2024 Symposium Schedule
The 2024 Neuro-APP Symposium schedule will be posted soon. Please review the 2023 Neuro-APP schedule below to get an idea of the outstanding educational sessions you can expect to attend.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Registration
10:00 am – 6:00 pm PST
Pre-Conference Sessions
12:45 – 2:45 pm PST (2 sessions)
Advanced Cerebral Imaging*
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
*This course requires an additional fee to attend.
Jason Talbott, MD PhD
Advanced EEG Interpretation and Identification*
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
*This course requires an additional fee to attend.
Mona Stecker, DNP NP-BC CNRN SCRN
Mark Stecker, PhD MD FAAN FASNM FACNS
3:00 – 5:00 pm PST (2 sessions)
Advanced Spinal Imaging*
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
*This course requires an additional fee to attend.
Jason Talbott, MD PhD
AEDs for the Management and Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy*
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
*This course requires an additional fee to attend.
Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES
Opening Reception with Exhibitors & Posters
5:00 – 6:30 pm PST
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Registration
6:30 am – 4:30 pm PST
Non-CE Breakfast Symposium
7:00 am – 8:00 am PST
An Introduction to Field Medical Affairs for the Neuro APP
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Jamie Hamill, DNP PMHNP
Crystal Kelly, DHS MSN FNP
Neurocrine Biosciences
Coffee with Exhibitors & Posters
8 – 8:30 am PST
Concurrent Sessions
8:30 – 9:30 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Neurosurgical Decision Making in the Geriatric Population: How Do We Have the Conversation?
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Michele Grigaitis-Reyes, DNP FNP-BC CNRN FAAN
Glioblastoma: From Diagnosis to Treatment and Beyond (0.15 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Allie Schaber, MSN APRN FNP-C
Concurrent Sessions
9:40 – 10:40 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Optimizing the Role of the APP in Spine Care (0.25 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Tracey Anderson, MSN CNRN FNP-BC ACNP-BC
Michelle Lancaster, PA-C
Seeing the Light: Evaluation and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (0.5 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Kim Meyer, PhD ACNP-BC CNRN
10:50 – 11:20 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)
Utilization of TEG in TBI
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Michael Huang, MD FAANS
Functional Neurologic Disorder (0.15 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES
Lunch with Exhibitors & Posters
11:20 am – 12:30 pm PST
Concurrent Sessions
12:30 – 1:00 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Management of Vestibular Schwannomas
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Allie Schaber, MSN APRN FNP-C
Shunt Malfunction and Infections
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Christi DeLemos, MSN CNRN ACNP-BC
Concurrent Sessions
1:10 – 2:10 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hours)
Advances in Pharmaceutical Management in Headache (1 pharm hour)
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Vinh Dao, PharmD
Spreading Depolarization Contributes to Secondary Brain Injury
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Britta Lindquist, PhD MD
Concurrent Sessions
2:20 – 2:50 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)
Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Management of TBI
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Michael Huang, MD FAANS
How to Become a Published Author When You Aren't Given Time to Write
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
DaiWai Olson, PhD RN FNCS
Break with Exhibitors & Posters
2:50 – 3:20 pm PST
Concurrent Sessions
3:20 – 4:20 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Advances and Management of Neuropathic Pain
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Vinh Dao, PharmD
Rebecca Vogsland, DPT OCS
Epilepsy in the Developmentally Disabled Adult: When Drugs Don't Control Seizures (0.25 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Rupert Exconde, MD
Concurrent Sessions
4:30 – 5:00 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)
Up, Down and All Around: Nystagmus
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Audrey Paulson, DNP FNP-BC RN SCRN CCRN CNRN
Neurology Medications: Is Your Pediatric Patient at Risk? (0.5 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Jennifer Coffman, DNP APRN CPNP-AC CNRN
Friday, January 13, 2023
Registration
7:30 am – 4:30 pm PST
Coffee with Exhibitors
8 – 8:30 am PST
Concurrent Sessions
8:30 – 9:30 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Workup and Treatment of Neuropathies and Myopathies and Use of EMG (0.25 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Michael McCabe, MD
