May 13 – 15, 2016

Houston Marriott
at the Texas Medical Center
6580 Fannin St.
Houston, Texas 77030

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Organizing Committee, Speakers and Moderators

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Organizing Committee

Dr. Jose I. Suarez

Jose I. Suarez, M.D. (Chair)

Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Dr. Daiwai Olson

Daiwai Olson, Ph.D., R.N.

Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, Neurological Surgery
University of Texas, Southwestern
Dallas, Texas

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Eusebia Calvillo, R.N.

Research Coordinator
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Dr. Paul Vespa

Paul Vespa, M.D.

Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.

Dr. R. Loch Macdonald

R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Speakers

Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, M.D.

University of Illinois
Chicago, Ill.

Neeraj Badjatia, M.D., M.S.

University of Maryland
Baltimore, Md.

Sherry Chou, M.D.

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Penn.

Jan Claassen, M.D., Ph.D.

Columbia University
New York, N.Y.

Janis Daly, Ph.D., M.S.

University of Florida
Gainesville, Fla.

Raj Dhar, M.D.

Washington University
St. Louis, Mo.

Nima Etminan, M.D.

University of Duesseldorf
Duesseldorf, Germany

Blessing N. Jaja, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Nerissa Ko, M.D.

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif.

Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel, M.D.

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Peter D. Leroux, M.D.

MLHC Brain and Spine Center at Lankenau Medical Center
Philadelphia, Penn.

R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Renee H. Martin, Ph.D.

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, S.C.

Akio Morita, M.D.

Nippon Medical School
Tokyo, Japan

Susanne Muehlschlegel, M.D., M.P.H.

University of Massachusetts
Worcester, Mass.

Joanne C. Odenkirchen, M.P.H.

NINDS/NIH, Neuroscience Center
Bethesda, Md.

Ryszard M. Pluta, M.D., Ph.D.

NINDS
Bethesda, Md.

Gabriel J.E. Rinkel, M.D.

University Medical Center
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Daniel Rüfenacht, M.D.

University of Berne
Berne, Switzerland

Tom A. Schweizer, Ph.D.

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Martin Stienen, M.D.

Geneva University Hospital
Geneva, Switzerland

Jose I. Suarez, M.D.

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Mervyn Vergouwen, M.D., Ph.D.

University Medical Center
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Paul Vespa, M.D.

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.

George K.C. Wong, M.D.

Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Moderators

Tiffany R. Chang, M.D.

University of Texas, Houston
Houston, Texas

Sherry Chou, M.D.

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Penn.

Romergryko Geocadin, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.

Christiana Hall, M.D.

University of Texas, Southwestern
Dallas, Texas

Nerissa Ko, M.D.

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif.

Kiwon Lee, M.D.

University of Texas, Houston
Houston, Texas

Susanne Muehlschlegel, M.D., M.P.H.

University of Massachusetts
Worcester, Mass.

Paul Nyquist, M.D., M.P.H.

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.

Daiwai Olson, Ph.D., R.N.

University of Texas, Southwestern
Dallas, Texas

Augusto Parra, M.D., M.P.H.

University of Texas, San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Denise Rhoney, Pharm.D.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.

Fred Rincon, M.D., M.Sc.

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Penn.

Jonathan Rosand, M.D.

Harvard University
Boston, Mass.

Kevin Sheth, M.D.

Yale University
New Haven, Conn.

Paul Vespa, M.D.

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.

Scientific Program

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Session 1. Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysm and SAH CDE Project

7:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

 

7:45

Welcome and Introduction

Jose I. Suarez, M.D. R. and Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.

8:00

NINDS CDE Project and National Library of Medicine

Joanne C. Odenkirchen, M.P.H.

Moderators: Sherry Chou, M.D. and Nerissa Ko, M.D.

8:30

Subject Characteristics

Akio Morita, M.D.

9:00

Questions & Answers

 

9:15

Assessments and Exams

Jose I. Suarez, M.D.

9:45

Questions & Answers

 

10:00

Morning Break

 

10:15

Biospecimens and Biomarkers

R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.

10:45

Questions & Answers

 

11:00

Hospital Course and Acute Therapies

Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, M.D. and Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel, M.D.

11:30

Questions & Answers

 

11:45

Lunch Break

 

Moderators: Paul Nyquist, M.D., M.P.H. and Susanne Muehlschlegel, M.D., M.P.H.

12:45 p.m.

Imaging

Daniel Rüfenacht, M.D.

1:15

Questions & Answers

 

1:30

Long-Term Therapies

George K.C. Wong, M.D.

2:00

Questions & Answers

 

2:15

Afternoon Break

 

2:30

Outcomes and Endpoints

Mervyn Vergouwen, M.D., Ph.D. and Martin Stienen, M.D.

3:00

Questions & Answers

 

3:15

Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms

Gabriel J.E. Rinkel, M.D. and Nima Etminan, M.D.

3:45

Questions & Answers

 

4:00

Concluding Remarks

Jose I. Suarez, M.D., R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D., and NINDS Representative

4:15

Adjourn

 

6–9 p.m.

Welcoming Reception and Dinner

 

Saturday, May 14, 2016

7:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

 

7:45

History and Aims of the Neurocritical Care Research Conference

Peter D. Leroux, M.D. and Jose I. Suarez, M.D.

 

Session 2: Special Lectures

Moderators: Christiana Hall, M.D. and Paul Vespa, M.D.

