Oct. 26, 2012 College News - Osama (Sam) Zaidat, MD, MS, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology and Chief of Neurointerventional Neurology, served as editor of the Endovascular Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy: Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology Roundtable Proceedings, the largest and most comprehensive supplement on endovascular ischemic stroke therapy recently published in the Journal of Neurology.
A culmination of four years of work, the Endovascular Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy supplement includes more than 42 peer-reviewed articles and editorials by world-renowned stroke neurologists. Drs. Brian-Fred Fitzsimmons, John Lynch, and Marc Lazzaro, Neurointerventionalists from the MCW Neurointerventional Division, also authored/co-authored articles in this supplement.
Included in the Endovascular Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy supplement is up-to-date information on stroke public health issues, basic science, neuroimaging, therapeutic advances, peri-procedural management, future directions, and training/certification and guidelines. The supplement provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of stroke clinical care and current knowledge and is of importance in providing treatment and research guidance to practicing clinicians, basic scientists, clinical researchers, public health policy makers, and medical device and drug manufacturers.
Online access is available through the Neurology website and is free for members of the American Academy of Neurology. Printed copies of the supplement are also available at members@svin.org.