Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil and Frank P.K. Hsu, MD, PhD

9:10 a.m.

New and Pipeline Treatments in Parkinson’s Disease and Tremor
Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil

9:30 a.m.

Deep Brian Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease
Michelle Paff, MD

9:50 a.m.

Q & A

10:00 a.m.

Management of Malignant Brain Tumors: Where We Are?
Xiao-Tang Kong, MD, PhD

10:20 a.m.

Endovascular embolization for management of chronic subdural hematoma
Kiarash Golshani, MD

10:40 a.m.

Making of a Contemporary Skull Base Team and the Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach
Ahmed Mohyeldin, MD, PhD

11:00 a.m.

11:10 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

Advancements in Treating Epilepsy
Mona Sazgar, MD

11:50 a.m.

Epilepsy Surgery: Techniques and Technology
Sumeet Vadera, MD

12:10 p.m.

Q&A

12:20 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Pathways of Motor Neuron Demise in ALS: Leveraging Insights from Familial Disease and Sporadic Disease into Novel Therapy Targets
Keynote Speaker: Albert La Spada, MD, PhD

2:30 p.m.

A Systematic Approach to Back Pain
Michael Oh, MD

2:50 p.m.

Spinal Oncology
Hansen Bow, MD

3:10 p.m.

Q&A

3:20 p.m.

3:40 p.m.

Approach to Neuropathy
Manisha Korb, MD

4:00 p.m.

Inflammatory Myopathies
Tahseen Mozaffar, MD

4:20 p.m.

Diagnostic Approach to Mitochondrial Disease
Changrui Xiao, MD

4:40 p.m.

Q&A

5:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil

9:10 a.m.

Ischemic Stroke – Current Advances
Mohammad Shafie, MD

9:30 a.m.

Stroke and PFO: To close or not to close
Jay Shah, MD

9:50 a.m.

Endovascular Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Shuichi Suzuki, MD, PhD

10:10 a.m.

Q&A

10:20 a.m.

Morning Break

10:40 a.m.

Medical & Surgical Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Sara Stern-Nezer, MD

11:00 a.m.

Unruptured Brain Aneurysm: New Imaging Techniques and Surgical Indications
Ichiro Yuki, MD

11:10 a.m.

11:20 a.m.

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Presentation, Management, and Advances
Masaki Nagamine, MD

11:40 a.m.

Q&A

12:00 p.m.

Emerging Treatments in Multiple Sclerosis
Michael Sy, MD, PhD

12:20 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.
Chen, MD

Beyond the Ictus: TBI Prognostication, Outcomes and Brain Health
Patrick Chen, MD

1:50 p.m.

Neurosurgery in the Continuum of the Treatment for TBI
Jefferson Chen, MD, PhD

2:10 p.m.

Q&A

2:20 p.m.

Stroke Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Prevention
An Do, MD

2:40 p.m.

Stroke Prevention Made Easy!
Mark Fisher, MD

3:00 p.m.

Q&A

3:10 p.m.

Diagnostic Testing in Alzheimer Disease: Present and Future
Brian Hitt, MD

3:30 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment Update
Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD

3:50 p.m.

Q&A

4:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks