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 and will only be offered in-person.
Roxanne Buterakos, DNP RN PCPNP-BC AG-ACNP-BC
Room:Indigo AB
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
Room: Indigo EF
Opening Reception with Exhibitors
5:30 – 7 pm PST
Room: Indigo West Foyer
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Breakfast with Exhibitors
7 – 8 am PST
Room: Indigo West Foyer
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
Room: Indigo AB
When Patients Grow Up: Transitioning to Adult Care with Epilepsy
Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES
Room: Indigo EF
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
Room: Indigo AB
Coagulopathy Reversal
Joshua Medow, MD MSc PhD FAANS FACS FNCS FAHA FCCM
Room: Indigo EF
Break with Exhibitors
9:40 – 10:10 am PST
Room: Indigo West Foyer
Poster Session
9:40 – 10:10 am PST
Room: Indigo AB
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
Room: Indigo AB
Diabetes in the Neuro Patient
Melissa Moreda, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CCRN CNRN SCRN
Pharmacology Hours: 1 CE
Room: Indigo EF
Non-CE Symposium Lunch
11:30 am – 12:30 pm PST
Understanding the Benefits of COMT Inhibition and ONGENTYS® (opicapone) Capsules for Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Room: Indigo AB
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
Room: Indigo AB
The Pharmacology of Cannabis
Marianne Beare Vyas, PhD RN MSN ANP-BC
Room: Indigo EF
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
Room: Indigo AB
COVID and the Management of the Immunocompromised Patient
Heidi Maloni, PhD ANP-BC CNRN MSCN
Room: Indigo EF
Break with Exhibitors
1:40 – 2:10 pm PST
Sponsored by Integra LifeSciences
Room: Indigo West Foyer (for in-person attendees)
Exhibitor Sessions will be held for virtual attendees from Neuroptics, Quest Healthcare, and Brain4Care
Concurrent Sessions
2:10 – 3:10 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Headache Differentiation and Treatment
Amy Larson, APRN CNP CNRN
Room: Indigo AB
*Pharmacotherapy and Mood Stabilizers: Beyond Bipolar Disorder
Reamer Bushardt, PharmD PA-C DFAAPA
Room: Indigo EF
Industry Poster Presentation
3:20 – 3:50 pm PST
Room: Indigo EF
Evaluation of Diazepam Nasal Spray in Patients With Seizure Clusters Concomitantly Receiving Clobazam: A Subgroup Analysis From a Completed Phase 3, Long-Term, Open-Label Safety Study
Sponsored by Neurelis
Once-Daily Valbenazine Is Effective for Tardive Dyskinesia in Elderly Patients (≥65 Years)
Sponsored by Neurocrine
Development of the MIND-TD Questionnaire as a Screening Tool for Tardive Dyskinesia
Sponsored by Neurocrine
Efficacy and Safety of Once-Daily Opicapone in Older Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Fluctuations
Sponsored by Neurocrine
Evaluating Patients’ Preferences for Parkinson’s Disease Treatments
Sponsored by Neurocrine
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 and will only be offered in-person.
Tracey Anderson, MSN CNRN FNP-BC ACNP-BC
Lynn Hundley, MSN APRN CCNS CNRN ANVP-BC
Room: Indigo AB
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
Room: Indigo AB
The Neurobiology of Addiction: Opioids, Alcohol, and Beyond
Marianne Beare Vyas, PhD RN MSN ANP-BC
Room: Indigo EF
Concurrent Sessions
8:40 – 9:40 am PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
*Best Practices in Prescribing Opioids: A Regulatory Perspective
Reamer Bushardt, PharmD PA-C DFAAPA
Room: Indigo AB
Complex Case Review
Joshua Medow, MD MSc PhD FAANS FACS FNCS FAHA FCCM
Room: Indigo EF
Break with Exhibitors
9:40 – 10:10 am PST
Room: Indigo West Foyer
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
Room: Indigo AB
Management of Migraines
Amy Larson, APRN CNP CNRN
Room: Indigo EF
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
Room: Indigo AB
Post-Concussive Evaluation and Treatment
Christina Weyer Jamora, PhD RN CBIST
Room: Indigo EF
Non-CE Symposium Lunch
11:30 am – 12:30 pm PST
Differentiating DRBA-Induced Movement Disorders and Conducting the AIMS Assessment for Tardive Dyskinesia
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Room: Indigo AB
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
Room: Indigo AB
Metabolic Causes of Encephalitis
Melissa Moreda, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CCRN CNRN SCRN
Room: Indigo EF
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
Room: Indigo EF
Pre-Op Spine Workup
Tracey Anderson, MSN FNP-BC ACNP-BC CNRN
Room: Indigo AB
Concurrent Sessions
1:50 – 2:20 pm PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Post-Op Spine Workup
Tracey Anderson, MSN FNP-BC ACNP-BC CNRN
Room: Indigo AB
The Spine and Compassion
Lawrence Chyall, MS RN CNS CCRN
Room: Indigo EF
Break with Exhibitors
2:20 – 2:50 pm PST
Room: Indigo West Foyer
Concurrent Sessions
2:50 – 3:50 pm PST (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)
Acute Management of Spine Trauma
Kimberly Meyer, PhD APRN CNRN
Room: Indigo AB
TRACK-TBI: A 10 Year Journey to Transform Research and Clinical Knowledge in TBI
Geoffrey Manley, MD
Room: Indigo EF
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
Room: Indigo AB
Brain Metastases
Brad Zacharia, MD MS
Room: Indigo EF
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Concurrent Sessions
8 – 8:30 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hour)
Surgery, Glue or a Bath in the Therapeutic Rays: Treatment Strategies for Arteriovenous Malformations
Sandi Brettler, MSN RN CNRN
Room: Indigo AB
Biomarkers and TBI
Geoffrey Manley, MD
Room: Indigo EF
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
Room: Indigo AB
Pituitary Tumor
Brad Zacharia, MD MS
Room: Indigo EF
Break
9:40 – 10:10 am PST
Room: Indigo West Foyer
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
Room: Indigo AB
Evaluation & Management of Intracranial Aneurysms
Kimberly Meyer, PhD APRN CNRN
Room: Indigo EF
Concurrent Sessions
11:20 – 11:50 am PST (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)
Management of Pediatric Hydrocephalus
Marike Zwienenberg, MD FAANS
Room: Indigo AB
Surgical Infections
Cindy Sullivan, MN ANP-C CNRN
Room: Indigo EF
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, 2022.
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)