GLOBAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UPDATE

DISCLOSURES

CONSULTANT:

SIEMENS

CERENOVUS

PENUMBRA

MT2020 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

GEC: MT2020 GLOBAL NETWORK

GOAL: to facilitate outreach to regions around the world with annual public health interventions that will

accelerate access to stroke thrombectomy

Evaluation of local/regional structures

Implementation of top public health interventions each year

Synergistic work with other stroke health organizations and stakeholders

Chairs Committee

Dr. Violiza Inoa

Coordinating

Chair

USA

Global Executive Committee (GEC)

Dr. Sheila

Martins

Co-Chair

Brazil

Dr. Werner

Hacke

Co-Chair

Germany

Dr. Andrew

Demchuk

Co-Chair

Canada

Dr. Thomas

Leung

Co-Chair

Hong Kong

Country Liaison Regional Sub-Committees

Country

Liaison

Leadership

CommitteePROJECT

MANAGEMENT

• Chair - Dileep R. Yavagal, MD

• Vice-Chair - Ashutosh Jadhav,

MD, PhD

• Ameer Hassan, DO, FSVIN

• Vallabh Janardhan, MD, FSVIN

• Violiza Inoa, MD

• Italo Linfante, MD, FAHA, FSVIN

• Raul Nogueira, MD, FSVIN

• Robin Novakovic, MD, FSVIN

• Osama (Sam) Zaidat, MD, MSc,

FSVIN

• Syed Zaidi, MD

• Ossama Yassin, MD

• Urs Fischer, MD

Chair, Stroke

Chair, MT

Board Member #1

Board Member #2

Board Member #3

•Orbees Medical

Anurag Mairal, PhD

Shyam Venkatesh, PhD

- Project Management

- Strategy Consultant

•Arun Sharma, PhD

- Consultant

•Jennifer Potter-Vig, PhD

- Project Manager, SVIN

Reg

ion

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Advisory

Committee

• Society Liaisons

o ASA/AHA

o ESO

o MENA-SINO

o WSO

o SNIS

o WFITN

• Ralph Sacco

• Larry Goldstein

• Anne Alexandrov

• Endorsing

Organizations

o ANZ – AN

o 5T-Stroke

o SISS

o KNANN

o NCS

o NVX

o SNVI

TBA

Co-Chair

China

GEC STRUCTURE

Chairs Committee

➢ Lead the annual development, vetting and monitoring the implementation of the MT2020 global

public health interventions

➢ Coordination with GEC regional committees/country liaisons

The Chairs Committee is constituted of:

The coordinating chairperson

Five co-chairs

Meetings: conference call every 4-6 weeks and in person at least twice/year

GEC STRUCTURE

Regional Sub-Committees

➢ Lead the regional feedback and regional customization of MT 2020 GEC public health

interventions for increasing access to MT

➢ Implement the MT public health interventions locally with local resources and MT2020 campaign

resources

The Regional Sub-Committee is constituted of:

Stroke Chair: heads region-specific actions addressing the stroke landscape including barriers and drivers to treatment

MT Chair: heads region-specific actions addressing the increase of patient access to MT

Board Members: three board members who will support the execution of the initiatives at the local level

GEC STRUCTURE

Country Liaison

➢ Neurologists and neurointerventionalists practicing in the US with strong professional

connections to non-US regions

➢ Coordinate feedback and implementation of public health interventions with GEC co-chairs and

regional subcommittee members

➢ Champion sharing best practices in their regions

Meetings: for country liaison and regional sub-committee members every 4-6 weeks by conference

call

GEC CHAIRS

Dr. Dileep YavagalDr. Werner Hacke Dr. Sheila Martins

Dr. Andrew Demchuk

Dr. Thomas Leung Dr. Violiza Inoa

GEC SUPPORT

Leadership Committee. The MT 2020 leadership committee will have a “think-tank” role and

will be responsible for developing and planning the initiatives in collaboration with the GEC

and the Advisory Board

Project Management Office. The project management office will coordinate and provide

overall support to the activities of the GEC and MT 2020

Advisory Board. The advisory board will be comprised of clinical, industry, and society/policy

thought leaders that will provide overarching advice and direction to the GEC and MT2020

GEC RESOURCES FOR REGIONAL SUBCOMMITTEES

CONTINUED INTERACTION AND SUPPORT

Bidirectional feedback and brainstorming on local stroke systems of care

Stroke education/training – facilitating clinical observerships

Resources for plan implementation

Grant writing support

GEC UPDATE

Development of Regional Sub-committees

Status Accepted Total Invitations sent

Countries represented 39 52

Regional Board Members 35 78

Country Liaison 21 32

Currently 76 total members (projected 150 board members by mid-2020)

GEC UPDATE

Survey: “Patient Access to Stroke Thrombectomy”

Worldwide survey launched in January 2020

- Establish an understanding of current state of stroke treatment in individual communities around

the world:

Baseline regional data

Recognizing local limitations

Identifying potential community-specific solutions

Development of strategy

Target: All GEC members and key stakeholders

27 questions

Website:

https://survey.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8DrtC4vymZ24UcJ

GEC UPDATE

First public health intervention:

Preliminary version of the White paper:

“Stroke Mechanical Thrombectomy: Building

thrombectomy Systems of Care in your Region;

Why? And How?

GEC IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS

1. Finalize regional committees

Request to all GEC members to continue to develop regional sub-committees –

recruitment and invitations

2. Regional committee members would take communicate the white paper to local health

policy makers

White paper could be customized to regional needs

3. Encourage survey response; implement its distribution and translation

THANK YOU

GEC COMMUNICATION

WhatsApp – MT2020 GEC

Email – MT2020@SVIN.ORG

MT2020 Website:

www.missionthrombectomy2020.org

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/MT2020Stroke/

WHO DATA

70% of strokes and 87% of both stroke-related deaths and disability-adjusted life years occur in low- and middle-income

countries

The stroke incidence in low- and middle-income countries has more than doubled over the last 40 years

Stroke occurs 15 years earlier in people living in low- and middle-income countries

Request to all GEC members to develop regional sub-committees – recruitment and invitations

Physicians

Stakeholders (allied healthcare workers)

Finalize regional committees

Launch a survey to obtain regional level feedback

GEC board member meeting at ISC 2020 (February 19-21)

Discussion and implementation of the White Paper: “Building Stroke Thrombectomy Systems in your Region: Why and How?”

Plan: regional committee members would take communicate the white paper to local health policy

makers

White paper could be customized to regional needs