Here is the agenda of the meeting that Dr. Marino is speaking at this weekend. Co-Morbid Conditions that Confound the Outcome of Chiari Malformation Surgery 7:30am Breakfast 7:55am Dr. Ulrich Batzdorf - Opening Remarks 8:00am Dr. Donlin Long - Acute and chronic trauma at the craniocervical junction: how does hypermobility affect the central nervous system in acute whiplash and in chronic deformation. 8:25am Dr. Yong Liu - Complications of Chiari + Discussion of the more unexpected complications that may follow decompression. 8:50am Dr. Steven Hwang - Atlanto-axial instability in hypermobility syndromes: diagnosis and treatment and discussion of the radiological characteristics of instability in sagittal, coronal and rotational imaging. 9:15am Dr. Faheem Sandhu - Craniocervical fusion and stabilization in children with hypermobility syndromes: diagnosis of craniovertebral instability in children, selection for surgery and outcomes. 9:40am Dr. Harold Rekate - The Sarah Syndrome + Discussion of the confluence of neurosurgery and rheumatology in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and basilar invagination. 10:05-10:20am Coffee Break 10:20am Dr. Sunil Patel - Altered posterior circulation and vertebral artery syndromes + Discussion of vertebral artery anatomic variants and anomalies, thrombosis, dissection and brainstem compression. 10:45am Dr. Daniele Rigamonte - Pseudotumor cerebri and other syndromes of intracranial hypertension + Discussion of the various forms of increased CSF pressure occurring in the setting of Chiari malformation. 11:10am Dr. Mark Luciano - Does the lack of a CSF reservoir result in pathological pulsatile pressure intracranially + Discussion of the pathophysiology of increased CSF pressure. 11:35am Dr. Peter Rowe - Orthostatic intolerance and neurally mediated hypertenson in the setting of cerebella ectopia. 12:00pm Dr. Myles Koby - Pathological radiological findings: a paripatetic review of salient feature of neuropathology in the setting of an erstwhile standard normal radiological assessment. 12:30pm-1:00pm Working Lunch 1:00pm Dr. Dominic Marino – Morphometric Features of the Craniocervical Junction Region and Clinical Findings in Dogs with Chiari-Like Malformation: 274 Cases (2007-2010) 1:25pm Dr. Paolo Bolognese – Various forms of craniocervical stabilization 1:50pm Dr. Douglas Brockmeyer - The complex Chiari malformation + Discussion of the population of patients with Chiari malformation who may need fusion and stabilization for instability and deformity. 2:15pm Dr. Allison Ashley-Koch - Chiari malformation and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: genetics, clinical diagnosis and epidemiology + Discussion of the co-morbidity of these conditions and the genetic factors and clinical presentation of EDS and other hypermobility syndromes that show up in the Chiari population. 2:40pm Dr. Petra Klinge - Tethered cord syndrome in the Chiari patient: a review of the neurosurgical literature describing the clinical diagnosis, radiological features, treatment and surgical outcomes of tethered cord syndrome in the setting of EDS and Chiari malformation. 3:05pm Michael Healy, DPT – Physical therapy after Chiari surgery with co-morbid conditions 3:25pm-3:45pm Break 3:45pm Dr. Adnan Qureshi - The pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of decreased venous drainage from the brain + Discussion of intracranial venous flow , its impact upon neurological function and endovascular treatment in the Chiari/EDS population. 4:10pm Dan Doherty - DNA testing to assess altered drug metabolism in the Chiari/EDS population. 4:35 Consensus & Closing Remarks 7:30pm Dinner at Chart House Boston, 60 Long Wharf, Boston, MA 02110
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:59:40 +0000