Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
This month’s guest speaker is Valerie “Val” Uschock LCAT, MT-BC.
Val is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Board Certified Music Therapist, and Hospice & Palliative Care Music Therapist with 30 years of experience. She has worked with patients ranging in age from 1 to 102 years over a wide variety of diagnoses and clinical settings including hospitals, schools, day programs, groups homes, and private practice. Val has specialized in Neurologic Disorders, Autism Spectrum, Dementia Care, and End of Life Care. She is currently the Music Therapist at VITAS Healthcare’s Pittsburgh Program which provides hospice services to Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. To help her patients maximize quality of life, Val implements various music therapy interventions to alleviate pain, anxiety, depression, grief, sensory deprivation, and social isolation. For more information about VITAS Healthcare, please click on the link. https://vitas.com/
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
Our guest speaker for this month with be Dr. Maxim Hammer. This will be a Q&A Session to Ask the Expert! Please make sure to bring all of your questions to this session!
Dr. Hammer is board-certified in both neurology and vascular neurology. Dr. Hammer currently serves as an associate professor, Department of Neurology, at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He practices with St. Clair Medical Group and was named a Top Doctor by Pittsburgh Magazine in 2024. Dr. Maxim Daniel Hammer, MD – Pittsburgh, PA – Neurology
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
Our guest speaker this month is Dr David Clippinger. He will be discussing how T’ai Chi can be beneficial to stroke recovery and for caregivers as well.
Dr. David Clippinger, the Director of Still Mountain T’ai Chi and Qigong, is a recognized T’ai Chi and Qigong Master, author of books and articles, and an expert on the Therapeutic aspects of T’ai Chi, Qigong, and Meditation. A master teacher and scholar, who has trained with some of the most renowned T’ai Chi masters in the world. Dr. Clippinger has had a studio in Pittsburgh for 25 years and has extensive training in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Buddhism, and Taoism. More information about Dr. Clippinger, T’ai Chi and Qigong classes, lectures, and his books is available at www.stillmountaintaichi.com
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
Our guest speaker is Dr Daniel Sager. Please click the link to learn more about his practice. Avellar Warden Psychological Associates PLLC
Dr. Daniel Sager Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in Pittsburgh. He is dedicated to working with families experiencing disability and long-term illnesses as he has both personal and professional experience in these areas. As part of his therapeutic practice, he works with people who have experienced a life-changing disability or long-term illness, and their families adjust to new roles and expectations. He also helps them manage the strong emotions and sense of loss that individuals and families can feel around these events. Dr. Sager is currently seeing clients at Avellar Warden Psychological Associates.
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
Our guest speaker is Dr Daniel Sager. Please click the link to learn more about his practice. Avellar Warden Psychological Associates PLLC
Dr. Daniel Sager Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in Pittsburgh. He is dedicated to working with families experiencing disability and long-term illnesses as he has both personal and professional experience in these areas. As part of his therapeutic practice, he works with people who have experienced a life-changing disability or long-term illness, and their families adjust to new roles and expectations. He also helps them manage the strong emotions and sense of loss that individuals and families can feel around these events. Dr. Sager is currently seeing clients at Avellar Warden Psychological Associates.
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
This month’s meeting will provide strategies for goal setting and Yogic Breathing Information.
2. Yogic Breathing information by Sudha Krishnasamy MS, MBA, a recent stroke survivor, entrepreneur, 25+years of software engineer and manager with 12+ years of yoga practitioner will walk us through her recovery and teach a short introduction course for people with ailments like her. She will be sharing her life changing experience of Yoga journey before and after stroke. She is a student of Sri. S.Sridharan.
Sri. S.Sridharan is Therapist, Advisor and Senior Mentor at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India. He is a student of Sri. T.K.V. Desikachar under whom he learnt nuances of yoga for fitness, healing and well-being. For over 4 decades, he has been practicing and teaching the application of yoga as therapy and managing illness through asana, pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditative practices. He serves in the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy and Yoga Certification board, setup by Govt. of India. He is also vice-president, executive council of Indian Yoga Association.
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
This month’s guest speaker will be Catherine Kalas, RN from St Clair’s Department of Psychiatry. We will be talking about depression.
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.
Please join us for a community support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Stroke survivors and caregivers will be able to talk about challenges related to their stroke diagnosis, share their experiences, problem solve and set new goals. The St. Clair Health team will help provide knowledge building tools and resources to enhance the recovery process.
Our Guest Speaker will be Dr Chistopher Pray, MD, FACC. We will be talking about how the heart and brain are related to stroke. Please click on the link below to learn more about Dr. Pray!
Physicians – St. Clair Medical Group Cardiology (stclair.org)
Light refreshments will be provided. Parking will also be validated for this event.