues, especially newly graduate nurses. She was born and raised in the Philippines and immigrated to the United States with her family in Florida. Her family of seven (three girls and two boys with her husband who is also a Registered Nurse) loves to travel, especially to Disney World. She loves to share her experiences about parenting, travelling, and, of course, nursing!   Sydney Wall, RN, BSN, CMSRN has been a med surg nurse for 5 years. After graduating from the University of Rhode Island in 2019, Sydney commissioned into the Navy and began her nursing career working on a cardiac/telemetry unit in Bethesda, Maryland.  Currently she is stationed overseas, providing care for service members and their families.  During her free time, she enjoys martial arts and traveling. 

Moderator: Prof. José Ferro (Lisbon, Portugal)Guests: Saša Filipović (Belgrade, Serbia), Charlotte Lens (Leuven, Belgium) In this episode, first, join Ferro and Filipović as they discuss updated consensus recommendations from the COVID Task Force on managing chronic neurological conditions during and after COVID-19, covering treatment strategies, vaccination guidance, and approaches to long COVID care. Then, join Ferro and Lens as they explore research on optimizing ischemic stroke care, focusing on quality improvement, patient-reported outcomes and experiences, and insights from Lens' paper on ischemic stroke guidelines and their applicability across diverse healthcare settings. Please find the papers discussed in the episode here:• Management of patients with neurological diseases considering post-pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related risks and dangers — An updated European Academy of Neurology consensus statement• From guidelines to clinical practice in care for ischaemic stroke patients: A systematic review and expert opinion

Chime In, Send Us a Text Message!In this episode, we explore the critical role of social determinants of health (SDOH) in stroke prevention and recovery with an incredible panel of experts from the Bugher Collaborative. Our guests include:Dr. Nirupama Yechoor, Principal Investigator at Mass General Hospital and leader of the Bugher Collaborative.Dr. Devanshi Choksi, neurologist and colleague of Dr. Yechoor at Mass General.Rachel Kitagawa and Sofia Constantinescu, neurology postgraduates from Yale University.We dive into:The Bugher Collaborative: Its mission, the partnership between Mass General, Yale, and UCSF, and how it addresses equity in stroke care.Research Highlights: Insights into how socioeconomic status, access to care, and community support affect stroke outcomes.Yale's Findings: Key demographic differences uncovered through their research and what they reveal about health equity.The Road Ahead: Next steps for the collaborative and their vision for improving stroke care.Magic Wand Wishes: What each guest would change to improve stroke prevention and recovery if they had unlimited resources.This conversation builds on our discussion of the 2024 ASA Stroke Prevention Guidelines, offering a deeper dive into the intersection of health equity and stroke care.Resources and Links:Learn more about the Bugher CollaborativeDr. Nirupama Yechoor's BioDr. Devanshi Choksi's BioRachel Kitagawa's BioSofia Constantinescu's BioSupport Our Show! Thank you for helping us to continue to make great content. We appreciate your generosity! Support the showShow credits:Music intro credit to Jake Dansereau. Our intro welcome is the voice of Caroline Goggin, a stroke survivor and our first podcast guest! Please listen to her inspiring story on Episode 2 of the podcast.Connect with Us and Share our Show on Social:Website | Linkedin | Twitter | YouTube | FacebookKnow Stroke Podcast Disclaimer: Our podcast and media advertising services are for informational purposes only and do not constitute the practice of medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

In this episode of HealthIMPACT Live Digital Health Talks, we spotlight Kristin Nuckols, OTD, MOT, OTR, a pioneering female founder in digital health. As the Co-Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Imago Rehab, Kristin shares her journey from traditional occupational therapy to developing cutting-edge telerehabilitation solutions for stroke survivors. Learn how Imago Rehab is leveraging telehealth and soft robotic technology to achieve unprecedented outcomes in neurological rehabilitation.Five Benefit-Driven Takeaways:Discover how Imago Rehab's telehealth approach allows stroke survivors to access high-quality rehabilitation from the comfort of their homes, potentially leading to better adherence and outcomes.Learn about the integration of soft robotic wearables in stroke rehabilitation, offering patients access to advanced technology that can enhance their recovery process.Understand the factors behind Imago Rehab's claim of achieving 5X+ motor and functional gains compared to traditional in-person care, providing hope for improved recovery for stroke survivors.Gain insights into Imago Rehab's business model, which aims to make specialized rehabilitation services more accessible and affordable through existing telehealth codes and partnerships with major payers. Get a glimpse into the future of neurological and cardiovascular rehabilitation, including upcoming expansions into speech therapy, vascular, and cardiac rehab, potentially offering more comprehensive care for patients with various conditions.Kristin Nuckols, Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer, Imago RehabMegan Antonelli, Chief Executive Officer, HealthIMPACT

Dr. Lee Schwamm, a leading expert in digital health and stroke care, joins the podcast to discuss the delicate balance between saving lives and ensuring quality of life for stroke patients. He dives into the impact of the 20-year-old Get With The Guidelines program, the importance of including rural data, and what this all means for the future of stroke care.This episode is sponsored by the American Heart Association.

In this edition of Well Within Reach, Natalie Lacer, BSN, RN, Quality Improvement Coordinator and Stroke Program Coordinator at Riverside, joins us to talk about the stroke treatment options available in our community, along with important information for how to spot stroke signs early.

In this edition of Well Within Reach, Dr. Jehad Zakaria, Riverside neurosurgeon, joins us to talk about advanced stroke care at Riverside, and the addition of neurovascular services.

In this episode of The Quest for Success Podcast, we delve into the evolving concept of success with Dr. Harshana Gange, a distinguished geriatrician whose inspiring journey spans continents. Dr. Gange shares how his view of success has transformed from the pursuit of material wealth to a focus on finding true happiness and empowering others to achieve their goals.Listen as Harshana reflects on the profound influence of his family during his childhood and how their values shaped his path. He recounts his challenging journey from Sri Lanka to the UK, where he rebuilt his life and pursued a career in geriatric medicine, inspired by a mentor whose compassion and dedication left a lasting impact.Discover how Dr. Gange's decision to move to Australia in 2011 led to the establishment of a thriving geriatric and stroke service in Toowoomba. Through his leadership and commitment to teamwork, he has not only built a successful department with multiple subspecialties but also played a pivotal role in training and supporting numerous doctors in their careers.This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in personal growth, leadership, or the medical field. Tune in to gain valuable insights into how Dr. Harshana Gange has redefined success through humility, selflessness, and the power of strong teams.Follow us on all your favourite platforms:www.thequestforsuccesspodcast.com Please share this around to anyone you think will get value from it : )

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, but timely treatment can make a big difference. This podcast discusses the challenges faced by rural hospitals in providing stroke care and how telehealth is bridging the gap. Listen to Dr. B.J. Hicks, a Vascular Neurologist at OhioHealth Neurological Physicians and Vice President of Neurosciences at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, and Chastity Orr, Stroke Program Clinical Manager and the Telemedicine Clinical Manager at Great Plains Health in Nebraska, to learn how telestroke specialists are saving lives by delivering expert care remotely and improving patient outcomes.This episode is sponsored by American Heart Association.

Dr. Samir Shah and our host, Dr. Aaron Fritts, discuss upcoming disruptions in radiology due to artificial intelligence (AI), including AI's role in making healthcare more accessible and affordable. --- SYNPOSIS Dr. Shah outlines his career trajectory, from his interventional radiology (IR) training to his entry into teleradiology. He describes his first encounter with AI through natural language processing for encoding radiology reports. Currently, he serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Qure AI, a platform that utilizes deep learning to aid in diagnosing medical conditions from pathology and radiology imaging. He emphasizes that AI will streamline medical workflows by automating patient summaries, image recognition, and cancer detection. These changes are particularly crucial in today's healthcare environment, which emphasizes productivity. The discussion also explores the benefits and challenges of integrating AI into modern radiology workflows and the learning opportunities it presents for trainees. --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction to the Podcast 03:12 - Dr. Shah's Professional Journey 17:59 - Starting the CMO Role at Qure AI 20:42 - Mainstream Integration of AI 30:39 - Qure's Mission and Global Impact 37:20 - Early Cancer Detection 46:18 - Training Radiologists in AI --- RESOURCES BackTable Innovation Ep. 7- Viz.AI: Improving Access to Stroke Care using AI with Dr. Chris Mansi: https://www.backtable.com/shows/innovation/podcasts/7/vizai-improving-access-to-stroke-care-using-ai BackTable Innovation Ep. 29- Artificial Intelligence & Imaging: Present & Future with Aidoc Founder Elad Walach: https://www.backtable.com/shows/innovation/podcasts/29/artificial-intelligence-imaging-present-future-with-aidoc-founder-elad-walach BackTable Innovation Ep. 68- Transforming Radiology with Workflow Solutions with Dr. Woojin Kim: https://www.backtable.com/shows/innovation/podcasts/68/transforming-radiology-with-workflow-solutions BackTable Innovation Ep. 73- AI in Medicine: Navigating the New Frontier with Confidence with Dr. Matthew Lungren: https://www.backtable.com/shows/innovation/podcasts/73/ai-in-medicine-navigating-the-new-frontier-with-confidence Qure AI: https://www.qure.ai/ Dr. Samir Shah's email: Samir.Shah@qure.ai NightHawk Radiology: https://www.nighthawkradiology.com/ vRad Teleradiology: https://www.vrad.com/ Radiology Partners: https://www.radpartners.com/ AI Doc: https://www.aidoc.com/ Subtle Medical: https://subtlemedical.com/

Explore the nuances of stroke assessments, the challenges EMS professionals face in the field, and the impact of prehospital interventions on patient outcomes. Coco Wham, a former paramedic who's transitioned to a physician, and Dr. Layne Dylla, an associate professor of emergency medicine join us to dive into their ongoing research efforts aimed at defining what matters in prehospital stroke care and refining stroke response protocols. Hear firsthand how evidence-based practices are developed from the ground up in EMS settings. This episode is packed with valuable information to enhance your practice and understanding of stroke care in prehospital environments.

