Regional Stroke Rounds

Tuesdays 0700 – 0800

Please join us for these dynamic case-based discussions where participants will be able to:

• Discuss diagnosis and management of TIA and different stroke types.
• Explain the indication and interpretation of common imaging modalities used to diagnose stroke (i.e. CT/MRI).
• Discuss difficult TIA/stroke cases from diagnosis, prognosis or treatment standpoint.

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Target Audience: Physicians interested in stroke care practicing at North East Designated Stroke Centres or Telestroke Sites including (but not limited to) Emergency, Radiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, as well as as well as Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Physicians and Stroke Nurse.

Moderator: Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, MBBS DM PDF (Stroke) Stroke Neurologist, Health Sciences North

This educational opportunity is accredited through the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Continuing Education and Professional Development Office.

EVT Case Reviews

Hosted by NEO Stroke Network and Health Sciences North, these case reviews:

• Provide a forum for engagement, conversation and relationship-building
• Enable our referral sites/teams to learn more about EVT cases re: volumes, select performance metrics, general outcomes and more

What to expect:

• Introductions (2 mins)
• Overview/summary of cases and/or general experiences from the region re: EVT (15 min)
• Selected case review - led by one of the HSN EVT Operators or Stroke Neurologists (15 min)
• Group dialogue, Q&A (10-15 min)

Meeting Dates:

• Tuesday, June 10, 2025 1600-1645
• Tuesday, September 16, 2025 1600-1645
• Tuesday, December 16, 2025 1600-1645 

Please email strokeprogram@hsnsudbury.ca to be added to our distribution list.

NDT: Developing Support and Reach in the Upper Extremity

Workshop Objectives:

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will:

• Understand the principles of NDTA Contemporary Practice Model to the treatment of adults with neurological impairments and particularly as applied to management of the upper extremity in an individual post stroke or brain injury.
• Identify major impairments that interfere with developing upper extremity function in an individual post stroke or brain injury.
• Demonstrate basic handling skills to improve shoulder mobility, reduce pain and facilitate scapula control in coordination with trunk and upper extremity movements.

Speaker: Karen Guha, PT, BScPT, C/NDT, CIDN, NDTA Coordinator Instructor

Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025 (New Date!) Course Cancelled

Time:  8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: In-person at Health Sciences North, 3rd Floor, IRU Gym

Cost: Free, sponsored by the NEO Stroke Network

Target Audience: Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Assistants

Registration is now open:

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The following education events are being planned and information on the dates, cost and registration information will follow.

• Learn to Screen Driver Safety, online and interactive course for Health Care Providers, Winter 2024-25

The Northeastern Ontario Stroke Network YouTube channel contains archived webinars of interest for those working in stroke care.

Archived Webinars include:

• Motivational Interviewing, Parts 1, 2, 3; Dr. Marilyn Herie
• Supporting Community Integration after Stroke Symposium session, January 20, 2025
  • Sharing My Lived Experience: Brian Desjardins
  • Promoting Mental Health Post Stroke, Theresa Straathof
  • Enhancing Stroke Recovery: Integrating and Applying Return-to-work Resources in Clinical Practice, Nicole, O’Brien
  • Living with Leisure: Supporting the Return to Leisure and Recreation Post-Stroke, Kai Santala
  • Aphasia at Home is a New Conversation, Lee-Ann Kant, The Aphasia Institute
  • Determining Medical Fitness to Drive, Wendy Nieuwland, Skill Builders
  • Driving After Stroke: Development and Application of an Innovative Patient Resource, Jeanette Segeren
  • Supporting Clients and Families Through Provision of Educational Resources and Programs: After Stroke at MODC, Suzanne Smith-Bayley
  • How Can I Help - An Overview of the Stroke Community Navigator Role, Robin Stainton
• Interprofessional Workshop on Best Practices for Managing Perceptual Impairments Post-Stroke, Anita Menon, March 2024. 
• Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada Webinar, Kerrie St. Jean and Teresa Guolla, May 18, 2023
• Rehabilitation after Stroke: Adding to your Toolbox Symposium, February 3, 2023
  • Post Stroke Fatigue: Frustrated and Invisible, by Dr. Christine Yang and Patricia Rodgers, OT
  • No Patient Left Behind: Optimizing Use of Telehealth Technology to Support Rehabilitation, Dr. Mark Bayley
  • Moving Stroke Research to Practice to Benefit People with Lived Experience, Dr. Janice Eng
  • Practical Strategies for Working with Stroke Patients with Cognitive Impairments, Dr. Lyn Turkstra, SLP
  • Sharing My Lived Experience, John Q. Smith, Person with Lived Experience
• Pan Northern Webinar: TIA and Neurology Education Session, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, MD and Brett Caccamo, Medical Student NOSM, October 19, 2022
• Health Sciences North’s EVT Program – How it Started; How It’s Going, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, Provincial Stroke Rounds, October 5, 2022
• Behaviour Change Post Stroke, Margo Collver
• Post Stroke Transitional Care Program, Sheryl Pierman
• Acute Stroke Care Symposium 2022, including:
  • Tom O’Flanagan, person with lived experience
  • Overview of the Stroke System in NEO, Susan Bursey
  • Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentations of Stroke, Dr. Aviraj Deshmukh
  • Overview of Hyper-acute Stroke Treatment, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
  • Identification and Management of Post-stroke Complications, Dr. Rick Kvas
  • Stroke Care Path: The Importance of Systematic and Standardized Care, Deanne Bacvar and Nick Noob
  • Dysphagia and Oral Care: Prevention and Treatment, Carrie Linklater
  • Cognition and Visual Perceptual Deficits after Stroke, Kassi Fritz
  • Managing Shoulder Pain after Stroke – Positioning and Protection, John Power
• Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations Secondary Prevention Update, Colleen Murphy
• GRASP Training, Dr. Janice Eng
• Stroke Prevention and TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) Management Workshop, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) or Stroke: Does Etiology Matter?, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• Evolution of Diagnostic Criteria for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Provincial Stroke Rounds, April 7, 2021,
• Acute Stroke Therapy: Evidence and Implications, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke: Quick Review of Evidence and Patient Selection, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, December 14, 2021