Plenary Session History

Presidential Plenary Session

Premier Lecture Awards

The Presidential Lecture

This lecture is awarded in non-election years to a neurologist chosen by the American Academy of Neurology President. In election years this lecture is awarded to the outgoing President of the American Academy of Neurology.

The Robert Wartenberg Lecture

The premier award sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, this lecture is awarded to a neurologist for excellence in clinically relevant research. The Wartenberg Lecture is presented during the Presidential Plenary Session of the Scientific Program of the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

The H. Houston Merritt Lecture

This lecture is awarded for excellence in education involved in clinically relevant research. The Merritt lecture is presented every other year during the Presidential Plenary Session of the Scientific Program of the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

George C. Cotzias Lecture

This lecture is awarded is endowed by Roche Pharmaceuticals. This lecture is awarded to a neurologist for excellence in neuroscience and is presented at the Presidential Plenary Session at the Annual Meeting.

The Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology

Sponsored by the AAN, AAN Foundation, and funded through an anonymous donor, this award recognizes outstanding work by an individual in the field of child neurology/developmental neurobiology. The Carter lecture is presented every other year during the Presidential Plenary Session of the Scientific Program of the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

Frontiers in Clinical Neuroscience

This plenary session features translational research related to clinical issues of importance. Four outstanding physician-scientists will provide summaries of their recent research findings and describe the clinical implications of the results.

Hot Topics Plenary Session

This plenary session features translational research related to clinical issues of importance. Four outstanding physician-scientists provide summaries of their recent research findings and describe the clinical implications of the results.

Contemporary Clinical Issues and Case Studies Plenary Session

This plenary session highlights the issues most critical to practicing neurologists, including abstracts related to new therapeutic developments, clinical applications of basic and translational research, and innovative technical developments. In addition, a case study format addresses topics of interest.

Presidential Plenary Session

Presidential Lecture History

Year	Author	Title of Paper
1998	Alan Brinkley, PhD	Faiths that Failed? Professionalism, Technology and Science in Twentieth Century America
1999	Steven P. Ringel, MD	Practicing Neurology: A Delicate Balance
2000	Seymour Benzer, PhD	Neurology of Drosophila
2001	Francis I. Kittredge, Jr., MD	Challenges for Neurological Care: 2001-2030
2002	V. S. Ramachandran, MD, PhD	What Neurology Can Tell Us About Human Nature, Synesthesia and the Meaning of Art
2003	Stanley Fahn, MD	What's New in PD in 2003?
2004	Eric R. Kandel, MD	Molecular Mechanisms for the Persistence of Memory Storage
2005	Sandra F. Olson, MD	Women in Neurology
2006	Robert J. Adams, MD	Small Patients with Big Stroks: The Sickle Cell Story
2007	Thomas R. Swift, MD	Neurology
2008	Giacomo Rizzolatti, MD	The Mirror Neuron System

Robert Wartenberg Lecture History

Year	Author	Title of Paper
1975	Neal S. Miller, MD	Some Psychosomatic Effects of Learning
1976	Professor Roger W. Gilliatt	The Different Effects of Ischaemia and Compression of Peripheral Nerves
1977	William H. Oldendorf, MD	The Quest for an Image of Brain
1978	John Walton, MD	The Science of Clinical Neurology
1980	James Lance, MD	Muscle Tone, Reflexes and the Control of Movement
1981	C. D. Marsden, MD	The Mysterious Function of the Basal Ganglia
1982	Fred Plum, MD	What Makes the Brain Vulnerable to Ischemia
1983	Lewis P. Rowland, MD	Entering the Era of the Molecular Genetics: Clinical Problems and Prospects
1984	Joseph B. Martin, MD	Huntington's Disease: New approaches to an Old Problem
1985	Earl A. Zimmerman, MD	Brain Peptides: From Neurosecretions to Neuronal Communication and Beyond
1986	Stanley Fahn, MD	The Twists and Turns of Torsion Dystonia
1987	Hugo Moser, MD	The Peroxisome: Nervous System Role of a Previously Underrated Organelle
1988	Peter Dyck, MD	Hypoxic Peripheral Neuropathy
1989	Jerome Posner, MD	Cancer and the Neurologist
1990	Robert A. Fishman, MD	Free Radicals and The Treatment of Brain Injury and Ischemia
1991	M. Marsel Mesulam, MD	Behavioral Neuroanatomy of Cortical Cholinergic Pathways in the Normal and Aging Brain
1992	Thomas D. Bird, MD	The Fascination of Neurogenetics: A Clinician's Perspective
1993	Herbert Schaumburg, MD	The Threat and the Tool
1994	Andrew G. Engel, MD	Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes
1995	Sid Gilman, MD	The Enigma of Multiple System Atrophy
1996	John W. Griffin, MD	Guillain Barre' Syndromes: Imitation as the Sincerest Form of Injury
1997	John Mazziotta, MD, PhD	The Landscape of the Human Nervous System in Health and Disease: Brain Mapping in Five Dimensions
1998	Robert C. Griggs, MD	The Impact of Molecular Discoveries on the Treatment of Neurological Disease
1999	Steven Waxman, MD	The Molecular Revolution and the Preservation of Function in Neurological Disease
2000	Roger N. Rosenberg, MD	The Molecular and Genetic Basis of Alzheimer's Disease - The End of the Beginning
2001	Donald L. Price, MD	Alzheimer's Disease: Lessons from Transgenic and Gene Targeted Models
2002	Anne B. Young, MD, PhD	Clinicopathological Aspects and Genetics of Neurodegeneration
2003	John Newsom-Davis, MD, FRS	Antibody-Mediated Channelopathies at the Neuromuscular Junction and Beyond: New Targets, New Syndromes
2004	Huda Y. Zogbhi, MD	Rett Syndrome and MeCP2 Link Chromatin Remodeling and Neurobehavioral disorders
2005	Stanley B. Prusiner, MD	Synthetic Prions: Diagnosis and Treatment of Prion Disease
2006	Mahlon DeLong, MD	Changing Models of Basal Ganglia Function
2007	Robert H. Brown, MD, DPhil	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: From Mutations to Mechanisms and Medicines
2008	Robert L. MacDonald, MD, PhD	Molecular Pathogenesis of Genetic Epilepsies Associated with GABAA Receptor Mutations

H. Houston Merritt (previously Netter) Lecture History

Year	Author	Title of Paper
1987	Arthur K. Asbury, MD	Neuropathies: A Currant Appraisal
1988	Robert Joynt, MD	Thoughts of an Aging Brain on Brain Aging
1989	Robert B. Daroff	Eye Movements in Health and Disease
1990	Richard T. Johnson, MD	Viruses and Human Demyelinating Diseases
1991	Not offered
1992	Not offered
1993	William Landau, MD	The Practice of Clinical Neuroskepticism
1994	Not offered
1995	J.P. Mohr, MD	Reappraisal of Classical Clinicoanatomic Correlations
1996	Not offered
1997	Barry G. Arnason, MD	Immune System Abnormalities in Multiple Sclerosis and How to Correct Them
1998	Not offered
1999	Timothy A. Pedley, MD	The Changing Face of Academic Neurology: Implications for Neurologic Education
2000	Not offered
2001	Kathleen M. Foley, MD	Cancer Pain: Science, Politics and Professionalism
2002	Not offered
2003	David Zee, MD	Single Case Reports: Windows to Brain Function
2004	Not offered
2005	Ira Shoulson, MD	Equipoise and the Value of Uncertainty for Randomized Clinical Trials
2006	Not offered
2007	Martin A. Samuels, MD	Merritt to Voodoo to Takotsubo: A Window into the World of Neuro-Visceral Control
2008	Not offered