Every year, more than 12 million people suffer from strokes. With 6.5 million dead and many left with permanent disability, it is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Today, we'll learn about the stroke pathway and secondary stroke risk as well as the underlying diseases that are connected to stroke and how they can be identified and treated.In this episode, host Wiebke Plenkers, product line head for ON THE SPOT, Siemens Healthineers global mobile CT solutions, is joined by Mira Katan, MD, head of Stroke Unit and deputy head of Acute Neurology at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland and Carlos Molina, MD, head of Neurology Section and director of Stroke Unit at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Research Institute.What You'll Learn in This Episode:The pathway for an incoming patient after it is determined that they are suffering from a strokeDetermining the type and severity of the stroke is an important deciding factor for successful treatmentModern imaging techniques support in the identification between an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke Secondary stroke events are a significant risk for many stroke patients Educating patients is key in preventing secondary stroke eventsImplementation of telemedicine is just one of the advances that might improve outcomes for stroke patients in the futureConnect with Wiebke Plenkers•LinkedInConnect with Mira Katan•LinkedInConnect with Carlos Molina•LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Alexander Ballatori and Shane Shahrestani, two innovative minds revolutionizing the medtech industry with their groundbreaking company, StrokeDX. Their story is not just about technological innovation; it's a tale of resilience, determination, and a deep-rooted desire to enhance stroke care. Amidst financial hurdles and skepticism, their commitment to transforming stroke diagnosis and treatment shines through. Their episode is a must-listen for anyone intrigued by the confluence of medical technology, entrepreneurial spirit, and the profound impact of personal experiences in shaping healthcare solutions.   Guest links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-shahrestani/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-ballatori/ Charity supported: Sleep in Heavenly Peace Interested in being a guest on the show or have feedback to share? Email us at podcast@velentium.com.  PRODUCTION CREDITS Host: Lindsey Dinneen Editing: Marketing Wise Producer: Velentium   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Episode 027 - Alexander Ballatori & Shane Shahrestani [00:00:00] Lindsey Dinneen: Hi, I'm Lindsey and I'm talking with MedTech industry leaders on how they change lives for a better world. [00:00:09] Diane Bouis: The inventions and technologies are fascinating and so are the people who work with them. [00:00:15] Frank Jaskulke: There was a period of time where I realized, fundamentally, my job was to go hang out with really smart people that are saving lives and then do work that would help them save more lives. [00:00:28] Diane Bouis: I got into the business to save lives and it is incredibly motivating to work with people who are in that same business, saving or improving lives. [00:00:38] Duane Mancini: What better industry than where I get to wake up every day and just save people's lives. [00:00:42] Lindsey Dinneen: These are extraordinary people doing extraordinary work, and this is The Leading Difference. [00:00:50] Hello, and welcome back to The Leading Difference podcast. I'm your host Lindsey, and I am so excited to introduce you to my guests today, Alex Ballatori and Shane Sharasani. They are the creators and innovators extraordinaire behind StrokeDX, and I'm so excited just to talk with them, find out more about the innovation and see where they're going from here. So thank you all so much for being here. [00:01:11] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah. Thank you so much for having us. We're really excited to be here. [00:01:15] Lindsey Dinneen: Excellent. Excellent. I'd love if you two wouldn't mind starting off by just sharing a little bit about yourself, your background and, well, let's stop there. Let's do that first. [00:01:26] Alexander Ballatori: Great. I'll go ahead. So, I'm Alex. I'm originally from upstate New York, from Rochester, so very grateful to be in sunny California at the moment. Now that we're entering the winter period. But I went to the University of Rochester to study biology and chemistry. I was really interested in medtech and medicine in general. And I want to take some time before deciding what type of graduate degree I was going to pursue as well as learn a bit more about the startup ecosystem. So I ended up living in San Francisco for a few years. I really got to see a lot with respect to medtech in general, predominantly in the orthopedic in the pediatric health space, and then I ended up choosing to go to medical school where I met Shane is my first roommate in medical school and we hit it off right away started. [00:02:07] This is our 2nd business together and yeah very passionate about stroke. Stroke has impacted my family numerous times and when I saw this creative solution that Shane developed during his PhD and also just given my long lasting interest in medtech, it was a no brainer to start this company with him, but I'll let him kind of take over from there, give him some background, and then we can dive into more about our story as a company. [00:02:32] Shane Shahrestani: Thanks, Alex. Yeah, so my name is Shane Sharasani. I grew up in sunny Southern California, very different from Rochester. And I was at UCLA for undergrad. I studied neuroscience and then I did my MD PhD, my MD at USC and my PhD at Caltech. And the way they designed that is you do 2 years of med school, you do the full PhD and you come back and you finish med school. So in the first 2 years, I saw the effect that stroke had on patients. And when I went into my PhD, I wanted to develop technology that can solve that problem. Namely, having timely access to stroke care diagnosis that you receive faster treatment because time is brain. So that's where this idea came about. [00:03:13] We pivoted this tech from the aerospace industry and developed this tech for stroke detection. And when it came time to spinning out of Caltech, there was no other partner that I wanted on this other than Alex. He's my best friend and also my first roommate, as he said. So it made sense to work together and we work very well together. So since then, it's been a exciting journey since the end of 2020 when we spun out and filled with highs and lows. And we're happy to be here today on this podcast. Thank you. [00:03:46] Lindsey Dinneen: Yes, of course. Again, thank you all so much for being here. And it's just fun to hear how you guys got connected in the first place, and the fact that, you know, this roommate, which could be so hit or miss, let's be honest. And it just turned into this fantastic friendship and now business partnership. So I love hearing those kinds of background stories. So, you know, Alex, you mentioned having a personal connection to stroke, and perhaps Shane, you do as well, but I would love if you would share a little bit about your, your own experience and kind of what really motivated you all to tackle this issue and to try to make a difference in this arena. [00:04:26] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah, so, I mean, it started really close to home with my grandfather, actually, as well as a couple other uncles and great uncles, unfortunately. And, you know, my, so both my family, both my parents are clinicians by training. And so, when I saw them, and I saw the care that they received, my, my family was always, my, both my parents were very strong advocates for anyone in my family that became ill. And when I saw my family members go through stroke care, I saw that even if you have the best advocate at one of the best hospitals, there's still so many inefficiencies in the care that we can deliver. [00:05:00] And then going to medical school and seeing it firsthand when we are now. I was functioning as the provider at that point, there's just so, it's just so many issues. And despite all the advancements we've made from surgical technique and therapeutics, we haven't put a dent in stroke outcomes in multiple decades. So, you know, when we, when I first saw what this technology could do, the chain had developed at the price point that it can, also at the safety level and in the amount of time that it can deliver this information, I saw all of those problems from at my, within my family and within my medical training. That could be solved just with this simple, elegant, low cost solution. [00:05:42] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, that's incredible. And Shane, do you have anything to add to your own experience with stroke and what motivated you to develop this? [00:05:51] Shane Shahrestani: Yeah, of course. So I briefly touched upon the fact that I went to the PhD, I already had some experience with stroke in terms of dealing with patients in medical school and really looking at the inefficiencies there. Why are we ordering so many CTs? There has to be a better way to monitor at the bedside. And why do we not have that? Right? And now I work as a neurosurgery resident and those problems still exist. So many patients every day have to be sent back to the scanner just because something changed about their exam, and we have no idea what happened until we send them down to this big, bulky, expensive machine that requires transport. It uses radiation and there have to be better ways to solve these problems and provide the information at a point of care at a efficient cost to the patient in the hospital system. [00:06:41] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. And so I would love if you both or one would share a little bit about the technology itself, kind of where you are in process with approvals and all that fun regulatory excitement and just, you know, what do you envision for your company as it grows? [00:07:01] Shane Shahrestani: So from a tech perspective, there are sensors that they use in aerospace to look for cracks in airplane wings. And we have methods for non destructive detection. That's what they call it: "non destructive testing and detection" that we use every day in other fields. So what we did is, we took this technology and we optimized it for the human body, specifically for the brain and by doing so you can create a non invasive handheld, small, cheap, portable, non radiating technology that you can use anywhere to quickly assess objectively how the brain is doing in terms of its cerebrovascular health, right? [00:07:52] And the idea is it works a lot like a metal detector, right? And in stroke, you can either have too much blood in the hemorrhage or too little. And in ischemic stroke, where you're literally stopping blood flow. And if you have a metal detector that's tuned for the human body and for blood, then you can quickly assess how is the blood flow changing and what are we going to do about it? So that's the technology, and I'll pass it over to Alex to talk about the rest. [00:08:17] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah, so absolutely. So given that this technology can differentiate, localize, as well as produce an image of where the lesion is, and in stroke, again, there's two types of stroke. You need to know what type of stroke they're having. And then once they have the stroke can progress over time. So back in 2020 and 2021, when Shane was first validating this technology with an NIH funded grant awarded to Caltech and USC, we saw that it could provide all of that critical information in a very compact form and in a very low cost form. [00:08:48] So once we published that information in Nature Scientific Reports, we went out and started the company. We went out and started to raise money. And one of the, one of the things that we knew is that our basis, the basic form of our technology the common baseline principle, how it works could impact the entire stroke continuum. Right? So the stroke space has a lot of problems. So, for example, 1 out of 6 stroke patients in an ambulance goes to the wrong hospital because we can't evaluate their brain. Often stroke patients are just found down. Right? [00:09:20] So as an EMS personnel, all you want to do is get them to the closest hospital. But unfortunately, not all hospitals can manage stroke patients. So, one out of six times they're wrong, and that leads to hours in their delays in care. And like Shane said, time is brain. Every minute that passes, you lose a million neurons irreversibly. So, that's the first problem. It's kind of like the EMS. [00:09:38] Then in the emergency department, it still takes quite a while to rule in stroke, because we rely on CT scans. And there's also just a whole slew of things that have to happen for a patient in that process of getting admitted to the hospital. So stroke on average takes over two hours to diagnose from the initial symptom onset. So that's kind of the pre hospital, early hospital problem within stroke care. [00:10:01] The other big problem in stroke care is we don't have any way of monitoring patients at the bedside with a disease that's rapidly progressing. And so currently we just send patients back down to CT, on average four times for admission. And so 80%, unfortunately, these repeat scans are negative. Nothing had changed in the brain, but we require objective information to manage these patients appropriately. So we keep sending them back. [00:10:26] The other problem not to get too into the weeds with this is that most stroke patients are above the age of 65. They are enrolled in Medicare and the Medicare bundled payment system. Ever since it came out, hospitals have been losing money across the board route on stroke care, and a big contributing factors are inability to monitor and image the brain in a timely manner. So that problem also goes into the neuro rehab setting where hospitals are now pressured to push patients into neurorehab where they're getting paid, you know, per diem. And also can kind of close the DRG. [00:10:56] So you can kind of look at the stroke continuum as two problems. The early hospital, pre hospital, and then the inpatient inability to monitor this rapidly progressing disease. We have built an automated device for that second space, the inpatient and neurorehab space. Which is an automated, lightweight device that takes our sensor and has two mechanical arms that move it around the patient's head in a completely automated fashion, removing the human element to the path and the scanning path. [00:11:23] And so what that enables us to do is it enables us to put this device-- it sits right at the head of the bed-- all you have to do as a user is set them up in it, which takes less than a minute. You press go on a tablet and it scans everything and tells you all the information that's happening right at the point of care. It also enables us to leave it on and monitor patients over time, which is going to be a game changer in inpatient stroke care, where currently it takes quite a while to get patients to CT. [00:11:48] And again, 80 percent of the time it was a negative scan. So it's a completely inefficient process. That's actually we estimate to be over a 6 billion in efficiency in the U. S. alone. So we're first pursuing that, but not to say that we're not interested in the pre hospital space. We still are very interested in prehospital stroke ruling and so a lot of our diluted first round of our first round of funding, which was just about a year ago, we came to our 1 year mark, like 4 or 5 days ago, is spending a lot of time on improving our sensors capabilities, which we've improved about 3 X from what it was back in 2021. [00:12:21] So ultimately we are pursuing the inpatient space first, because there's a very clear problem for us to solve that we can solve, but it's not to say that we're not going to go for the outpatient space at a later date. We are still very actively pursuing it because our technology will be the one to solve that problem as well. [00:12:39] Lindsey Dinneen: I love it. And I love how bold and confident y'all are in your ability to do this because it's exciting to see that there are such amazing innovations and there's progress in this space. So thank you for doing the work to make that happen. I know that's going to impact so many people's lives. And also, I want to say congratulations because y'all are winning so many awards. I was looking at your LinkedIn pages and it was so fun to see, you know, post after post. So tell me a little bit about some of your recent wins, if you'd love to share that. You've been part of the MedTech Innovator Accelerator cohort for a year ish now. So yeah, just tell me about your experience and what you're celebrating. [00:13:25] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah. I mean, it's been an incredible process. MedTech Innovator is by far the most significant thing we have participated in since forming our company. The doors that were completely shut and locked and sealed that we could never potentially even knock on are now wide open because of MedTech Innovator. So yes, we've been participating for the past year and it's been a wonderful experience. First, starting off at the the pitch events at UCLA, where we pitched to the judges, where they narrowed it down. They had about 1200 early stage companies. I think a total of 1900 applications in total. And they, after those pitch events, which there were five, they narrowed it down to 61 companies total and about, I think it was 40 early stage companies. [00:14:06] So we enrolled in that program and got assigned to some incredible mentors, got to meet all of these amazing alumni that were either first time founders or seasoned, seasoned founders that have been through a lot. And we just had this complete access to this amazing network of people that we could talk to. And so, you know, it started off with Wilson Sonsini, the Innovator Summit, and the Wilson Sonsini medical device conference where we were picked to be in the top five for the vision award, which is based on the criteria, "would you invest in this company? And would you want to work for them? And do you find them inspirational?" [00:14:38] So we made it into the top five, which we're pretty surprised about, honestly, because it was a cohort wide boat. And then we had 7 minutes to pitch very similar to the finals, which I'll get to in a second. And we won that, and that was the first kind of wave of, you know, just increased interest in us, a lot more visibility for us, and a lot of validation. Our 2022 was a very very trying time for us, which we can talk about later. But anyways, that was the first big win for us. [00:15:05] And then we participated in the cohort and got to know the MTI team and our mentors and go through the value proposition program. It was so helpful for us in so many ways, and it culminated in us making it to the finals at the AdvaMed medtech conference, whereas a similar setup, we had about 7 minutes to pitch, try to explain all of the wonderful things about our technology in just a couple of minutes. After a crowd vote, we ended up winning. And so, it was really special for us because in 2022, as young innovators, you get a lot of doubt, you get a lot of no's, you get a lot of people saying you're crazy. And so to win that was really special. And I want to give Shane a moment to say anything else with respect to that too, but it was just a really sweet moment for us after what we've been through. [00:15:48] Shane Shahrestani: Yeah, a hundred percent. You know, we were two young guys in medical school, no previous business experience, trying to spin out a medtech company while also being in medical school. And the number of times we got said no to, we completely lost track. So to be able to build back up and to make it to a point where we're actually the top startup in medtech in the world was, you know, we didn't even believe it. And also, you know, a couple other things it was, Alex and I just went so much. It was awesome working together as a team over the last year and figuring out all these other problems that came up. And at the same time, at MedTech Innovator, we met so many other people going through similar problems as us. And there are so many amazing cohort companies that we got to meet who are going to change how medicine is provided in the U. S. and globally. So it was an absolute pleasure to work with all of them and to work together to solve so many problems in MedTech Innovator. It's cool. [00:16:47] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, that's incredible. I'm so glad that you guys had such a great experience with the cohort. And again, yeah, congratulations for winning the whole thing. That's fabulous. And I think it does speak to the innovation that y'all are bringing to the world and how important it is. And obviously you're getting some really good external validation. I mean you know the value that you're bringing, but it's always nice to have an outside person saying, "yes, we agree," you know, and to that point, I'm really curious about your 2022, because you kind of mentioned that that was a little bit more trying. So if you'd be willing to speak to that, I'd love to hear a little bit about that. [00:17:28] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah, absolutely. So like Shane mentioned, we were both full time in medical school. We were in the hospital for, I don't even want to admit how many hours. I don't think I'm allowed to say how many hours. And you know, trying to form a pitch deck. And, we're both heavy in science and research and we know how to build the presentation typically for the scientific community, right? And so, and again, we're clinicians, like, one of the reasons why I mentioned before, I think, before the recording, one of the reasons why we're so excited to come to this podcast is that this podcast is really about increasing and bringing technology to increase human health and improve human health. [00:18:05] And, you know, one of the things that we were passionate about, and still are very passionate about, is that we want to bring this product to market because we know it's going to help a lot of people. But one of the things that we had to learn is that we needed to pitch a company, right? We needed to pitch a vision and a mission, which we had the vision and the mission. It's gotten much more refined. But we had, that was our, I think our first learning curve, which we give a lot of, we have got to give a shout out to Helen McBride and Julie Schoenfeld from Caltech, as well as our lead investors at Freeflow for helping us with that one. [00:18:33] But it was tough. We were pitching during our lunch breaks and we were pitching on the weekends and we had investors lined up and then unfortunately, the day before the round of funding was supposed to come through, the markets went south and they said, "Hey, we're not investing right now. So sorry." And we were in a good amount of debt. And so, it speaks to one of the value or one of the most important things when starting a company is kind of faith in your mission and faith in your founder. [00:18:57] We were sitting and just looking at each other like, "man, what are we gonna do right now?" Like, we were still fully deep in school studying for our board exams, and we were in debt and we couldn't even build anything. And so, you know, we kept going at it and we really believed in what we could do. And we ended up finding Freeflow Ventures with David Fleck and Kevin Barrett who believed in us and, and saw our vision as well as the individuals at Caltech, and then we ended up finding quite a few other angel investors who are all directors of stroke centers, neuroradiologists, triple board certified neurologists, and you know, experts in clinical trial neuro design. [00:19:34] And they all believed in us. And so we got the money that we needed. And we've been sprinting ever since, which is why we've been able to accomplish so much in the last year. And, you know, now looking back, Shane and I were just talking about this, after we'd won MedTech Innovator finals and we were like, you know, 2022 was really tough, but it put us in a really good position because it forced us to study everything about the market, learn everything about our competitors. And really hone in on where are we going to bring this thing first? Right? Because like I said before, there's an entire continuum of stroke care where the sensor could be applied and we will apply it to all of those areas. [00:20:12] But what did we want to do first? Right? And so I think us having to go through that tough time is one of the reasons why we're so successful in such a short amount of time. So it was a tough time, but we're obviously, I think we're doing much, much better out of it. Now we can, you know, when you look back at it, we're grateful more than anything else. It's taught us a lot and definitely earned our stripes. [00:20:35] Lindsey Dinneen: It sounds like it. Shane, do you have anything to add to that? [00:20:39] Shane Shahrestani: Pressure makes diamonds. I mean, we felt the pressure. We definitely felt the pressure. It's an understatement, but you know, we learned a lot and we were able to thoughtfully revise our pitch decks, our business plans, our engineering plans with all the no's that we were getting and the feedback that we were getting underlying those no's and that's how we were just able to learn and grow. And I think there's something to be said about being young and trying to run a business. I think a lot of people don't necessarily believe in you, especially when you're asking for millions of dollars. So, we learned that we, as Alex said, earned our stripes and proved ourselves and that we were serious and we knew what we were doing. [00:21:27] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. And you know, what's so interesting is, when I was looking at both of your LinkedIn profiles and just seeing, I kept thinking, do you guys sleep? Do you have time to sleep? [00:21:40] Alexander Ballatori: We're sponsored by caffeine. That's actually, so Shane and I, before we even started this. We, I don't know, Shane, how many papers we published together and like 30 at least and so many conferences. And it was honestly like that, that the number of nights where we consumed hundreds of milligrams of caffeine, just working together is how we knew we were going to be great business partners. And so, you know, again, we're StrokeDX is sponsored by caffeine. [00:22:06] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. Can we get that official so that you actually don't have to pay for your coffee or whatever? Your caffeine of choices. Incredible. So this journey from, and obviously you probably wouldn't consider it a complete pivot or anything, but this journey from clinician to entrepreneur, and everything that entails, you know, obviously, like you said, 2022 was this huge learning curve. What would be some advice that you might have now looking back and being able to say to somebody who might be in a similar situation, maybe what's a one or two pieces of advice that you would say would be beneficial? [00:22:49] Shane Shahrestani: All right. A couple of things. One, find a co founder that you trust with your life, who is your best friend, that you'd rather be awake drinking Monsters at 3am than being asleep. That's very important. Two, every time someone says, no, that's an opportunity to learn and grow. And if you have the resilience and grit to keep your head up when you're being told no and to learn from it and to keep going forward, it will always work out. [00:23:20] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah, that's exactly, literally exactly what I was going to say. You know, someone gave us a good piece of advice. They said, expect to receive 200 no's. And so when you get your 113th, you know, you're barely, you've just barely crossed the halfway mark. Just keep going, because you should expect 200, right? And that was something that, you have to be a little crazy to do this. But also, I think, in addition, like what Shane was saying, you need to have someone that when you hit a low, you know that you can trust the person next to you and you just say, "okay, let's learn from this. Let's refine our approach. Let's , amend our deck and our plan. And let's keep going." Right? [00:23:58] And also, I think really taking the time to understand the market is really-- what you have, first of all, this is before you even get to this point-- you need to understand what you have, how it will be applied. And I think that was actually one of the one of our biggest benefits is that we work in medicine and we understand clinical utility, clinical need and as well as what we've learned that was very easy for us to learn because of we are clinicians is the whole pay/ payer system, right? [00:24:25] And, you know, price points and pricing strategies, it's all kind of coming from a clinical side. And seeing these products that I know how people use them. I've seen them use. I've used them. It just made it a lot easier for us. But yeah, ultimately boils down to having a strong partner. And and not taking things too to heart when people tell you that you're crazy. [00:24:51] Lindsey Dinneen: Yes, indeed. You know, that reminds me, I remember one time somebody saying, " when you hear no it's very rarely no forever. Never going to consider it, the end, close the door, slam it, and lock it." It's usually, "no, not right now." So if you can take that with a grain of salt, if you can take those no's with a grain of salt, eventually, you'll get to either them changing their mind or somebody else saying, no, I agree with you, you're absolutely right. [00:25:22] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah, we got a lot of "not nows." And I think it really boiled down to the fact that our first prototype was handheld. And so we were confident in our decision to go into the inpatient setting. And so now the pendulum has swung the other way. And now that we've validated that our automated device has worked in this translation, translational project of automating this technology has been successful, all of those people that were the not nows are the, "are you raising money now?" questions, which is obviously a great feeling. But yeah, no, definitely. We learned a lot. There were-- also be frank. There are many times where they ask us questions that we studied for weeks afterwards and learned so much from so all those not now is really they shaped us in such a positive way. [00:26:07] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, yes, I can imagine. Anything to add to that, Shane? [00:26:13] Shane Shahrestani: No, I totally agree. As Alex was saying, a lot of the previous no's are now reaching out to us. So table turn for sure, but it just takes hard work, great resilience. Got to keep your head up, keep fighting and it works out. [00:26:30] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Yeah. Excellent. Out of curiosity, going back to your childhoods, could you have possibly imagined where you are now, back in the day? I mean, did you always have an interest in medicine? Is this something that sort of developed over time? Did you think you were going to be a business owner? [00:26:50] Shane Shahrestani: So ever since I was in fifth grade, I always loved the brain. I knew I wanted to do something related to the brain and now I am working in neurosurgery, but my deep passion is medtech. That's what I wake up for every day. I look forward to working with Alex and our team and solving complex problems and creating new devices that can save brain. Right? So I knew I'd be somewhere in this field, but I had no idea that I'd be able to work on a product so amazing that can really just change the paradigm and stroke care, which affects so many people every year. So, so, I never thought I'd be a business owner. I knew I'd be in the brain somewhere, but this is super exciting. [00:27:35] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah, and for me, I, so I grew up with two rockstar parents. Both came from nothing from, you know, farms in Italy, but both were very naturally gifted when it came to science and medicine. And so my parents actually met while my dad was completing his PhD at the University of Rochester. My mom was finishing up her MD. And they both saw that they had Italian last names, and then the rest is history. And then I grew up in Rochester, New York, and clouds and snow for the first 22 years of my life. But, I was very, whether it's nature or nurture, I was always very drawn to science and medicine, and both my parents actually were both entrepreneurs as well in the medical space. [00:28:13] So my dad was a pioneer in lipid and bile metabolism in the liver and developed a lot of enzymatic targets and a lot did a lot of the early work in understanding bio reabsorption. And my mom is a surgeon with multiple devices under her belt and actually is pursuing, it just gotten one of her products just got FDA cleared at the moment. They're launching right now. So I grew up in a very unique household where this is kind of dinner conversation, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to be in medtech. I knew I wanted to some sort of degree in medicine. [00:28:44] And so I took time off after I graduated and I got a degree in biology and chemistry. And so I kind of went into my time off just trying to explore as much as possible. I got my hands on so many different startups. I also got to learn from kind of the bigger medtech corporate world is getting more in respect to the orthopedic world. And so I knew it was for me, but then I was deciding PhD or MD. And for me, I liked kind of the wide breadth of knowledge that you get from the MD because there's so many problems in medicine that need to be solved. [00:29:16] And one of the things that really sticks with me is that this whole definition of "gold standard" or "standard of care," or "this is the best that we got" that I just don't, I don't like accept fully, maybe that's just kind of how I was raised or what, but I knew that I was going to, I wanted to go to medical school because I knew that there were so, there's so much more I could learn with respect to how we take care of patients that is so behind with respect to where it should be and can be, especially when you look at what's happening at some of these top universities, like a Caltech and USC and at the lab or at the benchtop. [00:29:52] So, of course, the PhD would have kind of pigeonholed me into one very specific area that I couldn't decide what I was super interested in. So to tell to go back to your question, if I, if you ask me 5 years ago, if I would be doing exactly what I'm doing right now. No, there's no way. But given my background, given my experience with stroke and then, you know, working with Shane, it just really harmoniously kind of just worked out very well. [00:30:17] And I'm really looking forward to the next few years and seeing where we can take this and then the next one as well. And the next one after that. Shane and I have a very common, one of, one of the we're I keep saying we're crazy. We kind of are in many ways where when a finish something a little bit, when we finish a task and we like finish our to-do list, the next thing we say is not like, "let's go grab lunch or grab dinner or something." It's "alright, what's next? What do we do next?" Right? And so I know the day... [00:30:40] Shane Shahrestani: I'll call Alex at like 6, 7 p. m. and be like, "Alex, I'm itching to do something. Like, just tell me something to do. What needs to be done?" He's like, "dude, you just worked a 14, 16 hour day. Why do you want more work?" I don't know. I just, it feels wrong. [00:30:56] Alexander Ballatori: I was like, Shane, go to sleep. [00:30:57] Lindsey Dinneen: It's all that caffeine. You've got your system wired, ready to go. Oh my word. Oh, that's incredible. Oh, my goodness. So out of curiosity, are there any moments or maybe one moment or whatnot that kind of stand out to you? It could be through medical school, it doesn't necessarily have to be with StrokeDX, but just a moment that stands out to you as saying, "yes, I know exactly why I'm here. This is it." It's reinforced for you: "I am in the right place at the right time doing the work that I really feel passionate about." [00:31:37] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah, you know, I think there wasn't one specific moment, but more so a process over 2022. And being told no, so so many times. And then finally battling through debt, and thank you so much to our lawyers for being very flexible with us on that. But when we finally got the amount of investors that we needed and the amount of money that we needed, everything, just we were on fire. We were so ready and we had such a strong plan. The moment the money came in, it was we were already starting to send it out the door to our engineers to start paying. And we started working that the same day that the money came in, we had a meeting with our engineers to start working. And I think just that transition point from going from trying to sell the mission to actually executing it was definitely a highlight for us. So I don't think there's one specific moment. But I think it was that kind of transition and seeing all of our incremental improvements in our sensor and seeing this device come to life. It's just been, it's, I think it's almost the whole process is really just validated that this is where I'm supposed to be. [00:32:45] Shane Shahrestani: Yeah, I think to the families of people who had a stroke and explaining to them what a stroke is and the prognosis and what's going to happen to their loved one, and then seeing people unfortunately pass because of stroke, and maybe they live too far from a hospital and their life could have been saved if they came in a little bit sooner, or they didn't know that they were having a stroke and they tried to sleep it off and woke up and couldn't move half their body. Right? And the stories go on and on. You see it in every permutation and every variation. But then, at the end of the day, these are people and their loved ones are in the hospital with them and you're trying to keep them alive and all our odds are against you and it's a function of losing brain cells and that is a function of time and efficiency, right? [00:33:41] So a big why is just so much suffering, sadness, loss can be prevented by creating new technologies that can just make healthcare more efficient for people, right? Faster, cheaper, better diagnostics, better assessment tools, better ways to monitor. And you know, that's another reason why I think Alex and I, you know, share that in common and we just work tirelessly just to create new things to just change the paradigm, change the standard of care, make things better for people. 'Cause that's just where our heart and our passion lies. [00:34:20] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. I'm very glad that you both did not let all the no's deter you. I'm glad you were willing to come back to your why and just keep at it. Yeah, that's, that takes a lot of grit and determination, but glad y'all are doing what you're doing. So, pivoting just for fun, imagine that you were asked to teach a masterclass on anything that you want. You're going to be given a million dollars for this. What would you choose to teach and why? It also doesn't have to be related to your industry at all, although it could be. [00:34:58] Alexander Ballatori: I, so my family and my my, just family events and cooking is, and my Italian heritage, is very important to me. And so I, it's, when I'm not working, I'm cooking or I'm spending, I make wine for fun. It's just it's all the traditions from my family. So I think if I had to teach a class, it would probably be sharing some of my family recipes, and also I love to cook and host all the time. So I like have had cooking classes at my house with friends and every year I make wine. It's always a big event and always have people over it. It's a really simple process. It seems so daunting, but it's quite simple, especially when you do it the old world way. And so, yeah, I guess I guess that would probably be mine. [00:35:45] Shane Shahrestani: First of all, I would go to Alex's masterclass. I'd pay however much he charged. I'd be there. His wine is like the only wine I drink now. If I had to teach a masterclass, so there's two things about me that I don't even know if Alex knows. I can identify the Latin name for any insect, any insect. And also I can classify like any saltwater fish, like tropical fish. So, somewhere between insects and tropical fish, just like, you pointed out, I'll just tell you what it is. [00:36:17] Alexander Ballatori: No way. Get out of here. We gotta go to the Galapagos. We're going on a trip. [00:36:23] Shane Shahrestani: Dude, I'm ready. We'll be the new Charles Darwins. [00:36:28] Lindsey Dinneen: Okay, so if I were to just take a random photo of a bug, I could just send it to you and you'd go, yeah, that's a... [00:36:34] Shane Shahrestani: A hundred percent. I can tell you like what order and like species that bug is. [00:36:41] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. [00:36:41] Shane Shahrestani: Yeah. [00:36:42] Alexander Ballatori: Incredible. [00:36:45] Lindsey Dinneen: We learn something new every day. I love it. [00:36:48] Shane Shahrestani: Just when you thought I couldn't be more nerdy, Alex. [00:36:52] Alexander Ballatori: No, so the reason why I'm laughing is because I used to do the exact same with any, you could show me any dinosaur skeleton and I knew I could do the exact same thing. I definitely can't anymore. I definitely cannot anymore. [00:37:05] Shane Shahrestani: That's so funny. [00:37:06] Alexander Ballatori: That's definitely just harsh parenting on like repeated flashcards. It was some genuine interest there, but [00:37:15] Shane Shahrestani: That's incredible. [00:37:17] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. I see how, you know, your, some of your childhood interests or pastimes have led you to successful careers in medicine, 'cause that amount of memorization must be daunting, but it clearly isn't because y'all have been doing it your whole life. [00:37:32] Shane Shahrestani: It's been the journey, from insects to here, you know. [00:37:38] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. Alright, on a slightly more serious note, how would you like to be remembered after you leave this world? [00:37:46] Alexander Ballatori: That's a great question. You know, I had a mentor at UCSF that was in a very similar position to where I kind of see myself in the later years of my career and it's very difficult to be a clinician full time and still spin technologies out, run the kind of the business end of things. And, he was someone that did it. He was someone that did both, and that's something that I also aspire at some point. And, we had this conversation where you kind of have to view it as, "do you want to be the person that takes care of the tree? And you can see the impact from your own hands on that one person? Or would you rather maintain the forest and drive things that can impact the entire forest?" It's something that sticks with me always. [00:38:35] And like I was mentioning before, just this whole concept of standard of care or gold standard, the best way to do something that I never really fully accept. So I think it's kind of not fully concrete, but I think continuing to spin out technology that these amazing technologies that are stuck at the benchtop. And through this kind of bureaucratic tech transfer process, I really see myself down the line. I would like to be remembered by our ability to take these amazing technologies and not accept that things are just the way that they are because they never are, right? We used to operate without gloves and not that long ago and wondered why our infection rates were so high. So I think for me, just down the line, I'd love to be able to be remembered by bringing new technologies and not accepting that what we currently considered the best way to do it, the actual best way to do it. [00:39:23] Shane Shahrestani: Yeah, I think, similarly, I think we all have family and friends that we love and we cherish. And I think everyone's biggest fear is losing someone that they care about. And I think we have one shot in life and my personal mission statement is just to do whatever I can just to spread positivity, happiness, ways to, to maximize that love and keep people around. Right? And I really think that medical devices and medicine and new technologies are the way to just create new solutions to problems that affect everyone. Or will affect everyone at some point in their lives. So, it would be great to be remembered as innovators, someone who can create that device that saved my brother or my mom, you know? And I think that's also a big dream or aspiration that, that we work towards every day. [00:40:26] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, and final question: what is one thing that makes you smile every time you see or think about it? [00:40:36] Alexander Ballatori: I mean, I love seeing a big table filled with food anytime, because it's, again, it's my family. We used to get together every Friday, every Sunday, no exceptions. Everyone is there, 50 to 100 people. And so every time we open a table and it's like I'm going back to upstate New York for Thanksgiving and for Christmas. And so every time I see there, I think about it, you know, we've all grown now and we're all kind of all over the place. So we don't get together as much. So anytime I think about that's definitely that's definitely my, my, what makes me smile for sure. [00:41:06] Shane Shahrestani: Lately I've been smiling, looking at that big check we won at MedTech Innovator. [00:41:16] Alexander Ballatori: Me too. Me too. Me too. [00:41:17] Shane Shahrestani: Yeah. So we'll leave it there. [00:41:20] Alexander Ballatori: And our new device rendering also makes me smile. [00:41:22] Shane Shahrestani: That's oh yeah. Yeah. That makes me smile. [00:41:25] Alexander Ballatori: It's also both of our phones screensavers. So we're smiling a lot. [00:41:31] Lindsey Dinneen: I love it. That's fantastic. It's just motivation day in and day out. You just look at it and go, "yeah, this is great. This is what we're doing." Oh my word. That is absolutely incredible. And this has just been so much fun. I really appreciate you both joining me today and sharing more about your backgrounds and your passion and all of the really exciting innovation coming out of your company. Again, thank you. Thank you for what you're doing for the world. It matters. And it's really cool to see you take the challenge and get past the no's to get to those yeses. So thanks. [00:42:08] Alexander Ballatori: Yeah, no, thank you so much for allowing us to share our story and make sure you follow us as we are moving very quickly and starting to collect clinical data. And so it's a very exciting time to, to start following us. If you aren't already, it's now is the best time to start. [00:42:22] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Yeah. Yes. [00:42:23] Shane Shahrestani: Appreciate you for having us today. It's been a pleasure chatting and hopefully we do this again soon. [00:42:29] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. And we are so honored to be making a donation on your behalf as a thank you for your time today to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which provides beds for children who don't have any in the United States. So thank you for choosing that organization to support. And yeah, we just wish you continued success as you work to change lives for a better world. [00:42:52] Alexander Ballatori: Thank you so much. Thanks again. [00:42:53] Lindsey Dinneen: Of course. And thank you also to our listeners for tuning in. Please go follow StrokeDX. Like they said, they are moving quickly and you will definitely want to be on top of that. And if you're feeling as inspired as I am, I'd love if you'd share this episode with a colleague or two, and we will catch you next time. [00:43:14] Ben Trombold: The Leading Difference is brought to you by Velentium. 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Stroke care is improving. But can it keep up with the aging population? The growing burden of stroke. See the enormous impact on caretakers and what needs to improve to better care for baby boomers.

