s 6 th Annual National Neuroscience Conference (Updated 8/25/14) Bally s Atlantic City Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:00pm 6:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 7:30pm Registration Reception & Exhibits Buffet Dinner Introduction of Keynote Speaker Rocco A. Armonda, MD, FACS, Col (Retired), USA Professor, Neurosurgery Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Director, Neuroendovascular Surgery and Neurotrauma Surgical Co-Director, Neuro Intensive Care Unit MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC Keynote Speaker; In an Instant Bob Woodruff ABC News Reporter & Author Thursday, October 23, 2014 7:00am 8:00am 8:00am 8:15am 8:15am 8:45am Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Exhibits Welcome & Program Overview Erol Veznedaroglu, MD, FACS, FAHA, FAANS Director, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery The Joint Commission Disease Specific Certification-Comprehensive Stroke Center and Pre-hospital Stroke Alert Mandy J. Binning, MD Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center
s 6 th Annual National Neuroscience Conference Page 2 8:45am 9:15am 9:15am 10:15am 10:15am 10:45am 10:45am 11:15am 11:15am 11:45am Recent Advances in the Management of Epilepsy Michelle L. Dougherty, MD Director, Epilepsy Program Avoiding Lessons Lost in Military Neurotrauma Care Rocco A. Armonda, MD, FACS, Col (Retired), USA Professor, Neurosurgery Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Director, Neuroendovascular Surgery and Neurotrauma Surgical Co-Director, Neuro Intensive Care Unit MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC Coffee Break & Exhibits Present and Future Strategies in Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Michael Y. Wang, MD, FACS Professor, Neurological Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL Joining a Network More Than Just a Transfer Agreement Jeannee Birch, RN, BSN Clinical Services Liaison, Neurosciences 11:45am 12:00 noon Question & Answer Panel 12:00 noon 1:00pm Lunch 1:00pm 1:45pm Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Panel Discussion: TBA 1:45pm 2:15pm Alzheimer s Disease: What Are We Learning From In Vivo Biomarker Studies? G. Peter Gliebus, MD Director, Alzheimer s Disease and Cognitive Disorders Program
s 6 th Annual National Neuroscience Conference Page 3 2:15pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm Cardiovascular Risk for Stroke Reginald J. Blaber, MD, FACC Executive Director Lourdes Cardiovascular Institute Vice President, Cardiovascular Services Chairman, Department of Medicine Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Camden, NJ Question & Answer Panel Coffee Break & Exhibits 3:30pm 4:15pm Breakout Session I: Breakout A Creating a Patient/Family Centered Care Environment Lorraine Scicchitano Director, Guest Relations Christine Keppel, MA NICU Family Support Specialist March of Dimes Family Centered Care Consultant Breakout B Breakout C Choose Your Parents Carefully; An Introduction to Neuro-genetics Mitra Assadi, MD Director, Headache Medicine and Pediatric Neurology Passing the Hug Test: Diagnosing and Differentiating Dementias Through Neuropsychological Assessment Kathryn V. Lester, PsyD, ABPP-CN Director, Neuropsychology Program
s 6 th Annual National Neuroscience Conference Page 4 Breakout D Parkinson s Disease: Medical and Surgical Management Jill M. Farmer, DO, MPH Movement Disorders Specialist Parkinson s Disease and Movement Disorders Program Patrick J. Connolly, MD, MBA, FACS Division Chief, Neurosurgery Aria Institute for Neurosciences Aria Health Philadelphia, PA Breakout E 4:15pm 4:25pm 4:25pm 5:10pm Breakout A Autism The Long Lasting Mystery Olga Goldfarb, MD Medical Director, Autism Program Transit Time Breakout Session II: Creating a Patient/Family Centered Care Environment Lorraine Scicchitano Director, Guest Relations Christine Keppel, MA NICU Family Support Specialist March of Dimes Family Centered Care Consultant Breakout B Choose Your Parents Carefully; An Introduction to Neuro-genetics Mitra Assadi, MD Director, Headache Medicine and Pediatric Neurology
s 6 th Annual National Neuroscience Conference Page 5 Breakout C Breakout D Passing the Hug Test: Diagnosing and Differentiating Dementias Through Neuropsychological Assessment Kathryn V. Lester, PsyD, ABPP-CN Director, Neuropsychology Program Parkinson s Disease: Medical and Surgical Management Jill M. Farmer, DO, MPH Movement Disorders Specialist Parkinson s Disease and Movement Disorders Program Patrick J. Connolly, MD, MBA, FACS Division Chief, Neurosurgery Aria Institute for Neurosciences Aria Health Philadelphia, PA Breakout E 5:10pm 5:15pm 6:30pm 7:30pm Autism The Long Lasting Mystery Olga Goldfarb, MD Medical Director, Autism Program Evaluations Faculty Reception Friday, October 24, 2014 7:00am 8:00am 8:00am 8:15am Sign-in, Continental Breakfast, & Exhibits Opening Remarks & Program Overview Erol Veznedaroglu, MD, FACS, FAHA, FAANS Director, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
s 6 th Annual National Neuroscience Conference Page 6 8:15am 8:45am 8:45am 9:15am 9:15am 10:00am Vascular Update: What You Need to Know In a Community Setting Kenneth M. Liebman, MD, FACS, FAANS Director, Neurosurgical Critical Care Concussion: Return to Play Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM Associate Clinical Professor Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Director of Athletic Medicine, Head Team Physician Princeton University Chair, US Lacrosse Sports Science & Safety Committee Chair, Return to Play Subcommittee NFL Head, Neck & Spine Committee Princeton, NJ Role of Whole Brain Radiotherapy After Focal Treatment of Brain Metastases Arlan H. Mintz, MD, MSc, FRSC(C), FACS, FAANS Director, Neurosurgical Oncology Surgical Director, CyberKnife National Brain Tumor Center Roy A. Patchell, MD, FAAN Director, Neuro-Oncology National Brain Tumor Center 10:00am 10:30am 10:30am 11:00am Coffee Break & Exhibits Critical Care Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: TIME IS BRAIN Kiwon Lee, MD, FACP, FAHA, FCCM Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology Vice-Chairman of Neurosurgery and Neurology for Critical Care University of Texas Medical School at Houston Chief, Division of Critical Care Director of NS-ICU and Intermediate Care Unit Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center Houston, TX
s 6 th Annual National Neuroscience Conference Page 7 11:00am 11:30am 11:30am 11:45am Comprehensive Pain Management: State of the Art Ricardo A. Cruciani, MD, PhD Director, Center for Comprehensive Pain Management and Palliative Care Question & Answer Panel 11:45am 12:00noon Closing Remarks & Evaluations