Join WFYI at Kan-Kan Cinema in Indianapolis on Wednesday, May 6 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for a premiere screening of the locally produced film “Stroke: Time is Brain.” This film investigates technologies that are improving stroke treatment and recovery around the world. Before the screening, check out an IU Health mobile stroke unit ambulance in the Kan-Kan parking lot! This state-of-the-art vehicle is equipped with a computed tomography (CT) scanner and can save lives with early stroke diagnosis. After the film, medical experts from IU Health will answer questions from the audience.

Joining us for a panel will be Dr. Ann Jones, Board Certified Vascular Neurologist and Dr. Kaustubh Limaye: Board Certified Vascular Neurologist and fellowship trained in neuroendovascular surgery. Also joining us from IU Health will be Stephanie Xayamath, Outreach and Education Specialist Neuroscience and Janae Chamberlain, RN, Stroke and Quality Coordinator.

About the film:

“Stroke: Time is Brain” takes you on a journey through the history of stroke treatment. As recently as the 1990s, most doctors and researchers thought there might never be effective treatments for stroke. For centuries before that, victims of stroke were thought to have been "struck down" as if by lightning, by mysterious or evil forces. Now, due to the heroic efforts of scientists, researchers and doctors around the globe, stroke can be treated--but only if patients receive treatment quickly enough--hence the oft repeated phrase, "Time is brain." 

Filmed in several countries, Stroke: Time is Brain introduces us to the researchers who discovered what causes strokes, scientists who discovered how compounds already in the body can be used to fight stroke, and doctors who are working on innovative ways to use everything from x-rays to robots to make almost miraculous recovery possible. 

Today, even though stroke remains the number two cause of death around the world, now there is reason for hope.

Stroke: Time is Brain was produced in partnership with WFYI by Emmy award winning Executive Producer Steve Krahnke, Director Glenn Gephard, Editor Susanne Schwibsand, Lead Science Advisor Dr. Judd Jensen. Funding is provided by Genentech, Penumbra, Swedish/HCA and Neurologica.