Show Notes Today's Guests: Brian Hull PT, DPT, MBA Brian.Hull@BSWHealth.org Kyle Ridgeway PT, DPT, CCS kyle.ridgeway@uchealth.org Twitter: @Dr_Ridge_DPT IG: @kylejridge LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylejridgeway/ https://ptthinktank.com/author/kridgeway/ https://www.youtube.com/@kyleridgeway8484 Links: Acute hospital Rehabilitation Intensive Service (ARISE) model of Stroke Care. Video Lecture (15 mins). Johns Hopkins Medicine. Development and Implementation of a New Model of Care for Patients With Stroke, Acute Hospital Rehabilitation Intensive Services: Leveraging a Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Team. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2023. Prespecified dose-response analysis for A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT). Neurology. 2016. Efficacy and safety of very early mobilisation within 24 h of stroke onset (AVERT): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2015. Guest Quotes: Brian 14:07 “There are some excellent clinicians out there and there are some excellent researchers out there and there's some excellent operations managers out there.  But how often do you find an operations manager who is also pretty, pretty adept at the literature base and applying it clinically? How often do you have a clinician who understands operations and on a regular basis can tie it back to how they're increasing or decreasing length of stay. And how often do you have researchers  who are actively embedded within acute care…but it's rare to find someone who is an active clinician. An actively publishing, disseminating researcher who is also excellent at clinical operations.  And so, being able to pull it all together.” Kyle 18:15 “one of our chief nursing officers in our system always says the wisdom is at the bedside. And so if we're trying to decrease length of stay, of course.  Brian is an operations economics expert. He can help us model that he could be thinking about. Hey, we need to process map this out. I need to understand what we're doing.  But the clinician might have the secret sauce that says here's the bottleneck and here's the problem and them and Brian together can fix it and come up with a potential solution. And the researcher that the data minded person can say, well, and you know what, if you really want to answer that question, Brian, here's the data you need to collect or you can't answer that question, but you can quantify this.  And I think that and that's why all of those levels are important. And it's important to connect them from top to bottom and side to side.” Rapid Responses: If you can have lunch with one person from past history, who would it be? Brian: “I'm going to go from current history and also past Willie Nelson, who is the star of Texas and poet laureate, and he's still around for a little bit longer.  So I'd love to sit down with him.” What other podcasts would you recommend to our audience? Kyle: “The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish” You know you work in acute care when: Brian: “When you love things to fall down all around you continuously and that you're challenged to pick up the pieces and somehow make it better than it was originally.” Kyle: “I'm going to say when you're called everything but a therapist, every other profession that can work.” Connect with our hosts and the podcast! Leo Arguelles (LEE-O R-GWELL-IS) largue2@uic.edu Twitter @LeoArguellesPT Ashley Poole Twitter @AshleyPooleDPT Interested in being a future guest? APTA Acute Care: Website Awards Journal Access Twitter @AcuteCareAPTA Facebook APTA Acute Care Instagram @AcademyAcutePT YouTube  APTA Acute Care Podcast Bridge the Gap APTA Acute Care Resources APTA Adult Vital Signs APTA Lab Values Document Webinar Recordings 2023 Long Covid Webinar Series

