Updates in the Management of Acute Stroke

Ames, IA US
November 5, 2025

Purpose

Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multidisciplinary clinical activity that maintains, develops, or increases a physician's knowledge, skills, professional performance, and relationships to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.

Target Audience

Physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical students (rotating), non-medical students (rotating), and healthcare administrators.

Learning Objectives

  1. Evaluate patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke.
  2. Review decisions regarding thrombolysis, including current updates and best practices.
  3. Discuss thrombectomy, including current updates and best practices.

Speaker

Amir Shaban, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Iowa Carver College of Medicine

  • Faculty of medicine in Medicine, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria
  • Chief Resident in Chief Resident, Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Residency in Vascular Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Vascular Neurology Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Full biography.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AOA Category 2­A
Course opens: 
11/05/2025
Course expires: 
11/05/2025
Event starts: 
11/05/2025 - 12:10pm CST
Event ends: 
11/05/2025 - 12:55pm CST
Cost:
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Mary Greeley Medical Center
1111 Duff Ave.
Ames, IA 50010
United States
+1 (515) 239-2011

Accreditation Statements

  • DO: Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 2-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

EDUCATIONAL GRANTS

No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.

DISCLOSURES

The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals, medical procedures, or devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The activity director is responsible for determining educational content and selecting speakers. 

Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Amir Shaban, MD - Speaker

CME Committee

  • No Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee member who planned this activity has any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content. 

Gifts to the Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation from Mary Greeley Medical Center, McFarland Clinic, and Availa Bank support this program. The content and selection of speaker(s) are the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee, not the sponsors of this program.

DISCLAIMER

The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only. It is not a substitute for a healthcare provider's independent medical judgment regarding diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient's medical condition. 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AOA Category 2­A

Price

Cost:
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