FRIDAY, JULY 7  - Session Descriptions & Objectives

Whitewater Rafting Trip on the Weber River ($)

WNS01: Women in Neurosurgery Retreat Dinner Lecture2.0 CME

1. Building an Academic Neurosurgical Practice - Eve Tsai, MD, PhD; Ottowa Hospital Research Institute
2. Cervical Radiculopathy, Spondylosis and Kyphosis in the Operating Surgeon - Aruna Ganju, MD; Northwestern University

S'more Collaboration Campfire 1.5 CME

SATURDAY, JULY 8 - Session Descriptions & Objectives

Environmental Sensor Use for Quantifying Neural Exposure to Inertial and Blast Forces 8.25 CME

Sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

and organized in collaboration with the Department of Defense, JPC-5 Military Operational Medicine

Chairs: Col. Dennis McGurk & Patrick Bellgowan           View complete agenda

WNS02: Women in Neurosurgery Retreat Breakfast Lecture 1.5 CME

1. What the Practicing Neurosurgeon Needs to Understand About Economics - Deborah Benzil, MD; Benzil Zusman Healthcare Neuroscience
2. Rising in the Ranks: Progress of Women in Neurosurgery - Stacey Quintero-Wolfe, MD; Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Celebrating 10 Years of the WiNTR VISA Award 1.0 CME

Chairs: Mayumi Prins, PhD; UCLA and Patricia de la Tremblaye, PhD; University of Pittsburgh

• Michelle Theus, PhD; Virginia Tech 
• Virginia Newcombe, PhD: University of Cambridge
• Patricia de la Tremblaye, PhD; University of Pittsburgh

Spine Navigation and Mazor X Surgical Guidance Reception

Sponsored by

WNS03: Women in Neurosurgery Retreat Dinner Lecture

• Neurosurgical Leadership Program - Shelly Timmons, MD, PhD; Penn State Health

SUNDAY, JULY 9 - Session Descriptions & Objectives

AANS01: The Post-Traumatic Spine and the Unstable Decision 1.5 CME

Chair: Ann Parr, MD, PhD; University of Minnesota

1. Strengths and Limitations of Spine Trauma Databases and Registries - Marjorie Wang, MD; Medical College of Wisconsin
2. Spine Trauma in the Osteoporotic Patient: What Does the Evidence Support? Erica Bisson, MD; University of Utah
3. Can the Trauma System Support STASCIS and the Need for Immediate Surgery? Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD; University of Toronto 

AANS02: Treatment of the Injured Brain 1.5 CME

Chair: Daniel Michael, MD, PhD; Michigan Head & Spine Institute

1. Did RESCUE-ICP save intracranial pressure monitoring? - Martina Stippler, MD; Harvard Medical School
2. Are we getting any better at detecting cortical spreading depression/spreading depolarization? - Gregory Hawryluk, MD, PhD; University of Utah
3. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Acute Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: History, and 30 Year Outcomes - Molly Hubbard, MD; University of Minnesota

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

AANS Lunch & Learn: Brain Tissue Oxygenation Monitoring BOOSTS Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury

Sponsored by 

Speaker: Uzma Samadani, MD; University of Minnesota

AANS03: Controversies in Brain Injury 1.5 CME

Chair: Jamie Ullman, MD; Northwell Health

1. Does Trauma Cause CTE? - Lili-Naz Hazrati, MD, PhD; University of Toronto
2. What are the consequences of subconcussion? - Scott Zuckerman, MD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
3. What needs to be admitted for pediatric brain trauma? - Rebekah Mannix, MD; Boston Children's Hospital

Primrose A

AANS04: Controversies in Sport 1.5 CME

Chair: Uzma Samadani, MD; University of Minnesota

1. Should we rest athletes after concussion? - John Leddy, MD; SUNY Buffalo
   
2. Do helmets make contact sports safer? - Brittany Coats, MD; University of Utah 
3. Is it time to ban sports for children and where should we draw the line? - Zachary Kerr, PhD; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 

Welcome Reception at The Summit  Hosted by           

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The Summit on Hidden Peak

MONDAY, JULY 10 - Session Descriptions & Objectives

Anniversary Lecture 01 0.5 CME

John Povlishock, PhD; Virginia Commonwealth University

Chairs: Kevin Wang, PhD; University of Florida & Amy Wagner, MD; University of Pittsburgh

1. Autoimmunity Response Following TBI: Is It Detrimental or Beneficial? - Kevin Wang, PhD; University of Florida
2. Post-TBI hypopituitarism and anti-pituitary and anti-hypothalamus antibodies - Fahrettin Keleştemur, MD; Erciyes University  
3. Post-TBI neuroendocrine dysfunction and its relation with autoimmunity - Amy Wagner, MD; University of Pittsburgh
4. Glutamate Receptor Peptides and Autoantibodies in TBI and Ischemic Brain Injuries - Svetlana Dambinova, PhD; DeKalb Medical Center 

Data Blitz A: Mini Presentations  0.5 CME

Chairs: Gene Gurkoff, PhD; UC Davis & Jimmy Huh, MD; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

A03-07   Margalit Haber; University of Pennsylvania
A06-08   Stefania Mondello; University of Messina
A10-02   James Hong; University of Toronto
A12-06   Jenny Szu; University of California, Riverside
A13-11   Olga Minaeva; Boston University
A16-02   Nadine Kerr; University of Miami
A18-10   Starlyn Okada-Rising; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
A20-01   Moustafa Algamal; Roskamp Institute
A22-07   Patrick Kochanek; Safar Center, Univ. of Pittsburgh
A22-08   Pavel Lizhnyak; Virginia Commonwealth University

Poster Session 1: Group A / Final Competition Judging / Visit Exhibits 1.5 CME

All Posters in Group A on display - Odd Poster #s presenting

Chair: David Magnuson, PhD; University of Louisville

WiNTR Lunch Session: The Lab Notebook Evolution 1.5 CME
Moderator: Mayumi Prins, PhD; UCLA         View Details

Grab & Go Lunch 

Poster Session 02: Group A / Visit Exhibits 1.5 CME

All Posters in Group A on display - Even Poster #s presenting

Chair: David Magnuson, PhD; University of Louisville

03:00 pm - 04:15 pm

PL02: Pain After SCI: Plasticity, Activity & Treatment 1.25 CME

Sponsored by 

Chairs: David Magnuson, PhD; University of Louisville & Claire Hulsebosch, PhD; UTMB 

1. Pain and Locomotor Circuitry: Competitors for Attention - Catherine Mercier, PhD; Laval University, Quebec 
2. Plasticity and Neuropathic Pain After SCI - John Kramer, PhD; iCORD 
   
3. Central and Peripheral Mechanisms of Hyperalgesia and Chronic Pain - Kathleen Sluka, PhD: University of Iowa
   

S01: Novel Aproaches to Target Mitochondrial Dysfunction Following CNS Injury: From Biomarker to Replacing the Damaged Powerhouse 1.25 CME

Chairs: Patrick Sullivan, PhD; University of Kentucky & Courtney Robertson, MD; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

1. Assessing CNS Mitochondria Damage Using Serum Biomarkers - Todd Kilbaugh, MD; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Swapping The Powerhouse Of The Cell Out Following SCI; Intraspinal Mitochondrial Transplants In SCI - Alexander Rabchevsky; PhD; University of Kentucky 
3. Transfer Of Mitochondria From Astrocytes To Neurons After Stroke - Kazuhide Hayakawa, PhD; Massachusetts General Hospital 
4. Permeability Transition, Synaptic Plasticity and Neurodegeneration - Elizabeth Jonas, MD; Yale School of Medicine 

S02: Peripheral Organ Involvement in CNS Trauma 1.25 CME

Chairs: David Magnuson, University of Louisville & Sonia Villapol, PhD, Georgetown University

1. Changes in gut dysbiosis and barrier function underlie SCI pathophysiology - Shirish Barve, PhD; University of Louisville 
2. The effects of TBI on peripheral immune cell responses - Fletcher White, PhD; IUPUI 
3. Intestional dysfunction following TBI: Lessons from Drosophila - David Wassarman, PhD; University of Wisconsin 

S03: Blast-Related Mild TBI- Translational Relevance Starting from the Top (Humans) Down (mechanistic animal models) 1.25 CME

Chairs: David Cook, PhD; University of Washington & Ibolja Cernak, PhD; University of Alberta 

1. Human Neuropathological Findings of Blast-Related mTBI - Daniel Perl, MD; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 
2. Behavioral and cognitive symptoms and complex comorbidities of blast-related mTBI in Veterans - Elaine Peskind, MD; University of Washington 
3. Integration of findings from animal models of blast-induced brain injury to clinical findings - Ibolja Cernak, PhD; University of Alberta
4. Translational correspondences between animal models and findings in veterans - David Cook, PhD; University of Washington

 TUESDAY, JULY 11 - Session Descriptions & Objectives

President's Announcements

Anniversary Lecture 02  0.5 CME

Edward Hall, PhD; University of Kentucky 

PL03: Enhancing Recovery by Addressing Sleep: A Culprit of Chronic TBI Morbidity 1.25 CME

Chairs: Grace Griesbach, PhD; Centre for Neuro Skills & Akiva Cohen, PhD; University of Pennsylvania

1. Circuit Disturbances and Neuroinflammation - Mark Opp, PhD; University of Washington
2. Influence of Sleep and Diet on Rehabilitation Outcome - Akiva Cohen, PhD; University of Pennsylvania
3. Hormonal Alternations and Sleep Following Brain Injury - Grace Griesbach, PhD; Centre for Neuroskills

Data Blitz B: Mini Presentations 0.5 CME

Chairs: Brian Pfister, PhD; New Jersey Institute of Technology & Andrea Kleindienst, PhD; Friedrich-Alexander-University

B03-03   Maura Weber; University of Pennsylvania
B04-03   Yun Li; University of Maryland, Baltimore
B08-06   Erich Franz; Boston University
B08-15   Daniel Huber; Medical College of Wisconsin
B08-23   Briana Meyer; University of California, Los Angeles
B18-04   Molly Braun; Augusta University
B18-08   Merry Ma; Medical College of Georgia - Augusta University
B18-12   Lesley Schurman; Virginia Commonwealth University
B26-02   Shuxin Li; Temple University School of Medicine
B26-05   Wenjiao Tai; UT Southwestern Medical Center

Poster Session 03: Group B / Visit Exhibits 1.5 CME

All Posters in Group B on display - Odd Poster #s presenting

Lunch & Learn Session: Rehabilitation for Acquired Brain Injury Throughout the Continuum

Matthew J. Ashley, MD; Centre for Neuro Skills

Sponsored by 

Grab & Go Lunch

Poster Session 04: Group B / Visit Exhibits 1.5 CME

All Posters in Group B on display - Even Poster #s presenting

Chair: David Magnuson, PhD; University of Louisville

S04: Late Effects of TBI 1.25 CME

Chairs: Christine MacDonald, PhD, University of Washington & Jordan Grafman, PhD, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

1. Associaton of Traumatic Brain Injury with Late-Life Neurodegenerative Conditions from the ACT Study - Paul Crane, MD; University of Washington
2. Long Term Disability Findings from TBI Model Systems - Kristen Dams O'Connor, PhD; Mount Sinai Hospital
3. Late LifeEffects of Military-Related Brain Injury from ADNI and Vietnam Head Injury Study - Jordan Grafman, PhD; Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
4. Long Term Impact of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury - Talin Babikian, PhD; UCLA Health

03:00 pm - 04:15 pm

S05: Stem Cell-Mediated Endogenous and Exogenous Repair of the Injured Spinal Cord 1.25 CME

Sponsored by 

Chairs: Xiao-Ming Xu, PhD; Indiana University & Aileen Anderson, PhD; University of California Irvine

1. Cell Replacement Therapy Using Lineage-Restricted Precursor Cells for Repair After SCI - Itzhak Fischer, PhD;  Drexel University
2. Neural Stem Cell Transplantation for Neurotrauma: Clinical Targets and Preclinical Benchmarks - Aileen Anderson, PhD; University of California, Irvine
   
3. Creation of In Vivo Reprogrammed Neurons After SCI - Chun-Li Zhang, PhD, UT Southwestern University

S06: Emerging Cell Biology of Trans-Cellular Signaling 1.25 CME

Chairs: Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD; University of Pennsylvania & Cheryl Wellington, PhD; University of British Columbia

1. Exosomes - David Issadore, PhD; University of Pennsylvania
2. micro RNAs - Bogdan Stoica, PhD; University of Maryland
3. Lipoproteins - Cheryl Wellington, PhD; iCord

WS01: Grant Writing Workshop 1.0 CME

Facilitators:

• Patrick Bellgowan, PhD; NIH/NINDS 
• Dalton Dietrich, PhD; MIami Project to Cure Paralysis
• Pramod Dash, PhD; University of Texas Health Science Center

WS02: Insiders Tips for Getting your Manuscript Published 1.0 CME

Facilitator:John Povlishock, PhD; VCU

WS03: Preclinical Research Methods 1.0 CME

Facilitator: Fiona Crawford, PhD; Roskamp Institute & Tampa VA

1. Fluid Percussion TBI Injury in the Rat - Bruce Lyeth, PhD; UC Davis
2. Acute and Chronic repetitive TBI in the Mouse - Fiona Crawford, PhD; Roskamp Institute & Tampa VA
3. Murine Sled Model - Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD; Boston University

WS04: Judging Quality in Human and Animal Imaging Studies - Distinguishing Fact from "Leap of Faith" 1.0 CME

Facilitator: Brenda Bartnik-Olson, PhD; Loma Linda University  

1. Human - David Brody, PhD; Washington University of St. Louis
2. Animal - Neil Harris, PhD; UCLA

WS05: Human TBI Neuropathology 1.0 CME

Facilitator: William Stewart, PhD: University of Glasgow

WS06: Preclinical Common Data Elements: A Common Language for the TBI Community 1.0 CME

Chair: Michelle LaPlaca, PhD; Georgia Tech/Emory University

Facilitator: Leonie Misquitta, PhD - CIT/NIH

AWARDS CEREMONY & DINNER    Hosted by  

The Power of Procrastination: The Science Gap

Chairs: Candace Floyd, PhD and David Magnuson, PhD

Guest Speaker: Dr. Jorge Cham, creator of PhD Comics  

Registered attendees only; advance RSVP required

AWARDS AFTER-PARTY

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 - Session Descriptions & Objectives

Anniversary Lecture 03:  Evolving Concepts of Secondary Injury: Expanding the Therapeutic Window 0.5 CME

Alan Faden, MD;  University of Maryland  

08:30 am - 09:45 am

PL04: Acute SCI and the Therapeutic Window: Are We Chasing Realistic Targets? 1.25 CME

Panel Discussion Sponsored by 

Moderator: Linda Noble-Haeusslein, PhD; University of Texas at Austin

• Michelle Hook, PhD; Texas A&M University
• William Whetstone, MD; University of California
• J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD; University of Maryland
• Linda Noble-Haeusslein, PhD; University of Texas at Austin

Patient Perspective Talk: Jeremy Morgan 0.5 CME

Sponsored by 

Chair: Gregory Hawryluk, MD, PhD; University of Utah

PL05: Ocular Manifestation of Brain Trauma 1.25 CME

Chairs: Andrew Mayer, PhD; The Mind Research Network & Uzma Samadani, MD; University of Minnesota

1. Minds Matter: Seeing Concussion Through New Eyes - Christina Master, MD; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Vision Rehabilitation for Concussion-Related Vision Disorders - Mitchell Scheiman, PhD; Salus University
3. Automated Objective Measures of Oculomotor Dysfunction in Concussion - Uzma Samadani, MD; University of Minnesota

Grab & Go Lunch

(take into afternoon sessions)

S07: MMPs in CNS: Dual Modulators of Pathology and Regeneration 1.25 CME

Chairs: Alpa Mahuvakar, PhD; UCSF & Josephine Lok, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital

1. EMMPRIN, Upstream Inducer of MMPs, in CNS Pathology - Deepak Kaushik, PhD; University of Calgary
2. The Goldilocks Effect: MMPs and Angiogenesis After SCI - Alpa Mahuvakar, PhD; UCSF
3. MMPs and Post-Traumatic Neuroplasticity: Integrating Multiple Cellular Systems to Reorganize Synapses - Linda Phillips, PhD; VCU

S08: Dawn of a New Day: Brain Edema is "Back in the Game" with New Discoveries! 1.25 CME

Chairs: Jerome Badaut, PhD; Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine & Andre Obenaus, PhD; Loma Linda University

1. Water Channels and Brain Edema: Success and Failure - Jerome Badaut, PhD; Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine
2. The Glymphatic System: Role in Post-TBI Edema? - Jeffrey Iliff, PhD
3. Targeting Substance P to Reduce Edema: TBI vs SCI - Anna Leonard, PhD: University of Adelaide
4. Vasopressin: A Promising Player for Clinical Edema - Nikolaus Plesnila, PhD; University of Munich

S09: Clinical Trial Update: Status and Baseline Demographics for Ongoing Spinal Cord Injury Studies 1.25 CME

Chairs: Marco Rizzo, MD: Mayo Clinic & Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Kim Anderson-Erisman, PhD; University of Miami

1. Phase 2b/3 SPRING Study: Status & Baseline Demographics - Kee Kim, MD; University of California, Davis
2. Phase 2/3 RISCIS Study: Status & Baseline Demographics - Jefferson Wilson, MD, PhD; St. Michael's Hospital
3. Phase 1 ahSC Study: Status & Baseline Demographics - Kim Anderson-Erisman, PhD; University of Miami
4. Phase 1/2 AST-OPC1 Study: Status & Baseline Demographics - Edward Wirth, MD, PhD; Asterias Biotherapeutics

Anniversary Lecture 04  0.5 CME

Wise Young, MD, PhD; Rutgers University