Valley Regional Medical Center 1st Annual Stroke Symposium

Brownsville, TX US
October 29, 2025

LIVE IN-PERSON ONLY

This multidisciplinary stroke symposium will explore the latest advances in stroke care including recognition, acute management, neuroendovascular modalities and post-acute care.  Sessions will focus on evidence-based updates while addressing systems of care and strategies to reduce delays in stroke care.  Through engaging case discussions and expert presenters the participants will gain knowledge and tools to provide coordinated care, optimize patient selection for advanced interventions and address challenges in accessing comprehensive stroke care.

Target Audience

This course is intended for Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, Prehospital Providers (paramedics and EMTs).

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the different types of stroke and list the signs and symptoms of stroke.
  • Discuss the emerging data on the use thrombolytics up to 24 hours.
  • Evaluate and discuss emerging trends on hematoma evacuation.
  • Perform an accurate assessment for posterior circulation strokes and discuss new guidelines relating to treatment of mild or rapidly improving strokes.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 4.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/23/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Event starts: 
10/29/2025 - 7:00am MDT
Event ends: 
10/29/2025 - 1:00pm MDT
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Brownsville Event Center, Brownsville, TX

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

All agenda session times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (MST)

TIMESDESCRIPTIONPRESENTER
0800-0825Breakfast
0825-0830Welcome Hamzah Saei, MD, Benedict Tan, MD and Michelle Hairston, RN
0830-0910Session #1 - Laying the Pipeline: A Foundation for Excellence in Stroke CareMichelle Hairston, RN
0910-0920Break
0920-1020Session #2 - Acute Ischemic Stroke: Strategies and TherapiesHamzah Saei, MD, and Benedict Tan, MD
1020-1030Break
1030-1130Session #3- To Treat or Not to Treat? Treating Mild Stroke and Rapidly Improving StrokeLuis Gaitan, MD
1130-1140Break
1140-1240Session #4 - Stroke in Women during Pregnancy and Beyond: 2025 UpdateMichelle Hairston, RN
1240-1310Lunch
1310-1410Session #5 - Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke: Advances in Intracranial and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage CareSohum Desai, MD, and Benedict Tan, MD
1410-1425Evaluation and ClosingBenedict Tan, MD, Luis Gaitan, MD and Michelle Hairston, RN
Brownsville Event Center
1 Events Center Blvd
Brownsville, TX 78526
United States

Course Faculty

Portrait of Alison Carrasco, RN

Alison Carrasco, RN

Planner

 

Portrait of Christine Chizek, MEd, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN

Christine Chizek, MEd, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN

Planner

 

Portrait of Sohum Desai, MD

Sohum Desai, MD

Speaker

 

Portrait of Luis Gaitan, MD

Luis Gaitan, MD

Speaker

 

Portrait of Michelle Hairston, MSN, BSN, RN, CRRN, SCRN

Michelle Hairston, MSN, BSN, RN, CRRN, SCRN

Co-Director, Speaker

 

Portrait of Hamzah Saei, MD

Hamzah Saei, MD

Speaker

 

Portrait of Benedict Chan Seng Tan, MD

Benedict Chan Seng Tan, MD

Course Director, Speaker

 

Course Director(s)

Ben Tan

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Sohum Desai, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Luis Gaitan, MD Neurology

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Ben Tan

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Accreditation:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of HCA Healthcare Continental Division and HCA Gulf Coast Division. HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1TM. Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  

This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.* The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, an ACCME-defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: 

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidence-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence, all parties involved in content development are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME-defined ineligible companies. The HCA Healthcare Continental Division has identified, reviewed, and mitigated all conflicts of interest that speakers, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, or relevant staff disclose prior to the delivery of any educational activity. The CME planning committee who are in a position to control the content of this CME Activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Available Credit

  • 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 4.25 Attendance
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  3. Complete the Activity Evaluation.

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