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Agenda

THURSDAY, OCT 31

CME: 3 UNITS

 10:30 -

Registration

 11:00 – 12:50 

Welcome Refreshments 

 12:50 - 1:00 

Welcome

 Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres. 

 1:00 – 2:00 

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Autoimmune Encephalitis and Dementia 

Michael Wilson, MD (UCSF)

 2:00 – 3:00 

Autoimmune Pernicious Anemia:
What Medical School Did Not Teach You 

George Sarka, MD, DrPH (CSMC, CSUN, SMMC)

3:00 – 3:30

Exhibits & Coffee Break

3:30 - 4:30

Autoimmune Encephalitis in Children

Mary Karalius, MD (UCSF)

5:00 - 6:00

Reception Hosted by CNS 

The History of Halloween

Exhibit Hall and Conference Room George Sarka, MD, DrPH (CSMC, CSUN, SMMC) [No CME]

6:15 – 7:15​

Dinner for Attendees Hosted by CNS
Tremendous Advances in Transthyretin Amyloidosis Treatment:

What Neurologists Need to Know

PeerView CME (1 unit CME)

Sami L. Khella, MD (UPenn)

7:30 - 9:30

Board Meeting

[7 – 9]

[Board Meeting with dinner]

​Attendees - Dinner on your Own

Courtyard & Exhibit Hall

Agenda

FRIDAY, NOV 1

CME: 7.5 UNITS

7:00 – 8:00

Breakfast / Registration 

Exhibit Hall

7:50 – 8:00

Welcome

Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres.

8:00 – 9:00

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Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

Dean M. Wingerchuk, MD  (Mayo Clinic Scottsdale)

9:00 – 10:00

GAD Ab Spectrum Disorders

Rodrigo Rodriguez, Jr.,MD (Keck School of Med, USC, LANS Pres.)

10:00 - 10:30

Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00

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

 12:00 - 

Lunch Provided by CNS for Attendees

 Exhibits 

12:30 – 1:30

Topsy Turvy Treatment: A Case-Based Exploration of Huntington’s Chorea

Clinical Care Options CME 1 unit 

Adys Mendizabal, MD, MS (UCLA)

- 2:00

 Lunch Time End 

 Exhibits 

2:00 – 3:00

NeuroSarcoidosis

Chay Bae, DO (SMMC)

3:00 - 4:00

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NeuroVasculitis

Tanaz Kermani, MD (UCLA)

4:00 - 4:30

 Break 

4:30 - 5:30

Neurological Complications of Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases

Mariko Ishimori, MD (CSMC)

5:30 - 6:30

M.S. in NeuroRheumatologic Disorders

Chris Lock, MD (Stanford)

6:30 - 7:00

Reception

Exhibit Hall 

7:00 - 8:00

Dinner for Attendees Hosted by CNS

Conference Room

(8:00 - 9:00)

Alexion: Terminal Complement Inhibition in anti-AQP4 antibody positive NMOSD

Yasir Jassam, M.D (Hoag Medical Center) -

Conference Room

FULLAGENDA

Agenda

SATURDAY, NOV 2

CME: 8 UNITS

6:30 – 8:00

Breakfast / Registration

Exhibit Hall

6:30 – 7:30

UCB: A New Treatment Option for Generalized 
Myasthenia Gravis

Samir Macwan, MD (Eisenhower Medical Center)

7:50 – 8:00 

Welcome

Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres.

8:00 – 9:00

NeuroLupus and the Spectrum of CNS, PNS and ANS Involvement

Dan Wallace, MD (CSMC, UCLA)

9:00 – 10:00

Peripheral Neuropathy in Sjogren’s Syndrome:  New Best Practice Guidelines

Robert I. Fox, MD, PhD (Scripps)

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break 

Exhibit Hall

10:30 – 11:30 

Fibromyalgia: More than Widespread Pain

Stuart Silverman, MD (CSMC, UCLA)

11:30 -

Lunch Provided by CNS for Attendees 

Exhibits Hall

12:00 – 1:00

Early Recognition + Earlier Intervention = Slowing the Progression in Mild Cognitive Impairment / Early Alzheimer’s

Jose Soria, MD (Dir. Clinical Research, The Neuron Clinic SD)

Total CME (1 unit CME)

- 1:30 

Lunch Time Ends

Exhibits Hall

1:30 - 2:30 

Myositis: Clinical, Pathology and Beyond

Shalini Mahajan, MD (CSMC)

2:30 - 3:30 

IgG4 Related Disease: Clinical Pearls

R. Swamy Venuturupalli, MD (Attune Health; CSMC, UCLA)

3:30 - 4:00 

Coffee Break

Exhibits Hall

4:00 - 5:00 

Case Presentations in Autoimmune 
Neuropathies 

Perry Shieh, MD, PhD (UCLA)

5:00 - 6:00 

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and New and 
Emerging Treatment Options

Academic CME (1 unit CME)
Perry Shieh, MD, PhD (UCLA)

6:00 - 6:30 

CNS Reception 

Exhibits Hall

6:30 - 9:30 

[7:00 - 9:00]

CNS Dinner Presentation: 
Jean Martin Charcot: 
More than a Neurologist

George Sarka, MD, DrPH (CSUN;CSMC)

Agenda

SUNDAY, NOV 3

CME: 3 UNITS

7:00 – 8:30

Breakfast/ Registration

Exhibit Hall

7:50 – 8:00

Welcome

Stella Legarda, MD, CNS Pres.

8:00 – 9:00

Lyme Disease

Tom Cesario, MD (UCI)

9:00 – 10:00

Movement Disorders in Rheumatic Disease

Jeff Bronstein, MD, PhD (UCLA)

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

10:30 – 11:30 

Cases in NeuroOphthalmology

Mark Marrow, MD (Montage)

11:30-11:45

AAN Report 

11:45 - 12:15 

CNS Members Report 

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

Greeting, Future of CNS & Adjourn

12:15 - 12:30

Jeff Klingman, MD, New CNS Pres.

12:30-1:30

CNS Conference Planning Committee

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Downloadables

Mingling

Accreditation Statement:

“Neuro-Rheumatology Crossroads”​

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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.

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CME Consultants designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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