Trudy Robertson may not have seen it all – but she's seen a lot. Throughout a career spanning 40+ years, she's worked as a licensed practical nurse, a registered nurse, a clinical nurse educator, and now, as the clinical nurse specialist for the Fraser Health Neuroscience Network.In the final episode of season one of The Heart of It, she shares stories from when she was first deployed to the neurosurgical units at Royal Columbian Hospital 20 years ago, and how personal experiences, like her mother's brain aneurysm and her mother-in-law's Parkinson's disease, deepened her commitment to her practice. She also discusses how artificial intelligence has transformed stroke care for patients and her continued focus on equity, diversity, inclusion and staff wellness throughout the health care system.Guest bioTrudy Robertson is a clinical nurse specialist and has worked as a health care provider for over forty years. She initially pursued nursing as a licensed practical nurse in 1980 and spent 20 years in various roles, primarily at Royal Columbian Hospital, before joining the neurosurgical units. Over the course of her career, she has been instrumental in the development of educational programs and protocols for nurses in neurosciences and her work has improved patient care and outcomes, particularly in stroke and neurosurgery.About The Heart of ItEvery episode, Dr. Victoria Lee, president and CEO of Fraser Health, invites guests take listeners to the heart of health care, where passion, dedication and innovation drive individual, community and planetary health.Listen and watch more episodes of The Heart of It here. And be sure to subscribe to The Heart of It in your favourite podcast player app so that you don't miss a beat.The Heart of It is recorded on the traditional, ancestral and unceded shared territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Coquitlam, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen First Nations, and the home of the Surrey-Delta Métis Association.

