4th Mid-Atlantic Neurocritical Care Symposium

The Fourth Mid-Atlantic Neurocritical Care Symposium will highlight evidence-based practices and emerging innovations in prehospital triage, resuscitation, transport, and critical care management of patients with traumatic brain injury, stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, acute ischemic stroke, status epilepticus, hepatic encephalopathy, and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Through expert lectures, debates, and interactive exchange, participants will gain insights into optimizing neurologic outcomes across diverse clinical scenarios and care settings.

1. Review pre-hospital systems of care for patients with critical neurologic injury
2. Identify key management goals in acute traumatic brain injury, acute ischemic stroke, and intracranial hemorrhage
3. Examine controversies in adjunctive therapies for acute neurologic emergencies

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Registration Fee:

Physicians - $200.00
NPs, APPs, PAs, RNs, EMS, PharmD - $150.00

Online Registration Deadline: May 1, 2026. On-site registrations will incur an additional $50 processing fee.

Cancellation Policy

Registration fee, less a 15% non-refundable administrative fee, will be refunded only if written notice of cancellation is received via email to [email protected] on or before May 1, 2026. There will be no refunds after this date.

In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 10.5 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Accommodation
All participants have the right to participate in this continuing education activity without discrimination due to age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at [email protected] for more information. Requests for accommodations must be received 21 days prior to activity start date.

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Disclaimers
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, adjust credit hours, or cancel if necessary.

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Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

VCU Health Continuing Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a continuing education activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

All VCU and VCU Health reviewers have nothing to disclose.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Shraddha Mainali, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Virginia Commonwealth University

Co-Course Director, Faculty

Consulting Fee-research consultation for Marinus (Relationship has ended)|Honoraria-American Academy of Neurology (Relationship has ended)|Honoraria-Society of Critical Care Medicine|Honoraria-Faculty for Wake forest Ultrasound course

Nicholas A Morris, MD, FNCS, FAAN
Associate Professor
University of Maryland

Co-Course Director, Faculty

Honoraria-Kreg Therapeutics (Relationship has ended)

Fazila Aseem, MD, MPH
Asst. Professor of Neurology
Virginia Commonwealth University

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Joseph S Bell IV, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
VCU

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Gretchen M Brophy, PharmD, BCPS
Professor
VCU School of Pharmacy

Faculty

Consulting Fee-UCB|Consulting Fee-Chiesi|Speakers Bureau-UCB|Speakers Bureau-Chiesi|Consulting Fee-Marinus (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Ceribell|Consulting Fee-SERB

Salia Farrokh, PharmD, BCCCP
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ryan Felling, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Samantha Fernandez, MD
Neurocritical care fellow
Emory University

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Bev Harris, BSN
Clinical Manager
VCU Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Adam Kardon, DO
Medstar

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Usaamah Khan, MD
Resident Physician
VCU Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Matthew J Levy, DO, MS, FACEP, FAEMS
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Stryker Emergency Care|Consulting Fee-GMR|Consulting Fee-Abbott

Tammy T Nguyen, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
VCU Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Benjamin Nicholson, MD
VCUHS

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Arun Sanyal, MD
Z. Reno Vlahcevic Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Executive Director, Education Core – C. Kenneth and Diane Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research - VCU Medical Center
VCU Health

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Eli Lilly and Company|Grant or research support-Echosens|Paid consultant-Abbott (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Promed|Paid consultant-Genfit|Paid consultant-Satellite Bio (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Corcept|Paid consultant-Arrowhead (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Boston Scientific (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Variant (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Cascade (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-89Bio|Paid consultant-Astra Zeneca|Paid consultant-Alnylam Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Regerenon Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Boehringer Ingelheim|Paid consultant-Bristol Myers Squibb (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Genentech|Paid consultant-Gilead (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Histoindex|Paid consultant-Janssen|Paid consultant-Lipocine (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Merck|Paid consultant-Glaxo-Smith Kline|Paid consultant-Novartis (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Akero Therapeutics|Paid consultant-Novo Nordisk|Paid consultant-PathAI Diagnostics|Paid consultant-Histoindex|Paid consultant-Pfizer (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Poxel (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Salix|Paid consultant-Myovant Sciences|Paid consultant-MEDIAN Technologies|Paid consultant-Sequana Medical (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Surrozen (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Takeda Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Terns Pharmaceuticals (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Zydus Pharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-Astra Zeneca (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Bristol Myers Squibb (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Gilead (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Intercept (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Malinckrodt (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Merck (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Ocelot Bio (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Novartis (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Salix|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Elsevier|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-UpToDate|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Durect|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Genfit (Relationship has ended)|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Tiziana|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Inversago

Samuel Tisherman, MD, FACS
Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Rachel Hausladen, MSN, CPNP, ACNP-BC, FNCS
Clinical APP Manager
University of Maryland Medical Center

Faculty, Nurse Planner

Nothing to disclose

Jennifer Creed, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Christiana Care

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Scott R DeBoer, MD, PhD
Medical Director
MedStar Health

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Harinder Dhindsa, MD
VCU

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Jose Javier Provencio, MD
Professor
University of Virginia

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Subhashini Ramesh, MD
Inova Fairfax hospital

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Dennis J Rivet, MD
Harold I. Nemuth Professor of Neurological Disorders
Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Theresa C Rohrs, PA-C, MPH
Lead APP
MedStar Franklin square Medical Center

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Aarti Sarwal, MD, FAAN, FNCS, FCCM,RPNI
Professor, Section Chief Neurocritical Care
Virgina Commonwealth University

Faculty, Planning Committee

Grant or research support-ImageMonitoring,Inc (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Stimdia, Inc |Consulting Fee-Sheinkei, Inc|Grant or research support-Butterfly, Inc (Relationship has ended)

Lucy M Zhang, MD, Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Duke University School of Medicine

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Wendy Ziai, MD, MPH, FAHA, FESO FAHA FNCS
Dr
Johns Hopkins University

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose

Elizabeth Zink, PhD, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Faculty, Planning Committee

Nothing to disclose