Summit 2011 Presentations

Of note, not all presentations have slides available for viewing.

Friday, September 16, 2011

PLENARY SESSION, OCEANS BALLROOM CONVENTION CENTER
Capitalizing on the Molecular Revolution: Targeting Sodium Channels for Neuroprotection and More Effective Treatments of Pain  
Gordon Mansfield (MODERATOR)
Stephen G. Waxman, MD, PhD

Presentation Slides:
Part 1 
Part 2 
Part 3 
Part 4 
Part 5 
Part 6

PLENARY SESSION
Repair of the Injured Spinal Cord and Brain: Progress and Prospects of Cell Transplantation  
Stephen G. Waxman, MD, PhD (MODERATOR)
Jeffery D. Kocsis, PhD

Presentation Slides:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

 (1104) SYMPOSIUM: Improving Health: New Models of Delivering Health Care for Veterans with MS and SCI/D
Jodie Haselkorn, MD, MPH (MODERATOR) 
Glenn D. Graham, MD, PhD 
Adam Darkin, MD, MPHM 
Christina Hughes, MD
Dan Scott, MD

(1105) SYMPOSIUM: Symptom Management in Multiple Sclerosis
Michael M. Priebe, MD (MODERATOR)
a. Bowel, Bladder, and Sexual Function - Wanda I. Castro-Borrero, MD
b. Managing Fatigue and Spasticity - Erik Von Burton, MD
c. Psychiatric Disorders and Cognitive Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis - Donna C. Graves, MD

(1106) SYMPOSIUM: Manual Wheelchair Seating and Mobility: Promoting Function Throughout the Lifespan (Part 1)
Rory A. Cooper, PhD (MODERATOR)
Kristin F. Fiola, DPT
Zachary Staats, OTR

(1107) SYMPOSIUM: Clinical Practice Guidelines: Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Adults with SCI
Lawrence C. Vogel, MD (MODERATOR)
Stanley Ducharme, PhD 
Stacy Elliott, MD 
Lawrence C. Vogel, MD

(1108) SYMPOSIUM: Sexuality
Paul A. Gutierrez, MD (MODERATOR)
a. Multiple Sclerosis and Sexual Health - Florian P. Thomas, MD, PhD
b. Sexuality, Intimacy, and Disability - Linda R. Mona, PhD

(1109) SYMPOSIUM: Cardiovascular Disease
Ann M. Spungen, EdD (MODERATOR)
a.  Cardiovascular Risk and Disease in Persons with SCI - William A. Bauman, MD
b. Exercise and Medication Countermeasures to Cardiometabolic Disease Risks Occurring after SCI - Mark S. Nash, PhD
c. Best Practices in CVD Management in SCI - Suzanne Groah, MD, MSPH

(1110) SYMPOSIUM: Manual Wheelchair Seating and Mobility: Promoting Function Throughout the Lifespan (Part 2) (see slides above)
Rory A. Cooper, PhD (MODERATOR)
Kristin F. Fiola, DPT
Zachary Staats, OTR

(1111) SYMPOSIUM: Best Practices in Caregiver Support
Marsha Tarver, PhD (MODERATOR)
Paul T. McDonough, MSW, LCSW
Margaret Kazmierski, MSW, LICSW-C 
Alicia Sloan, MPH, MSW, LICSW 

Saturday, September 17, 2011

(1112) PLENARY SESSION, OCEANS BALLROOM 5–10 CONVENTION AREA
Health-Care Reform
Gordon Mansfield (MODERATOR) 
Jonathan Perlin, MD, Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President for Quality, Hospital Corporation of America 

(1113) 2011 WHITAKER LECTURE, OCEANS BALLROOM 5–10 CONVENTION AREA
Multiple Sclerosis: Thirty Years of Progress
Christopher Bever, MD, MBA (MODERATOR) 
Dennis Bourdette, MD

(1114) SYMPOSIUM: MS Treatment Issues: Relapsing Disease
Mark A. Agius, MD (MODERATOR)
a. Interferons and Glatiramer Acetate - William R. Tyor, MD
b. Newer Treatments: Mitoxantrone, Natalizumab, Fingolimod and Beyond - John W. Rose, MD
c. Case Discussion: Risk/ Benefit Issues 
Michael Levin, MD
Ruth Whitham, MD 
Ann Bateman, NP
Kathy Tortorici, PharmD

(1115) SYMPOSIUM: Bone Disease after SCI: Human Experience and Lessons Learned from Animal Models
William A. Bauman, MD (MODERATOR)  
Christopher P. Cardozo, MD
Richard Shields, PhD, PT

(1116): Future of Environment of Care
Mark Lichter, AIA (MODERATOR)
Kenneth K. Lee, MD
Frank Menendez, Assoc. AIA

(1117) SYMPOSIUM: Pressure Ulcer Management
Lana McKenzie, RN, BSN, MBA (MODERATOR)
a. Advanced Wound Care Modalities for the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Improving the Standard of Care - Walter C. Chua, MD
b. Surgical Management of Pressure Ulcers - Karen Evans, MD, Elizabeth Castillo Marshall, MD

(1118) SYMPOSIUM: MS Immunology and Progressive Disease
Walter Royal, MD (MODERATOR)
a. The Immunopathogenesis of Relapsing MS - Olaf Stuve, MD, PhD
b. The Immunopathogenesis of Progressive MS - Benjamin M. Segal, MD
c. Case Discussion: Immunology and Progressive MS - Robert Baumhefner, MD, Deborah Downey, RN, NP

(1119): Research Papers
Jill M. Wecht, EdD (MODERATOR)
a. Activity Dependent Rehabilitation Model: Improvements Noted in Sublesional Bone Mineral Density - Gail Forest, PhD
b. Cognitive Consequences of Autonomic Dysfunction in SCI and MS - Jill M. Wecht, EdD
c. Race-Ethnicity Health Behaviors Secondary Health Conditions and SCI - James S. Krause, PhD

(1120): Using FES Technology to Impact Outcomes and ADLs for the SCI Population
Rory A. Cooper, PhD (MODERATOR)
Jennifer French, MBA 
Kenneth Gustafson, PhD

(1121) SYMPOSIUM: Topics in Respiratory Care
Itala M. Wickremasinghe, MD (MODERATOR)
a. Role Of Multi-Modal Chest Physiotherapy In Liberating Ventilator- Dependent Wounded Warriors with Low Cervical Spinal Cord Injury - Charles J. Gutierrez, PhD, RRT
b. Risk Factors and Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in SCI - Gregory J. Schilero, MD

(1122) SYMPOSIUM: Environmental Factors in MS
Mitchell T. Wallin, MD, MPH (MODERATOR)
a. Overview - Mitchell T. Wallin, MD, MPH
b. Vitamin D/Sunlight and MS - William Joel Culpepper, PhD
c. Viruses and MS - Micheline McCarthy, MD, PhD
d. Environmental Risk Factors for Multiple Sclerosis Onset - Amy Poel, PhD, Jodie Haselkorn, MD, MPH

(1123) SYMPOSIUM: An Evaluation of the Neurological and Psychological Effects of SCUBA Diving on War Veterans with Chronic SCI
Michael M. Priebe, MD (MODERATOR) 
Cody Unser 
Daniel Becker, MD
Adam Kaplin, MD, PhD

(1124) SYMPOSIUM: Gait
Ann M. Spungen, EdD (MODERATOR)
a. ReWalk: A Powered Exoskeletal System for Gait Restoration in SCI - Harry W. Schwartz, MD
b. Utilization of Dynamic Lower Extremity Orthosis for More Efficient Ambulation - John F. Schulte,CPO

(1125) PAPERS: Medical Complications
Stephen Yerkovich, MD (MODERATOR)
a. Invasive and Implanted Medical Devices: Rehabilitation Therapeutic and Diagnostic Interventions - Douglas P. Stevens, MD
b. Distinguishing Treatable Myofascial Pain—A Role for Trigger Point Injections in Chronic SCI Pain - Sophia Chun, MD
c. Transurethral Laser Sphincterotomy: International Consensus - Inder Perkash, MD
d. Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteriuria of MS Patients with Neurogenic Bladder - Carol Gibson-Gill, MD, Jackie Tran, MD

Sunday, September 18, 2011

(1126) PLENARY SESSION
Michael M. Priebe, MD (MODERATOR) 
 Robert L. Jesse, MD, PhD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs 

(1127) PLENARY SESSION
Technology to Promote Independence
Michael M. Priebe, MD (MODERATOR)
Rory A. Cooper, PhD

(1128) SYMPOSIUM: Neuroimaging
Christopher Bever, MD, MBA (MODERATOR)
a. Use of MRI in Diagnosing and Monitoring MS  - Jack H. Simon, MD, PhD 
b. What MRI Taught Us about Neurodegeneration and MS - Matilde Inglese, MD

(1129) PAPERS:
Itala M. Wickremasinghe, MD (MODERATOR)
a. From Bench to Phase 1/2a Clinical Trials in SCI - Lisa McKerracher, PhD
b. Surgery for Reanimation after Paralysis - Andrew I. Elkwood, MD

(1130) PAPERS:
Kathy Wahlgren, RN, BSN (MODERATOR)
a. Facilitating the Self- Management of SCI - Michelle A. Meade, PhD, Shawn Floyd, BS
b. Using Motivational Interviewing to Improve Self-Care among Individuals with MS - Aaron Turner, PhD

(1131) SYMPOSIUM: Urologic Management
Michael M. Priebe, MD (MODERATOR)
a. Advances in Neurourology - David A. Ginsberg, MD
b. Advances in the Use of Botulinum Toxin for Neurogenic Bladders - Christopher P. Smith, MD, MBA
c. Future Treatment of Neurogenic Bladder - Timothy B. Boone, MD, PhD

(1132) SYMPOSIUM: Management of Chronic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis 
John Booss, MD (MODERATOR)
Robert Kerns
Heidi Maloni, PhD, ANP-BC
James Hunziker, RN, MSN, ARNP

(1133) PAPERS:
Ann M. Spungen, EdD (MODERATOR)
a. Activity-based Interventions for Recovery of Health and Function after Injury - Susan Harkema, PhD
b. Arm Erometry Exercise Stress Testing, Body Composition, and Exercise Prescription in Persons with SCI - Ann M. Spungen, EdD

(1134) SYMPOSIUM: Clinical Management of Dysphagia in SCI
Stephen Yerkovich, MD (MODERATOR)
Kathleen Castillo, MA, CCS-SLP
Sandra Wong, BA, RCP

(1135) SYMPOSIUM: Outcomes in the VA SCI/D System of Care: Collection, Analysis, and Utilization
Paul A. Gutierrez, MD (MODERATOR)
Philip Ullrich, PhD
Jean R. Laubscher, BA

(1136) SYMPOSIUM: ALS in Veterans: Overview and Current Care
Michael M. Priebe, MD (MODERATOR) 
Huned Patwa, MD 
Elizabeth Auld, PA-C

(1137) SYMPOSIUM: Vocational Rehabilitation: A Nontraditional Approach to Providing Vocational Rehabilitation
Sherman Gillums, Jr., MS (MODERATOR)
Joan Haskins, MA, CRC
Ken Lipton
Keisha Wright, MS, CRC