Kentucky REC advisor Lacy Shumway provides a comprehensive overview of the 3-year Coverdell Grant, focusing on its mission to enhance stroke care in collaboration with the CDC. She shares details behind the numbers in Kentucky's application for the grant: addressing high stroke mortality rates and risk factors. Explore the seven strategies implemented by the Coverdell Grant, formally known as the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program, including: HTN control; quality improvement; education; and EMS collaboration. Lacy discusses data collection challenges and the critical role of ZIP CODES in the Social Deprivation Index (SDI). Uncover the system-wide impact of the grant, addressing challenges and bridging geographical gaps in stroke care across Kentucky. Get ready for an engaging discussion that unveils the transformative impact of the Coverdell Grant on the future of stroke care in the Bluegrass State!Lacy Shumway is the Program Manager for the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program at the Kentucky Regional Extension Center, University of Kentucky. With 13 years in healthcare, Lacy's expertise includes 7 years as Coordinator for Stroke Program Outreach at Norton Healthcare. She successfully marketed the stroke program and developed a pre-hospital stroke education training offered across Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Lacy serves as Vice-Chair of the Cardiac and Stroke Subcommittee at the Kentucky Board of EMS, and is the Chair of the EMS and Education Committee with the Stroke Encounter Quality Improvement Program (SEQIP). A graduate of Indiana University, Lacy brings a wealth of knowledge to our discussion. Tune in for an informative exploration of stroke care advancements in Kentucky!

