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Convention

AGENDA

Agenda

THURSDAY, MAY 2

CME: 2.5 UNITS

 10:30 

Registration

 11:00 – 12:50 

 Browsing -  Exhibit Hall Open 

 12:50-1:00 

Welcome

 Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres. 

 1:00 – 1:50 

 A.I. Overview and applications: “Intelligence is about memory” not high-speed computing 

 Guy Paillet (Founder General Vision Inc., Pioneer AI coding; VP of MPAI) 

 1:50 – 2:40 
zoom

Brain Mapping and AI // AI in Neurosurgery 

Edward Chang, MD (Chair Neurosurgery UCSF)

2:40 – 3:10

Exhibits & Coffee Break

3:10-4:00

Sjogren’s

George Sarka, MD, DrPH (CSUN;CSMC)

 4:00-4:30 

Questions/Discussion/Break

[No CME]

4:30-5:20

zoom

EEG, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Progress

Jeremy Slater, MD (UThealth)

5:30 – 6:30

 CNS Reception (for everyone) 

 Exhibit Hall 

6:30-9:00

[Board Meeting with dinner]

[7 – 9]

[Board Meeting with dinner]

​Attendees - Dinner on your Own

Courtyard & Exhibit Hall

Agenda

FRIDAY, MAY 3

CME: 8 UNITS

7:00–8:00

 Breakfast / Registration 

Exhibit Hall

7:50 – 8:00

Welcome

Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres.

8:00 – 8:50

From AI to ALD

George Sarka, MD, DrPH (CSUN;CSMC)

8:50–9:40

Current & Potential Uses of Machine Learning in Headache Medicine

Robert Cowan, MD (Stanford)

9:40-10:10

Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:10-11:00

Acute Stroke

Jeffrey Klingman, MD (Kaiser N.CA; Pres. Elect CNS)

11:00 – 11:20

Discussion

11:20-11:30

Young Adults with Epilepsy Organization

 11:30 - 

Lunch Provided by CNS for Attendees

 Exhibits 

11:50–12:50

Product Theater by: None Possible open discussions about AI and review Articles and Interviews about AI (no CME)

 Exhibits 

- 1:20

 Lunch Time End 

1:20 – 2:10 zoom

 M.S. Update 

Daniel Bandari, MD (M.S. Center of California and Research Group)

2:10-3:00

TBI in Children and Teens

Meeryo Choe, MD (UCLA)

3:00-3:30

 Break 

3:30-5:00

Legislative Updates Advocacy & California Legislation CNS Positions and Duty of Care Med- Legal; Worker’s Comp.; TBI and children’s football; DMV Reporting of Epilepsy

Robert Weinmann, MD (Chair) Steve Cattolica(CNS State Advocate) Stella Legarda, MD (CNS Pres.) Johanna Rosenthal, MD, CNS BOD Steve Holtz, MD (past pres.) Jeff Klingman, MD, CNS Pres. Elect

5:00-6:00

Reception

Exhibit Hall 

6:00 – 9:30 
(7:00-9:00)

CNS Dinner: From Luddites to Technophobes to Hypnosis/Hypnotism

George Sarka, MD, DrPH (CSUN;CSMC) 

Agenda

SATURDAY, MAY 4

CME: 2 UNITS
PEARVIEW 1 UNIT CME

7:00–8:00

Breakfast / Registration

Exhibit Hall

7:50 – 8:00 

Welcome

Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres.

8:00 – 8:50

How Academic Neurology Programs Can partner with Community Neurologists

Amy Brooks-Kayal (Chair Neurology UCD)

8:50–9:40

Women’s Issues in Epilepsy

Kimberly Pargeon, MD (UCLA)

9:40-10:10

Coffee Break 

10:10–11:10 [PeerView 1 unit CME]

Navigating Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Expert Consult on Integrating the New Diagnostic Tools and Disease Modifying Therapies Into Your Clinical Practice

Leila Parand, MD (UCLA)

11:10-11:30

Questions / Discussion

11:30 -

Lunch Provided by CNS for Attendees 

[12:00–1:00]

Understanding NMOSD and Uplizna (anti-CD19) Treatment for Prevention of Attacks and Reducing Hospitalization

Christopher Lock, MD (Stanford) [Product Theater by Amgen]

1:00-2:00 

Membership Committee Meeting 

Conference Room 

1:00 – 

ACTIVITY BREAK And Dinner on your own

Time for You 

George Sarka, MD, DrPH (UCLA) SUNDAY,

Agenda

SUNDAY, MAY 5

CME: 3 UNITS

7:00 – 8:30

Breakfast/ Registration

Exhibit Hall

8:00 – 8:10

Welcome

Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres.

8:10 – 9:00

Neuroendocrinology Update

Lewis Blevins, MD (UCSF)

9:00– 9:50

Dementia Update

Leila Parand, MD (UCLA)

9:50-10:20

Coffee Break

10:20–11:10 zoom

LBD and PDD: Where are we Now?

Paula Ravin, MD (UCLA) 

11:10-11:40

Questions / Discussion

11:40-11:55 

CNS Members Report 

Stella Legarda, MD (CNS Pres.) + Committee Chairs

11:55-12:00

Announce the Fall Conference & Adjourn 

Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres.

12:00-1:00

CNS Conference Planning Committee

On the Patio outside conference rooms

Mingling

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of CME Consultants and the California Neurology Society. CME Consultants is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

CME Consultants designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Neurology, Policy,
& Patients

Hybrid Meeting: In-Person (with Covid protocols) and on Zoom

What

Spring 2025 Conference:

Neurology, Policy, & Patients

When

May 1st to

May 4th, 2025

Where

The Citizen Hotel
926 J St
Sacramento, CA  95814

Contact Us

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