Elmer Catangui
King Abdulaziz Medical City , Saudi Arabia
Biography
Mr Elmer Catangui is a Filipino-British who obtained his stroke nursing expertise from the United Kingdom. He worked as a clinical nurse specialist in stroke and TIA in the UK for 12 years at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London. He graduated his Masters Degree in London South Bank University major in Nursing but with a background of specialist neuroscience, acute management in stroke, thrombolysis nursing and stroke prevention. He has published numerous articles and research in the UK’s Nursing Standards, British Journal of Nursing and British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing and other international journal of nursing and practice. He has involved in the launching of the pan London Stroke Competencies . He has led and organized various stroke nursing initiatives such as nurse – led ward round and stroke support group. He has been nominated by the UK Health Service Journal Awards for his valuable contribution to stroke care. He has passion in the hyper-acute management of stroke including thrombolysis treatment for acute ischaemic stroke, inter-professional stroke education and secondary stroke prevention. He has been invited in many international conferences as external speaker. He is currently working as a Stroke Nurse Specialist and acting Director of Clinical Nursing at the King Abdulaziz Medical City , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). He has developed the Specialized Stroke Nursing Program in the Kingdom with excellent feedback from his colleagues. His research interests include: Public health, Stroke epidemiology, stroke management, stroke nursing, thrombolysis, transient ischaemic stroke, Inter-professional learning in stroke, rehabilitation and hyper-acute management of stroke. He is currently an editorial board member of the Public Health Open Journal