In a special year-end review, interventional radiologists Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, Jaimin Shah, MD, Roger Tomihama, MD, Marty Radvany, MD, FSIR, and Sudhen Desai, MD, FSIR, join SIR Editorial Manager Hope Racine and Director of Publications Brian Haefs to reflect on the top stories from the past year—exclusivity contracts, artificial intelligence and IR, and more.Plus, we share excerpts from the three most downloaded IR Quarterly articles of the year: Opportunities for IRs in radiotheranostics, by Islam Elhelf, MD, PhDShort-term work, long-term possibilities: The pros and cons of locum tenens work, by Sonali Mehandru, MDMedical robotics: Understanding medical needs and measures of success, by Janice Newsome, MD, FSIR, John T. Moon, MD, Peter Ju Park, MD, Kamil Arif, MD, Judy Gichoya, MD, Kaesha Thomas, Deepak Iyer, and Zachary Bercu, MDFinally, we share excerpts from the top three most played Kinked Wire episodes of the year:Episode 40: The potential of advanced practice providers in interventional radiology. Host: Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR; Guests: Carrie Hayes, PA, and Nick Oravetz, PAEpisode 41: The current and future role of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology. Host: Roger Tomihama, MD; Guest: Julius Chapiro, MDEpisode 37: IRs in focus: Alda Tam. Host: Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD, FSIR; Guest: Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIRNote: This episode was recorded on Dec. 5, 2023.Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology.Support the show

In this episode, Amy Shepherd explores the technology Kandu Health offers stroke populations with CEO, Kirsten Carroll. Kirsten speaks on the digital tools Kandu developed to help patients re-adjust to life after a stroke event. Kirsten also discusses broader topics, such as insurance, AI, and health equity - their impact on this disease state and how this digital tool can help. Truly an eye-opening discussion from a health tech expert - don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover expert insights on post-stroke care and recovery. From lifestyle changes to rehab strategies, this podcast offers guidance for recovery and improving quality of life. Learn from Lindsay Goff, the Primary Stroke Program Coordinator at University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, valuable tips and resources to help you and your loved ones after a stroke.

In Episode 61 we're joined by Dr. Lee H. Schwamm, MD, and accomplished neurologist, and healthcare innovator. About our guest: Dr. Schwamm's impressive career spans over three decades, with significant contributions in academia and healthcare administration. He currently holds the role of Associate Dean for Digital Strategy and Transformation at Yale School of Medicine and serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Health Officer for Yale New Haven Health System. Dr. Schwamm is recognized as a visionary physician leader, spearheading digital health initiatives to advance virtual care and digital enablement in healthcare. Telestroke Program & Clinical Care: Dr. Schwamm shares insights into his experience implementing telestroke programs at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and expanding their reach across the New England region. The conversation delves into a recent policy change in Massachusetts, where Dr. Schwamm explains how $1 million was allocated to the state Department of Public Health to enhance the transport system for suspected stroke patients. Get with the Guidelines: Dr. Schwamm discusses his leadership role in the "Get with the Guidelines" (GWTG) program and how it has evolved to enhance patient care. Digital strategy at Yale: In Part 2, the discussion shifts to Dr. Schwamm's role at Yale School of Medicine, where he leads digital strategy and transformation. He outlines the key components of his digital strategy and discusses the challenges and opportunities in adopting digital healthcare solutions. Dr. Schwamm shares his insights into the barriers to digital adoption in the healthcare industry and offers his perspective as an influential change agent. Promising Technologies and the Magic Wand: The episode concludes with a look into the most promising technologies that could revolutionize clinical care and outcomes for stroke patients. Dr. Schwamm responds to the signature question, imagining a scenario where he's handed a magic wand and asked to redesign the stroke care pathway. Show Credits: Music intro credit to Jake Dansereau. Our intro welcome is the voice of Caroline Goggin, a stroke survivor and our first podcast guest! Please listen to her inspiring story on Episode 2 of the podcast. Be sure to give the show a like and share, & follow and connect with us on social or contact us to support us as a show sponsor or become a guest on the Know Stroke Podcast. Visit website to to learn more: https://www.knowstrokepod.com/ Connect with Us and Share our Show on Social: Website | Linkedin | Twitter | YouTube | Facebook

