*Registration  *Parking & Directions  *Agenda    *CE Credit   *Brochure  *Course Director & Faculty  *Presentations 

Course Description and Target Audience
Advances in Neurology is an educational conference sponsored by the University of Louisville Department of Neurology. It is held in tandem with the semi-annual Commonwealth Neurological Society meeting.  The course will be held in debate, “clinical crossfire” format, with University of Louisville neurology faculty and University of Kentucky neurology faculty debating on current topics of particular interest to practicing clinical neurologists.

The target audience includes healthcare professionals in the following specialties: Neurologists (community and academic), Nurse practitioners, Psychologists, Family practice physicians, Internal medicine specialists and all other healthcare professionals interested in this subject.


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Agenda
7:30 AM   
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM       
Ocular Myasthenia: How aggressive should we treat?   
Dominic Fee, MD
Martin Brown, MD

8:50 AM    
Discussion

9:00 AM   
Traditional Medical Therapy Versus Alternative and Complementary Therapy for Prevention of
Adolescent Migraine
Michael Sowell, MD
Farjam Farzam, MD

9:50 AM    
Discussion

10:00 AM   
The Future of Neurology   
Joseph Berger, MD
Rob Friedland, MD

10:50 AM   
Discussion

11:00 AM   
Which EEG Patterns Warrant Aggressive Treatment?
Satish Rao, MD
Meriem Bensalem-Owen, MD

12:00 PM   
Adjourn


Course Directors
Michael Sowell, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Louisville

Course Co-Director and Moderator
Anand Vaishnav, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Louisville

Faculty
Joseph Berger, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurology
University of Kentucky

Martin Brown, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Louisville

Farjam Farzam, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Kentucky

Dominc Fee, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Kentucky

Robert Friedland, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurology
University of Louisville

Meriem Bensalem-Owen, M.D.   
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Kentucky

Satish Rao, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Louisville


Continuing Education Credit
Physician Credit - The University of Louisville Continuing Health Sciences Education office designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit - This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing for 4.8 contact hours through the University of Louisville School of Nursing, provider number 3-0046-01-2013-127, expiration date January 31, 2013. The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Participants must complete entire session, provide license and social security number and complete evaluation to receive contact hours.

AAFP - Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Determination of credit is pending.

Psychology Credit - Application for CME credit has been filed with The Kentucky Board of Psychology.
Determination of credit is pending. 

Registration
Advance registration for this symposium is now closed. You may still attend by registering in person at the registration desk starting at 7:30 AM on Saturday, May 8 at the symposium site, Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Oaks Room, Louisville, KY 40208.

Registration Prices:
Physicians: $25.00
Nurses: $25.00
Pharm D: $25.00
UofL Faculty: FREE
Students & Residents: FREE

Parking & Directions
Participants are welcome to park in the Longfield Parking Lot located at Parking Gate 10 off of Longfield Avenue. Parking is free and available on a first come, first served basis. The Longfield Parking Lot also features handicapped parking, subject to availability, and valet parking for $5 per car.  For additional information concerning parking and directions from the parking lot to the Oaks Room, click here.


Presentations
For a copy of the slides from each lecturer's presentation, click here. For an individual lecturer's slides, click on the appropriate link below:

Berger.pdf
Farzam.pdf
Fee.pdf
Rao.pdf
Sowell.pdf


Refund Policy
Requests for cancellation must be submitted to chse@louisville.edu on or before April 23, 2010. Requests received on or before April 23, 2010 will receive a full refund. No refund will be given for requests received after April 23, 2010.


Brochure
Click here for a copy of the course brochure, which contains information regarding speakers, topics, etc. To download the file, right click on the link and select save as.

You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the course brochure file. If you don't have it, it is a free program that can be easily installed by clicking here. If you have installed Acrobat Reader and the file still doesn't open, try right clicking on the brochure link and selecting "save target as" to download the file to your computer.


Learning Objectives
1) Evaluate and properly manage the patient with epilepsy.
2) Diagnose and manage Critical Illness Neuromuscular Disorders.
3) Evaluate and manage pediatric patients with migraine and/or related headache disorders.
4) Explore the future direction of neurology.


Special Services
If you need special accommodations due to a disability, or for an alternative form of course materials, please contact us at chse@louisville.edu. Continuing Health Sciences Education fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.


Accreditation
The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.