George C. Cotzias Lecture History

Year	Author	Title of Paper
1978	Roger Guillemin, MD	Brain Peptides in Physiology and Medicine
1979	D. Carleton Gajdusek, MD	Etiology of Transmissible Virus Dementias (KURU and CJD): Unconventional Viruses Viroids or Infectious Membranes
1980	Roscoe Brady, MD	The Control and Therapy of Lipid Storage Disorders Current Status and Future Strategies
1981	Marshall Nirenberg, MD	Molecular Events in Synapse Formation
1982	Louis Sokoloff, MD	Metabolic Mapping of Local Functional Activity in the Central Nervous System of Animals and Man
1983	Torsten Wiesel, MD	Morphological Basis of Visual Cortical Function
1984	Eric R. Kandel, MD	Steps Toward a Molecular Biology of Learning
1985	Solomon H. Snyder, MD	MPTP: A Neurotoxin Providing Molecular Clues to Parkinsonism
1986	Michael B. A. Oldstone, MD	Anatomy of Viral Disease
1987	Stanley Prusiner, MD	Prions - Novel Infectious Pathogens Causing Scrapie and CJD
1988	Louis Kunkel, MD	A Molecular Biological Approach to Neuromuscular Disorders
1989	Salvatore DiMauro, MD	Mitochondrial Diseases of the Nervous System
1990	Pasko Rakic, MD	Specification of Cerebral Cortical Maps
1991	Not offered
1992	William Oldendorf, MD	The Transition from CT to MRI and Beyond
1993	Not offered
1994	Albert Aguayo, MD	Enhancing Neuronal Survival and Regrowth after CNS Injury
1995	Not offered
1996	Robert MacDonald, MD, PhD	Regulation of GABAerie Inhibition in the Treatment of Epilepsy
1997	Not offered
1998	Kenneth H. Fischbeck, MD	Repeat Expansion Neurodegenerative Disease
1999	Not offered
2000	Howard L. Fields, MD, PhD	Setting the Stage for Pain
2001	Not offered
2002	Paul Greengard, PhD	The Neurobiology of Slow Synaptic Transmission
2003	Not offered
2004	William C. Mobley, MD, PhD	Trafficking the Target ? Derived Signals of Neurotrophic Factors: Implications for Normal and Degenerating Neurons
2005	Not offered
2006	Marcus E. Raichle, MD	The Visible Brain: An Evolving Perspective
2007	Not offered
2008	Arnold R. Kriegstein, MD, PhD	The Dynamics of Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells in Cortical Development

Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology Award Winner History

Year	Winner	Title of Paper
1998	Huda Zoghbi, MD	Progress in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Dominantly Inherited Ataxias
1999	Not offered
2000	Donna Ferriero, MD	Injury Response in the Developing Brain: The Search for Age-Appropriate Therapies
2001	Not offered
2002	Scott L. Pomeroy, MD, PhD	Molecular Genomics of Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors
2003	Not offered
2004	Gary Clark, MD	The Roles of Lissencephaly Genes in Brain Development
2005	Not offered
2006	Elizabeth Engle, MD	Oculomotility Disorders Arising from Disruptions in Brainstem Motoneuron Development
2007	Not offered
2008	Marjo van der Knaap, MD PhD	Leukoencephalopathies: From MRI Patterns to Disease Genes and Beyond

