Cesar Velasco, BSN, RN, ASC-BC, has been the Stroke Program Coordinator for Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center, since 2017. Cesar began his healthcare career as an Emergency Department patient care assistant while attending nursing school at Harrisburg Community College, eventually obtaining his Associates Degree in Nursing in 2010. Within five years, he assumed the role of a Stroke Program Coordinator for the dual community hospital health system he began his health care experience and is credited for establishing their Primary Stroke Center accreditation. In 2019, Cesar acquired his BSN from Eastern Mennonite University and became board certified by the Association of Neurovascular Clinicians (ANVC) as an Advanced Stroke Coordinator. Currently, Cesar is the Education Chair for ANVC. His advanced knowledge of acute stroke care management has led Cesar to focus on improving regional stroke systems of care with a focus on pre-hospital and emergency medicine.