BCM will co-sponsor the 1<sup>st</sup> Neurocritical Care Research Conference 2009

Kevin Dat Vuong, M.A.
Houston, Texas - Sept. 4, 2009

September 4 – 6, 2009

Denton A. Cooley Auditorium
Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
6770 Bertner
Houston, Texas 77030

Welcome

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this the First Neurocritical Research Conference and to Houston. The field of neurocritical care is rapidly maturing into a major player in clinical medicine. This discipline has evolved from a primary focus on the post-operative care of neurosurgical patients to the broader resuscitation of patients with massive brain insults. This conference intends to bridge the gap between the daily clinical care and the research ideas that will promote improved outcomes. The overall goal of this interdisciplinary scientific symposium is to bring together scientists and physicians from diverse fields with a common interest in understanding and advancing research in neurocritical care. The symposium is unique in that it will provide a forum for presenting and discussing the latest advances in clinical trial design, research tools, and research priorities in the field of neurocritical care. The need for the creation of a neurocritical care research network will also be addressed to facilitate collaboration and patient enrollment in clinical trials. Funding has been provided by NINDS (1R13NS065494-01, P.I. JI Suarez), St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston, and the Integra Foundation.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to: 1) understand the importance and opportunities for research in neurocritical care diseases; 2) discuss recent scientific advances related to clinical trial design and research tools that will have an impact on neurocritical care research; 3) determine the future directions of research of neurocritical care diseases; and 4) establish a collaborative network in neurocritical care research.

We are very excited to have you here with us. Your participation will be vital to the overall success of this symposium. We strongly encourage you to actively participate in all the interactive sessions. We will be videotaping the entire meeting and its content will be posted in the Neurocritical Care Society website for public view as soon as technically feasible. In addition the Organizing Committee and the invited speakers have prepared draft summary statements of the topics to be discussed with the goal of editing their contents during breakout discussions at the end of each session. The final manuscripts will be published in Neurocritical Care.

Jose I. Suarez, M.D.
Chair on behalf of the Organizing Committee

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Speakers and Planning Committee

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Organizing Committee

	Jose I. Suarez, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX		Eusebia Calvillo, R.N. Research Coordinator Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
	Connie Boyd, R.N. Director, Neuroscience Service Line St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston, TX		Sarah Livesay, R.N., M.S.N., C.N.S., A.C.N.P. Manager, Neuroscience Program St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston, TX
	Janet Lipnick CME Coordinator St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston, TX		Yajaira Garza Administrative Assistant St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston, TX
	Christiana Hall, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology UT Southwestern Dallas, TX		Christine Wijman, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences Stanford University Palo Alto, CA
	Romergryko Geocadin, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD		Peter D. LeRoux, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurosurgery University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
	Sam O. Zaidat, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI		Stephan A. Mayer, M.D. Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurological Surgery Columbia University New York, NY
	Paul Vespa, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology University of California, Los Angeles

Travel Fellowship Committee

Wendy Ziai, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery,
and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, M.D.

Carmelo Graffagnino, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology
Duke University
Durham, NC

Jennifer Frontera, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Speakers

Thomas P. Bleck, M.D.

Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery,
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, and Anesthesiology
Rush Medical College
Chicago, IL

Cherylee Chang, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI

Jamie Cooper, M.D.

Professor and Deputy Director ICU
Monash University & Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Australia

Janice Daly, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neurology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Pramod Dash, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Texas
Houston, TX

Michael Diringer, M.D.

Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Washington University
St Louis, MO

Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, M.D.

Professor of Medicine and Chief
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Section
ARDSNET
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Daniel F. Hanley, M.D.

Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery,
and Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Claude Hemphill, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, San Francisco General Hospital
Neurocritical Care Service
University of California, San Francisco

Walter Koroshetz, M.D.

Deputy Director, NINDS
Bethesda, MD

Marek Mirski, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Yuko Palesch, Ph.D.

Professor of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Adnan I. Qureshi, M.D.

Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Claudia Robertson, M.D.

Professor of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Robert Silbergleit, M.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
NETT
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Stelios Smirnakis, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Kinga Szigeti, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Conference Schedule

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Friday, Sept. 4, 2009

6:00 p.m.

Speaker Registration

6:30

Welcoming Dinner and Reception
Opening Remarks

Jose I. Suarez, M.D., BCM
Walter Koroshetz, M.D., NINDS
David J. Fine, President & CEO, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

9:00

Session Ends

Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009

7:30 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast