2022 Conference Schedule
This conference will be a hybrid event that you can attend in-person or online. Please note the pre-conference sessions and workshop require an additional fee to attend. All times are in the Pacific time zone (PST). Live sessions marked with an asterisk (*) will be available only as in-person or livestreamed and will not be recorded.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Pre-Conference Sessions
1 – 5:30 pm PST (2 sessions, 4 CE contact hours)
*Suturing Course
This course requires an additional fee of $120 to attend.
Tracey Anderson, MSN FNP-BC ACNP-BC CNRN
Roxanne Buterakos, DNP RN PCPNP-BC AG-ACNP-BC
Advanced Neuroassessment and Anatomy
This course requires an additional fee of $120 to attend.
Linda Littlejohns, MSN RN SCRN CNRN FAAN
Twyila Lay, MSN ANP-BC ACNP-BC CNRN
Opening Reception with Posters and Exhibitors
5:30 – 7 pm PST
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Breakfast with Exhibitors
7 – 8 am PST
Concurrent Sessions
7:30 – 8:30 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Saving the CNS: Resuscitation and Management of the Multi-Trauma Patient with Head or Spine Injury
Roxanne Buterakos, DNP RN PCPNP-BC AG-ACNP-BC
Megan Keiser, DNP RN CNRN SCRN CHSE ACNS-BC NP-C
When Patients Grow Up: Transitioning to Adult Care with Epilepsy
Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES
Concurrent Sessions
8:40 – 9:40 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
It's Personal, It’s Strictly TBI: Individualizing Care for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury using Multimodal Neuro Monitoring
Lawrence Chyall, MS RN CNS CCRN
Coagulopathy Reversal
Joshua Medow, MD MSc PhD FAANS FACS FNCS FAHA FCCM
Break with Exhibitors
9:40 – 10:10 am PST
Concurrent Sessions
10:10 – 11:10 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
General Cognitive Evaluation and Management for the Advanced Practice Provider
Christina Weyer Jamora, PhD RN CBIST
Diabetes in the Neuro Patient
Melissa Moreda, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CCRN CNRN SCRN
Pharmacology Hours: 1 CE
Lunch with Exhibitors
11:10 am – 12:30 pm PST
Concurrent Sessions
12:30 – 1:00 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
When Your Patient Needs a Salty Brain: Diagnosis and Management of SIASH and CSW
Megan Keiser, DNP RN CNRN SCRN CHSE ACNS-BC NP-C
The Pharmacology of Cannabis
Marianne Vyas, PhD RN MSN ANP-BC
Concurrent Sessions
1:10 – 1:40 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Mimics, Chameleons and Practice Pearls
Lynn Hundley, MSN APRN CCNS CNRN ANVP-BC
COVID and the Management of the Immunocompromised Patient
Heidi Maloni, PhD ANP-BC CNRN MSCN
Break with Exhibitors
1:40 – 2:10 pm PST
Concurrent Sessions
2:10 – 3:10 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Headache Differentiation and Treatment
Amy Larson
Choosing the Right Medications for the Right Reasons
Reamer Bushardt, PharmD PA-C DFAAPA
Educational Session
3:30 – 5:30 pm PST (1 session, 2 CE contact hours)
*Role Development Workshop
This course requires an additional fee of $60 to attend.
Tracey Anderson, MSN CNRN FNP-BC ACNP-BC
Friday, January 7, 2022
Concurrent Sessions
7:30 – 8:30 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Treating thE Whole Brain: Mental Health in Epilepsy
Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES
The Neurobiology of Addiction: Opioids, Alcohol, and Beyond
Marianne Vyas, PhD RN MSN ANP-BC
Concurrent Sessions
8:40 – 9:40 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Pharmacology
Reamer Bushardt, PharmD PA-C DFAAPA
Complex Case Review
Joshua Medow, MD MSc PhD FAANS FACS FNCS FAHA FCCM
Break
9:40 – 10:10 am PST
Concurrent Sessions
10:10 – 10:40 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Deep Brain Stimulation: Who, When, How and WOW!
Farrokh Farrokhi, MD
Management of Migraines
Amy Larson
Concurrent Sessions
10:50 – 11:20 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Current Management of MS
Heidi Maloni, PhD ANP-BC CNRN MSCN
Post-Concussive Evaluation and Treatment
Christina Weyer Jamora, PhD RN CBIST
Lunch
11:20 am – 12:30 pm PST
Concurrent Sessions
12:30 – 1 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
AI Application in Neurosciences: Separating Fact from Fantasy
Farrokh Farrokhi, MD
Metabolic Causes of Encephalitis
Melissa Moreda, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CCRN CNRN SCRN
Concurrent Sessions
1:10 – 1:40 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Post-ictal Psychosis and Management of Epilepsy
Madona Plueger, MSN RN ACNS-BC CNRN FAES
Put Your Money Where Their Mouth Is: Improvements for Neuroscience Patients
Virginia Prendergast, PhD NP-C FAAN CNRN
Concurrent Sessions
1:50 – 2:20 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Pre-Post Spine Workup
Cindy Sullivan
The Spine and Compassion
Lawrence Chyall, MS RN CNS CCRN
Break
2:20 – 2:50 pm PST
Concurrent Sessions
2:50 – 3:50 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Acute Management of Spine Trauma
Kimberly Meyer, PhD APRN CNRN
When Chronic Becomes Acute
Joseph Haymore, DNP RN APRN
Concurrent Sessions
4:00 – 4:30 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Cathy Cartwright, DNP RN-BC PCNS FAAN
Pituitary Tumor
Brad Zacharia, MD MS
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Concurrent Sessions
8 – 8:30 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)
Medical Memory: Don’t Go To Work Without It
Virginia Prendergast, PhD NP-C FAAN CNRN
Management of ICU and Post-ICU Delirium
Joseph Haymore, DNP RN APRN
Concurrent Sessions
8:40 – 9:40 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
But I'm Too Young to Have a Stroke
DaiWai Olson, PhD RN CCRN FNCS
Brain Metastases
Brad Zacharia, MD MS
Break
9:40 – 10:10 am PST
Concurrent Sessions
10:10 – 11:10 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Common Law Aspects of Advanced Practice
Cathy Cartwright, DNP RN-BC PCNS FAAN
Evaluation & Management of Intracranial Aneurysms
Kimberly Meyer, PhD APRN CNRN
Concurrent Sessions
11:20 – 11:50 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Pediatric Hydrocephalus
Marike Zwienenberg, MD FAANS
Surgical Infections
Cindy Sullivan
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 available for each component of the event are as follows:
- Pre-conference sessions: 4 CE contact hours each
- Workshop: 2 CE contact hours
- Neuroscience Advanced Practice Provider Educational Meeting: 20 CE content hours (without pre-conference sessions or workshop)