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PENNSYLVANIA

NEUROLOGICAL

SOCIETY

agenda

Friday, October 10

3:30pm – 5:00pm 

Board Meeting (invite only)


5:30pm – 7:30pm  

Opening Reception - Knox Room

Sponsored by Amgen


Saturday, October 11

A printable agenda is available here.

Accreditation Information and CME Survey Link

All Education Sessions will be in Grand Ballroom South

7:30am

EXHIBIT HALL OPENS - Grand Ballroom North


8:00am

 

BREAKFAST  - Grand Ballroom North

Product Theater - Grand Ballroom South

Novartis

From Data To Experience: Considering KESIMPTA and the Patient Experience in Shared Decision Making

Brandon Brown, PharmD

Senior Medical Director

USMA Neuroimmunology 

8:55am

Welcome - Grand Ballroom South

Ingrid Loma-Miller, MD

Annual Meeting Activity Director, Pennsylvania Neurological Society

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology 
Assistant Chief of Division of Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology
Chair of NEUROCARES Committee, Department of Neurology 
University of Pittsburgh Medical School & UPMC 
Pittsburgh, PA

William Jens, DO

President, Pennsylvania Neurological Society

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA

9:00am

Updates on Neurostimulation in Epilepsy Management 

Alexandra Urban, MD

Neurology Clinical Vice Chair & Professor

Interim Chief of Epilepsy Division

Interim Director, UPMC Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) & 

University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC)

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine & UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

9:40am

Presentations of Emergent and Reemergent Neuro- Infectious Diseases

James Sejvar, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

10:20am

BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT HALL - Grand Ballroom North

VISIT ABSTRACT POSTERS

10:40am

Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Transition from Pediatric to Adult Neurology Care

Robyn Filipink, MD

Associate Professor

Clinical Director, Children’s Development Unit 

Director, Movement Disorder Clinic

Director, Tourette Syndrome Clinic

Director, Fragile X Syndrome Center

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

11:20am

Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology: Diagnostic Criteria for Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Syndrome and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-associated Disease

Ghaida Khalaf Zaid, MD

Clinical assistant Professor of Neurology

Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunologist specialist

The University of Tennessee Medical Center

Knoxville, TN 

12:00pm

Spasticity Management 

William Jens, DO
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA

12:30pm


Botox Workshop

Attendees who wish to see product demonstrations can remain in Grand Ballroom South for informal interaction

12:30pm

LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS - Grand Ballroom North

VISIT ABSTRACT POSTERS 

1:20pm

Business Meeting - Grand Ballroom South 

Optional

1:30pm

Neurologic Complications of Chemotherapy

Amy Pruitt, MD

Vice Chair for Education, Neurology

Division Chief, General Neurology

Advisory Dean

William N. Kelley Professor of Neurology

Penn Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

2:10pm



How to Choose your Biomarkers: Neurodegeneration and Neuromuscular Disorders

Glen Finney, MD

Director, Geisinger Memory and Cognition Program

Geisinger Health

Wilkes Barre, PA


Anishee Undavia, MD

Penn Neurology Valley Forge

Berwyn, PA

2:50pm

BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS

VISIT ABSTRACT POSTERS

3:10pm

Neurological Causes of Shortness of Breath

Michael M. Rey, MD, MSHP

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

3:40pm





Neurology Department Chair Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Neurology: Education, Workforce, and Patient Care

Chairs of Neurology Programs in the Commonwealth 


Daniel Ackerman, MD, FAAN

Chief of Neurology
Director of Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Program Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship
St. Luke’s University Health Network

Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology (adjunct)
Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Bethlehem, PA


Kerstin Bettermann, MD, PhD, FAAN, FANA

Clinical Professor of Neurology

Chief of Neurology, Neurology Service Line

UPMC Central and North Central PA

Medical Director, UPMC Central PA Stroke Institute

UPMC Neurology

Pittsburgh, PA


Neil R. Holland, MD, MBA, MSMEd, FAAN

Chair, Neurology

Geisinger Neuroscience Institute

Wilkes Barre, PA


Abdolmohamad Rostami, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Neurology

Nicholas J. Maiale Distinguished Professor in Neurology

Director, Neuroimmunology Laboratory

Jefferson Health

Philadelphia, PA


Stephen Samples, MD

Chair, Department of Neurology

Allegheny Health Network

Pittsburgh, PA


Krish Sathian, MBBS, PhD

Chair of Neurology

Director, Neuroscience Institute

Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine

Professor of Psychology, Penn State College of Liberal Arts

Lancaster, PA


Alexandra Urban, MD
Neurology Clinical Vice Chair & Professor
Interim Chief of Epilepsy Division
Interim Director, UPMC Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) & 
University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine & UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA

4:30pm

Adjourn

Residents – please join your Program Directors for a photo at the front of the room.


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