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TIRR Memorial Hermann – Annual World Stroke Day Symposium | October 10, 2025

Event Directors: Farhaan Vahidy, PhD and Sheng Li, MD PhD

“From Proof to Practice: Redefining Rehabilitation Through Implementation”

Time

Speaker

Title

 

7:30 – 8 am

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Registration and Breakfast

Speaker / Guest Photographs

8 – 8:25 am

Farhaan Vahidy, PhD

 

Rhonda Abbott, CEO

Intro to Rhonda Abbott, CEO

& Gerard Francisco, MD

Welcome

8:25 – 9:05 am

Steve Cramer, MD

(Virtual)

University of California, Los Angeles

 

Movement Recovery after Stroke

 

9:05 – 9:15 am

Break

 

 

9:15 – 10 am

David Lin, MD

Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital

 

Motor Function and Recovery

10 – 10:40 am

Pamela Duncan, PhD

Wake Forest University

Advancing Access and Post-Acute Stroke Care: Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities for Implementation

 

10:40  – 11 am

 

Break

 

11– 11:40 am

Gerard Francisco, MD

UTHealth &

TIRR Memorial Hermann

Spasticity Management and Rehab after Stroke

11:40 am -1 pm

 

Lunch

 

 

1 – 1:40 pm

 

Suzanne Burns, PhD

University of New Mexico

Disparities In Stroke Recovery

1:40 – 2:40 pm

Abigail Neal, PT, DPT

 Julia Sypek, PT, DPT

TIRR Memorial Hermann

Marynell Disman, OTR, MOT

 

Trainee / Junior Investigator Spotlight Hour

 

 

2:40  – 3 pm

Afternoon Break

 

 

 

 

3 – 3:40 pm

Sheng Li, MD PhD

UTHealth & TIRR Memorial Hermann

Spasticity Management and Rehab after Stroke

 

3:40 – 4:20 pm

Farhaan Vahidy, PhD

TIRR Memorial Hermann

Leveraging Big Data for Improved Clinical Outcomes

 

4:20 – 5 pm

 

Sheng Li, MD, PhD

Farhaan Vahidy, PhD

Closing Discussion

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