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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
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
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.