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SIS Conference 2007
SIS 2007 Neurotherapeutics Symposium
 
Friday, August 3rd
Fifth Avenue Room, Grand Level

Symposium Directors: Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD and

William Likosky, MD
Panel: William A. Gray, MD, Damir Janigro, PhD and

David W. Newell, MD


7:00 a.m.

Registration / Breakfast

 

Neurovascular Therapeutics I


8:00 a.m.

Blood-Brain Barrier Research: Implications for stroke prevention and treatment
Damir Janigro, PhD
8:20 a.m. Cognitive Dysfunction: Preventing neurological dysfunction after stroke/ protecting the white matter
Selva Baltan-Tekkok, MD, PhD
8:40 a.m. Immunological Aspects of Stroke
Kyra J. Becker, MD
9:00 a.m. Novel Technologies for Neurorecovery
Stanley Fisher, MD
9:20 a.m. Evaluation of Vertebro-basilar Disease
George Tsivgoulis, MD
9:40 a.m. Microspheres for Acute Stroke Treatment
Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD

10:00 a.m.

Break / Visit Exhibits

10:30 a.m.

Carotid Disease: Implications of current data
William A. Gray, MD
10:50 a.m. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
David W. Newell, MD
11:10 a.m. Optimal Methods of Imaging Neurovascular Disease
Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD

11:30 a.m.

Join Main Session for Carotid Challenges/ Lunch
  Grand Ballroom III, Grand Level

                                             

Neurovascular Therapeutics II

  Fifth Avenue Room, Grand Level

1:15 p.m.

PFO: Epiphenomenon or reality?
William Likosky, MD
1:35 p.m. Migraine: Convergence of clues and data
Mark Reisman, MD
1:55 p.m. LAA Occlusion and Atrial Fibrillation
Maurice Buchbinder, MD
2:15 p.m. Mechanical Intervention for Acute Stroke
Brian R. Kott, MD
2:35 p.m. Managing the Critically Ill Stroke Patient - Physician Perspective
Kyra J. Becker, MD
2:50 p.m. Managing the Critically Ill Stroke Patient - Nurse Perspective
Laurie Benton, ARNP
3:05 p.m. New Devices for Intracranial Stenting
Osama O. Zaidat, MD
3:20 p.m. Case-based Roundtable Discussion

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn
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