CHES Rounds and PriceWaterhouse Coopers Lecture Series 

Topic: Ischemic stroke in children: the importance of cerebral arteriopathies

Presented by: Dr. Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS
Pediatric Stroke Neurologist, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Heather Fullerton is a pediatric vascular neurologist at UCSF, one of only a few child neurologists in the country with additional board certification in vascular neurology. She is the Kenneth Rainin Chair in Pediatric Stroke Care, Director of the Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center, and Co-Director of the Stroke Sciences Group.

Summary:  Dr. Fullerton will discuss the importance of cerebral arteriopathies in childhood stroke.  Diseased cerebral arteries are the most common cause of ischemic stroke in an otherwise healthy child, and also the strongest predictors of recurrent stroke.  These arteriopathies are heterorgeneous, including well described disorders such as moyamoya disease and arterial dissection, and poorly understood disorders such as a focal cerebral arteriopathy observed in children.  Recent data suggest a role for infection in the pathogenesis of this arteriopathy.

Moderator: Dr. Gabrielle deVeber

This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada