SUNDAY, JUNE 30

8:30 - 10:00 am  

AANS/CNS Session 1: Spine and Spinal Cord Injury

Chair: David Okonkwo, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

1. An update of the guidelines for spine trauma - James Harrop, MD, Jefferson University
   
2. Spinal cord injury trials update – Paul Arnold, MD, University of Illinois
   
3. Advances in spinal cord injury treatment – Imaging, Monitoring and Anticoagulation – Eve Tsai, MD, PhD, Ottawa Hospital
4. Debate:  3-column thoracolumbar fracture in the neurologically intact patient – operate vs not? - James Harrop, MD, Jefferson University & Paul Arnold, MD, University of Illinois
   • Case presentation - David Okonkwo, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
   • Operate – Paul Arnold, MD, University of Illinois
     
   • Do not operate – James Harrop, MD, Jefferson University
   • Verdict and discussion - David Okonkwo, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

10:00 - 10:30 am  

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:00 pm

AANS/CNS Session 2: Brain Injury

Chair: Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, Univ. Minnesota

1. Lessons for the Clinician from Trials in TBI - David Okonkwo, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
   

2. Development of an Algorithm for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Management - Tene Cage, Stanford University
   

3. Progress with Objective Measures for Injury - Christina Master, MD, CHOP
   

4. Debate: TBI Guidelines are Useful vs They Don’t Sufficiently Guide - Patricia Raksin, MD, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital & Gregory Hawryluk, MD, PhD, University of Utah

   • Case presentation – Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota
   • Guidelines are useful – Patricia Raksin, MD, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital
     
   • Guidelines do not sufficiently guide – Gregory Hawryluk, MD, PhD, University of Utah
     
   • Verdict and discussion – Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, Univ. Minnesota

12:00 - 1:00 pm

LUNCH (TBD)

1:00 - 2:30 pm

AANS/CNS Session 3: Lessons from Sports and Multimodal TBI Management

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

1. A history of the playing field as laboratory - Julian Bailes, MD, Northshore University
   

2. Can the NFL Fix TBI in Football? - Allen Sills, MD, Vanderbilt University
   

3. Neurotrauma in the Military: Cut or Commute and the Implications for Civilian Practice? - Jeffrey M. Tomlin, Naval Medical Center San Diego
   

4. Debate: Is multimodal TBI management effective?

   • Case presentation – Gregory Hawryluk, MD, PhD, University of Utah
   • Effective - Randall Chestnut, University of Washington
   • Verdict and discussion – Gregory Hawryluk, MD, PhD, University of Utah

2:30 - 3:00 pm

COFFEE BREAK

3:00 - 4:30 pm

AANS/CNS Session 4: Controversies in Brain Injury 

Chair: Eve Tsai

1. Accurate prognostication of severe TBI and brain death - Joseph Giacino, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
   

2. From Data to Press Release to Twitter: When Science Becomes FAKE NEWS - William Barr, PhD, NYU Langone Health

3. Will Big Data Fix Brain Injury? – Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, Univ. Minnesota

4. Debate:  Does preclinical data help develop therapies for humans?

   • Case presentation – Eve Tsai, MD, PhD, Ottawa Hospital
   • Preclinical data helps – Patrick Kochanek, MD, Univ. Pittsburgh
     
   • Preclinical data hinders – Geoff Manley, MD, PhD, UCSF
     
   • Verdict and discussion – Eve Tsai, MD, PhD, Ottawa Hospital