You're going to have an opportunity to hear from Dr. Brenda Tousley, who is a neurology clinical nurse specialist, has her Doctorate in Nursing, and serves attorneys as an expert witness helping them as well behind the scenes with stroke care malpractice. Brenda and I have been speaking about the types of strokes, the catastrophic damage that can occur if a stroke is not diagnosed and treated in time, if indeed it's even possible to treat it to try to halt or reverse some of the damage that may occur. Brenda, tell our viewer what were some of the key topics that we talked about in your podcast. We talked a lot about who needs to recognize that somebody might be having stroke symptoms, and then what do they do, and what those symptoms are. And then we talked a little bit about what some of those legal ramifications can be within the care of somebody who presents with stroke symptoms. Watch this podcast to find out what is the best possible scenario that a patient could undergo who's having a stroke, in terms of where they are when it happens and the type of stroke, and what you can do as a legal nurse consultant to help an attorney who is questioning, could there have been a different outcome if people had acted differently? That's our key strength as legal nurse consultants. Contributing issues to the severity of a fall may be a LPN's unfamiliarity with the potential consequences of medications. Blood thinners are a prime example. Anyone administering medication to a resident needs to understand its properties. Brenda also shares some resources that are available to measure the quality of care against to determine if the protocols were appropriately followed. This podcast serves as a valuable resource for both the individual who may be involved in a situation with someone who has had a stroke and the practitioner who must determine whether the standard of care was followed. Learn more about Stroke Care Malpractice - Brenda Tousley What are the two major types of strokes? How can you recognize that someone may be having a stroke? What is the NIH Stroke Scale? Why is it so important to recognize when a person last acted normally? What considerations are important in terms of malpractice issues? Listen to our podcasts or watch them using our app, Expert.edu, available at legalnursebusiness.com/expertedu. https://youtu.be/j9-Xy77giDs Announcing LNC Success™ Virtual Conference 8 October 26,27 & 28 LNC Success™ is a Virtual Conference 3-day event designed for legal nurse consultants just like you! Pat Iyer and Barbara Levin put together THE first Legal Nurse Consulting Virtual Conference in July 2020. They are back with their 8th all-new conference based on what attendees said they'd find most valuable. This new implementation and networking event is designed for LNCs at any stage in their career. Build your expertise, attract higher-paying attorney clients, and take your business to the next level. After the LNC Success™ Virtual Conference, you will leave with clarity, confidence, and an effective step-by-step action plan that you can immediately implement in your business. Your Presenter of Stroke Care Malpractice - Brenda Tousley Dr. Brenda Tousley began her nursing career 37 years ago in the Army Nurse Corps. She knew from the beginning that she wanted to be a critical care nurse. To that end, she attended the Army's critical care course. Upon leaving the Army, Brenda returned home to Colorado. She has worked for the same healthcare system for the past 31 years fulfilling such roles as bedside critical care nurse, leader, educator, case manager and most recently the program manager for a primary stroke center. Brenda completed her Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist in 2014 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2018. In 2018, she was also nominated and awarded a Nightingale Luminary Award for her work in sepsis.

Stroke alters your life in many ways, but you still can have a great life after surviving one. Hear from stroke survivors and medical specialists about being stronger after stroke.    The “Stronger After Stroke” podcast discusses difficult topics, such as family relationships and sex after stroke. It also shares survivors' stories about navigating life after stroke.     In this Episode: Making Connections through Music: Stroke Care and Music Therapy – Kerry Willis, MT-BC Music can affect parts of the brain that spoken language cannot reach. In this episode of the Stronger After Stroke podcast, meet Kerry Willis, Board Certified Music Therapist, to learn how music therapy can support a patient's physical, mental, and emotional recovery after a stroke.   Kerry is specialty trained in Neurologic Music Therapy and practices at the Norton Healthcare Comprehensive Stroke Center in Louisville, KY. In addition to her work within the hospital system, she teaches outpatient therapy support classes. Hosted by Rosa Hart, BSN, RN, SCRN, the stroke nurse navigator for Norton Healthcare.   Click here to find a neuro music therapist if you don't live near Louisville, KY: https://nmtacademy.co/find-an-nmt/   Connect with the NNI Resource Center for support after stroke: https://nortonhealthcare.com/services-and-conditions/neurosciences/services/stroke-faqs/patient-resources/   Norton Healthcare, a not-for-profit health care system, is a leader in serving adult and pediatric patients throughout Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. Five Louisville hospitals provide inpatient and outpatient general care as well as specialty care including heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopedic, women's and pediatric services. A strong research program provides access to clinical trials in a multitude of areas. More information about Norton Healthcare is available at NortonHealthcare.com.

May has 5 Mondays which gives us a chance to offer up an extra episode of the Prehospital Paradigm Podcast. We take this episode to talk about the types of strokes, treatment, decisions on transport to destination other appropriate in-field treatment as per protocol.

Dr. Babak Jahromi, Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at Northwestern Medicine, joins John Williams to talk about the things you can do to minimize your chances of having a stroke, the growth of Northwestern Medicine and how that improves patient care, and the various treatments that Northwestern Medicine offers.

Dr. Babak Jahromi, Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at Northwestern Medicine, joins John Williams to talk about the things you can do to minimize your chances of having a stroke, the growth of Northwestern Medicine and how that improves patient care, and the various treatments that Northwestern Medicine offers.

Dr. Babak Jahromi, Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at Northwestern Medicine, joins John Williams to talk about the things you can do to minimize your chances of having a stroke, the growth of Northwestern Medicine and how that improves patient care, and the various treatments that Northwestern Medicine offers.

A conversation with Dr. Webster Crowley

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While studies have found that EMS compliance with recommended prehospital care for patients with acute stroke is inconsistent, little is known about the sources of variability in compliance. Join us as we review a study that utilizes linked statewide stroke registry and EMS data to explore patient and EMS agency-level contributions to variability in prehospital stroke care.

Episode 43: Interview with Professor Stephen Davis & Geoffrey Donnan of the Australian Stroke Alliance. The Australian Stroke Alliance is comprised of more than 30 organisations working together to transform stroke care across Australia and improve the lives of those affected by stroke. They are developing novel mobile imaging, digital health and emergency transport technologies to radically transform stroke outcomes and deliver commercial benefits for all Australians. Rather than transporting patients to hospital, they drive or fly Australian-designed life-saving brain scanning equipment to a patient during the Golden Hour for Stroke, transforming their chances of survival and recovery. For Australians living in rural, remote and Indigenous communities, access to stroke treatment during the Golden Hour for Stroke is limited or non-existent – creating inequity and a major gap in health outcomes. The Australian Stroke Alliance is about equity, world-first innovation and bringing time-critical stroke treatment direct to the patient. About our guests: PROFESSOR GEOFFREY DONNAN AO Geoffrey is a professor of Neurology at The University of Melbourne and former Director of The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. He is the co-lead of the Australian Stroke Alliance and the Frontiers MRFF grant. His research interest is clinical stroke management. He was co-founder, with Professor Stephen Davis, of the Australian Stroke Trials Network. He is the co-chair of the EXTEND group of trials, including the recently published EXTEND IA trial of thrombectomy in acute ischaemic stroke. He was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Stroke and is Past President of the World Stroke Organization. PROFESSOR STEPHEN DAVIS AO Stephen is a professor of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne, Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and a Past-President of the World Stroke Organization. He co-chairs the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit program. His research is focussed on acute therapy for both ischemic stroke and intracerebral haemorrhage, particularly the use of advanced imaging in selection of therapy. He is the co-lead of the Australian Stroke Alliance and the Frontiers MRFF grant. https://austrokealliance.org.au Show Credits: Music intro credit to Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud @user-257386777. Our intro welcome is the voice of Caroline Goggin, a stroke survivor and our first podcast guest! Please listen to her inspiring story on Episode 2 of the podcast. Thank you Caroline! Until next time, be sure to give the show a like and share, +follow and connect with us on social or contact us to support us as a show sponsor or become a guest on the Know Stroke Podcast. Visit our new website to apply here: https://www.knowstrokepod.com/ Connect with Us and Share our Show on Social: Website | Linkedin | Twitter | YouTube

“I look at it kind of like the RPVI, in a sense. That, you know, all of us are interventional radiologists, we all have completed our vascular ultrasound training, and we can get this additional certification that recognizes the fact that we spend a significant amount of time in our practice involved in this subspecialty area, and we are competent at it."  —Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIRHost Sudhen B. Desai, MD, FSIR, speaks with neurointerventional radiologist Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR, about opportunities for interventional radiology in the treatment of ischemic stroke, the new Recognized Focused Practice designation for endovascular neurosurgery, its impact on training pathways and more. Note: This episode was recorded on  Dec. 7, 2022.Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology.Support the show

HBS Legal Trends: Jon-Paul Croom, Wellstar North Fulton, and Alex Kaufman, Hall Booth Smith, P.C. On this edition of HBS Legal Trends, Hall, Booth, Smith’s Alex Kaufman welcomed Jon-Paul Croom, President of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, to discuss what’s new at Wellstar, their new and expanded services, the hospital’s facilities and staffing, their presence in […] The post

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LIVE from the GNFCC Grand Opening Celebration: Jon-Paul Croom, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 506) Jon-Paul Croom, President of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, joined John Ray to chat about the grand opening celebration for the new offices of GNFCC at Avalon, the recent improvements at Wellstar North Fulton including the new […] The post LIVE from the GNFCC Grand Opening Celebration: Jon-Paul Croom, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

The RUSH University System for Health is nationally recognized for its delivery of timely, effective stroke care and expertise in treating some of the most complex stroke cases. Within the past year, three multidisciplinary subspecialty clinics were opened at RUSH to provide an even greater level of specialty stroke care for patients. Rima Dafer, MD, is a vascular neurologist and the director of the Comprehensive Outpatient Cerebrovascular Diseases Clinic at RUSH University Medical Center. She has been a principal investigator on numerous clinical trials in acute stroke intervention and secondary stroke prevention. Her clinical interests center around stroke occurrence in young adults and the association of stroke and atrial fibrillation. “Our stroke-cardiology and stroke-neurosurgery clinics provide patients with a personalized individualized care plan tailored to their unique needs depending on their condition. And our stroke prevention clinic plays such an important role in helping patients understand very simple risk factors that aid in primary stroke prevention.”   CME link: https://cmetracker.net/RUSH/Publisher?page=pubOpenSub#/event/486244

Our conversation today was gave us great information about detecting, responding and treating strokes and aneurysms. It is part of our community health partnership with Valley Health where we talk each month with administrators, physicians, and other Valley Health staff about health topics, events, and the community. Joining me today was Dr. Habibullah Ziayee, a fellowship-trained interventional neurologist with advanced expertise in the minimally invasive treatment of acute ischemic stroke and brain aneurysm. Dr. Ziayee recently joined the medical staff of Winchester Neurological Consultants | Valley Health and provides care at Winchester Medical Center. Dr. Ziayee first explained the additional experience & insight that comes with being fellowship-trained. He also walked us through the field of neurology and what role and interventional neurologist plays. We then discussed his work with strokes & brain aneurysms. We talked about the critical importance of reacting quickly to a potential stroke and the acronym BE FAST: B: Balance. Sudden loss of balance. E: Eyes. Blurred, double vision or loss of vision in one or both eyes. F: Face drooping or numb on one side. A: Arm weakness or numbness on one side.   S: Speech that is slurred, hard to understand or the inability to speak. T: Time. Call 911 immediately for any of these symptoms, even if they go away. He explained the different types of treatment and how far both surgery and imaging have come to increase the likelihood of full recoveries for stroke patients. Learn more about the Neuroscience Center at Valley Health by clicking here.

