Presidential Plenary Session

Tuesday, April 24
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

Features the AAN's premier lecture awards for clinically relevant research. Top researchers lecture on some of the most significant findings in neurology in 2012.

Moderator

Lisa DeAngelis, MD, FAAN
Chair, Science Committee and Scientific Program Subcommittee

Presidential Lecture

Mark F. Mehler, MD, FAAN
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Title: Epigenetics: A New Science of Brain and Behavior

Robert Wartenberg Lecture

Ralph L. Sacco, MD, MS, FAHA, FAAN
University of Miami, Miami, FL

Title: Stroke Prevention: An Unfinished Story with New Perspectives

George C. Cotzias Lecture

Endowed by Roche Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Robert B. Darnell, MD, PhD
Rockefeller University, New York, NY

Title: Neurology Collides With the RNA World: Wide-ranging Impact, From Intellectual Disability to Motor Neuron Disease

Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology Lecture

Endowed by an anonymous donor.

Rose Mary N. Boustany, MD
Duke University, Durham NC
American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Title: Following the Red Thread