8:00

Early Brain Injury in SAH: Can We Lock Pandora's Box?

R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.

8:30

Questions & Answers

 

8:45

The Janus-Faced Response of the Microcirculation in SAH

Ryszard M. Pluta, M.D., Ph.D.

8:15

Questions & Answers

 

9:30

Coffee Break

 

9:45

Animal Models of SAH: Should We Abandon the Odyssey or Pursue the Road to Ithaca?

Sherry Chou, M.D.

10:15

Questions & Answers

 

10:30

Failure of Clinical Trials in SAH: Will We Unravel the Sphinx's Riddle?

Gabriel J.E. Rinkel, M.D.

11:00

Questions & Answers

 

11:15

Incorporating Multimodality Neuromonitoring in SAH Research: The Myth of Sisyphus?

Peter D. Leroux, M.D.

11:45

Questions & Answers

 

12 noon

Lunch Break

 

Session 3: Point & Counterpoint and Controversies: Are We Doomed to Repeat Our Past Mistakes?

Moderators: Augusto Parra, M.D., M.P.H. and Kiwon Lee, M.D.

12:45

Pre-Clinical Studies are Necessary in SAH

R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.

1:05

Targeting Vasospasm is Important

Susanne Muehlschlegel, M.D., M.P.H. and Mervyn Vergouwen, M.D., Ph.D.

1:25

Spreading Depression is a Target for Treatment in SAH

Paul Vespa, M.D. and Nerissa Ko, M.D.

1:45

Inflammation Modulators Rather Than Anticonvulsants

Jan Claassen, M.D., Ph.D. and Raj Dhar, M.D.

2:05

Should We Abandon Traditional Randomized Clinical Trials in SAH?

Gabriel J.E. Rinkel, M.D. and George K.C. Wong, M.D.

2:25

Pragmatic Clinical Trial Design is the Way of the Future in SAH

Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel, M.D.

2:45

Nutrition and Inflammation: Children of a Lesser God in SAH?

Neeraj Badjatia, M.D., M.S.

3:05

Panel Discussion

 

4:05

Coffee Break

 

Session 4: Clinical Study Design in SAH

Moderators: Kevin Sheth, M.D. and Romergryko Geocadin, M.D.

4:20

Sample Size Calculations in SAH

Blessing N. Jaja, M.D., Ph.D.

4:35

Adaptive Design for Clinical Trials in SAH

Renee H. Martin, Ph.D.

4:50

Clinical and Imaging Endpoints in SAH

Mervyn Vergouwen, M.D., Ph.D.

5:05

Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in SAH

Neeraj Badjatia, M.D., M.S.

5:20

Neuropsychological Endpoints in SAH: What and When?

Tom A. Schweizer, Ph.D.

5:35

Rehabilitation Endpoints in SAH

Janis Daly, Ph.D., M.S.

5:50

What Have We Learned from SAHIT?

Blessing N. Jaja, M.D., Ph.D.

6:05

Designing a Prospective Registry in SAH

Jose I. Suarez, M.D. and R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.

6:20

Panel Discussion

 

7:05

Dinner

 

9:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

Sunday, May 15, 2016

7:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

 

Session 5: Research Priorities in SAH: A Global Perspective

Moderators: Tiffany R. Chang, M.D. and Fred Rincon, M.D., M.Sc.

8:00

USA

Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, M.D.

8:10

Canada

R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.

8:20

Switzerland

Martin Stienen, M.D.

8:30

Germany

Nima Etminan, M.D.

8:40

Japan

Akio Morita, M.D.

8:50

Hong Kong

George K.C. Wong, M.D.

9:00

Questions & Answers

 

9:45

Coffee Break

 

Session 6: Research Project Presentation and Discussion**

Moderators: Denise Rhoney, Pharm.D., Jonathan Rosand, M.D., and Daiwai Olson, Ph.D., R.N.

10:00

Research Proposal #1

 

10:15

Questions & Answers

 

10:30

Research Proposal #2

 

10:15

Questions & Answers

 

11:00

Research Proposal #3

 

11:15

Questions & Answers

 

11:30

Research Proposal #4

 

11:45

Questions & Answers

 

12 noon

Research Proposal #5

 

12:15

Questions & Answers

 

12:30

Concluding Remarks

 

12:40 p.m.

Adjourn and Lunch

 

** A Review Committee will review all submitted proposals, and then will critique and grade them. The top five proposals will be selected for formal presentation and discussion.

Review Committee

Jonathan Rosand, M.D. (Chair)

Harvard University
Boston, Mass.

Alexandros Georgiadis, M.D.

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Mauro Oddo, M.D.

University of Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland

Daiwai Olson, Ph.D., R.N.

University of Texas, Southwestern
Dallas, Texas

Denise Rhoney, Pharm.D.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.

Kevin Sheth, M.D.

Yale University
New Haven, Conn.

Fabio S Taccone, M.D.

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Erasme Hospital
Brussels, Belgium

Panayiotis Varelas, M.D., Ph.D.

Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Mich.

Continuing Medical Education

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Accreditation

Texas Heart Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Texas Heart Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

We also have made arrangements to provide an equal number of CE Credits for nurses. Physicians and nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

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Contact for Problems or Questions

Eusebia Calvillo, R.N.
Phone: 832-868-8331
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Jose I. Suarez, M.D.
Phone: 713-319-4454
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