San Francisco Neurological Society
Annual AIRD Lecture
(co-sponsored with UCSF)
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
6:00 - 7:00 PM CME Registration and Reception
7:00 - 7:45 PM Dinner
7:45 -9:00 PM Lecture and Discussion
Justin McArthur, MBBS, MPH, Neurologist-in-Chief of Johns Hopkins Hospital, “HIV Infection and Cognitive Disorders: Does it Matter?”
Full-Day Dementia Program
Friday, October 14, 2011
Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco
Program Chair - Eric Collins, MD, President, SF Neurological Society
7:00-8:00 am Registration and full breakfast
8:00-8:15 am Introduction, Eric Collins, MD
8:15-9:00 am Alzheimer's pathogenesis, Dale Bredesen, MD,
Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
9:00-9:45 am Future Alzheimer's treatments, Frank Longo, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University
9:45-10:15 am Coffee Break and Exhibits
10:15-11:00 am Parkinsonian dementias, Alec Glass, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, UCSF
11:00-11:45 am Dementia biomarkers, Gil Rabinovici, MD,
Memory and Aging Center, UCSF
11:45 am -1:15 pm Lunch on your own
1:15-2:00 pm Frontal lobes, self, and social behavior, Bruce Miller, MD, Professor of neurology and psychiatry and clinical director of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, UCSF
2:00-2:30 pm Assessment of competency and driving safety, Teresa Thomas, PhD, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Alameda
2:30-3:00 pm Coffee Break and Exhibits
3:00 - 3:45 pm Rapid recognition of dementias, Howie Rosen, MD, Professor, Memory and Aging Center, UCSF
3:45 - 4:30 pm Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, PTSD, Bennet Omalu, MD, MBA, MPH, Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology in the Department of Pathology at University of California, Davis and the Chief Medical Examiner for San Joaquin County, California
4:30-5:00 pm Questions, Panel
Registration Fees: (early registration discount by October 6, 2011)
SFNS Members:
Annual AIRD Dinner Meeting: $90
Full-Day Dementia Program: $175
Combined Registration: $265
Non-Members:
Annual AIRD Dinner Meeting: $100
Full-Day Dementia Program: $200
Combined Registration: $300
Students, Residents, Fellows, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals:
Annual AIRD Dinner Meeting: $70
Full-Day Dementia Program: $125
Combined Registration: $195
Industry (non-exhibitor):
Annual AIRD Dinner Meeting: $100
Full-Day Dementia Program: $300
Combined Registration: $400
Registration after October 6, 2011:
SFNS Members:
Annual AIRD Dinner Meeting: $100
Full-Day Dementia Program: $200
Combined Registration: $300
Non-Members:
Annual AIRD Dinner Meeting: $110
Full-Day Dementia Program: $225
Combined Registration: $335
Students, Residents, Fellows, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals:
Annual AIRD Dinner Meeting: $75
Full-Day Dementia Program: $150
Combined Registration: $225
Industry (non-exhibitor):
Annual AIRD Dinner Meeting: $110
Full-Day Dementia Program: $350
Combined Registration: $460
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 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM plus 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM for the Aird Lecture. These credits may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.
Who Should Attend?
Neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, neuropsychologists, residents, nurses, and other physicians interested in research and clinical advances in the neurosciences.
Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco
450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Parking Options
Directions to the Sir Francis Drake hotel in San Francisco from the north (Marin & Wine Country)
Take Hwy 101 South to San Francisco Cross the Golden Gate Bridge and take the Lombard Street exit Take Lombard Street (Hwy 101) to Van Ness Avenue Turn RIGHT on Van Ness Avenue From Van Ness, turn LEFT onto O'Farrell Street Turn LEFT onto Powell Sir Francis Drake Hotel is on the corner of Powell and Sutter Streets, in Union Square, San Francisco
Directions to the Sir Francis Drake San Francisco hotel from the east (East Bay and Oakland International Airport)
Take Hwy 80 West to San Francisco From the left lane on the Bay Bridge take the 5th Street exit Turn RIGHT onto 5th street and continue to Market street Cross Market (5th will become Cyril Magnin Blvd.) Continue 2 blocks to O'Farrell Street, turn RIGHT onto O'Farrell Turn LEFT onto Powell Sir Francis Drake Hotel is on the corner of Powell and Sutter Streets, in Union Square, San Francisco
Directions to the Sir Francis Drake hotel in San Francisco from the south (Peninsula, including SFO Airport)
Take 101 North to San Francisco toward the Bay Bridge Take the 4th Street exit (last San Francisco exit) 4th Street becomes Bryant; continue on Bryant to 3rd Street Turn LEFT onto 3rd and continue 41/2 blocks, crossing Market Street Turn LEFT onto Geary and continue to Powell Turn RIGHT onto Powell Sir Francis Drake Hotel is on the corner of Powell and Sutter Streets, in Union Square, San Francisco
Principal Investigator Professor of Neurology, Pathology and Epidemiology, Neurologist-in-chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Annual SFNS Robert Burns Aird Lecture More
Robert Burns Aird, MD (1903–2000)
Most recent Annual Aird Lectures:
November 9, 2010 - Yves Agid, MD, PhD, Institut Fdratif de recherche en Neurosciences at the CHU Piti-Salptrire, Paris, France, "Myths in Parkinson's Disease"
September 22, 2009 - Clifford Saper , MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, “Why Sleep?”
December 4, 2008 - Alastair Compston, PhD, FRCP, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, "Understanding multiple sclerosis: some answers, more questions"
November 1, 2007 - Martin A. Samuels, MD, Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, "Interesting Cases in Neurohematology"
January 10, 2006, John C. Mazziotta, MD, PhD, Director, UCLA Brain Mapping Center, "Mapping the Human Brain in Health & Disease"