James C. Grotta, MD
15th Annual Yatsu Day Symposium
Friday, October 4, 2024
8 am - 4 pm
Cooley Center
7400 Cambridge St Houston, Texas 77054
Alkek Auditorium | RM 120
What You Can Expect
The theme for the 2023 symposium is “Nurturing Brain Health and Preventing Stroke” The event will help increase physician and trainee's knowledge in lifestyle modifications, mental well-being, and brain health education for patients. Topics include nurturing brain health, preventing stroke and dementia, risk predictions for stroke, identifying stroke risk using artificial intelligence, cognitive testing, sleep and brain health and more.
Don't miss the chance to be part of this vital symposium that features world renowned stroke specialists, interactive stations and sessions focused on current topics in brain health and stroke prevention. Forward this to your colleagues you wish to attend with you.
Continental breakfast and boxed lunch will be provided.
World Renowned Stroke Specialists
You can anticipate insights from globally recognized experts in the field of stroke care; Vladimir Hachinski, MD, DSc, and Philip Gorelick, MD, MPH, FACP.
Local speakers and interactive sessions leaders from UTHealth-Houston and Memorial Hermann include James Grotta, MD Myriam Fornage PhD, Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD, Anjail Z. Sharrief, MD, MPH, Heather Smith MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS, Kendra M. Anderson, PhD, and Seema Aggarwal, APRN, PhD.
Interactive Stations
The interactive stations, now enhanced with Al technology demonstrations, will provide a dynamic platform for exchanging ideas and exploring collaborations. Along with the student expo, which will highlight the exceptional work being conducted by students at the Stroke Institute, these stations promise to enrich your symposium experience. We hope this unique combination will empower everyone to elevate the quality of care they provide in their practice or to their patients.
Interactive Station #1
Al in Stroke Rehab
Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD
Video capture technologies to improve home-based rehabilitation.
Interactive Station #2
Virtually Reality for Stroke Rehab
Seema Aggarwal, PhD, APRN, AGNP-C
Experience how rehab works in the virtual world.
Stroke Institute Student Expo
Exciting presentations showcasing cutting-edge research projects from students who have been making strides at the Stroke Institute.
Who Can Attend?
This program is accredited for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Nursing Education (CNE), catering to a diverse spectrum of healthcare professionals. It is designed to benefit physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech language pathologists, and other healthcare providers who work closely with individuals affected by stroke and dementia. Additionally, it is valuable for those who have an interest in brain health, health promotion, and stroke prevention.
Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Know Before You Go...
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Directions and Parking
Cizik School of Nursing | 6901 Bertner Avenue Houston, Texas 77030
8 - 8:50 am | Registration/Check-In
9 am | Symposium Begins in the Alkek Auditorium (Room 120)
PARKING | TMC Garage #2 | 1151 Holcombe Blvd Houston, TX 77030
(Receive validated parking ticket at check-in)
In the event that TMC Parking Garage is FULL, parking validations are valid in any numbered TMC garage and lots AU, LAV, and 2450
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Conference Objectives
Conference Objectives
- Understand the lifestyle, medical, and genetic risks for stroke
- Learn about the AHA's Life's Simple 7 and Life's Essential 8
- How Life's Simple 7 and Life's Essential 8 promote brain health
- Learn about the importance of diet and sleep in brain health
- Understand the origin of Life's Simple 7 and Life's Essential 8
- Understand how Life’s Simple 7 and Life's Essential 8 relate to brain health (nurturing of the brain).
