Free Stroke Awareness Seminar Planned at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital June 4th

 

[June 01, 2019] 

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital will hold a free seminar on stroke awareness at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 4 in the Steinfort Room at ALMH located at 200 Stahlhut Drive in Lincoln, IL. Free screenings will be available to the public from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. including blood sugar and lipid profile screenings, medication review, type 2 diabetes screening, nutrition education information for cardio-metabolic disease and more.

Sponsored by Memorial Comprehensive Stroke Services, the one-hour seminar, titles “Be Stroke Aware: BE FAST,” will cover types of stroke, new stroke guidelines, opportunities for stroke prevention and support after a stroke.

Four physicians will lead the seminar. They are Dr. Hayan Dayoub, a neurosurgeon with Springfield Clinic; Dr. Louis Graham, a physiatrist with SIU Medicine; Nicole Atwood, a nurse practitioner with SIU Medicine and Dr. Casey Muehle, a vascular and interventional radiologist with Clinical Radiologists.

Refreshments and snacks will be provided.

[Angela Stoltzenburg]