Inpatient Neurology – What You Need to Know – 2021 Hospital Medicine

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

Understand updates in acute stroke workup and management
Identify the differential diagnosis of acute encephalopathy and prioritize workup
Describe the first steps in management of seizure and status epilepticus
Understand the differential diagnosis of focal and generalized weakness in hospitalized patients

Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Denver

Sharon Poisson, MD MAS is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado, where she is a Vascular Neurologist and Neurohospitalist. She graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine, and completed a neurology residency at University of Michigan and a fellowship in Vascular Neurology at University of California, San Francisco. In addition to her role as attending on the General Neurology, Stroke and Neurology Consult services, as well as on the Telestroke service at University of Colorado Hospital, Dr. Poisson serves as the Director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship program, and is the Medical Co-director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center.

Senior Instructor of Neurology, University of Colorado Denver
Darcy O'Banion has been in her role for nearly 5 years as an advanced practice provider with the Neurohospitalist group at the University of Colorado, providing direct patient care and consultation for inpatient general neurology and stroke patients. She received her advanced practice nursing degree from CU School of Nursing as a clinical nurse specialist. Prior to obtaining her Master's, she was a clinical nurse educator on the Neurosciences Unit.