
AGENDA
Registration
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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

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.