Neuroscience Symposium
Continuing Education: A Free In-Person & Virtual Event
Discover Current Trends and Breakthroughs in Neuroscience
Earn continuing education credits (4 IPCE) for this event.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
This program is intended to benefit all providers who care for patients with neuroscience disorders, including primary care providers. It is designed to enhance provider performance and to supply participants with relevant and up- to- date knowledge and skills for managing neuroscience patients.
Time |
Activity |
Speaker |
8:00 - 8:10 a.m. |
Welcome and Introduction |
|
8:10 - 8:40 a.m. |
AI in Neurology and Stroke |
Shahid Rafiq, MD |
8:40 - 9:10 a.m. |
Updates in Hemorrhagic Stroke |
Alex Tai, MD |
9:10 - 9:40 a.m. |
Updates in Neuro Rehabilitation |
Dominique Hoffman, OTD,OTR/L |
9:40 - 9:50 a.m. |
Break |
|
9:50 - 10:50 a.m. |
Stroke Prevention and Risk Stratification |
Jose Biller, MD |
10:50 - 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
|
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
Radiation Treatment for Benign Brain Lesions |
Sheela Modin, MD |
11:30 - 12:00 p.m. |
Updates in Thrombectomy |
Jordan Knecht Scott, MD |
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery |
Hussam Shaker, MD |
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion/Question Session |
|
1:30 p.m. |
Closing/Wrap-up/How to obtain CE's |
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SPEAKERS
Jose Biller, MD, Chair of the Department of Neurology at Loyola Medicine & Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Dominique Hoffman, OTD, OTR/L, Holy Cross Hospital Rehabilitaion Department
Registration and Fees
THIS IS A FREE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENT
Conference fees:
FREE - For physicians, physician assistants, residents, nurses, and allied health professionals.
In-Person registration
Virtual registration
Holy Cross Health's Neuroscience Program
Some of the Brightest Minds in Neuroscience Are Right Here at Holy Cross Hospital and Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Holy Cross Health’s highly specialized team of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses is dedicated to caring for patients with disorders of the brain and spine. Collaboration is central to the care we provide – our patients benefit from our truly multidisciplinary approach to treatment, as well as our dedication to coordination with physicians and other partners in our community.
Holy Cross Health offers the most current technologies and a full range of neuroscience capabilities. Our neuroscience experts perform advanced procedures such as deep brain stimulation, endovascular coiling and stenting of brain aneurysms, microsurgery of the brain and spine, stereotactic radiosurgery, MRI-guided laser ablation (Visualase®), and more. Holy Cross Hospital has a dedicated Neuro Critical Care Unit, a bi-plane neuro-interventional suite and a NAEC level 3 Epilepsy Center.
Holy Cross Hospital and Holy Cross Germantown Hospital are both designated as Primary Stroke Centers by the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). In 2021, both hospitals received Get with the Guidelines®- Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA), and Holy Cross Hospital received the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Award, from the AHA/ASA.