2026 Stroke & Neurocritical Care Conference
Date: Wed, May 20th, 2026
Time: 9:00 am - 6:30 pm
Location: Lang Auditorium

Statement of Need:
Stroke remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the US, particularly among the aging population. Rapid advances in diagnostic technologies, acute interventions, and neurocritical care management—Along with emerging clinical trial data—continue to change evidence-based approaches to stroke care. These advancements have created gaps in clinician knowledge and practice related to optimal stroke diagnosis, treatment selection, and interdisciplinary management in acute and neuro ICU settings. This educational activity is designed to address these gaps by providing up-to-date, evidence-based education on stroke and neurocritical care, enabling healthcare professionals to improve clinical decision-making, care-coordination, and patient outcomes.

This educational program will cover critical topics including: • Guidelines and Updates for Acute Stroke Management • Controversial and Innovations in Managing Critically ill Patients • Surgical and Endovascular Procedures for Critically-ill Patients • The Essential Role of EMS, Nursing and Rehabilitation in Management of Stroke Patients

Target Audience:
Primary care physicians, neurologists, ER physicians, residents, fellows, interns, medical students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, EMS, physical & occupational therapists/assistants and others caring for patients with neurological conditions.

Baxter B. Allen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Attending Neurologist and Neurintensivist
Director of Stroke Services, Department of Neurology, NYPQ

Srikanth R. Boddu, M.D., MSc
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology; Associate Professor of Radiology in Clinical Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Director of Neurointervention; Attending Interventional Neuroradiologist
Department of Neurological Surgery, NYPQ

Nasim A. Chowdhury, M.D., FAAPMR
Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Service Chief, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYPQ

Robert S. Crupi, M.D., FAEMSP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Medical Director, Ambulatory Care & Population Health and Palliative Care Services, NYPQ

Kristine Deblois, MBA, MSN, RN, SCRN
Program Manager, Department of Neurology, NYPQ

Katharine Dermigny, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Attending Neurologist, Department of Neurology, NYPQ

Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, M.D., Ph.D.
John McCrea Dickson, MD Professor of Neurology; Director, Clinical TBI Research Center
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Margaret Huynh, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Attending Neurologist and Neurintensivist, Department of Neurology, NYPQ

Konstantin Khariton, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Training Program
Attending Trauma Surgeon
Division of Acute Care, Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, NYPQ

Richard Leung, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Attending Vascular Neurologist, Department of Neurology, NYPQ

Ning Lin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Attending Neurological Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, NYPQ

J. Mocco, M.D., MS, FAANS, FAHA
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Chair of Neurological Surgery; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Suzanne C. Pugh, MSN, RN-C
Director of Nursing (Dialysis, Administrative Supervision, Emergency Services, Nursing Informatics, Psychiatric Services, NICU, Pediatrics)
Nursing Administration, NYPQ

Petrina Schneiderman, OTR/L
Supervisor for Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYPQ

Tara Shah, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Attending Interventional Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, NYPQ

Richard D. Shin, M.D., FACEP, CHSE
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Vice Chief of Clinical Services, Department of Emergency Medicine
Director of Simulation and Medical Library, NYPQ

Sarah Trapp, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYPQ

Kaitlin Woychick, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYPQ
Disclosures: None

Baxter B. Allen, M.D. and Ning Lin, M.D.

**9.6 PT CEUs
**Nursing CEUs pending

It is intended that this NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Continuing Medical Education activity will lead to improved patient care. At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
• Apply current evidence-based guidelines and recent clinical trial data to optimize the diagnosis and acute management of stroke patients.
• Identify best practices and management strategies for critically-ill neurological patients, including severe traumatic brain injury, neuroprognostication, and neurocritical care principles relevant to non-intensivist clinicians.
• Compare medical, surgical and endovascular treatment options for cerebrovascular disease and intracranial pathology, and integrate innovative neurosurgical and interventional approaches into patient-centered care plans.
• Demonstrate effective interdisciplinary collaboration among EMS, emergency department staff, nursing, rehabilitation teams and stroke centers to improve care coordination, streamline transitions of care, and enhance post-stroke recovery outcome.

Section 1: Hot Topics: Guidelines and Updates for Acute Stroke Management
9:00AM Opening Remarks
Baxter B. Allen, M.D. & Ning Lin, M.D.
9:05AM Updates from 2026 Stroke Guidelines and News From ISC 2026
Richard Leung, M.D.
9:40AM Functional Neurology
Katharine Dermigny, M.D.
10:20AM Heart Vs. Brain: Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke with Concurrent MI
Baxter B. Allen, M.D. & Tara Shah, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
11:00AM Questions & Answers / Break

Section 2: Critical Issues: Controversies and Innovations in Managing Critically ill Patients
11:10AM Penetrating Trauma and TBI
Konstantin Khariton, D.O.
11:50AM Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Prognostication Factors
Margaret Huynh, D.O.
12:30PM Traumatic Microvascular Injury: A Treatable Endophenotype After Traumatic Brain Injury
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, M.D., Ph.D.
1:10PM Questions & Answers

LUNCH BREAK

Section 3: The Interventions: Surgical and Endovascular Treatments for Stroke Patients
2:00PM Opening Remarks
Ning Lin, M.D. & Baxter B. Allen, M.D.
2:05PM CREST II
Srikanth R. Boddu, M.D., MSc
2:40PM Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Intervention, Surgery and Medical Therapy
Ning Lin, M.D.
3:20PM Functional and Cognitive Recovery After Stroke
J. Mocco, M.D., MS, FAANS, FAHA
4:00PM Questions & Answers / Break

Section 4: The Essential Role of EMS, Nursing and Rehabilitation in Management of Stroke Patients
4:10PM The Day After Stroke: Rehabilitation and Stroke Recovery
Nasim A. Chowdhury, M.D., FAAPMR, Petrina Schneiderman, OTR/L, Sarah Trapp, CCC-SLP, Kaitlin Woychick, CCC-SLP
4:50PM Management of Suspected Stroke Patients for EMS & ED Staff
Richard D. Shin, M.D., FACEP, CHSE and Suzanne Pugh, MSN, RN-C
5:30PM Essential Collaborations Between EMS & Stroke Centers to Optimize Treatment for Stroke Patients (Case Reviews)—Richard D. Shin, M.D., FACEP, CHSE, Suzanne Pugh, MSN, RN-C, Kristine Deblois, MBA, MSN, RN, SCRN, Baxter B. Allen, M.D., Ning Lin, M.D.
6:10PM Questions & Answers
6:30PM Closing Remarks & Meeting Adjourned

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