'CME' Neuroscience (SNI) posts

Each spring, The Merrill P. Spencer, M.D. Endowed Lecture is presented in conjunction with the annual Swedish Neuroscience Institute Cerebrovascular Symposium. This year, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Hugh Markus, Professor of Neurology at St. George’s University of London.

Hugh Markus was educated in Medicine at Cambridge and Oxford Universities and then carried out medical jobs in Oxford, London and Nottingham before training in neurology in London. He was senior lecturer and subsequently, reader in neurology at Kings College London before moving to the chair of neurology at St George’s in 2000.

His clinical interests are in stroke, and he is clinical lead for stroke at St George’s Hospital. He is involved in both acute stroke care and outpatient stroke clinics, and runs specialist services for patients with sub cortical vascular disease and genetic forms of stroke.

Today, health-care providers who treat patients with spinal tumors are able to offer a myriad of treatment options that were essentially non-existent in the recent past. Internationally renowned speaker, inventor, entrepreneur and neurosurgeon, John R. Alder, M.D., will present the keynote presentation at this year's symposium and initiate our discussion of the technical and therapeutic options available for spinal tumor patients.

For full course information and to register: http//www.swedish.org/spinaltumors2011

Thursday, January 6, 2011

7:30am - 8:30am

Swedish Education and Conference Center, Room B

Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, attendees will have an increased ability to:

• Discuss the options for hearing restoration using osteointegrated implants and cochlear implants
• Describe the role of auditory brainstem implants
• Outline the indications for cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants (ABI)

SNI Grand Round Series is every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.

At the conclusion of this session, attendees will have an increased ability to:

• Discuss options for expanding the treatment window for acute ischemic stroke
• Review the role of neuroimaging for identification of salvable tissue in stroke patients
• Discuss the results of the DEFUSE trial and the study design of the ongoing DEFUSE 2

SNI Grand Round Series is every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.

Presented By: Chun Yuan, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology, Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, attendees will have an incresed ability to:

• Describe the need for plaque characterization in identifying high risk lesions
• Recall current MRI-based plaque imaging technique and it's ability for plaque characterization

SNI Grand Rounds Series is every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month

Thursday, November 18, 2010

7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

Swedish Education and Conference Center, Room B

Brian Louie, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Esophageal Surgery, Thoracic Surgery

At the conclusion of this session, attendees will have an increased ability to:

• Review the role of thymectomy in the management of myasthenia gravis and describe the options for thymectomy
• Discuss the management of thoracic neurogenic tumors and options for surgical treatment
• Discuss the role and outcomes of thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis

SNI Grand Rounds Series is every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.