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The SF Neurological Society is a CMA-accredited provider of Continuing Medical Education

 

Pre-Conference: Friday March 15, 2007 click here for program

Kaiser Permanente Stroke Conference 2007

Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and the

San Francisco Neurological Society

(A separate registration fee is required to attend
Friday’s CME activity)

HOTEL INFORMATION:
The Lodge at Sonoma

 

59th Annual Meeting of the SF Neurological Society, March 16 – 18, 2007, Lodge at Sonoma
For more information on Boldrey/Newman Resident Awards click here

 

Program:

Friday, March 16, 2007

 

16:00 – 18:30                          Registration for the SFNS 59th Annual Meeting

 

18:30 – 20:00                          Welcome Reception in the Stone Building

 

Saturday, March 17, 2007

 

07:00 – 12:30                         Registration for the SFNS 59th Annual Meeting

 

07:00 – 08:15                         Breakfast / Opening of Exhibits

 

07:00 – 09:00                         Accompanying Person Breakfast

                                                For all registered accompanying persons and their children

 

08:15 – 08:30                         Welcome and Opening Remarks

                                                Jack Rozance, MD

 

08:15 – 08:30                          Review of Educational Program

                                                Michael W. McDermott, MD

 

08:30 – 09:10                          Boldrey Lecture: Subspecialization in Neurosurgery

                                                Warren Selman, MD, The Neurological Institute, University Hospitals of Cleveland

 

09:10 – 09:45                          New Discoveries in Frontotemporal Dementia

                                                Bruce Miller, MD, UCSF


09:45 – 10:05                          Slippery Platelet Syndrome in Subdural Hematomas and Other
                                             Coagulopathies:  A Single-Center, Prospective Case Series

                                                Paul Akins, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento

 

10:05 – 10:25                          Stroke Management: What’s New in 2007?

                                                David Tong, MD, FAHA, Comprehensive Stroke Care Center,
                                                California Pacific Medical Center

 

10:30 – 11:00 am                    AM Break

 

11:00 am – 12:30                    Updates on Treatments of Epilepsy: A Panel Discussion

                                                Nicholas Barbaro, MD, UCSF

                                                Nalin Gupta, MD, UCSF

                                                David King-Stephens, MD, California Pacific Medical Center

                                                Donald Olson, MD, Stanford University Medical Center

 

12:30 – 13:00                          Hughlings Jackson’s Neurology

                                                George York, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Stockton

 

12:30 – 19:00                          Free for Lunch, Annual Golf Tournament and Activities

 

19:30 – 22:00                         Annual Society Dinner

                                                Adventures on the Roof of the World,
                                                Robert Miller, MD, California Pacific Medical Center

 

Sunday, March 18, 2007

 

07:30 – 08:30                          Breakfast / Exhibits

 

07:30 – 09:30                          Accompanying Person Breakfast

                                                For all registered accompanying persons and their children

 

08:30 – 09:30                          Boldrey Award Lecture / Henry Newman Award Lecture /
                                             Kaiser BEST Resident Competition Papers

 

09:30 – 10:10                          Point-Counter-Point: Management of Acoustic Neuromas and the Role of

                                                Radiosurgery and Microsurgery

                                                Michael McDermott, MD, UCSF

                                                Andrew Parsa, MD, UCSF

 

10:10 – 10:30                          Radiosurgery for Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Spine and Spinal Cord

                                                John Adler, MD, Stanford University Medical Center

 

10:30 – 10:45                          San Francisco Neurological Society Business Meeting

 

10:30 – 11:00                          AM Break

 

11:00 – 11:30                          Community Re-Integration Following Neurotrauma and Stroke: Case Studies
                                             of Best Outcomes

                                                Elizabeth Sandel, MD, Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center

 

11:30 – 12:00                          Blind-Side Training with Forced-Choice Tasks for Homonymous Hemianopia

                                                Younghua Tai, MD, PhD, Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center

 

12:00 – 12:40                          TBD

 

12:40 – 13:00                          Tales of a Lost Art: Lidocaine, The Ultimate Pain Killer

                                                Eric Denys, MD, California Pacific Medical Center

                                             

13:00 – 13:15                          Closing Remarks

                                                Jack E. Rozance, MD

 

  Accreditation Statement:

The San Francisco Neurological Society is accredited by the Institute of Medical Quality and the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The San Francisco Neurological Society takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

 

The San Francisco Neurological Society is an organization of physicians with a dedicated interest in the clinical neurosciences. The Society is committed to the continuing medical education of its members and has an obligation to its members and to the public to provide ongoing educational programs designed to improve patient care and foster scholarly activity in the neurosciences. This obligation includes not only imparting to the membership an increased understanding of neurological diseases through lectures on clinical and basic research, but also making them aware of community and public health issues related to neurological illnesses and preventive medicine. The Society is a CMA-accredited provider. Physicians attending this course may report up to 8 hours of Category 1 credit toward the California Medical Association Certificate in Continuing Medical Education and the American Medical Association’s Physician’s Recognition Award.

 

Designation Statement:

The San Francisco Neurological Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 hours of Category 1 credit toward the California Medical Association's Certification in Continuing Medical Education and the AMA’s Physician Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

 

Neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, residents and other physicians interested in research and clinical advances in the neurosciences.

 

For more information please contact Karen Bertani at kbertani@sfneurological.org.

For more information:
Karen A. Bertani, CMP
Executive Director
San Francisco Neurological Society
2226A Westborough Blvd. #409
South San Francisco, CA  94080
NEW Tel: Phone: 415-206-9603; NEW Fax: 415-206-0385
E-mail: kbertani@sfneurological.org



 

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