- Define “Polygenic Risk Scores (PRSs)” and describe methods used to derive them
- Describe Polygenic Risk Scores for stroke
- Discuss the clinical utility of PRSs for stroke prediction and prevention
- Describe the Risks and Consequences of Recurrent Strokes
- Recognize the importance of predicting stroke recurrence risks
- Understand the best diets to reduce the risk of stroke
- Discuss how to adopt and implement each of these diets
- Describe the best supplements and superfoods to reduce the risk of stroke
- Understand cognitive testing and therapy strategies in stroke patients
- Examine the relationship between different aspects of sleep health, including sleep duration, sleep stage distribution, sleep timing and napping with brain health
- Understand emerging pathophysiological bridging theories between sleep and specifically, brain vascular health
- Recognize the impact of treating sleep disorders on cerebrovascular health
- Discuss evolving sleep challenges – climate warming, urbanization, portable electronic device use
- Describe social determinants of health in relation to optimization of brain health
- Explain how structural inequities impact health disparities for disorders impacting brain health
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Meet Frank Michio Yatsu, MD
Frank Michio Yatsu, MD
The stroke program at UTHealth was started by James Grotta in 1979 and was supported by the cerebrovascular disease related research interests of the first two Department of Neurology Chairmen (Bill Fields–management of extracranial carotid disease and Frank Yatsu –stroke risk factors). The program was initially shaped by important collaborations with faculty in stroke epidemiology, clinical trial design, and basic science, and the Houston Emergency Medical Services (EMS). It was the first Stroke Center established in Houston at the Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center hospital and was one of the first established in the world.
In 1982, Frank was recruited to be the second chair of neurology at the relatively new University of Texas Medical School at Houston, succeeding Dr William Fields, another giant in the field of cerebrovascular disease.
Frank was fully active in laboratory research throughout his career and obtained support from grateful patients and community leaders. He was appointed the Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair and also received endowments from the Blood and Cullen trusts. He was never too busy or important to deliver personalized care for his patients. “The patient always comes first” was 1 of his favorite expressions; he even made house calls. Frank published >140 articles on the topics already mentioned. In addition to his many articles of original research on cholesterol metabolism and vascular smooth muscle, Frank is probably best known as Neurologist editor with J. P. Mohr of the authoritative text Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management. At the time of his death, he maintained an active collaboration with Katsuri Ranganna, PhD, studying atherogenesis and vascular smooth muscle.
Frank Michio Yatsu, MD, died unexpectedly but peacefully during a nap on Friday, March 9, 2012; he was 79 years old. He had been recovering from complications stemming from a kidney transplant he received several years before. Frank had retired becoming Professor Emeritus of the Department of Neurology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston but was still coming to work several hours a week to attend conferences, work on manuscripts, oversee his laboratory, and other administrative duties.
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Activity Code/Evaluation Instructions
CLICK HERE to log attendance after the event with the activity code and AIN #
TEXT CODE to 828-295-1144 or visit uthealth.eeds.com
To receive credit you must log attendance AND fill out an evaluation.
Evaluations will be emailed to the address you registered with at registration.
Activity code will expire on December 9, 2023 at 9 am
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Agenda
Event Name Presenter Time Check-in and Continental Breakfast 8 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Welcome and Introduction James C. Grotta, MD 9 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. AI Revolution in Healthcare Jiajie Zhang, PhD 9:10 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. AI in Stroke Rehab Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD 9:40 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. BREAK 11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Interactive Stations 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Brain Stimulation for Pediatric Stroke Recovery Anna Clearman, OTR, MOT, CLT 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Lunch Break 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Virtual Care for Mental Health in Stroke Survivors Jason Burnett, PhD 1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Robots for Rehabilitation Jinsook Roh, PhD 1:45 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Virtual Reality and Gamification in Cognitive Stroke Rehabilitation Seema Aggarwal, PhD, APRN, AGNP-C 2:25 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. BREAK 2:45 p.m. - 3 p.m. Recovering your thinking after Stroke Kendra Anderson, PhD 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Closing Session and Networking 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Speakers and Presenters
Jiajie Zhang, PhD
Anna Clearman
Jason Burnett, PhD
Jinsook Roh, PhD
Assol Kavtorina
Seema Aggarwal, PhD, APRN, AGNP-C
Conference Planning Committee
The conference curriculum and structure has been supported by a planning committee at the UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease and Cizik School of Nursing.
