Handouts - 2023 Ochsner Regional Neurosciences Symposium

7:30 AM - 8:10 AM

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST/VISIT EXHIBITS

8:10 AM - 8:20 AM

Welcome! Day #1
Aaron M. Karlin, MD

8:20 AM - 8:50 AM

Spasticity Management: An Overview of Systemic and Focal Options
Taylor A Colon, DO

8:50 AM - 9:20 AM

Power Mobility Options in Neurorehabilitation
Mahmoud Sarmini, MD

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

BREAK/QUESTIONS/VISIT EXHIBITS

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

Updates in Epilepsy Surgery
Lora Kahn, MD

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM

Intracranial Aneurysms - Surgical Management
Vernard Fennell, MD

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease
James Rini, MD

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Acupuncture in Neurology
Gigi Shames, LAc, NHD

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Music Therapy in Neurology
Penny Roberts, PhD, MT-BC and Meredith Sharpe, MA, MT-BC, NMT

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) Test for Patients with Neurogenic Dysphagia
Hannah Jumonville, SLP & Lauren Duhon, MCD, CCC-SLP

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

Supportive Communication Strategies for Communicating with Individuals with Aphasia
Rachael Rayes, M.S.CCC-SLP & Alicia Cantrell, M.C.D., CCC-SLP, CBIS

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

BREAK/QUESTIONS/VISIT EXHIBITS

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Application of AI/ML in Neurology
Jonathan Bidwell, PhD

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

Scaling and Deploying an Advanced Visualization Platform at Ochsner Health
Korak Sarkar, MD

12:10 PM - 12:30 PM

Emerging Neurotechnology: Implanted Brain Interfaces
Andrew Whitford, PhD

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

OPTIONAL - Industry Sponsored Lunch by Alexion
Living With Anti-acetylcholine Receptor Antibody-Positive Generalized Myasthenia Gravis presented by Dr. Rima El Abassi, LSU

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

OPTIONAL - Industry Sponsored Lunch by UCB
Nayzilam Adult and Pediatric Treatment Update for Seizure Clusters with Dr. David Burdette

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Advances in Gamma Knife in Brain Tumors
Marcus L. Ware, MD, PhD

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Advances in Surgical Management of Skull Base Tumors
Joseph Keen, DO

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Advances in Neuro-oncology
Caroline Goldin, MD

3:00 PM - 3:10 PM

BREAK/QUESTIONS/VISIT EXHIBITS

3:10 PM - 3:35 PM

Endoscopic Approaches to the Sella
Blair Barton, MD

3:35 PM - 4:00 PM

Headache in Brain Tumors
Fawad A. Khan, MD

4:00 PM

QUESTIONS/CLOSING REMARKS
Aaron Karlin, MD

7:30 AM - 8:10 AM

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST/VISIT EXHIBITS

8:10 AM - 8:20 AM

Welcome! Day #2
Fawad Khan, MD

8:20 AM - 8:50 AM

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating polyneuropathy: Diagnosis and Treatment options.
Ehtesham Khalid, MD

8:50 AM - 9:20 AM

Palliative Care for Neurologic Diseases “We are an extra layer of support for patients with serious illness to improve quality of life”
Susan E. Nelson, MD FACP FAAHPM

9:20 AM - 9:45 AM

Parkinsonism and Parkinson Plus Syndromes
David Houghton, MD

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

BREAK/QUESTIONS/VISIT EXHIBITS

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Acute Back Pain Management and Advanced Imaging
Christine Keating, MD

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Treating Pain in Stroke Patients – A Review
Aaron Hanyu Deutmeyer, DO

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Stroke Rehabilitation
Viswanath Aluru, MD

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Bridget Bagert, MD

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

New BTKi therapies on the therapeutic horizon for Multiple Sclerosis
Jenny Feng, MD

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Diplopia: Clinical Presentation and Management
Rachel A Calix, MBBS

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

OPTIONAL - Industry Sponsored Lunch by Novartis
Immunoglobulins and Risk for Infection presented by Jamie Stankiewicz, MD (Executive Director, Medical Team Leader)

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Social Determinants of Care in Epilepsy
Uma Menon, MD, MBA

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

On-field/Acute Management, Return to Learn/Play in Adolescents
Olabode Agaja, MD

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM

Subacute Management of Concussion and Return to Work in Adults
Andrew Guidry, MD

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

Chronic Management of Concussion and Updates from Amsterdam
Jose Posas, MD

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

BREAK/QUESTIONS/VISIT EXHIBITS

2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

Rehabilitation: 1. Vestibular Rehab Post Concussion 2. Oculomotor Rehab Post Concussion 3. Cognitive Rehab Post Concussion
Melissa Naquin PT, DPT, NCS/Cassidy Perilloux, MOT, LOTR/Taylor Magaw MA, CCC-SLP

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

Concussion Panel Discussion
Moderator - Aaron Karlin, MD

4:00 PM

QUESTIONS/CLOSING REMARKS
Fawad Khan, MD

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Argenx Product Theater
An Overview of VYVGART® (efgartigimod alfa-fcab): The First and Only IgG Fc-Antibody Fragment That Uniquely Targets FcRn for the Treatment of Adult gMG Patients Who Are Anti-AChR Antibody Positive presented by Raghav Govindarajan, MD

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST/VISIT EXHIBITS

8:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Supported by the American Epilepsy Society Research & Training Workshop Grant
Moderators: Fawad Khan, MD and Uma Menon, MD, MBA

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Clinical Presentations and Management of Status Epilepticus
Sarah E. Schmitt, MD from Medical University of South Carolina

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Critical Care Considerations of Status Epilepticus
Thomas P. Bleck MD, MCCM from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS

9:50 AM - 10:20 AM

Neurosteroids in the management of Status Epilepticus
Maciej Gasior, MD, PhD. from Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM

Ethical Perspectives on the Management of Status Epilepticus
Namir Khandker, MD Ochsner Neuroscience Institute

10:50 AM - 12:10 PM

Case Based Discussions

8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

Part 1: Pain Workshop Craniofacial US Guided Procedures with Case Demonstrations
Moderators: Yashar Eshraghi, MD; Whit Braddy, MD; Aaron Hanyu-Deutmeyer, MD

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Part 2: Workshop on Inpatient Neurological Care
David Galarneau, MD, Michael Pepper, MD, Jignesh Patel, MD

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Delirium – Clinical Presentations and Management

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Case Discussions in Delirium

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Neuroprognostication in Neuro-ICU

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Intracranial Hemorrhage Management

12:00 PM

Program Closing Remarks
Aaron Karlin, MD and Fawad Khan, MD

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

OPTIONAL - Industry Sponsored Lunch by UCB
Clinical Program Overview in Lennox Gastaut Syndrome by Selim Ramin Benbadis, MD (Division Director, Epilepsy, Eeg and Sleep Medicine) from University of South Florida