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The WSA has been developed by stroke professionals and experts and provides you with up-to-date and scientifically correct material, which you can use to deepen your knowledge, gain CME points, and practice state-of-the art stroke medicine, insofar as regional circumstances permit.

The ultimate goal of the WSA is to improve stroke education on a global scale.

In combination with the contents online, the WSA also organises events at congresses and regional educational meetings, giving you the chance to meet up with your peers, train on a face-to-face basis and discuss contemporary issues with experts.

				“This educational campaign of the World Stroke Organisation probably amounts to the largest single professional educational campaign ever to promote the essentials of stroke care.” (Report WSO Educational Committee 2008 to the EC and Board of Directors, Sept 2008)
Michael Brainin	Michael Brainin Michael Brainin is Full Professor in Clinical Neurology at the Danube University in Krems, Austria, where he chairs the Center of Clinical Neurosciences. He is head of the Department of Neurology at the Landesklinikum Donauregion Tulln, a teaching hospital for Vienna Medical School. Since 2005, he has also been acting as director of the Department of Clinical Medicine and Preventive Medicine at the Danube University. His main scientific interests are cerebrovascular disorders including early treatment and rehabilitation. He is a co-founder and past-president of the Austrian Stroke Society. He is Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) (since 2009). He is President Elect of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and a member of the Executive Board of the World Stroke Organisation (Treasurer, since 2008). He chairs the WSO Education Committee and co-chairs the World Stroke Academy which is the global teaching website of the WSO. He is responsible for a number of postgraduate programmes, among them an MSc Programme for Neurorehabilitation and the ESO-European Master's Programme for Stroke Medicine. He is actively conducting several clinical trials, including on stroke recovery, and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and edited 4 books. He is Associate Editor of the "European Journal of Neurology", Field Editor (brain recovery and rehabilitation) for "Stroke", and Field Editor (education) for the International Journal of Stroke. He acts on the Editorial Boards of "Cerebrovascular Diseases" and "Neuroepidemiology". He was elected Fellow of the European Stroke Organisation, International Fellow of the American Heart Association and received an honorary doctor's degree from Hanoi University, Vietnam. He is an honorary member of several scientific societies, among them the Hungarian Stroke Society and the French Neurological Society. e-mail: michael.brainin@donau-uni.ac.at	Steve Davis	Professor Stephen Davis Professor Stephen Davis is Professor of Neurology at the University of Melbourne, and Director of Neurosciences and the Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is the immediate past-President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists and a past-president of the Stroke Society of Australasia. He was the first Co-chair of the Australasian Stroke Trials network and has extensive experience in stroke trials. He is a board member of the World Stroke Organisation and Co-Chair of the World Stroke Academy. He is a Consulting Editor for Stroke and an Associate Editor for Cerebrovascular Diseases. He was given the M.J. Eadie Award in 2004 by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists for career achievements in neuroscience research and the Minister’s Award in 2008 for outstanding individual achievement at the Victorian Public Healthcare awards in 2008. He is the 2011 recipient of the Feinberg Award from the American Stroke Association. He holds an NHMRC program grant in stroke, has co-authored 3 books, numerous chapters, and over 300 peer-reviewed papers. His major research interests are clinical trials and the use of neuroimaging in the selection of acute stroke treatments.

Look out for new CME learning modules, which are published at regular intervals on the website. We hope to see you soon at one of our events or regional meetings.