Decade of the Brain Lecturer History

Year	Author	Title of Paper
1991	J. William Langston	Parkinson's Disease: The Next Decade of Research
1991	Anne B. Young	Alzheimer's and Huntington's Disease: New Neurobiological Approach
1991	Kenneth Fischbeck	Molecular Genetics of Neuromuscular Disease
1991	Dennis W. Choi	Anti-Excitotoxic Approaches to the Treatment of Hypoxic-Ischemic Neuronal Injury
1991	John C. Mazziotta	Mapping the Brain in Health and Disease: New Tools for the Clinical Neuroscientist in the 90's
1992	Robert L. Barchi, MD	Sodium Channels and Disorders of the Muscle Membrane
1992	Marcus E. Raichle	Functional Brain Images of Normal Human Behavior
1992	Lawrence Steinman	The Development of Selective Therapy for Autoimmune Disease of the Nervous System
1992	Dale Purves	Maps, Modules and the Growth of the Brain
1992	Howard Fields	New Concepts in Neurogenic Pain
1992	Anders Bjorklund	Neural Grafting in Parkinson's Disease: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives
1993	Antonio Damasio	Memory and Language Systems in Humans
1993	Carla Shatz	Order from Disorder in the Development of Connections in the Visual System
1993	J. Allan Hobson	Sleep: Order and Disorder
1993	Robert Sloviter	Basic Mechanisms of Epilepsy
1994	Louis J. Ptacek	Molecular Neurogenetics
1994	William Snider	Regulation of Neuronal Survival by Neurotrophins
1994	Richard Frackowiak	The Adapting Human Brain
1994	Senator Tom Harkin	Biomedical Research and Health Care Reform
1994	Albert Galaburda	Neurobiology of Developmental Dyslexia
1995	Michael Moskowitz	Migraine Enters the Molecular Era
1995	Ted Dawson	Nitric Oxide: A Radical Concept in Neurotransmission and Neurotoxicity
1995	Frankie Trull	Threats Faced by Those Conducting Animal Research
1995	Donald Price	Animal Models in Neurodegenerative Disease: Mechanisms and Therapies
1995	Leon Epstein	HIV-1 Neuropathogenesis
1996	Mahlon DeLong	Parkinson's Disease and the Basal Ganglia: Lessons from the Operating Room
1996	Robert H. Brown	ALS
1996	Kevin Campbell	Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy: Disorders of the Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex
1996	David Gutmann	Neurofibromatosis I: From Gene to Function
1997	Karen Hsiao, MD, PhD	Understanding the Biology and Molecular Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease in Transgenic Mice
1997	Mark Hallett, MD	Dystonia: Pathophysiology of a Mysterious Movement Disorder
1997	William Mobley, MD	Neurotrophic Factors in the Clinic: Novel Treatments for Neurologic Disorders?
1997	Bruce Ransom, MD, PhD	New Perspectives on the Physiology and Functions of Glial Cells
1998	Fred H. Gage, PhD	The Promise of Gene Therapy
1998	Marc A. Dichter, MD, PhD	Epileptogenesis: How Does the Brain Develop the Propensity for Seizures?
1998	Huda Zoghbi, MD	Progress in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Dominantly Inherited Ataxias
1998	Richard P. Mayeux, MD, MSc	Translating Genes and Molecules into Risk Factors and Diagnostic Tests
1999	Tim Tully, PhD	Genetic Basis of Memory
1999	Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD PhD	Stumbling, Shakes and Twitches: Disorders of Glutamate Transport
1999	Justin A. Zivin, MD, PhD	Thrombolytic Stroke Therapy: Past, Present, and Future
1999	Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, MD,PhD	A Century of Progress in Understanding Frontotemporal-Degeneration
2000	J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD	Environmental Toxins, Mitochondria and Parkinson's Disease: New Insights
2000	Robert L. Martuza, MD	Conditional Replicating Herpes Vectors for Tumor Therapy
2000	Justin McArthur, MBBS, MPH	HIV, Dementia, and The Big, Bad Macrophage
2000	John Reed, MD, PhD	Mechanisms of Apoptosis

