Registration, tea and coffee
Opening Address
Welcome from the Irish Heart Foundation
Chairperson introduction
What happens to the human being after stroke?
- navigating the medical and real world after stroke.Stroke in children
Life after stroke digital pathway:
a co-created system of tailored information provision to people with stroke.New developments in small vessel disease
Q & A
COFFEE
Poster viewing / trade exhibition
Chairperson introduction
Selected Oral Presentations
Parallel Session A
Chairperson introduction
A - Nutrition post stroke
, Cliodhna Ryan, Dietitian, St. Vincent's University HospitalB - Facilitating decision making with people with post stroke aphasia
, Dr. Marcia Ward, Principal Clinical Neuro psychologist Cork University Hospital / Ms. Anne Barrett. Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. Cork University Hospital.C - Mechanisms for behaviour changes post stroke
, Dr. Olive Lennon, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, UCDParallel Session B
Chairperson introduction
A - Coagulation Management of ICH in patients on anticoagulation.
Professor Niamh O'Connell, National Haemophilia Director and Consultant Haematologist at the National Coagulation Centre (NCC), St. James's Hospital, DublinB - Thrombectomy Update
, Dr. Matt Crockett, Director, National Thrombectomy Service, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Beaumont HospitalC - CT Perfusion in acute stroke.
Dr. Liam Healy, Consultant Stroke Physician and Geriatrician, Clinical Lead for Stroke Services, Cork University Hospital.LUNCH
Poster viewing
Chairperson introduction
Making the most of the stroke audit
HSELand training programme for swallow screening in acute stroke
Stroke patient advocacy and support
Mind the gap. Grief, loss and hope
Q & A
Stroke Programme update
NI Stroke Programme Update
Inflammation - the new target for stroke prevention
Q & A
Announcement of prize winners and close of conference
speakers

Dr. Colm Henry
Chief Clinical Officer at Health Service Executive

Emma Balmaine
CEO, Irish Heart Foundation

Fiona Meagher
Patient Champion,
Irish Heart Foundation

Dr. Susan Byrne
Senior Lecturer and Paediatric Neurologist - FutureNeuro

Dr. Charlie Chung
Consultant Occupational Therapist, NHS Lothian

Professor Hugh Markus
Professor of Stroke Medicine and Honorary, Neurology Unit, Cambridge Neurosciences

Cliodhna Ryan
Stroke and Neurology Dietitian, St Vincent’s Hospital

Dr. Marcia Ward
Principal Clinical Neuro Psychologist, Cork University Hospital

Anne Barrett
Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Cork University Hospital.

Dr. Matt Crockett
Director, National Thrombectomy Service, Consultant Neurointerventional Radiologist, Beaumont Hospital

Dr. Olive Lennon
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, UCD

Dr. Liam Healy
Consultant Stroke Physician and Geriatrician, Cork University Hospital

Dr. Joe Harbison
Consultant Stroke Physician and Geriatrician, St. James’s Hospital.

Julie Keane
HCSP lead, National Clinical Programme for Stroke

Fiona Connaughton
Interim Nurse lead, National Clinical Programme for Stroke

Chris Macey
Director of Advocacy and Patient Support, Irish Heart Foundation

Orla Crowe
Senior Social Worker practitioner, Beaumont Hospital

Sinead Coleman
Programme Manager, National Clinical Programme for Stroke

Fiona Quigg
Deputy Commissioning Lead / NI Stroke Network Coordinator, Dept of Health NI

Prof. Peter Kelly
Consultant Neurologist, Joint Director, Stroke Service, Mater University Hospital

Dr. Rachael Doyle
Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, St. Vincent’s University Hospital and Chair of the Irish Heart Foundation Council of Stroke

Prof. Niamh O'Connell
Director and Consultant Haematologist, The National Coagulation Centre, St James’s Hospital