2024 Symposium Schedule

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

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

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

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