Stroke: From Bench to Bedside
Diseases of Aging - 3

ASPET-Ray Fuller Symposium

April 10-11, 2003
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina
Marriott Hall 2 (in the Pavilioin)
San Diego, California, USA

Organized by:
Roberto Levi, Cornell University and David J. Pinsky, University of Michigan

Thursday, April 10

SESSION I: CURRENT PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF STROKE: ARE THE HURDLES INSURMOUNTABLE?

Current pharmacological treatment of stroke: Are the hurdles insurmountable? Mark P. Goldberg, Washington Univ.
White matter disease in stroke. Mark P. Goldberg, Washington Univ.
Tissue plasminogen activator and stroke. Sidney Strickland, Rockefeller Univ.

SESSION II: VASCULAR COMPROMISE AND NEURONAL DEMISE IN STROKE

Microvascular inflammation and coagulation in ischemic cerebral injury. David J. Pinsky, Univ. of Michigan
Role of inflammatory genes in ischemic brain injury. Costantino Iadecola, Cornell Univ.
Does the NMDA antagonist saga signal the death of excitotoxicity? Charles F. Stevens, Salk Inst.
Nitric oxide and the brain microcirculation. Michael A. Moskowitz, Massachusetts Gen. Hosp.
Why do neurons die? Ted Dawson, Johns Hopkins Univ.
Oxidant stress and DNA damage in stroke. Pak H. Chan, Stanford Univ.
Pharmacologic neuroprotection in animal models. Richard J. Traystman, Johns Hopkins Univ.

Friday, April 11

SESSION III: STROKE THERAPY: EYE TOWARDS THE FUTURE

Primate stroke: interface between mice and men. E. Sander Connolly, Columbia Univ.
Nonpharmacologic approaches to stroke therapy. Hemicraniectomy: when more is less. Jeffrey I. Frank, Univ. of Chicago
Roles of hypothermia and albumin as non-pharmacologic approaches to stroke therapy. Myron D. Ginsberg, Univ. of Miami
Non-pharmacologic approach to stroke therapy: role of growth factors and stem cells. Seth Finklestein, ViaCell, Inc.
Stroke therapy: the pharmacological future. Giora Z. Feuerstein, Merck Research Laboratories

Eight (8) Category 1 CME credits toward the American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award will be offered at this meeting.

Satellite Meeting to Experimental Biology 2003 – Separate Registration Required