Date:
May 18-20, 2010
Time schedule
See the program below
Location:
Burlington | USA
Scientific Program
Day 1 | May 18th, 2010
| Workshop | Sports Concussion and Related Educational Issues | ||
| 07:30 | Registration | ||
| 08:30 | David Mulholland | Welcome Address: How Much of Whatever It Is? | ||
| 09:00 | Matt Gammons | Our Current Knowledge | ||
| 10:30 | Morning Refreshments | ||
| 10:45 | Barbara Wilson | Practical Help for People with Memory Problems | ||
| 12:15 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00 | Barbara Wilson | Rehabilitation for People with Executive Deficits | ||
| 14:45 | Afternoon Refreshments | ||
| 15:00 | Matt Gammons, Michael Finnegan | Sample Cases & Discussions | ||
| 15:00 | AMN Board Meeting | ||
| 16:30 | David Mulholland | Closing | ||
| 19:00 | Congress Reception |
Day 2 | May 19th, 2010
| Session 1 | Overview: Accidents, Violence, & War | Chairpersons: Wen-Ta Chiu, A. Vlad Ciurea, David Mulholland | ||
| 08:30 | David Mulholland, Wen-Ta Chiu | Opening | ||
| 08:50 | A. V. Ciurea | Penetrating Head Wounds in Civilian Life | ||
| 09:20 | Michael Jaffee | Overview of DoD TBI and Battlefield Initiatives | ||
| 10:00 | Glenn Ellis | The Prevalence and Nature of TBI and Spinal Cord Injury in Urban Youth | ||
| 10:30 | Morning Refreshments | ||
| Session 2 | Developments in Neurorehabilitation | Chairpersons: Barbara Wilson, Lee Crocker | ||
| 10:45 | Barbara Wilson | Recent developments in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: the past five years | ||
| 11:15 | Wen-Ta Chiu | Update on the Field of Neurotraumatology | ||
| 11:40 | Lee Crocker | The Phenomenon of Internet Addiction in the Cognitively-Impaired Brain | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch | ||
| Session 3 | Brain Research in Music and the Arts | Chairpersons: Michael Thaut, Zhang Tong, Eric Muncert | ||
| 13:00 | Michael Thaut | From Neuromusicology to Neurologic Music Therapy — Neuroscientific Foundations and Clinical Applications | ||
| 13:30 | Zhang Tong | Using Musical Instruments to Improve Motor Function of Upper Limbs of Stroke Patients | ||
| 13:50 | Eric Muncert | Training Percussion Therapy Techniques To Occupational Therapists Via Technology Gateways | ||
| 14:10 | Adrienne Major | Depictions of TBI and SCI in Popular Literature | ||
| 14:30 | Judith Lindstedt / Robert Fay | Enabling Catharthesis Through Film | ||
| 15:00 | Afternoon Refreshments | ||
| Session 4 | Neuroprotection: Related Concepts & Current Challenges in SCI and TBI | Chairpersons: Dafin Muresanu, Klaus von Wild | ||
| 15:15 | Dafin Muresanu | Neuroprotection related concepts and current challenges in TBI and SCI A.V Ciurea | Cerebrolysin, Important Therapeutic Factor in Global Out- come in Severe Brain Injuries Klaus von Wild | What Quality of Life Following TBI—Can Encephalotropic Drugs Influence TBI Outcome? | ||
| 16:15 | AMN Members Meeting | ||
| 18:00 | Dinner | ||
| 20:00 | Film Opening | ||
| 21:30 | Reception |
Day 3 | May 20th, 2010
| Session 5 | Innovation, Technology & Research | Kevin Wang, Jacques de Reuck | ||
| 08:00 | Kevin Wang | TBI Biomarkers: from Bench to Bedside | ||
| 08:30 | Linda Papa | Biomarkers for Mild-Moderate TBI | ||
| 09:00 | Amy Wagner | TBI Biomarkers for Neuro-Rehabilitation | ||
| 09:30 | Jeff Schwartz | (Frontal Lobe Science Update) | ||
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments | ||
| Session 6 | Innovation, Technology & Research: Measurement | Chairpersons: Nicole von Steinbüchel, Jacques de Reuck | ||
| 10:15 | Jacques de Reuck | Comparison of 7 and 3 Tesla MRI with the Neuropathology Assessment of Cerebral Bleeds | ||
| 10:45 | Nicole von Steinbüchel | Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) – TBI—Specific Scale and Correlates of Quality of Life | ||
| 11:15 | Armando Miciano | Utilization of the AMA Guide in Evaluating Chronic Pain in Mild TBI (MTBI) | ||
| 11:45 | David Mulholland | The Importance of Eye and Body Movement and Prediction in Survey Use: A Literature Review | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch Practical Challenges of Serving Crime Victims with TBIs | Will Marling (National Organization for Victims Assistance) | ||
| Session 7 | Community Integration | Chairpersons: Jan Schwab, Armando Miciano, Brent Betit | ||
| 13:00 | Karl Hursey | Community Integrated Rehabilitation for Military Survivors of Neurotrauma | ||
| 13:20 | Brent Betit | The Therapeutic Value of Universal Design in Cognitive Rehabilitation | ||
| 13:40 | Eric Hermans | Problems Encountered by Children and Families Following Rehabilitation for Pediatric Brain Injury in the Netherlands | ||
| 14:00 | Armanda Miciano | Life Care Planning in Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI): Economic and Societal Issues | ||
| 14:20 | Jan Schwab | Spinal Cord Injury Immune Depression Syndrome (SCI-IDS) - functional implications | ||
| 14:40 | Jacques de Reuck | Risk factors for seizures related to cerebral contusions in the adult. | ||
| 15:00 | Afternoon Refreshments | ||
| Session 8 | Drug Therapies: Development, Treatment, & Outcomes | Chairpersons: Donald Stein, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Wai Poon | ||
| 15:20 | Donald Stein | Progesterone and its Metabolites in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury and Other CNS Disorders | ||
| 15:40 | Kuo-Sheng Hung | New drug development and evaluation on traumatic brain injury | ||
| 16:00 | Wai Poon | The impact of the hormone-active female gender on TBI clinical outcome | ||
| 18:00 | Dinner with Live Music by Gypsy Reel |
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