Dr. Ryan Sundermann, St. Luke's ER medical director, returns to the podcast to discuss stroke signs, symptoms, treatment and prevention of strokes.Do you know the signs of a stroke? Remember to B.E.F.A.S.T.!B – is for Balance. Do you notice someone has a change in balance like not being able to sit or stand upright? This may be sign of a stroke.E – is for Eyes. Someone having a stroke may suddenly begin to lose vision in one or both eyes.F – is for Face. If someone's face begins to droop or relax suddenly, this could be a stroke.A – Do you notice that their arm is dragging or drifting down? Ask them to raise both arms as a test.S – Speech may begin to slur in the event of a stroke. Perhaps have the person repeat some words or phrases.T – Most importantly, time. Every second a stroke continues, brain cells die and can potentially impact brain function permanently. Call 911 or take your loved one to St. Luke's Emergency Room at the first sign of a stroke.Do you have a question about a trending medical topic? Ask Dr. Arnold! Anything from COVID-19 to the latest technologies and procedures to general questions about a service provided at UnityPoint Health - Cedar Rapids. Submit your question and it may be answered by Dr. Arnold on the podcast! Submit your questions at: https://www.unitypoint.org/cedarrapids/submit-a-question-for-the-mailbag.aspx 

Is your startup on a mission to address a major public health challenge? Do you need the know-how, guidance and connections to get investment-ready and rapidly grow? MTPConnect co-hosts Caroline Duell and Dr Duncan Macinnis, Director Stakeholder Engagement for NSW and ACT, look into the unique Health 10X Accelerator delivered by the George Institute of Global Health and UNSW Founders, which is supported by our REDI initiative. Dina Titkova, the Health 10x program Manager at UNSW Founders, explains how and why companies should apply for the 2022 program by 15 May 2022.And we meet Sam van Bohemen, co-founder and CEO at Nuroflux, a Sydney-based start- up developing a portable, digital device for continuous monitoring of brain activity to revolutionise stroke patient care. Nuroflux took part in Health 10X, and is about to kick off their pre-seed raise to fund the development of their clinical program for device registration. https://nuroflux.com/Applications close 15 May 2022.  For more information about Health 10x Accelerator program and to apply: https://unswfounders.com/health10x-accelerator

Stroke is the #5 cause of death and the #1 cause of long-term disability in the US. Fortunately, 80% of strokes are treatable and preventable. Knowing the symptoms of stroke and your risk factors for having one is important, but lifestyle modifications are the key to prevention.Nicole Pacha and Maureen “Mo” Stull are Registered Nurses and Stroke Program Coordinators at MarinHealth Medical Center. In this podcast, they detail how to reduce your stroke risk, from rethinking your diet to enhancing communication with your doctor to get the most out of your medical appointments.

Norton Healthcare's Plugged in to Nursing is the podcast that celebrates and informs the profession of nursing. This Episode - Stroke Episode Summary In this episode of Plugged In to Nursing, Lynn Hundley, Director of Stroke Care at Norton Healthcare, discusses pathophysiology, treatment, and overall care for stroke patients. She shares her immediate gratification received when caring for stroke patients and how the advancement in effective care has moved stroke from the 3rd leading cause of death, to the 5th leading cause of death, with 80% of strokes being preventable through managing risk factors. Support February's American Heart Month, focusing on cardiovascular health through stroke prevention, hypertension, and heart disease awareness.   About Norton Healthcare's Center for Nursing Practice Norton Healthcare's Center for Nursing Practice is responsible for readying student nurses for practice and transitioning new graduate nurses into practice.  Our team is committed to serving the profession of nursing, meeting people where they are and taking them to where they want to be.   Contact Information:  PluggedInToNursing@nortonhealthcare.org

In our sixth and final episode, we once again focus on Public Health, from the perspective of Dr. Shyam Prabhakaran, an internationally recognized leader in vascular neurology and stroke research and treatment. Prabhakaran, who grew up in New Jersey and moved to Chicago in 2006, currently serves as principal investigator of the Chicago regional coordinating center in the National Institutes of Health's stroke trials network (NIH StrokeNet). He is also an active community-engaged health researcher who partners with neighbors and community leaders to translate and share research findings to those most impacted by them.In this episode, Prabhakaran shared a screenshot of a virtual meeting of the Chicago Community, Media & Research Partnership (CCMRP) that took place during the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the partnership of community leaders, community media journalists, and community-engaged health researchers was just a few months into a two-year project dedicated to making health research more accessible through community media. Looking at this photo, Prabhakaran sees a group of people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences who came together with a common goal: improving health equity. That diversity, he said, is essential to his work in public health—and to finding creative and impactful solutions to the problems we face throughout our society.Daniel Animashaun is a rising junior at Lindblom Math & Science Academy in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood. In addition to expertly interviewing community members, he enjoys participating in track and Real Men Talk, a leadership development program run by his school's Dean of Students, Shohn Williams, who was featured in Our Stories, Our World's first episode.Music: MalciArtwork: Dan MacDonald StudiosAudio Producer: Samantha GattsekExecutive Producers: Mareva Lindo & Elissa YanceyThis podcast is brought to you by Public Narrative and A Picture's Worth.Resources and LinksChicago Community, Media & Research Partnership: https://publicnarrative.org/partnerships/Framework for making research accessible through community media: https://publicnarrative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Framework_-Making-Research-Accessible-through-Community-Media.pdfShyam Prabhakaran bio: https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/shyam-prabhakaranAlliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cch/get-support/arcc/index.htmlPatient-Centered Outcome Research Institute: https://www.pcori.org/Does a Community Education Program Help Increase Early Hospital Arrival and Ambulance Use for Patients Who Experience Stroke? -- The CEERIAS Study: https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2014/does-community-education-program-help-increase-early-hospital-arrival-and

Guest: Jorge Eller, MD, cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgeon at the AtlantiCare Neurosciences Institute and the faculty at Thomas Jefferson University at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center.

The RUSH System for Health excels in stroke prevention and care. RUSH University Medical Center is certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and RUSH has two certified Primary Stroke Centers in Oak Park and Aurora/Fox Valley. Given the time-sensitive nature of stroke care, RUSH seeks to expand current treatment windows and improve technologies used to treat emergency strokes as quickly and effectively as possible to minimize damage to our patients. Michael Chen, MD, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery and radiology at RUSH University Medical Center, discusses the ways RUSH is efficiently diagnosing stroke, how it is differentiating actual cases of large vessel occlusion stroke with false positives and how RUSH handles the benefits and challenges of using thrombectomy. Dr. Chen has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and also serves as a senior editor for the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. Dr. Chen currently serves as President-Elect for the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery. “There's strong evidence that highly effective therapies exist for stroke and they're also very time sensitive. If you have a large vessel occlusion stroke, 75% of the time patients are not going to do well. Thrombectomy can reduce that chance of a horrible outcome by half. The question is not necessarily whether you can make the diagnosis and what you do, but what work you have done ahead of time to prepare for the event when that patient does come into your emergency room.” CME credit link: https://cmetracker.net/RUSH/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/EventID/483128

I guess my take-home point is that by no means is staffing for a stroke program a small undertaking, so it really is important to have the support from the hospital as well as other medical specialties when developing the interventional stroke program ... which we're very fortunate we have. —Eric  A. Wang, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Eric A. Wang, MD, FSIR, about how he got involved in ischemic stroke care, the specialized training other IRs need to do the same, and how the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) supports the IR community in this important effort. Note: This episode was recorded on  Jan. 31, 2021.Related resources:SIR training guidelines Stroke roundtable: Opportunities and challenges for IRs performing endovascular thrombectomies for strokeSIR 2019 on-demand stroke course Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology.Support the show (https://www.sirweb.org/corporate-gateway/advertising/)

Listen NowDr. Marcela Torres and Dr. Fernanco Acosta, Jr. take us on a deep dive into the causes of pediatric stroke and how their unique B.E.F.A.S.T. approach is improving awareness, diagnosis, treatment and risk of recurrence. It’s a life changing journey for provider, families and especially for children. Dr. Marcela TorresDr. Fernando Acosta, Jr. Related InformationMore on stroke and thrombosisCook Children's Stroke and Thrombosis ProgramCutting-edge imaging to improve pediatric stroke careGet the B.E. F.A.S.T. poster

Listen NowDr. Marcela Torres and Dr. Fernanco Acosta, Jr. take us on a deep dive into the causes of pediatric stroke and how their unique B.E.F.A.S.T. approach is improving awareness, diagnosis, treatment and risk of recurrence. It’s a life changing journey for provider, families and especially for children. Dr. Marcela TorresDr. Fernando Acosta, Jr. Related InformationMore on stroke and thrombosisCook Children's Stroke and Thrombosis ProgramCutting-edge imaging to improve pediatric stroke careGet the B.E. F.A.S.T. poster

Endovascular stroke care is the criterion standard for LVO treatment, yet not everyone is fluent with data and techniques.