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12:00pm
– 5:30pm |
NNS
Registration / Check-In |
Conference
Lobby at Paris Hotel |
| 7:00am
– 4:00pm |
Pediatric
Neurocritical Care Research Group meeting |
Burgundy
Room |
12:00pm
– 6:00pm |
Exhibitor
Installation & Poster Board Set Up |
Concorde
Ballroom |
1:00pm
– 3:00pm |
Journal
of Neurotrauma Editorial Board Meeting |
Loire
Room |
3:00pm
– 4:30pm |
NNS
Strategic Planning Meeting |
Bordeaux
Room |
4:30pm
– 5:30pm |
WINTR
BrainStorm Business Meeting |
Chablis
Room |
|
5:30pm
– 7:00pm |
WELCOME
RECEPTION |
Skyview
Ballroom 5
at
Bally's
|
7:00pm
– 9:30pm |
NNS
Officers & Councilors Meeting |
Skyview
1 at Bally's |

| 7:00am
– 8:00am |
Continental
Breakfast |
Concorde
Ballroom |
| 7:00am
– 5:00pm |
NNS
Registration / Check-In |
Conference
Lobby at Paris Hotel |
| 8:00am
– 8:15am |
WELCOMING
REMARKS
Dr.
Geoff Manley, NNS 2010 President
Tribute
to Dr. Anthony Marmarou
Dr.
John Povlishock |
Champagne
Ballroom |
|
8:15am
– 9:45am
CME
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S1:
NEUROENDOCRINE INVOLVEMENT IN NEUROTRAUMA
Sponsored
by BHR Pharma Chair:
David Wright, Emory Univ.
HORMONES
AS BIOMARKERS FOR PATHOLOGY AND PROGNOSIS AFTER TBI
Amy
Wagner, UPMC
IMPROVING
THE ODDS: REHABILITATING THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM
Mark
Ashley, Centre for NeuroSkills
NEUROPROTECTION:
BETTING ON PROGESTERONE
David
Wright, Emory Univ. |
Champagne
Ballroom |
| 9:45am
– 11:00am
CME |
POSTER
SESSION A & COFFEE BREAK
STUDENT
COMPETITION FINAL JUDGING (P1-19) |
Concorde
Ballroom |
| 11:00am
– 12:30pm
CME
|
S2A:
LABORATORY INTERVENTIONS THAT TRANSLATE TO CLINICAL USE IN
NEUROTRAUMA REHABILITATION
Chair:
Ross Zafonte, Harvard
NEW
LESSONS FROM STUDIES OF ENRICHED ENVIRONMENTS AFTER TBI
Anthony
E. Kline, Univ. Pittsburgh
TRAINING
AND RETRAINING AFTER SCI
David
Magnuson, Univ. Louisville
ESTABLISHING
NEUROREHABILITATION PARAMETERS FOR HUMAN SCI USING BASIC SCIENCE
MODELS
Michelle
Basso, Ohio State Univ. |
Champagne
Ballroom A |
| 11:00am
– 12:30pm
CME
|
S
2B: SUCCESS IN IN VITRO
MODELING
Chair:
Michelle LaPlaca, Georgia Institute of Technology
OUTCOME
MEASURES IN IN VITRO MODELING OF TBI/ VALIDATION OF IN VITRO
MODELS
Barclay
Morrison, Columbia
TRANSLATING
TBI/SCI IN VITRO MODELS TO ANIMAL MODELS
Candace
Floyd, UA, Birmingham
IN
VITRO MODELING IN TBI: A CLINICAL CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE
Andrew
Baker, St. Michael's Hospital
TRANSLATING
IN VITRO RESEARCH TO THE CLINIC IN CNS DISORDERS
Jill
Heemskerk, NINDS |
Champagne
Ballroom B |
| 12:30pm
– 2:00pm |
FREE
TIME FOR LUNCH |
ON
OWN |
12:45pm
– 2:00pm
CME
|
WINTR
SESSION: Mixing
Science & Motherhood: Achieving Balance
Coleen
Atkins, Linda Noble, Dong Sun, Christina Marmarou |
Champagne
Ballroom B |
2:00pm
– 3:30pm
CME |
POSTER
SESSION B - BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS |
Concorde
Ballroom |
|
3:30pm –
5:15pm
CME
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S3A:
NEUROCRITICAL CARE: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TBI
Chair:
David Adelson, Phoenix Children's Hospital
A
NURSING PERSPECTIVE IN THE NEURO ICU
Linda
Littlejohns, Univ. of Pennsylvania
IMAGING
BRAIN METABOLISM IN PEDIATRIC BRAIN INJURY
Jose
Pineda, Washington Univ.
