Friday March 11, 2005

6:00 - 9:00 PM    Registration Quail Lodge Lobby

7:30 - 9:30         Presidents Reception & Wine Tasting, Quail Lodge - Valley Room

Saturday March 12, 2005

7:30 - 8:00 AM   Continental Breakfast / Opening of Exhibits
Oak & Garden Rooms, The Clubhouse at Quail Lodge

8:00 - 8:05         Welcome and Opening Remarks, Michael McDermott, MD
Peninsula Ballroom, The Clubhouse at Quail Lodge

8:05 - 8:10         Review of Educational Program, Brian Andrews, MD

8:10 - 8:30         San Francisco Neurological Society Historical Review & the Tradition of Neurological Innovation in the Bay Area, Arthur E. Lyons, MD

8:30 - 9:30         Boldrey Lecture: Community and Academic Neurosurgery: the Collaborative Roles in Improving Patient Care, M. Sean Grady, MD, Charles Harrison Frazier Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital

9:30 - 10:00       Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibits

10:00 - 10:20      ICU Management of Head Injured Patients, Geoffrey T. Manley, M.D., PhD, Chief of Neurotrauma, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

10:20 - 10:40      Update on the Management of Spinal Metastases, Kern H. Guppy, MD, PhD, The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Neurosurgery, Sacramento
Educational Objectives
1.       Review the current literature on the treatment of spinal metastasis
2.       Describe the role of spinal instrumentation in treatment.
3.       Cases examples will be presented to illustrate treatment plans - surgical and nonsurgical

10:40 - 11:00      Imaging for Cerebrovascular Disease, Huy M. Do, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Dept. of Neuroradiology, Stanford University School of Medicine

11:00 - 11:20      Current Indications for Cerebral Re-Vascularization, Michael Lawton, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Educational Objectives
1.       Review current indications for bypass procedures, specifically which aneurysms and ischemic conditions might warrant revascularization.
2.       Discuss advances in surgical and endovascular techniques, as well as combinations of the two, that facilitate the management of complex aneurysms
3.       Describe an ongoing trial examining the effect of STA-MCA bypass for patients with carotid occlusion

 11:20 - 11:40      Trends in Neurointervention, Jeffrey E. Thomas, M.D., Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology, Medical
Director, Center for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, California Pacific Medical Center

Educational Objectives

1.       Review current treatment alternatives for complex cerebrovascular conditions.

2.       Describe advances in endovascular interventions for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke.

3.       Discuss the implications of technological innovations for assessment and treatment of dangerous cerebrovascular diseases.  

OPEN PAPER SESSION

11:40 – 12:05     UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE Grant, Mitch Berger, MD, UCSF, Dept. of Neurological Surgery

12:05 – 12:30     Convection Enhanced Delivery of IL13PE38 for the treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas: Results of a multicenter Phase I study, Sandeep Kunwar, MD, UCSF, Dept. of Neurological Surgery

1- 6 PM             Free for Lunch, Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament and Activities

7 – 10:30 PM      Annual Society Dinner at The Barn, “Bones and Brains Racing" or "How middle-aged neurosurgeons spend their weekends....", Brian Andrews, MD

Sunday March 13, 2005

7:30 - 8:00 AM         Continental Breakfast / Exhibits
Peninsula Foyer, Oak & Garden Rooms, The Clubhouse at Quail Lodge

7:30 – 9:00 AM         Accompanying Person Continental Breakfast
Peninsula Foyer, Oak & Garden Rooms, The Clubhouse at Quail Lodge
For all registered accompanying persons and their children
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Putting tournament for all children over 3 years old at the Quail lodge Bocce Ball area. Supervision provided by Corporate Kids, (pre-arrangements with SFNS Registration Desk required for planning purposes, meet in the Clubhouse)

ALS Symposium: A Tribute to Dr. Richard K. Olney

8:00 - 8:05               Introduction by Eric Denys, MD, Peninsula Ballroom, The Clubhouse at Quail Lodge

8:05 - 8:15               Richard K. Olney, MD, (via DVD) Founder of the ALS Patient Care and Research Center at UCSF

8:15 - 8:45               ALS: Current Status of Research & Therapy, Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, MD, PhD., Director of the ALS Patient Care and Research Center at UCSF

8:45 - 9:15               Molecular Basis for Neurodegenrative Disease, Yanmin Yang, MD, PhD, Stanford University

9:15 - 9:45               Stem Cell Therapy - Fact or Fiction, Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD, Department of Neurological Surgery and Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, UCSF School of Medicine

9:45 - 10:15             Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibits, Peninsula Foyer, Oak and Garden Room

10:15 - 10:45            Henry Newman Award Lecture – Vasospasm After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Utility of Perfusion-CT and CT-Angiography on Diagnosis and Management, Max Wintermark, MD, Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, University of California, San Francisco

10:45 - 11:15            Boldrey Award Lecture - Cellular Composition and Cytoarchitecture of the
Adult Human Subventricular Zone: A Niche of Stem Cells, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Neursurgery

11:15 - 12:15            Kaiser BEST Resident Competition Papers:

11:15 – 11:35           Inverse Correlation between Family History of Stroke and Chronic Migraine, Grace Yoon, MD, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medical Genetics and the Department of Neurology 

11:35 – 11:55           Serial Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in Glioma:  Distinguishing Tumor Recurrence from Post-Resection Injury, Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Neurological Surgery 

11:55 – 12:15           Interobserver Variability in Grading of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations Using the Spetzler-Martin System, Rose Du, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Neurological Surgery

12:15 - 12:30            Discussion

12:30 – 1:00             SF Neurological Society Annual Members Business Meeting

1:00 PM                   Adjourn 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

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

Acknowledgement of Support

The San Francisco Neurological Society acknowledges support for its 57th Annual Meeting through the unrestricted educational grants from the following generous contributors: (most will have tabletop displays at the meeting).

PLATINUM:

UCB Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Teva Neurological Sciences

Allergan

Novartis

SILVER:

Accredo Therapeutics

Biogen

Pfizer

Boston Scientific 

EXHIBITORS:

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Integra Life Sciences Corporation