Post-Acute Spinal Cord Injury Care

Moderator(s)

• 

  Eve Tsai, MD, PhD

  Professor
  University of Ottawa
  Ottawa, ON, CA
• RK

  Ryan Kitagawa, MD

  Associate Professor
  University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston
  Houston, TX, US
• 

  Sacit Omay, MD, FAANS (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  Yale School of Medicine
  New Haven, Connecticut, United States

What comes after the emergency decompression and resuscitation for acute spinal cord injury? Explore cutting edge treatments intended to enhance functional recovery and experience the annual Charles Tator Lecture, focusing on disparities in outcomes for spinal cord injury.

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:31 PM CT

  Welcome and Introduction to J. Douglas Miller Lecture
  

  Speaker: Eve Tsai, MD, PhD – University of Ottawa
• 3:32 PM – 3:57 PM CT

  J. Douglas Miller Lecture - "A Midlife Crisis of Sorts: When Evidence Starts to Fail Experience"
  

  Speaker: Patricia B. Raksin, MD, FAANS – John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (formerly Cook County Hospital)
• 3:58 PM – 4:03 PM CT

  Natus Resident/Fellow Award for Neurotrauma: Hyperosmolar therapy for acute traumatic spinal cord injury
  

  Presenting Author: Sanjay S. Dhall, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center

  Co-Author: TJ Florence, MD PhD – UCLA Neurosurgery

  Co-Author: Joel S. Beckett, MD MHS – UCLA Neurosurgery

  Co-Author: Manuel Buitrago Blanco, MD PhD – UCLA Neurosurgery

  Co-Author: Richard G. Everson, MD – Departments of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, Head and Neck Surgery, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

  Co-Author: Langston T. Holly, MD – UCLA Neurosurgery

  Co-Author: Daniel Lu, MD PhD – UCLA Neurosurgery

  Co-Author: Anshul Ratnaparkhi, n/a – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Ziad Rifi, n/a (he/him/his) – UCLA Geffen School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Alex Valenzuela (he/him/his) – UCLA Geffen School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Paul M. Vespa, MD (he/him/his) – UCLA Neurosurgery

  Co-Author: Andrew Vivas, MD (he/him/his) – UCLA Neurosurgery

  Co-Author: Peter B. Wu, MD – UCLA Neurosurgery

  Co-Author: Isaac Yang, MD (he/him/his) – Departments of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, Head and Neck Surgery, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

  Co-Author: David Zarrin, MSE – UCLA Medicine

  Co-Author: Michelle Zhang, n/a – UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
• 4:04 PM – 4:09 PM CT

  Charles Tator Spinal Cord Injury Resident Research Award: Harnessing the Regenerative Potential of Endogenous Stem Cells After Spinal Cord Injury: A Novel Translationally Relevant Therapeutic Approach
  

  Presenting Author: Laureen D. Hachem, MD – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Gustavo Balbinot, PhD – University Health Network

  Co-Author: Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Wei Lu, PhD – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

  Co-Author: Andrea Mothe, PhD – University Health Network

  Co-Author: Charles H. Tator, MD, PhD – University of Toronto
• 4:10 PM – 4:20 PM CT

  Post-Acute Spinal Cord Injury Care: Electrostimulation
  

  Speaker: Rajiv Saigal, MD, PhD, FAANS (he/him/his) – UCSF
• 4:21 PM – 4:31 PM CT

  Post-Acute Spinal Cord Injury Care: Nerve Transfer for Spinal Cord Injury
  

  Speaker: Thomas J. Wilson, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Stanford University
• 4:31 PM – 4:32 PM CT

  Introduction to Charles Tator Lecture
  

  Speaker: Ann M. Parr, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
• 4:33 PM – 5:00 PM CT

  Charles Tator Lecture
  

  Speaker: Michelle Gittler, MD – Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital