World Federation For Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST)

WIST aims to provide information and training guidance to interventionists from all fields specializing in acute stroke intervention. They want to ensure that stroke patients have access to the treatment they need to give them the best quality of life. WIST strives to ensure that acute catheter based stroke intervention procedures are only performed by well trained specialists.

Aims:
WIST will:
• Provide a global, multidisciplinary collaborative approach to current and future interventional stroke treatment.
• Increase awareness of novel interventional treatment options
• Improve communication amongst experts in the field
• Provide a forum for sharing experiences, views and information on interventional stroke treatment
• Register members active in general or specialist areas in stroke
• Provide specific training and aim towards the setting of competency standards
• Make information available to members and other relevant bodies