Regional Stroke Rounds

Tuesdays 0700 – 0800

Please join us for these dynamic case-based discussions where participants will be able to:

• Discuss diagnosis and management of TIA and different stroke types.
• Explain the indication and interpretation of common imaging modalities used to diagnose stroke (i.e. CT/MRI).
• Discuss difficult TIA/stroke cases from diagnosis, prognosis or treatment standpoint.

Microsoft Teams Link:
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Target Audience: Physicians interested in stroke care practicing at North East Designated Stroke Centres or Telestroke Sites including (but not limited to) Emergency, Radiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, as well as as well as Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Physicians and Stroke Nurse.

Moderator: Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, MBBS DM PDF (Stroke) Stroke Neurologist, Health Sciences North

This educational opportunity is accredited through the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Continuing Education and Professional Development Office.

EVT Case Reviews

Hosted by NEO Stroke Network and Health Sciences North, these case reviews:

• Provide a forum for engagement, conversation and relationship-building
• Enable our referral sites/teams to learn more about EVT cases re: volumes, select performance metrics, general outcomes and more

What to expect:

• Introductions (2 mins)
• Overview/summary of cases and/or general experiences from the region re: EVT (15 min)
• Selected case review - led by one of the HSN EVT Operators or Stroke Neurologists (15 min)
• Group dialogue, Q&A (10-15 min)

Meeting Dates:

• Tuesday, December 17, 2024 1600-1645 Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
• Tuesday, March 18, 2025 1600-1645 Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
• Tuesday, June 10, 2025 1600-164 5 Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
• Tuesday, September 16, 2025 1600-1645 Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Please email strokeprogram@hsnsudbury.ca to be added to our distribution list.

Supporting Community Integration After Stroke

Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025

Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (to be confirmed)

Location: Virtual/online event

Cost: Free, sponsored by the NEO Stroke Network

Target Audience: Primary Care Providers, Nurse Practitioners, Allied Health and other HCP working in stroke care across Northeastern Ontario

Agenda Topics:

• Mental Health
• Return to Driving
• Driving Assessment
• Return to Work
• Return to Leisure
• Aphasia in the Community
• After Stroke Program

Registration is now open:

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The following education events are being planned and information on the dates, cost and registration information will follow.

• Learn to Screen Driver Safety, online and interactive course for Health Care Providers, Winter 2024-25
• Motivational Interviewing, virtual course over 3 lunch hours in February 2025, instructor is Dr. Marilyn Herie
• NDT: Developing Support and Reach in the Upper Extremity, in-person course at Health Sciences North, Instructor Karen Guha, March 1, 2025

The Northeastern Ontario Stroke Network YouTube channel contains archived webinars of interest for those working in stroke care.

Archived Webinars include:

•  Interprofessional Workshop on Best Practices for Managing Perceptual Impairments Post-Stroke, Anita Menon, March 2024. 
• Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada Webinar, Kerrie St. Jean and Teresa Guolla, May 18, 2023
• Rehabilitation after Stroke: Adding to your Toolbox Symposium, February 3, 2023
  • Post Stroke Fatigue: Frustrated and Invisible, by Dr. Christine Yang and Patricia Rodgers, OT
  • No Patient Left Behind: Optimizing Use of Telehealth Technology to Support Rehabilitation, Dr. Mark Bayley
  • Moving Stroke Research to Practice to Benefit People with Lived Experience, Dr. Janice Eng
  • Practical Strategies for Working with Stroke Patients with Cognitive Impairments, Dr. Lyn Turkstra, SLP
  • Sharing My Lived Experience, John Q. Smith, Person with Lived Experience
• Pan Northern Webinar: TIA and Neurology Education Session, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, MD and Brett Caccamo, Medical Student NOSM, October 19, 2022
• Health Sciences North’s EVT Program – How it Started; How It’s Going, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, Provincial Stroke Rounds, October 5, 2022
• Behaviour Change Post Stroke, Margo Collver
• Post Stroke Transitional Care Program, Sheryl Pierman
• Acute Stroke Care Symposium 2022, including:
  • Tom O’Flanagan, person with lived experience
  • Overview of the Stroke System in NEO, Susan Bursey
  • Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentations of Stroke, Dr. Aviraj Deshmukh
  • Overview of Hyper-acute Stroke Treatment, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
  • Identification and Management of Post-stroke Complications, Dr. Rick Kvas
  • Stroke Care Path: The Importance of Systematic and Standardized Care, Deanne Bacvar and Nick Noob
  • Dysphagia and Oral Care: Prevention and Treatment, Carrie Linklater
  • Cognition and Visual Perceptual Deficits after Stroke, Kassi Fritz
  • Managing Shoulder Pain after Stroke – Positioning and Protection, John Power
• Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations Secondary Prevention Update, Colleen Murphy
• GRASP Training, Dr. Janice Eng
• Stroke Prevention and TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) Management Workshop, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) or Stroke: Does Etiology Matter?, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• Evolution of Diagnostic Criteria for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Provincial Stroke Rounds, April 7, 2021,
• Acute Stroke Therapy: Evidence and Implications, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke: Quick Review of Evidence and Patient Selection, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, December 14, 2021