Cerebrovascular Injury Associated with Penetrating Brain Injury (0.5 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Kim Meyer, PhD APRN CNRN
Concurrent Sessions
9:40 – 10:40 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Systemic Contributions to Neuro Protection in Acute Brain Injury (0.10 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Britta Lindquist, PhD MD
Alzheimer's Disease: Pharmacologic Management and Research Update (0.5 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Michele Grigaitis-Reyes, DNP FNP-BC CNRN FAAN
10:50 – 11:20 am PST (1 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)
Hydrocephalus Workup
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Christi DeLemos, MSN CNRN ACNP-BC
Non-CE Lunch Symposium
11:30 am – 12:30 pm PST
Understanding the Benefits of COMT Inhibition and ONGENTYS® (opicapone) Capsules for Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Paige Harris, NP
Neurocrine Biosciences
Session
12:30 – 2:00 pm PST (1 session, 1.5 CE contact hour)
You've Got Nerve: Nervous System Case Review for the APP (0.75 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Linda Littlejohns, MSN RN CNRN SCRN FAAN
Sandi Brettler, MSN RN CNRN
Concurrent Sessions
2:10 – 2:40 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Why Are You Here? Obtaining a Neurologic History and Physical Exam
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Mona Stecker, DNP NP-BC CNRN SCRN
Mark Stecker, PhD MD FAAN FASNM FACNS
Neuropsychopharmacology Primer: Neurotransmission and Drugs (0.5 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Marianne Beare Vyas, PhD RN ANP-BC CNRN
Break with Exhibitors & Posters
2:40 – 3:10 pm PST
Concurrent Sessions
3:10 – 4:10 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hours)
The Future of Child Neurology, Today: Novel Therapies and the Role of the APP
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Jennifer Coffman, DNP APRN CPNP-AC CNRN
ICU Delirium: An Ounce of Prevention (0.25 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Melody Chang, MD
Concurrent Sessions
4:20 – 5:20 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Making Sense of Subtle Findings in Neurological Exams
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Michael McCabe, MD
Non-Pharmaceutical Management of Headache
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Rebecca Vogsland, DPT OCS
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Registration
7:30 – 11:30 am PST
Concurrent Sessions
8 – 9:00 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Confounding Variable in the Workup of Spine Disorders
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Tracey Anderson, MSN CNRN FNP-BC ACNP-BC
Mental Health Disorders: A Spotlight on Neurobiology and Pharmacotherapeutic Actions for Mood, Psychosis & Impulse Control (1 pharm hour)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Marianne Beare Vyas, PhD RN ANP-BC CNRN
Concurrent Sessions
9:10 – 9:40 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)
Frequent Medications Used in Neuroscience ICUs (0.5 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Ebonye Green, MNSc ACNPC-AG CNRN SCRN APRN FNCS
Increasing Confidence in Interpreting Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis and an Update on Recommendations for the Use of MRI in MS
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Heidi Maloni, PhD ANP-BC CNRN MSCN
Break
9:40 – 10:10 am PST
Concurrent Sessions
10:10 – 11:10 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Statistics is Fun - No Really - Dude, I'm Serious - Stats are Fun
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
DaiWai Olson, PhD RN FNCS
Do You See What I See
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Audrey Paulson, DNP FNP-BC RN SCRN CCRN CNRN
Concurrent Sessions
11:20 – 11:50 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Advances in the Monitoring and Management of Post-SAH Vasospasm (0.25 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom B
Brad Douglas, MSN RN ACNP-BC
Perioperative Pituitary Tumor Resection Guideline for Identifying and Treating Neuroendocrine Complications (0.25 pharm hours)
Room: Centennial Ballroom C&D
Patricia Simonowicz, MSN RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN
Continuing Education Credit
The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP: 13331).
Successful completion: Participants must be registered for the conference and attend the session(s). Attendees can earn 1 CE contact hour for every 60 minutes of educational session they attend and evaluate. Participants must complete an overall conference evaluation to receive CE contact hours. CE contact hours will be awarded through March 15, 2023.
CE contact hours available for each component of the event are as follows:
- Pre-conference sessions: 2 CE contact hours each
- Neuroscience Advanced Practice Provider Educational Meeting: 28 CE contact hours (without pre-conference sessions)