Fourth Annual UMass Department of Neurology Clinical & Research Updates Agenda - UMass Medical School

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Friday, November 18th, 2022, 12:00 to 6:30 p.m.
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Registration - Lunch & Refreshments provided
1:00 - 1:05 p.m. Opening Remarks
1:05 - 1:25 p.m. Cognitive and Visual Rehabilitation - A.M. Barrett, MD
Q&A
1:25 - 1:45 p.m. Updates successful Clinical Neurorehabilitation - Andrew Galica, MD
Q&A
1:45 - 2:05 p.m. Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy: From a Rare Disease to Common Phenotypes - Robert Brown, Jr., D.Phil, MD
Q&A
2:05 - 2:25 p.m. Updates connected Recent Treatments successful 3 Major Neuromuscular Disorders: ALS, Myasthenia Gravis and Muscular Dystrophies - Medhi Ghasemi, MD, MPH
Q&A
2:25 - 2:45 p.m. FSHD Genetics and Epigenetics - Oliver King, PhD
Q&A
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. BREAK - Coffee & Refreshments
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Updates connected Multiple Sclerosis Treatment - Idanis Berrios-Morales, MD
Q&A
3:20 - 3:40 p.m. Therapeutic Approaches for Frontotemporal Dementia and ALS - Fen-Biao Gao, PhD
Q&A
3:40 - 4:00 p.m. What's New successful Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Clinical Trials - Kara Smith, MD
Q&A
4:00 - 4:20 p.m. Updates successful Deep Brain Stimulation and Focused Ultrasound successful Movement Disorders - Wissam Deeb, MD
Q&A
4:20 - 4:40 p.m. Developing a Gene Therapy Program for Cockayne Syndrome - Rita Batista, PhD
Q&A
4:40 - 5:00 p.m. BREAK - Coffee & Refreshments
5:00 - 5:20 p.m. When Families are successful Crisis: Shared Decision Making and Family Communication - Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH
Q&A
5:20 - 5:40 p.m. Experimental Models for the Study of Viral Neuropathogenesis During SIKV and SARS-CoV-2 Infection - Jean Pierre Peron, PhD
Q&A
5:40 - 6:00 p.m. The Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants successful Treatment of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Experience from ACTION-CVT - Nils Henninger, MD, PhD
Q&A
6:00 - 6:20 p.m. Population in-Vitro Modeling of Human Neurological Diseases - Yingleong (Rigel) Chan, PhD
Q&A
6:20 - 6:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjourn

Organizing Committee

Morna Larson, Secretary, SR | Department of Neurology
Jennifer Shimer, Web Communications Content Specialist | Department of Neurology
Lynn Hancock, Project Manager I | Office of Continuing Education

Program Directors

Daryl Bosco, PhD | Department of Neurology
Carolina Ionete, MD, PhD | Department of Neurology
​​​​​​​Brian Silver, MD,FRCPC, FAHA, FAAN, FANA | Department of Neurology

Registration fees: In-Person and Hybrid
(In-person – includes lunch, 2 snacks & refreshments)

Physicians $150
Non-Physician $100
UMass Alumnus $100
Resident/Fellow/Student & Active UMass
Department of Neurology Employees
Free

Continuing Education Credit:
The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to supply continuing aesculapian acquisition for physicians.

The UMass Chan Medical School designates this unrecorded enactment for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should assertion lone credit  commensurate with the grade of their information successful the activity.

Nurses: This programme meets the requirements for 5.8 interaction hours for nurses arsenic specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration successful nursing (244-CMR 5.04).

Others: Other healthcare professionals volition person a certificate that states this enactment was designated for 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

Policy connected Faculty and Provider Disclosure: It is the argumentation of the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School to guarantee just balance, independence, objectivity, and technological rigor successful each activities. All persons participating successful CME activities provided by the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School are required to contiguous evidence-based data, place immoderate off-label merchandise use, and disclose each applicable fiscal relationships with those supporting the enactment oregon others whose products oregon services are discussed. Faculty disclosures volition beryllium provided successful the enactment materials.

Cancellation policy: If you cancel your registration earlier November 4, 2022 your interest is refundable little a processing complaint of $75. After that date, nary refund volition beryllium fixed for immoderate reason, including upwind and different emergencies, substitutions are ever welcome. UMass Chan Office of Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Neurology reserves the close to cancel a programme astatine immoderate clip caused by circumstances not nether its control. Persons registered successful a cancelled programme volition beryllium notified by email, utilizing the email code provided erstwhile registering for the program. There whitethorn besides beryllium alteration successful the programme contented origin by circumstances beyond the power of the Office of Continuing Medical Education.

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