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3IN.003 - Sports Neurology

Event Time: Monday March 18, 2013 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Topic(s): Sports Neurology, Critical Care/Emergency Neurology/Trauma, Neural Repair/Rehabilitation
Director(s): Jeffrey Kutcher MD, Walter Koroshetz MD, FAAN
Description: Sports are a critical means of ensuring optimal cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and cognitive aging. However sports also involves risk of trauma to the nervous system. Sports neurology has grown as a field in order to minimize neurological disability in those engaging in sports. Most recently, concern has grown around chronic recurrent traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for Alzheimer's as well as a unique neurodegenerative disorder- chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This and other neurological disorders of athletic activities will be described and their management outlined.
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Program Venue: IN. Integrated Neuroscience 
CME Credits:
Core Competencies: Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Professionalism, Systems-Based Practice, Interpersonal and Communication Skills

Program Speakers - Tentative

Start/End Time Title Faculty
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Introduction Walter Koroshetz MD, FAAN, Jeffrey Kutcher MD 
2:10 PM - 2:45 PM Sports Neurology: Beyond Concussion Brian Hainline MD, FAAN 
2:45 PM - 3:20 PM The Concussion Problem in Sports Today Vernon Williams MD 
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM Before and After Concussion: What Changes? Jeffrey Bazarian MD 
3:55 PM - 4:30 PM Advanced Testing for Effects of Concussion: Virtual Reality Testing and fMRI Semyon Slobounov MD 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Poster Rounds None  
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Data Blitz Presentations Faculty 
Abstract Presenters
Poster Session
Start Time Pub. Title Presenter
4:30 PM 001 Sport Participation in Epileptic Children: A Review of the Literature Caroline Weisser, BHSc
4:30 PM 002 A Model for Developing and Incorporating a Sports Neurology Program in Neurology Residency Programs Jason Madey, MD
2:30 PM 003 The "Good Old Days" Bias in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Basil Kadoura
4:30 PM 004 Head Impact Exposure and Magnitude in High School Football by Player Position Nicole Karis, MD
4:30 PM 005 Effect of Test Setting on Baseline Clinical Reaction Time Assessment in Collegiate Athletes Tyler Ladue, BS
4:30 PM 006 Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC) in Active Professional Boxers Barry Jordan, MD
4:30 PM 007 From Army-Navy to the NFL: The Evolution of the Football Helmet Michael Johnson, MD
4:30 PM 008 Pneumorachis and Pneumomediastinum Following Weight Lifting: A Case Report Katherine Turk, MD
4:30 PM 009 Onabotulium Toxin Type A (Botox@) in the Treatment of Chronic Post Traumatic Headache Related to Sports Concussion: A Case Report Francis Conidi, MD, DO
4:30 PM 010 Abulia in a Concussed Athlete Jason Madey, MD
Platform Session
Start Time Pub. Title Presenter
5:30 PM 001 Risk Factors for Post-Traumatic Headaches after Sport-Related TBI in a Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic Population Meeryo Choe, MD
5:35 PM 002 Sport-Related Concussion in Youth: Impact on Behavioral Functioning Ivet Hartonian, MD
5:40 PM 003 Weights and Volumetric Measures: The Effect of Weight Class on Brain Volume in Professional Combatants Charles Bernick, MD, MPH
5:45 PM 004 Neuroimaging of Cognitive Dysfunction and Depression in Aging Retired NFL Players John Hart, MD
5:50 PM 005 Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction in Concussion Brent Goodman, MD

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