Frontiers in Clinical Neuroscience

Year	Author	Title of Paper
2001	Daniel H. Lowenstein, MD	Epiliptogenesis: Developmental Deja vu?
2001	Clifford B. Saper, MD, PhD	To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Control of Consciousness and Sleep States
2001	Stephen M. Strittmatter, MD, PhD	CNS Axon Regeneration and Nogo
2001	Elizabeth Touronier-Lasserve, MD	CADASIL, from Patients to the NOTCH3 Gene and Back to Patients
2002	Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD	Sleep, Hypocretins and Narcolepsy
2002	Mel B. Feany, MD, PhD	Learning About Human Neurodegenerative Diseases from Flies and Worms
2002	Claudia Lucchinetti, MD	Unraveling the Mystery of the Multiple Sclerosis Lesion: Pathogenic Clues and Therapeutic Hints
2002	Ronald D. McKay, PhD	From Stem Cells to Circuits in the Mammalian Nervous System
2003	J. Gregory Cairncross, MD	Managing Glioma in the Molecular Era
2003	Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD	Genes that Control the Shape and Size of the Human Cerebral Cortex
2003	Robert Brown, Jr., MD, DPhil	Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis: Recent Approaches to Biology and Therapy
2003	Bruce L. Miller, MD	Portraits of Artists: Emergence of Visual Creativity in Dementia
2004	Kevin P. Campbell, PhD	Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy
2004	Robert B. Darnell, MD, PhD	The Emerging Importance of RNA Regulation in Neurological Disease: Its Role in Paraneoplastic Syndromes and Fragile-X Mental Retardation
2004	Richard M. Ransohoff, MD	What Can Chemokines Do To (and for) My Patients?
2004	Lennart Mucke, MD	Markers and Mediators of Neuronal Deficits in Dementia
2005	Charles A. Thornton, MD	RNA-Mediated Neurological Diseases
2005	Valina L. Dawson, PhD	Harnessing the Neuroprotective Power of the Brain
2005	David A. Lewis, MD	Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Treatment Interventions
2005	Steven S. Scherer, MD, PhD	Finding the Causes of Inherited Neuropathies
2006	Louis J. Ptacek, MD	Genetics of the Human Clock
2006	Jerry R. Mendell, MD	Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy: Fulfilling the Prophecy?
2006	Vanda A. Lennon, MD, PhD	Changing Concepts in CNS Demyelinating Disorders: Autoimmune Water Channelopathies
2006	Don W. Cleveland, PhD	From Charcot to Lou Gehrig: Mechanisms of Motor Neuron Death in ALS
2007	Anthony E. Lang, MD	Parkinson's Disease: Beyond the Decade of the Brain
2007	Michael A. Moskowitz, MD	Channels, Genes, Hormones, and Migraine
2007	Christine Van Broeckhoven, PhD, DSc	The Alzheimer-Frontotemporal Spectrum: A Molecular Approach
2007	Phillip A. Low, MD	Autonomic Neuropathy: Progress in Pathogenesis and Treatment
2008	Moses Rodriguez, MD	Natural Autoantibodies in the Treatment of Neurological Disease
2008	Kristine Yaffe, MD	Prevention of Dementia in 2008: Strategies from Epidemiological Studies
2008	Harry T. Orr, PhD	Protein Interactions and Cell Signaling Pathways in SCA1 Pathogenesis: Targets for Therapeutics
2008	Ann M. Graybiel, PhD	Learning and Memory Mechanisms of the Basal Ganglia

Hot Topics Plenary Session

Year	Presenter	Title of Paper
2006	William E. Klunk, MD, PhD	Imaging the Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease with Pittsburgh Compound-B
2006	Ralph L. Sacco, MD, MS	Cholesterol, Statins, and Stroke
2006	Demetrius M. Maraganore, MD	Complex Genetics of Parkinson's Disease: Beyond Linkage Analysis
2006	Paul S. Mischel, MD	Targeting EGFR in Glioblastoma: How Molecular Analysis May Potentially be Used to Identify Patients Who are Likely to Benefit
2007	John P. Donoghue, MD	Neural Interfaces to Restore Function
2007	Michael Hutton, PhD	Progranulin Mutations in FTDP-17: Genetic and Clinical Implications
2007	Clifford B. Saper, MD, PhD	Waking Up to Sleep: Implications for Neurology
2007	Marinos C. Dalakas, MD	Inhibition of B Cell Functions: Implications for Neurology
2008	Jose B. Cibelli, DVM, MD	Embryonic Stem Cells With No Embryos
2008	D. James Surmeier, PhD	Calcium and Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Disease
2008	Jeffrey H. Kordower, PhD	Animals Activists' Activity and Their Effect on Neuroscience Research: What Investigators Need to Know to Protect Themselves
2008	John W. Krakauer, MD	Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy: What is it Doing?

