• Agenda
  
• Brochure
• CE Credit
  
• Course Directors & Faculty
  
• Registration

Target Audience
Emergency medicine providers, primary care providers, neurologists, patients/families.

Agenda
Thursday, September 13, 2018
9:00 – 9:30 am
Sign-in/Registration

9:35 – 9:45 am
Welcome Guests

9:45 – 10:35 am
Unruptured Brain Aneurysms: To Treat or Not to Treat?
Dale Ding, MD

10:35 – 10:45 am
Q&A

10:45 – 11:35 am
Tobacco, Alcohol, Illicit Drugs and Aneurysms: A Risky Combination
Kimberly Meyer, PhD, APRN

11:35 – 11:45 am
Q&A

11:45 am – Noon
Break/Get Lunch

12:15 – 1:05 pm
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Its Late Effects
Robert James, MD

1:05 – 1:15 pm
Q&A

1:15 – 1:30 pm
Break

1:30 – 2:20 pm
Keynote Lecture: Cutting Edge Treatment Choices for Cerebral Aneurysms
Adam Arthur, MD

2:20 – 2:30 pm
Q&A

2:30 – 2:45 pm
A Patient’s Perspective of Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Candy Meece

2:45 – 3:00 pm
Q&A

3:00 pm
Adjourn

Course Directors
Dale Ding, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Robert F. James IV, MD, FAANS
Associate Professor and Chief of Vascular Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY


Participating Faculty
Keynote Speaker: Adam Arthur, MD, MPH, FACS    
Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Tennessee Semmes Murphey Clinic
Memphis, TN


Candy Meece    
Patient
Campbellsville, KY

Kimberly Meyer, ACNP-bc, PhD
Coordinator, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
AGACNP Program Coordinator
University of Louisville School of Nursing
Louisville, KY

Learning Objectives
As a result of participating in this activity, the participants should be able to:

1) Discuss the role of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use in the development and rupture risk   of intracranial aneurysms.
2) Describe the indications for conservative versus surgical/endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
3) Identify new techniques in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms.
4) Identify the long-term effects of ruptured intracranial aneurysms/subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Continuing Education Credit
Physician Credit - The University of Louisville Continuing Medical Education office designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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.

Nurses - This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing for 5.4 continuing education credits through University of Louisville Hospital, provider number 4-0068-7-18-1077. The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content.

Special Services
All individuals are encouraged to participate. To request disability arrangements, please contact the Course Coordinator Lauren Ellis at least 14 days prior to the date of this program. Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.

Brochure
CLICK HERE to view a copy of the course brochure

Registration
Registration Fees:

This conference is free to all participants. Advance registration is required to allow for program planning.

Advance registration for this event is now closed. You may still attend by registering as a walk-in at the welcome desk.

Map and Venue Directions
To view a map of Kentucky Science Center, 727 W. Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 and receive directions CLICK HERE

Acknowledgments
We thank Medtronic, Micorvention, Stryker, and Cerenovus for their support of the 2nd Annual Brain Aneurysm Symposium.

A final listing of supporters and exhibitors will be available at the meeting.