2023 Conference Schedule

Pre-Conference Sessions

12:45 –2:45 pm PST (2 sessions)

Advanced Cerebral Imaging

This course requires an additional fee to attend and will only be offered in-person.

Advanced EEG Interpretation and Identification

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

This course requires an additional fee to attend and will only be offered in-person.

AEDs for the Management and Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy

This course requires an additional fee to attend.
Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES

Opening Reception with Posters and Exhibitors

5:00 – 6:30 pm PST

Non-CE Breakfast Symposium

7 – 8 am PST

Coffee with Exhibitors

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?

Michele Grigaitis-Reyes, DNP FNP-BC CNRN FAAN

Glioblastoma: From Diagnosis to Treatment and Beyond

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

Tracey Anderson, MSN CNRN FNP-BC ACNP-BC
Michelle Lancaster, PA-C

Seeing the Light: Evaluation and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Kim Meyer, PhD ACNP-BC CNRN

Concurrent Sessions

10:50 – 11:20 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)

Utilization of TEG in TBI

Michael Huang, MD FAANS

Functional Neurologic Disorder

Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES

Lunch with Exhibitors

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

Allie Schaber, MSN APRN FNP-C

Shunt Malfuntion and Infections

Christi DeLemos

Concurrent Sessions

1:10 – 2:10 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hours)

Advances in Pharmaceutical Management in Headache

Vinh Dao, PharmD

Spreading Deploarization Contributes to Secondary Brain Injury

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

Michael Huang, MD FAANS

How to Become a Published Author When You Aren't Given Time to Write

DaiWai Olson, PhD RN FNCS

Break with Exhibitors

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

Vinh Dao, PharmD
Rebecca Vogsland, DPT OCS

Epilepsy in the Developmentally Disabled Adult: When Drugs Don't Control Seizures

Rupert Exconde, MD

Concurrent Sessions

4:30 – 5:00 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)

Up, Down and All Around: Nystagmus

Audrey Paulson, DNP FNP-BC RN SCRN CCRN CNRN

Neurology Medications: Is Your Pediatric Patient at Risk?

Jennifer Coffman, DNP APRN CPNP-AC CNRN

Non-CE Breakfast Symposium

7 – 8 am 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

Michael McCabe, MD

Cerebrovascular Injury Associated with Penetrating Brain Injury

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

Britta Lindquist, PhD MD

Alzheimer's Disease: Pharmacologic Management and Research Update

Michele Grigaitis-Reyes, DNP FNP-BC CNRN FAAN

10:50 – 11:20 am PST (1 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)

Hydracephalus Workup

Christi DeLemos

Lunch with Exhibitors

11:20 am – 12:30 pm PST

Non-CE Symposium Lunch

11:30 am – 12:30 pm PST

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

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

Mona Stecker, DNP NP-BC CNRN SCRN
Mark Stecker, PhD MD FAAN FASNM FACNS

Neuropsychopharmacology Primer: Neurotransmission and Drugs

Marianne Beare Vyas, PhD RN ANP-BC CNRN

Break with Exhibitors

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

Jennifer Coffman, DNP APRN CPNP-AC CNRN

ICU Delirium: An Ounce of Prevention

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

Michael McCabe, MD

Non-Pharmceutical Management of Headache

Rebecca Vogsland, DPT OCS

Concurrent Sessions

8 – 9:00 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

Confounding Variable in the Workup of Spine Disorders

Tracey Anderson, MSN CNRN FNP-BC ACNP-BC

Mental Health Disorders: A Spotlight on Neurobiology and Pharmacotherapeutic Actions for Mood, Psychosis & Impulse Control

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

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

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

DaiWai Olson, PhD RN FNCS

Do You See What I See

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

Brad Douglas, MSN RN ACNP-BC

Perioperative Pituitary Tumor Resection Guideline for Identifying and Treating Neuroendocrine Complications

Patricia Simonowicz, MSN RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN