BSN: 44th Annual Recent Advances in Neurology

Ritz Carlton Hotel
600 Stockton Street at California Street
San Francisco, California
https://www.cme.ucsf.edu/cme/CourseDetail.aspx?coursenumber=MNR11001#Objectives

This meeting is designed for the practicing neurologist and provides a review of clinical neurology, with emphasis on areas of recent neurological advances and progress in patient management. Both current concepts and new advances in neurologic disorders will be covered.



The purpose of this course is to increase competence and improve clinician practice in neurology. Specifically to:

* Increase knowledge of new concepts in dementing diseases, migraine, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, transient ischemic attacks, and prion diseases;
* Improve diagnosis and management of stroke and alterations in intracranial pressure.

Schedule of Presentations:

Wednesday, February 16, 2011
12:00:00	Registration
13:00:00	Welcome and Introductions	Stephen C. Hauser
13:10:00	Advanced Imaging Techniques in Neurologic Diagnosis	John C. Mazziotta
14:00:00	Prion Diseases \| An Update	Stanley B. Prusiner
14:50:00	Recess
15:10:00	Multiple Sclerosis \| Highlights	Stephen C. Hauser
17:00:00	Adjourn
Thursday, February 17, 2011
08:00:00	Continental Breakfast
08:30:00	T.I.A: Definition Evaluation and Treatment	J. Donald Easton
09:15:00	Migraine \| 2011	Peter J. Goadsby
10:05:00	Recess
10:25:00	Dementia Update	Bruce L. Miller
11:10:00	Under Pressure \| Highs, Lows, and the Fading of Vision	Jonathan C. Horton
12:00:00	Lunch Break \| on your own
14:00:00	Huntington’s Disease \| An Update	Steven Finkbeiner
15:00:00	Report from the Stroke Meeting Stroke Center Physicians	Wade S. Smith
17:00:00	Adjourn
Friday, February 18, 2011
08:00:00	Continental Breakfast
08:30:00	An Interactive Session: Difficult Diagnosis and UCSF Neurology Faculty Physicians	John W. Engstrom
10:30:00	Recess
10:50:00	Difficult Diagnosis \| continued
12:00:00	Lunch Break \| on your own
14:00:00	Neuroradiology Update	Cynthia T. Chin
15:00:00	Clinico-Pathologic Conference	S. Andrew Josephson, Andrew W. Bollen
16:30:00	Adjourn \| Evaluation \| Attendance Verification Records

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