SKSI Webinar Series

The SKSI Webinar Series aims to bring you insight from our stroke care experts, from treatment of acute stroke to rehabilitation. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Annual Conference

Watch presentations from the Annual Recovery after Stroke: State of the Science and Future Innovations Conference

Past Webinars

The Science of Stroke Recovery

John Krakauer, M.D., M.A., discusses the difficulties involved in recovery from stroke, including critical periods for recovery and how to best work to reverse symptoms in rehabilitation.

Why Is the Science and Practice of Neurorecovery So Hard? | Dr. John Krakauer

Models for Stroke Care

A Unified Model for Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation | Preeti Raghavan, M.B.B.S.

Preeti Raghavan, M.B.B.S., explains the shortcomings of the current model of stroke rehabilitation and shares how the SKSI is working to develop a new model of stroke recovery.

A Unified Model for Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation: Q&A with Dr. Preeti Raghavan

Dr. Raghavan answers questions from the audience.

Implementation of a Unified Model for Stroke Recovery & Rehabilitation | Peiting Lien, PT, DPT, NCS

Peiting Lien, PT, DPT, NCS, describes the implementation of a new model for stroke recovery and rehabilitation.

Acute hospital Rehabilitation Intensive Service (ARISE) model of Stroke Care

April Pruski, M.D., and Annette Lavezza, OTR/L, present their findings on how the ARISE model when used in stroke care could improve independence after hospital discharge.

Clinical Gait Analysis

In this installment of the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute (SKSI) webinar series, Ryan Roemmich, Ph.D., discusses movement kinematics, gait kinetics, electromyography, energetics and clinical gait analysis as they relate to stroke rehabilitation.

Module 1: Kinematics

Module 2: Kinetics and Electromyography

Module 3: Energetics and Clinical Gait Analysis

Cognition After a Stroke

Stephanie Orient, M.S., OTR/L, CPAM, CBIS, explores the prevalence and prognosis of cognitive deficits post-stroke, as well as best practice and limitations in cognitive assessment and rehabilitation.

Cognition Post-Stroke | Stephanie Orient

Stroke in Infants and Children

In this installment of the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute (SKSI) webinar series, Lisa Sun, M.D., discusses the categories of pediatric stroke along with their clinical presentations and reviews common risk factors and etiologies. She also examines outcomes after pediatric stroke and reviews multimodal treatment and treatment challenges.

Stroke in Infants and Children: Epidemiology, Presentation and Risk Factors

Stroke in Infants and Children: Outcomes and Treatment

Embolic Stroke: A Primer and Future Directions

In this installment of the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute (SKSI) webinar series, Michelle C. Johansen, M.D., Ph.D., discusses current and future embolic stroke treatment options.

Module 1: Embolic Stroke: A Primer

Module 2: Embolic Stroke: Future Directions

Concepts in Early Stroke Care

Join Mona Bahouth, M.D., Ph.D., as she discusses the pathophysiological principles that affect early stroke recovery and how to manage post-stroke complications for the best possible outcomes.

Module 1: Concepts in Early Stroke Care

Module 2: Concepts in Early Stroke Care: A Focus on Early Activity

Defining Stroke, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and Nursing Care for the Stroke Patient

Join Lisa Klein, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CNRN, as she defines the different kinds of stroke, provides an overview of nursing care for the stroke patient and introduces the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.

Module 1: What Is a Stroke?

Module 2: Ischemic Stroke

Module 3: Hemorrhagic Stroke

Module 4: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

Module 5: Nursing Care for the Stroke Patient

Module 6: Additional Nursing Care for Stroke Patients and Patient Education

Q&A: Defining Stroke, the NIHSS and Nursing Care for the Stroke Patient with Lisa Klein

Pre-Hospital Care of Stroke EMS Routing and Stroke Treatment Update

In this installment of the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute (SKSI) webinar series, Victor C. Urrutia, M.D., explains the logistics of time-sensitive stroke interventions and how adjusting EMS routing protocols can impact outcomes.

Module 1: Pre-Hospital Care of Stroke EMS Routing

Module 2: Stroke Treatment Update