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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
CNSF Advocacy Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
CNSF Advocacy Meeting
Location: MM: Library
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
CSCN EEG Section Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
CSCN EEG Section Meeting
Location: MM: BC
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
CSCN EMG Section Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
CSCN EMG Section Meeting
Location: MM: Algonquin
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
Coffee Service
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
Coffee Service
Location: CF: Ballroom Foyer
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
EST
Grand Plenary
Plenary Speaker:
Walter Kucharczyk, MD, FRCPC
Plenary Speaker:
Jason Barton, MD PhD
Plenary Speaker:
Sándor Beniczky, MD PhD
Plenary Speaker:
Elaine Wirrell, MD PhD
Plenary Speaker:
Edward Chang
Plenary Speaker:
Moira Kapral, MD, MSc, FRCPC
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
EST
Grand Plenary
Location: CF: Ballroom
Plenary Speaker:
Walter Kucharczyk, MD, FRCPC
Plenary Speaker:
Jason Barton, MD PhD
Plenary Speaker:
Sándor Beniczky, MD PhD
Plenary Speaker:
Elaine Wirrell, MD PhD
Plenary Speaker:
Edward Chang
Plenary Speaker:
Moira Kapral, MD, MSc, FRCPC
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM
EST
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Michael D. Hill, CNSF President
Location: CF: Ballroom
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
EST
CSNR Terbrugge Lecture | Dr. Walter Kucharczyk – DBS in the MRI Scanner: From Contra-Indication to New Method of Optimizing Treatment of Neurological Disease
Location: CF: Ballroom
Plenary Speaker:
Walter Kucharczyk, MD, FRCPC
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
EST
CNS Richardson Lecture | Dr. Jason Barton – Prosopagnosia: a classical condition in the modern era
Location: CF: Ballroom
Plenary Speaker:
Jason Barton, MD PhD
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
EST
CSCN Gloor Lecture | Dr. Sandor Beniczky – Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence in Epilepsy
Location: CF: Ballroom
Plenary Speaker:
Sándor Beniczky, MD PhD
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
EST
Coffee Break
Location: CF: Ballroom
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
EST
CACN Tibbles Lecture | Dr. Elaine Wirrell – Improving Outcome in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies: Realistic Hope or Pipe Dream?
Location: CF: Ballroom
Plenary Speaker:
Elaine Wirrell, MD PhD
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
EST
CNSS Penfield Lecturers | Dr. Edward Chang – Speech and Brain Mechanisms
Location: CF: Ballroom
Plenary Speaker:
Edward Chang
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
EST
CSC Sandra Black Lecture | Dr. Moira Kapral – Addressing Inequities in Stroke Care and Outcomes
Location: CF: Ballroom
Plenary Speaker:
Moira Kapral, MD, MSc, FRCPC
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EST
University of Toronto (Off-Site): Spine and Peripheral Nerve Special Topics
Speaker:
Jetan H. Badhiwala
Speaker:
Christopher Witiw
Speaker:
Eric Massicotte
Speaker:
Roger Smith
Speaker:
Suganth Suppiah
Speaker:
Michael Fehlings
Speaker:
Howard Ginsberg
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EST
University of Toronto (Off-Site): Spine and Peripheral Nerve Special Topics
Location: UofT Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital
Speaker:
Jetan H. Badhiwala
Speaker:
Christopher Witiw
Speaker:
Eric Massicotte
Speaker:
Roger Smith
Speaker:
Suganth Suppiah
Speaker:
Michael Fehlings
Speaker:
Howard Ginsberg
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EST
Extreme Lateral Approaches to the Lumbar Spine
Location: UofT Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital
Speaker:
Jetan H. Badhiwala
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EST
Minimally Invasive Technique
Location: UofT Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital
Speaker:
Christopher Witiw
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EST
Vertebral Augmentation
Location: UofT Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital
Speaker:
Eric Massicotte
Speaker:
Roger Smith
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EST
Peripheral Nerve
Location: UofT Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital
Speaker:
Suganth Suppiah
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EST
Ground Breaking Research in SCI
Location: UofT Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital
Speaker:
Michael Fehlings
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EST
Tissue Diagnostic Machine
Location: UofT Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital
Speaker:
Howard Ginsberg
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
EST
Coffee Service
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
EST
Coffee Service
Location: CF: Ballroom Foyer
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Lunch 'n Learn: Redefining the extent of resection for glioblastoma and its impact on survival
Faculty:
Dhany Charest
Faculty:
Moujahed Labidi
Faculty:
Randy D’Amico
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Lunch 'n Learn: Redefining the extent of resection for glioblastoma and its impact on survival
Location: MM: Tudor 7 & 8
Faculty:
Dhany Charest
Faculty:
Moujahed Labidi
Faculty:
Randy D’Amico
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
EST
Set up
Location: MM: Tudor 7 & 8
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM
EST
Welcome and introduction
Location: MM: Tudor 7 & 8
Faculty:
Dhany Charest
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM
EST
The impact of extent of resection on survival as well as other outcomes
Location: MM: Tudor 7 & 8
Faculty:
Moujahed Labidi
12:55 PM - 1:15 PM
EST
The American experience with the tools, including Fluorescence-Guided Surgery, to maximize safe resection of brain tumors
Location: MM: Tudor 7 & 8
Faculty:
Randy D’Amico
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
EST
Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience
Location: MM: Tudor 7 & 8
Faculty:
Dhany Charest
Faculty:
Moujahed Labidi
Faculty:
Randy D’Amico
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Wrap up & Specific Course Evaluation
Location: MM: Tudor 7 & 8
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Lunch 'n Learn: Exploring FcRn blockade in gMG: A case-based approach
Faculty:
Vera Bril
Faculty:
Oliver Blanchard
Faculty:
Nicholas Silvestri
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Lunch 'n Learn: Exploring FcRn blockade in gMG: A case-based approach
Location: MM: Confederation 5 & 6
Faculty:
Vera Bril
Faculty:
Oliver Blanchard
Faculty:
Nicholas Silvestri
12:15 PM - 12:20 PM
EST
Welcome, introductions, and learning objectives
Location: MM: Confederation 5 & 6
Faculty:
Vera Bril
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM
EST
Review of clinical evidence for efgartigimod in the treatment of gMG
Location: MM: Confederation 5 & 6
Faculty:
Vera Bril
Faculty:
Oliver Blanchard
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
EST
Interactive session: Real-world gMG cases
Location: MM: Confederation 5 & 6
Faculty:
Nicholas Silvestri
1:35 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Panel discussion
Location: MM: Confederation 5 & 6
Faculty:
Vera Bril
Faculty:
Oliver Blanchard
Faculty:
Nicholas Silvestri
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Lunch 'n Learn: The Future is Now: A New Era in Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Faculty:
Alexandre Henri-Bhargava
Faculty:
Andrew Frank
Faculty:
Manish Joshi
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Lunch 'n Learn: The Future is Now: A New Era in Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Location: CF: Ontario
Faculty:
Alexandre Henri-Bhargava
Faculty:
Andrew Frank
Faculty:
Manish Joshi
12:15 PM - 12:40 PM
EST
Lunch
Location: CF: Ontario
12:40 PM - 12:45 PM
EST
Welcome & Introduction
Location: CF: Ontario
Faculty:
Alexandre Henri-Bhargava
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
EST
The New Era of Diagnosis
Location: CF: Ontario
Faculty:
Alexandre Henri-Bhargava
12:55 PM - 1:10 PM
EST
DMTs: Changing the Future of AD
Location: CF: Ontario
Faculty:
Andrew Frank
1:10 PM - 1:25 PM
EST
Monitoring for a Safe Future
Location: CF: Ontario
Faculty:
Manish Joshi
1:25 PM - 1:40 PM
EST
Question & Answer Period
Location: CF: Ontario
Faculty:
Alexandre Henri-Bhargava
Faculty:
Andrew Frank
Faculty:
Manish Joshi
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM
EST
Closing Remarks & Course Evaluation
Location: CF: Ontario
Faculty:
Alexandre Henri-Bhargava
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Neurology: Antibodies abound! Migraine, Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s Therapy Updates
Chair:
Steven Peters
Speaker:
Andrew Frank
Speaker:
Courtney Casserly
Speaker:
Tommy Chan
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Neurology: Antibodies abound! Migraine, Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s Therapy Updates
Location: MM: BC
Chair:
Steven Peters
Speaker:
Andrew Frank
Speaker:
Courtney Casserly
Speaker:
Tommy Chan
2:00 PM - 2:35 PM
EST
Alzheimer’s Disease: Anti-Amyloid Therapies
Location: MM: BC
Speaker:
Andrew Frank
2:35 PM - 2:40 PM
EST
Audience Q&A - Dr. Frank
Location: MM: BC
Speaker:
Andrew Frank
2:40 PM - 3:15 PM
EST
Innovations in Headache Medicine: CGRP Receptor Antagonists as Game-Changers in Migraine Therapeutics
Location: MM: BC
Speaker:
Tommy Chan
3:15 PM - 3:20 PM
EST
Audience Q&A - Dr. Chan
Location: MM: BC
Speaker:
Tommy Chan
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM
EST
Recent Updates in Multiple Sclerosis Care for the Non-MS Specialist
Location: MM: BC
Speaker:
Courtney Casserly
3:55 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Audience Q&A - Dr. Casserly
Location: MM: BC
Speaker:
Courtney Casserly
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Neurosurgery: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Chair:
John Wong
Speaker:
Victor Yang
Speaker:
Cheryl Reicin
Speaker:
Scott Talbot
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Neurosurgery: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Location: MM: NWT
Chair:
John Wong
Speaker:
Victor Yang
Speaker:
Cheryl Reicin
Speaker:
Scott Talbot
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
EST
Welcome & Background
Location: MM: NWT
Speaker:
John Wong
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
EST
The Entrepreneurial Journey: Lessons Learned
Location: MM: NWT
Speaker:
Victor Yang
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM
EST
Start-up Basics from a Legal Perspective for the Aspiring Life Sciences Entrepreneur
Location: MM: NWT
Speaker:
Cheryl Reicin
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
EST
Protecting your Intellectual Property: a primer for physician and researchers
Location: MM: NWT
Speaker:
Scott Talbot
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Audience Q&A
Location: MM: NWT
Speaker:
John Wong
Speaker:
Victor Yang
Speaker:
Cheryl Reicin
Speaker:
Scott Talbot
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Clinical Neurophysiology: Updates and Advances in EMG, EEG, MEG, and DBS
Co-Chair:
Steven K. Baker
Co-Chair:
Seyed Mirsattari
Speaker:
Adrian Budhram
Speaker:
Artur Vetkas
Speaker:
Richard Wennberg
Speaker:
Alasdair Rathbone
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Clinical Neurophysiology: Updates and Advances in EMG, EEG, MEG, and DBS
Location: MM: Quebec
Co-Chair:
Steven K. Baker
Co-Chair:
Seyed Mirsattari
Speaker:
Adrian Budhram
Speaker:
Artur Vetkas
Speaker:
Richard Wennberg
Speaker:
Alasdair Rathbone
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
EST
Autoantibodies in MG
Location: MM: Quebec
Speaker:
Adrian Budhram
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
EST
Evaluating DBS Efficacy in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Location: MM: Quebec
Speaker:
Artur Vetkas
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
EST
The Fundamentals of MEG: Role in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Management
Location: MM: Quebec
Speaker:
Richard Wennberg
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
High Yield EMG: Thinking About What Studies Matter And Which Don’t When Resources Are Constrained
Location: MM: Quebec
Speaker:
Alasdair Rathbone
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics In Pediatric Neurology
Chair:
David Callen
Speaker:
Ann Yeh
Speaker:
Kirsten Sjonnesen
Speaker:
Aly Aziz
Speaker:
Evan Lewis
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics In Pediatric Neurology
Location: MM: Alberta
Chair:
David Callen
Speaker:
Ann Yeh
Speaker:
Kirsten Sjonnesen
Speaker:
Aly Aziz
Speaker:
Evan Lewis
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
EST
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Publishing
Location: MM: Alberta
Speaker:
Ann Yeh
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
EST
Pediatric Neurology and Climate Change
Location: MM: Alberta
Speaker:
Kirsten Sjonnesen
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
EST
Psychedelic Medicine in Child Neurology
Location: MM: Alberta
Speaker:
Aly Aziz
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Predictive Processing In Pediatric Neurology
Location: MM: Alberta
Speaker:
Evan Lewis
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Neuroradiology: Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Co-Chair:
Paula Alcaide Leon
Co-Chair:
Laila Alshafai
Speaker:
Carmela Tartaglia
Speaker:
Andrea Para
Speaker:
Alexandre Boulet
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Neuroradiology: Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Location: MM: Algonquin
Co-Chair:
Paula Alcaide Leon
Co-Chair:
Laila Alshafai
Speaker:
Carmela Tartaglia
Speaker:
Andrea Para
Speaker:
Alexandre Boulet
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
EST
Overview of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Location: MM: Algonquin
Speaker:
Carmela Tartaglia
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
EST
Overview of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Location: MM: Algonquin
Speaker:
Andrea Para
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
EST
Deep brain stimulators
Location: MM: Algonquin
Speaker:
Alexandre Boulet
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Panel discussion
Location: MM: Algonquin
Speaker:
Paula Alcaide Leon
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Stroke
Co-Chair:
Brett Graham
Co-Chair:
Mahesh Kate
Co-Chair:
Amy Wagner
Speaker:
Rick Swartz
Speaker:
Michael Hill
Speaker:
Christine Hawkes
Speaker:
Stephanie Reiter
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Hot Topics in Stroke
Location: MM: Manitoba
Co-Chair:
Brett Graham
Co-Chair:
Mahesh Kate
Co-Chair:
Amy Wagner
Speaker:
Rick Swartz
Speaker:
Michael Hill
Speaker:
Christine Hawkes
Speaker:
Stephanie Reiter
2:00 PM - 2:05 PM
EST
Moderator
Location: MM: Manitoba
Speaker:
Brett Graham
Speaker:
Mahesh Kate
Speaker:
Amy Wagner
2:30 PM - 2:55 PM
EST
Updates in Thrombolysis
Location: MM: Manitoba
Speaker:
Rick Swartz
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM
EST
TEMPO-2 trial
Location: MM: Manitoba
Speaker:
Michael Hill
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM
EST
Updates in EVT
Location: MM: Manitoba
Speaker:
Christine Hawkes
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
EST
Updates in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Location: MM: Manitoba
Speaker:
Stephanie Reiter
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
EST
Discussion
Location: MM: Manitoba
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
EST
CNS AGM
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
EST
CNS AGM
Location: MM: Library
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
EST
RCPSC – Neurosurgery Specialty Committee Meeting
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
EST
RCPSC – Neurosurgery Specialty Committee Meeting
Location: MM: NWT
4:15 PM - 6:30 PM
EST
Exhibitors’ Reception
4:15 PM - 6:30 PM
EST
Exhibitors’ Reception
Location: CF: Canadian
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
EST
Society Dinners: CACN, CNSS, CSNR
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
EST
Society Dinners: CACN, CNSS, CSNR
Location: Offsite
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