16th Annual Yatsu Day Symposium: The New Era of Stroke Care
Event Description
The UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease will host the 16th Annual Yatsu Day Symposium, “The New Era of Stroke Care: Pharmaceutical Innovation and Therapeutics.” The half-day event aims to help increase physicians’ and trainees’ knowledge in stroke care and brain health. This year’s agenda will focus on new pharmaceuticals, including GLP-1 receptor agonists, and how they are changing stroke care. The program will also include discussion of new clinical trials and AI technologies testing emerging therapies in stroke.
The annual event is named in honor of Dr. Frank Yatsu, professor emeritus of neurology, who passed away in 2012. He was the second chair of the Department of Neurology and an internationally recognized leader in stroke.
Attendees may participate in person or online and can earn 3 hours of CME/CNE credit.
McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) designates this live/virtual activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston designates this live/virtual activity for a maximum of 3.25 NCPD (ANCC Contact Hours). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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