Comprehensive Stroke Center

UR Medicine

STAR-NY CME Agenda

Stroke Treatment Alliance of Rochester - NY

14th Annual Regional Stroke Management Symposium - May 14th, 2026 - Hotel Canandaigua - Canandaigua, NY 14224

Full Schedule of Events

  • 7:45-8:15 AM: Registration, Login & Continental Breakfast

  • 8:15-8:20 AM: Welcome & Introduction
    Webster Pilcher, MD, PhD

  • 8:20-9:05 AM: Point/Counterpoint: Treatment of Symptomatic vs Asymptomatic Steno-Occlusive Carotid Disease
    Tarun Bhalla, MD, PhD/Thomas Mattingly, MD, M.Sc.

  • 9:05-9:20 AM: Q & A

  • 9:20-9:50 AM: New Guidelines for Acute Stroke
    Curtis Benesch, MD

  • 9:50-10:00 AM: Q & A

  • 10:00-10:15 AM: BREAK/EXHIBITS

  • 10:15-10:45 AM: Beyond Burrholes: Is MMA Embolization Changing the Standard of Care?
    Vincent Nguyen, MD

  • 10:45-11:15 AM: Sex, Hormones, and Cerebrovascular Disease: An Update on Stroke in Women
    Jaclyn Burch, MD

  • 11:15-11:30 AM: Q & A

  • 11:30-12:15 PM: Contemporary Management of Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis
    Randolph Marshall, MD, MS

  • 12:15-12:30 PM: Q & A

  • 12:30-1:15 PM: LUNCH/EXHIBITS

  • 1:15-1:45 PM: Vivistim and Post-Stroke Motor Recovery
    Matthew Bender, MD

  • 1:45-2:15 PM: Posterior Stroke
    Jorge Risco, MD

  • 2:15-2:45 PM: Acute Management of ICH
    David Sandness, MD

  • 2:45-3:00 PM: Q & A

  • 3:00-3:15 PM: BREAK/EXHIBITS

  • 3:15-3:45 PM: Update in Neuro-Ophthalmology and Stroke
    Zoe Williams, MD

  • 3:45-4:15 PM: Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
    Adam Kelly, MD

  • 4:15-4:30 PM: Q & A

  • 4:30 PM: Session Close