Neurointerventional Procedures I

Two-Day Or Five-Day Study Option

SCHEDULE: 2010

Classes Begin:

• October 11
• December 13

SCHEDULE: 2011

• January 17
• February 7
• April 11
• June 14
• August 8
• October 10
• December 12

Class Size: 4

NOTE: Course requires a minimal quorum of participants to convene. Please contact the STROKE TRAINING CENTER Administration to confirm course status. Tuition balance is due for payment one month before course is scheduled to begin.

An intensive course designed to teach clinical and technical aspects of interarterial thrombectomy devices to physicians with neurointerventional surgical skills. The role of IA t-PA discussed. Students observe the Erlanger Stroke team perform Emergency Room patient evaluation and neurointerventional procedures in the Angiogram Suite*.

The curriculum includes Instruction Modules and Skills Lab exercises for Medical Imaging techniques and interpretation; as well as Flow Models under fluoroscopy. Lectures also cover hypertension management and platelet assay techniques; clinical care management; and secondary stroke prevention. The five-day option permits extended case review and team participation. Elective lectures are offered in the five-day study option as well. These include elements of Billing and Coding pertinent to interventional procedures, as well as Stroke Center development. Skills labs with Flow Models are open to participants during the five-day study option for further evaluation and exercise.

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Physician Qualifications - Attendance limited to (A) experienced interventional radiologists with significant neurological exposure in their practice; or (B) neurointerventionalalists practicing either interventional neurology, neurosurgery, or neuroradiology.

Cme Credits:

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education credits to physicians.

Two-day option:
AMA Credit: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Five-day option:
AMA Credit: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

* The Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke Center is among the busiest in the United States. However, the National Stroke Intervention Training Center cannot guarantee on any given day that patients will be admitted for neurointerventional procedures. To maximize observational opportunities, students will be alerted to any neurointerventional cases that may arise during off-hours, in addition to cases that present during times scheduled for instruction.

Teaching FACULTY

Program Directors

Blaise Baxter MD

Chief, Section Of Neurointerventional Radiology Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) Chattanooga

Thomas Devlin MD, PhD

Medical Director Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke Center- Stroke Neurology

R. Kent Hutson MD

Chair, Dept of Radiology, UTCOM Chattanooga

 

Neurointerventional Radiology Staff

Blaise Baxter MD

Chief, Section Of Neurointerventional Radiology Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) Chattanooga

John Johnston MD

Clinical Assistant Professor Of Radiology, Dept of Radiology, UTCOM Chattanooga

Steve Quarfordt MD

Clinical Assistant Professor Of Radiology, Dept of Radiology, UTCOM Chattanooga

Mark Talley MD

Clinical Assistant Professor Of Radiology, Dept of Radiology, UTCOM Chattanooga

Stroke Neurology and Neuro ICU

Thomas Devlin MD, PhD

Medical Director Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke Center- Stroke Neurology

Patricia Joly RN

Stroke Coordinator And Administrator Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke Center

Neuroimaging

R. Kent Hutson MD

Chair, Dept of Radiology, UTCOM Chattanooga

Emergency Medicine

David Seaberg MD,

Dean, UTCOM Chattanooga

Stroke Center Management

Roger Forgey-

Sr. Vice President (Operations) Erlanger Health System

Stephen Johnson

Vice President-finance Erlanger Health System

Pat Joly RN

Stroke Coordinator- Accreditation Officer Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke Center

(TBA)

Claims Coding Staffer Erlanger Health System

Tuition, Fees, Registration

tuition: Medicine

COURSE TITLE	Two Day Option	Five Day Option
Neurointerventional Procedures	$ 3800	$ 4800
Medical Management of Neurointerventional Patients	$ 3000	$ 4000
Fellows Tuition Fee-" Neurointerventional Procedures" and " Medical Management of Neurointerventional Patients" (subject to Term and Conditions)	$ 990	$ 1500
One Day Option ONLY
Regional Stroke Center Development and Finances	$ 1250

Regional Stroke Center Development and Finances (Discount rate applies when there are seven or more Registrations from the same center)

$ 1000