SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 20147:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

The Bradley Lecture Center at Children’s of Alabama

Fourth Floor, Children’s Harbor Building

1600 Sixth Avenue South • Birmingham, AL 35233

UAB Neurology & Neurosurgery 2014 Updatein collaboration with the Alabama Academy of Neurology

A CME event for health care professionals.Register Online uab.edu/medicine/cnc

PROGRAM OVERVIEWThe purpose of this knowledge-based program is to enable the neurologist, neurosurgeon, internist, and/or geriatrician and their associated nurses, nurse practitioners, and/or physical assistants to properly diagnosis patients with neurological conditions, as well as be able to offer them the most current treatment therapies available inclusive of research programs. The program hopes to enable these physicians and health care professionals to handle urgent situations that might arise.

LEARNING OBJECTIVESUpon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Diagnose various neurological disorders• Evaluate medical and surgical treatment options for

neurological disorders• Discuss new cutting edge therapies for neurological disorders

7:45 AM Registration / Breakfast

8:15 AM Welcome James M. Markert Jr, MD, MPH David G. Standaert, MD, PhD

8:30 AM Update on Parkinson’s Disease David G. Standaert, MD, PhD

9:00 AM Diagnostic Approach to Ataxia Talene A. Yacoubian, MD, PhD

9:30 AM Alzheimer’s and Dementia David S. Geldmacher, MD

10:00 AM Break

10:30 AM Medical Management of Stroke Michael J. Lyerly, MD

11:00 AM Update on Neurointerventional Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke Mark R. Harrigan, MD

11:30 AM Lunch / AAN Business Meeting Amit Arora, MD

NOON AAN Practice Presentation: Volume to Value Neil A. Busis, MD, FAAN

1:00 PM Cannabidiol for Epilepsy Jerzy P. Szaflarski, MD, PhD

1:30 PM Break

2:00 PM Update on Epilepsy Surgery Options Kristen O. Riley, MD

2:30 PM Advances in Neurocritical Care Angela Hays Shapshak, MD

3:00 PM Biomechanics of Sports Concussion: Implications for Helmet Standards James M. Johnston Jr, MD

3:30 PM Q&A

TARGET AUDIENCEThis program is designed for physicians and other health care professionals in practice and training who care for patients with neurological disorders.

GUEST SPEAKER NEIL A. BUSIS, MD, FAAN, is director of community neurology of the University of Pittsburgh Physicians Department of Neurology and visiting clinical professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is chief of Neurology and director of the Neurodiagnostic Laboratory at UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA. Busis serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), is a former chair and current member of the AAN Medical Economics and Management Committee and is a member of its Meeting Management Committee. He is a former president of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) and former chair of its Professional Practice Committee. He served on the American Medical Association’s CPT®, Relative Value Update and Practice Expense Advisory Committees representing the AAN and the AANEM.

AGENDA

ONLINE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

uab.edu/medicine/cnc

Registration Fee:

• $30 for Non-Alabama Academy of Neurology Members• No charge for Alabama Academy of Neurology Members• $40 if you would like attend and join the Alabama Academy

of Neurology• No charge for residents, medical students, and other health

care professionals in training• Advanced registration is requested. Fees include course

materials, breakfast, lunch, and refreshments.

Please make check payable to:UAB Neurology & Neurosurgery Update

Please mail registration confirmation with payment to::UAB

Sonja DeloachEyster 201

619 19th Street SouthBirmingham, AL 35249

For more information,please call 205.975.0287 or

email questions to sdeloach@uabmc.edu

Neil A. Busis, MD, FAANChief of Neurology and Director, Neurodiagnostic Laboratory,

UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA.

David S. Geldmacher, MD, FACP

Patsy and Charles Collat Endowed Professor of NeurologyDirector, Division of Memory Disorders and

Behavioral NeurologyMedical Director for Neurology, UAB Hospital

Mark R. Harrigan, MD

Associate Professor of NeurosurgeryMedical Director, Neurointervention

Interim Stroke Center Director

James M. Johnston Jr, MD

Assistant Professor of NeurosurgeryMedical Director of ThinkFirst Alabama

Michael J. Lyerly, MD

Assistant Professor of NeurologyDirector, Birmingham VAMC Stroke Center

James M. Markert Jr, MD, MPH

James Garber Galbraith Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery

Kristen O. Riley, MD

Associate Professor of NeurosurgeryDirector, Multidisciplinary Pituitary Disorder Clinic

Angela Hays Shapshak, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

David G. Standaert, MD, PhD

John N. Whitaker Professor and Chair of NeurologyDirector, Division of Movement Disorders

Jerzy P. Szaflarski, MD, PhD

Professor of NeurologyDirector, Division of EpilepsyDirector, UAB Epilepsy Center

Talene A. Yacoubian, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Neurology

FACULTY

LOCATION

The Bradley Lecture Center at Children’s of Alabama

Fourth Floor, Children’s Harbor Building

1600 Sixth Avenue South

Birmingham, Alabama 35233

The University of Alabama at Birmingham reserves the right to cancel all programs and return all fees. The liability of UAB

is limited to course fee. The University of Alabama at Birmingham will not be responsible for any losses incurred

by registrants, including, but not limited to, airline, cancellation charges or hotel deposits.

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CME CREDIT

The University of Alabama School of Medicine is

accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing

Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical

education for physicians. The University of Alabama

School of Medicine designates the educational activity

for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™.

Physicians should only claim commensurate with the

extent of their participation in the activity. The University

of Alabama School of Medicine is an equal opportunity/

affirmative action institution. It is the intent of the University

of Alabama at Birmingham to ensure that its educational

mission, and Continuing Medical Education activities in

particular, should not be influenced by the special interests

of individuals associated with its programs. Having an

interest in or an affiliation with any corporate organization

does not necessarily influence a speaker’s presentation,

but the relationship must be made known in advance to

the audience in accordance with the Standards of the

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

The faculty will disclose any interests prior to their

presentations.