WFNS 2009 - XIV World Congress of Neurological Surgery, August 30

Allied Health Professionals Program Neuroscience Nurses, Nurse Practitioners And Physician Assistant

For the first time ever, the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies is pleased to invite neuroscience nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants to attend the XIV World Congress of Neurological Surgery.

Included with the registration fee for neuroscience nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants is your choice of over 420 hours of educational programming (some of which will be eligible for nursing contact hours and all of which is eligible for CME) including topic sessions, plenary sessions, luncheon sessions, interactive sessions, oral abstract sessions and video sessions. For an additional fee, there is access to practical courses and breakfast sessions.

For physician assistants, the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM.

For nurses, an application for approval of nursing contact hours for sessions 250 and 350 has been submitted to the Illinois Nurses Association Approver Unit. Please call AANS for more information about the contact hours.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 1430 TO 1730
250 Collaborating for Excellence in Patient Care

Allied health professionals caring for neurosurgical patients will be able to increase their knowledge about the current status of several neurosurgical specialty areas and evidence based treatments for some of the most common disorders including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, movement disorders and brain tumors. In addition, they will learn the basics of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. Using a fun and interesting case based approach, this symposium is designed for nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals interested in the latest information and state of the art treatment of neurosurgical illnesses. Physicians are strongly encouraged to attend this symposium with their allied health personnel, as the optimal management of patients with diseases often requires a dedicated and knowledgeable multidisciplinary "team" of health care providers.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

	•		Identify common neuroanatomy and correlate with CT and MRI imaging modalities
	•		Discuss basic neurophysiology and how it relates to neurosurgical disease
	•		Summarize the care and monitoring needed for patients with traumatic brain and spinal cord injury
	•		List the common types of brain tumors and the approach to treatment
	•		Describe the benefit of the multidisciplinary approach to patient care

Moderators:
Twyila Lay, NP, MS (United States)
Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD (United States)

Speakers:
Neurotrauma
Classification of Traumatic Brain Injury: Time for a Change?
Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD (United States)

Multi-Modality Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury
Guy Rosenthal, MD (United States)

Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury
Peter John Hutchinson, MD, FRCS (United Kingdom)

Spine
Pathophysiology and the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD (Canada)

Current Clinical Trials in Spinal Cord Injury
Charles H. Tator, MD, PhD, MA (Canada)

Functional Neurosurgery
DBS in the Treatment of Parkinson Disease
Jonathan R. Jagid, MD (United States)

Tumor
Skull Base Tumors
Christian Matula, MD (Austria)

Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors
William A. Friedman, MD, FACS (United States)

The Other Side of Taking Care of Brain Tumor Patients
Mark Bernstein, MD, FRCSC (Canada)

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 1430 TO 1730
350 Neurovascular Anatomy and Management of Cerebrovascular Disease

This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to cerebrovascular anatomy, pathology, evaluation, management and follow-up of cerebrovascular disease and will address comprehensive diagnosis and management of hemorrhagic stroke emanating from ruptured intracranial arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulae as well as their non-hemorrhagic presentations.

The design will allow participants to familiarize themselves with the diagnosis and management of ischemic stroke and its attendant predisposing disease states including cardiac embolic sources as well as carotid and intracranial atherosclerotic disease.

Subarachnoid hemorrhage resulting from ruptured intracranial aneurysms will be discussed with specific dialogue of management of acute ruptured aneurysms as well as current therapies for associated delayed vasospasm with particular emphasis on neurocritical care for patients with acute cerebrovascular disease.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

	•		Explain cerebrovascular anatomy and disease including stroke with particular emphasis on demographics, evaluation, management and follow-up.
	•		Describe causes, evaluation, management and follow-up of cerebrovascular disease including ischemic disease (dissections and atherosclerosis) as well as hemorrhagic disease (aneurysms and AVMs).

Moderators:
Cerebrovascular Anatomy
Adnan H. Siddiqui, MD, PhD (United States)

Clinical Management and Follow-Up of Acute Stroke Patients
Laura Mason, ANP-C (United States)

Speakers:
Craniocervical Dissection
Bernard R. Bendok, MD (United States)

Arteriovenous Malformations and Fistulae
Ricardo Alexandre Hanel, MD, PhD (United States)

Extracranial and Intracranial Atherosclerosis
Andrew J. Ringer, MD (United States)

Acute Ischemic Stroke
Elad I. Levy, MD (United States)

Aneurysms
Alan S. Boulos, MD (United States)

Neurocritical Care Management of Cerebrovascular Patients
Erol Veznedaroglu, MD (United States)