San Francisco Neurological SocietyAdvancing knowledge and improving practice in the neurosciences for over 60 years

 

online registration will be available after September 16, 2010 click here to download the registration form/flyer pdf                            SAN FRANCISCO NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY Annual Aird Dinner Meeting “Myths in Parkinson's Disease ” Yves Agid, MD, PhD, Institut Fédératif de recherche en Neurosciences at the CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France Tuesday November 9, 2010 Hyatt Regency – Embarcadero Center San Francisco 6:00 - 7:00 PM Registration and Wine Reception 7:00 - 7:45 PM Dinner 7:45 - 8:45 PM Lecture / 8:45 - 9:00 PM Discussion Yves Agid, MD, PhD, Institut Fédératif de recherche en Neurosciences at the CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France Professor Agid has spent most of his medical career at the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris where he is Professor of Experimental Medicine and Cell Biology. He has a long and distinguished career and has held many high profile positions including amongst others Director of Inserm U289 laboratory, Chairman of the Institute of Neurosciences, Chairman of the Institute of Neurology at Salpêtrière, President of the French Society of Neurology, President of the Scientific Council of Foundation pour la Recherche Médicale. Professor Agid has published more than 600 articles. He is the most cited French neuroscientist in the last twenty years and is the second most cited author among all French scientists. His primary research interests are in developing a better understanding of the causes and mechanisms of cell death in neurodegenerative diseases. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:  To be determined Who Should Attend? Neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, residents and other physicians interested in research and clinical advances in the neurosciences.   Accreditation Statement This San Francisco Neurological Society is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) 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.  Designation Statement The San Francisco Neurological Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 HOUR AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.  Hyatt Regency – Embarcadero Center San Francisco Garden Room, Atrium Lobby Level, 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco FROM 101 SOUTH   Take the 4th Street exit, which will place you on Bryant Street heading east. Turn left on Main Street. Proceed down Main Street to Market Street veer right across Market. Main then becomes Drumm Street. The Hyatt Regency Hotel is on the right. FROM BAY BRIDGE / EAST BAY   Exit Fremont Street, the first exit on your right as you come into San Francisco. Stay on Fremont Street. Cross over Market Street which will then become Front Street. FROM GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE / MARINA   Take Lombard Street to Van Ness Avenue. Make a right on Van Ness and then go 1/2 mile and make a left on California Street. You will go over Nob Hill and at the bottom of the hill make a left on Kearny Street. Make a right on Clay Street. Embarcadero BART Station - Hotel is located directly outside the station Garage Self Parking Available adjacent to the hotel in the Embarcadero Center. Evening Rates (5:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.) Per hour: $3.00. Garage is closed from 12 midnight to 7am.  The hotel does not offer validation on any self park garage. Registration Fees: Received by November 1                                 After November 1                                        $90 SFNS Members                                         $100 SFNS Members                         $100 Non-members/Industry                          $110 Non-members/Industry $500 Industry Representatives (includes tabletop space if requested), additional information, please contact Amanda Pacia at NEW Phone: 650-288-5339 For more information: Amanda Pacia, Executive Director San Francisco Neurological Society 2226A Westborough Blvd. #409 South San Francisco, CA  94080 NEW Phone: 650-288-5339 Fax:  650-347-4975 E-mail: apacia@sfneurological.org 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 Associations Physicians Recognition Award.