CEREBRAL
OXYGEN MONITORING IN THE NEURO ICU
Ramon
Diaz-Arrastia, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Champagne
Ballroom A |
3:30pm
– 5:15pm
CME |
S3B:
MILD TBI: NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC & THERAPEUTIC AVENUES
Chair:
Douglas H. Smith, Univ. of Pennsylvania
HEAD
IMPACT EXPOSURES, HELMETS AND CONCUSSIONS
Rick
Greenwald, Simbex Corp.
DIFFUSE
AXONAL INJURY AND LONG TERM COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
Harvey
Levin, Baylor College of Medicine
EMERGING
TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR MILD TBI
Ross
Zafonte, Harvard Univ. |
Champagne
Ballroom B |
5:30pm
– 7:30pm
CME
|
WINTR
MENTORING PROGRAM & NETWORKING RECEPTION |
Versailles
Ballroom |

| 7:00am
– 8:00am |
Continental
Breakfast |
Concorde
Ballroom |
| 7:00am
– 8:00am |
NNS
Business Meeting |
Versailles
Ballroom |
| 7:00am
– 5:00pm |
NNS
Registration / Check-In |
Conference
Lobby at Paris Hotel
|
| 8:00am
– 9:30am
CME
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S4:
NEUROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION
Chair:
John Povlishock, VCU
CEREBRAL
VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION AFTER CONCUSSIVE AND BLAST-INDUCED BRAIN
INJURY
Doug
DeWitt, UTMB
TRAUMATIC
CEREBRAL VASOSPASM:IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT
Rocco
Armonda, United States Army
ANGIOGENESIS
IN THE INJURED SPINAL CORD: METHODS, MECHANISMS, AND THERAPEUTIC
TARGETS
Richard
Benton, Univ. of Louisville |
Champagne
Ballroom |
| 9:30am
– 10:45am
CME
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POSTER
SESSION C
COFFEE
BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS |
Concorde
Ballroom |
| 10:45am
– 12:00pm
CME
|
5A:
OPEN COMMUNICATIONS - EXPERIMENTAL TBI
Chairs:
Kacy Cullen, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Alan
Faden, University of Maryland School of Medicine |
Champagne
Ballroom A |
OA1
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ROLE
OR THE NOS3 GENE IN EARLY POST-INJURY CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS
Claudia
Robertson, Baylor College of Medicine
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OA2
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BRAIN
INJURY CAUSED BY BLAST-INDUCED HYPERACCELERATION
Gary
Fiskum, University of Maryland School of Medicine |
OA3
|
POST-TREATMENT
WITH ANTI-INTERLEUKIN-1? ANTIBODY IMPROVES HISTOLOGICAL
AND COGNITIVE OUTCOME FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
IN MICE
Fredrik
Clausen, Uppsala University |
OA4
|
TRACT-BASED
SPATIAL STATISTICS REVEALS WIDESPREAD MICROSTRUCTURAL
WHITE MATTER DISRUPTION WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF MILD TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY
Fan-pei
Yang, University of California at San Francisco |
OA5
|
INHIBITION
OF AQP4 AND -9 WITH NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES REDUCES
BRAIN EDEMA, SECONDARY NEURONAL DAMAGE AND FUNCTIONAL
DEFICITS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Yuchuan
Ding, Wayne State University, School of Medicine |
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|
| 10:45am
– 12:00pm
CME |
5B:
OPEN COMMUNICATIONS - EXPERIMENTAL SCI
Chairs:
Jim Geddes, Univ. of Kentucky
Dalton
Dietrich, The Miami Project |
Champagne
Ballroom B |
|
OB1
|
LOCOMOTOR
AND GAIT IMPAIRMENTS FOLLOWING LOW CERVICAL SPINAL CORD
INJURY (C-SCI) AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF TMS ON THESE
DISABILITIES
Prodip
Bose, North Florida/South Georgia
Veterans Health System and
Univ. of Florida |
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OB2
|
A
DATA-INTENSIVE, BIOINFORMATIC APPROACH FOR TRANSLATIONAL
SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH
Adam
Ferguson, University of California, San Francisco |
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OB3
|
GAP
JUNCTION FUNCTION AND EXPRESSION IN SECONDARY SPINAL
CORD WHITE MATTER INJURY
Karina
Goncharenko, University of Toronto |
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OB4
|
FAS/FASL
MEDIATED APOPTOSIS AND INFLAMMATION ARE KEY FEATURES
OF HUMAN AND MURINE SPINAL CORD INJURY: IMPLICATIONS
FOR TRANSLATIONAL, CLINICAL APPLICATION
Wenru
Yu, Toronto Western Hospital |
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OB5
|
TWENTY-FOUR
HOUR WHEELCHAIR IMMOBILIZATION AFTER INCOMPLETE SCI
IN THE RAT
Krista
Caudle, University of Louisville |
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| 10:45am
– 12:00pm
CME
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5C:
OPEN COMMUNICATIONS - CLINICAL
Chair:
David Okonkwo, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Lars
Hillered, Uppsala University Hospitall |
Versailles
Ballroom |
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OC1
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PROLONGED
DURATIONS EVIDENCE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF SPREADING DEPOLARIZATIONS
IN HUMAN BRAIN TRAUMA
Jed
Hartings, Univ. of Cincinnati |
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OC2
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EARLY
REMOVAL OF SUBDURAL DRAIN SYSTEMS FOLLOWING ACUTE SUBDURAL
HEMATOMA DOES NOT INCREASE RISK OF REOPERATION
Joshua
Bauer, Univ. of Pittsburgh |
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OC3
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CLINICAL
OUTCOMES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY
Hannah
B. Valino, UCLA |
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OC4
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EARLY
FRACTURE FIXATION IMPROVES SELECT OUTCOMES IN TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS
Megan
Brenner, Univ. Maryland |
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OC5
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NEUROTRAUMA
BASIC RESEARCH AND NEUROREHABILITATION: RESULTS FROM
THE NEUROTRAUMA 2009 INTERACTIVE SURVEY
Christopher
Giza, UCLA BIRC |
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| 12:00pm
– 1:00pm |
FREE
TIME FOR LUNCH |
ON
OWN |
| 1:00pm
– 5:00pm
CME
|
COMPARATIVE
EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH FOR TBI:
EU
and USA Perspectives Adjunct Workshop
Chair:
Ramona Hicks
TBI:
Phenotypes, Treatments & Outcomes - Geoff Manley
TBI
Research in the EU: State of Play and Unmet Needs - David
Menon
Studying
TBI Using a Natural Experimental Approach- Betsy Sandel
Comparative
Effectiveness Research: What Can It Bring to the Field of
TBI? - Hester Lingsma
Pediatric
Considerations for TBI Research- Jose Pineda
A
Vision for for the Future: Benefits of International Collaboration
in TBI - Andrew Maas
Panel
Discussion
Strategies
for an International Comparative Effectiveness Study for TBI
Moderator:
Andrew Maas
Panel:
Geoff Manley, David Menon, Hester Lingsma, Jose Pineda, Betsy
Sandel, Ken Curley, Patricia Tosetti, Ramona Hicks.
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Versailles
Ballroom
1
& 2 |
|
1:00pm
– 5:00pm
CME |
HANDS-ON
SPINAL WORKSHOP
Supported
by Synthes Spine
Chair:
Steven Casha
This
interactive session is intended to review the principals of
management of the traumatically destabilized spine with emphasis
on surgical management. There will be an opportunity to learn
current fixation techniques through a practical component
with sawbone insertion of current spinal instrumentation.
Case illustrations will be used to generate discussion with
faculty with short didactic summaries addressing current principals
and controversies.
Faculty:
Roland
A Torres
Steve
Casha
Eve
Tsai
Martina
Stippler
Kenneth
Blumenfeld
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Versailles
Ballroom
3
& 4
|
| 6:30pm
– 10:00pm |
DINNER & STUDENT AWARDS CEREMONY |
Champagne
Ballroom |

7:00am
– 8:00am |
Continental
Breakfast |
Concorde
Ballroom |
7:00am
– 8:00am |
Academic
Center Director/Administrator Breakfast |
Versailles
Ballroom |
7:00am
– 5:00pm |
NNS
Registration / Check-In |
Conference
Lobby at Paris Hotel |
8:00am
– 9:30am
CME
|
S6:
COGNITION
Chair:
Robert Hamm, VCU
INSIGHTS
INTO HUMAN BRAIN FUNCTION FORM INTRACRANIAL RECORDING
Robert
Knight, UC Berkeley
COGNITIVE
DECLINE IN AGING AND INJURY
Stephen
Scheff, Univ. of Kentucky
COGNITIVE
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEFICITS IN ANIMAL MODELS OF TBI
Mark
Whiting, Radford Univ. |
Champagne
Ballroom |
9:30am
– 10:45am
CME
|
POSTER
SESSION D
BREAK
& VISIT EXHIBITS
|
Concorde
Ballroom |
10:45am
– 12:15pm
CME |
S7A:
CLINICAL TRIALS
Supported
by Acorda Therapeutics
Chair:
Ross Bullock, Univ. of Miami
THERAPEUTIC
ADVANCES IN SPINAL CORD INJURY:UPDATE ON CLINICAL TRIALS
Michael
Fehlings, Univ. of Toronto
BIOMARKERS
IN COMPLEX DISEASES
Marco
Sorani, Genentech, Inc
REDEFINING
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Geoff
Manley, UCSF
CHALLENGES
IN CLINICAL TRIALS: AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
Andrew
Blight, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc |
Champagne
Ballroom A |
10:45am
– 12:15pm
CME |
S7B:
TRAUMA
AND RECOVERY AT THE SYNAPSE
Chair:
Chaire Hulsebosch, UTMB
THE
SYNAPSE: FROM CELL BIOLOGY TO TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Andreas
Jeromin, Banyan Biomarkers
SYNAPTIC
FUNCTION AFTER IN VITRO TRAUMA: WHO CHANGED THE CHANNELS?
Leslie
Satin, Univ. of Michigan
SYNAPTIC
REORGANIZATION BY THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
Linda
Phillips, VCU
|
Champagne
Ballroom B |
12:15pm
– 2:00pm |
FREE
TIME FOR LUNCH |
ON
OWN
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2:00pm
– 3:30pm
CME |
S8A:
POST
TRAUMATIC SEIZURE: MODELS TO MEN
Chair:
John Slevin, Univ. of Kentucky
EXPERIMENTAL
MODELS OF POST-TRAUMATIC SEIZURE AND EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY
John Slevin, Univ. of Kentucky
MONITORING
AND MODIFYING EPILEPTIFORM CIRCUITS AND PTSD WITH DIFFUSION
TENSOR IMAGING, GENOMIC, AND NOVEL TREATMENT TECHNIQUES
Tom
Sutula, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
EPILEPSY AND TBI, THE MILITARY EXPERIENCE
Donald
Marion, DVBIC |
Champagne
Ballroom A
|
2:00pm
– 3:30pm
CME
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S8B:
NEW WINDOWS INTO THE INJURED BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD: MICROSTRUCTURAL,
METABOLIC AND MOLECULAR
Chair:
Pratik Mukherjee, UCSF DISRUPTIONS
OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN TBI AND THEIR
NEUROCOGNITIVE CORRELATES Pratik
Mukherjee, UCSF
FUNCTIONAL
MRI OF THE SPINAL CORD Patrick
Stroman, Queen's Univ.
REGIONAL
MR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING OF PEDIATRIC TBI:NORMAL APPEARING
BRAIN IS NOT NORMAL
Barbara
Holshouser, Loma Linda Univ.
IN
VIVO CELL TRACKING OF IMMUNE CELLS IN THE CNS USING NOVEL
PERFLUORCARBON-BASED TRACER AGENTS AND FLUORINE-19 MRI DETECTION
Eric
T. Ahrens, Carnegie Melon Univ. |
Champagne
Ballroom B
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| 3:30pm
– 4:00pm
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BREAK
& VISIT EXHIBITS |
Concorde
Ballroom
|
| 4:00pm
– 5:30pm
CME
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S9:
OXIDATIVE
STRESS-WHY IT'S STILL IMPORTANT IN CNS INJURY
Chair:
Ed Hall, Univ. of Kentucky
NRF2
ACTIVATION ATTENUATES PATHOLOGIC OUTCOMES IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC
MODELS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS-INDUCED NEURONAL DAMAGE
Jeffrey
Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
TARGETING
OXIDATIVE STRESS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY
Ed
Hall, Univ. of Kentucky
ASSESSING
AND MODULATING OXIDATIVE STRESS AT THE BEDSIDE IN NEUROCRITICAL
CARE
Hulya
Bayir, Univ. of Pittsburgh |
Champagne
Ballroom |
| 5:30pm
– 6:00pm
CME
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PATIENT
PERSPECTIVE- Crystal
Elmendorf
&
CLOSING REMARKS |
Champagne
Ballroom |
| 6:00pm
– 8:00pm |
NNS
2011 Planning Meeting |
Loire
Room |

ALL
DAY |
DEPARTURES
|
Main
Lobby |
8:00am
- 12:00pm |
INTS
2011 Program Committee Meeting |
Versailles
4 |
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