Contemporary Clinical Issues

Year	Presenter	Discussant	Title of Presentation
2001	Pierluigi Gambetti, MD	Raymond P. Roos, MD	Prior Diseases and Contaminated Beef
2001	J. P. Mohr, MS, MD	Vladimir Hachinski, MD	Clinical Trials in Stroke
2001	Samuel Wiebe, MD	Susan S. Spencer, MD	Is Temporal Lobe Epilepsy a Surgical Disease?
2001	Howard M. Chertkow, MD	Steven T. DeKosky, MD	Just Forgetfulness or Onset of Alzheimer's Disease?
2002	Maj. Gen. Perry M. Smith, USAF		The War Against Terrorism: What to Expect, What You Can Do
2002	Carol S. North, MD, MPE		Neuropsychiatric Effects of Terrorism
2002	Jonathan Newmark, MD		Chemical Warfare Agents: What Neurologists Should Know
2002	Larry E. Davis, MD		Biological Warfare Agents: What Neurologists Should Know
2002	Steven P. Ringel, MD		The Role of the AAN in Fighting Terrorism
2003	Diane E. Griffin, MD		Neurologic Complications of Smallpox Vaccination
2003	Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul, MD	Joseph R. Berger, MD	Peripheral Neuropathy Following Gastric Bypass Surgery
2003	Lara E. Jeha, MD	Kenneth L. Tyler, MD	West Nile Virus: The 21st Century Polio?
2003	Pierre Fayad, MD	Ralph Sacco, MD	Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High Risk for Endarterectomy: The Sapphire Study
2004	P. James B. Dyck, MD	John W. Griffin, MD	Targeted Fascicular Biopsy of Proximal Nerves with MRI Abnormality May Be Diagnostically Informative
2004	Gregory W. Albers, MD	S. Clay Johnston, MD, PhD	Stroke Prevention with the Oral Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Ximelagatran in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation (SPORTIF V)
2004	Yusei Shiga, MD	James A. Mastrianni, MD, PhD	Superiority of Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Depicting the Lesions Related to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
2005	Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, MD, PhD	Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD	Establishing Subtypes of the Continuum of Frontal Lobe Impairment in ALS
2005	Joachim F. Wernicke, MD, PhD	Michael J. Polydefkis, MD	A Double-Blind, Multi-Center Trial Comparing Duloxetine with Placebo in the Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
2005	Leon J. Thal, MD	David S. Knopman, MD	Cognitive Effects of Donepezil and Vitamin E in Mild Cognitive Impairment
2006	Rose Marie Mathew, MD	Kurt A. Jaeckle,MD	Orchiectomy for Suspected Microscopic Tumor in Patients with Paraneoplastic Anti-Ma2 Encephalitis
2006	Tobias Kurth, MD	Richard B. Lipton, MD	Migraine with Aura is Associated with Increased Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Apparently Healthy Women
2006	Valerie Voon, MD	Oksana Suchowersky, MD	The Prevalence of Pathological Gambling, Hypersexuality, and Compulsive Shopping in Parkinson's Disease: A Prospective Study
2007	Sudha Seshadri, MD	John A Hardy, PhD	Genetic Correlates of Brain Aging on MRI and Cognitive Test Measures: Genome-Wide Association Analyses in the Framingham Heart Study
2007	Max Albert Hietala, MD, PhD	James P. Kelly, MD	The Neurochemical Aftermath of Amateur Boxing
2007	Larry B. Goldstein, MD	Bruce I. Ovbiagele, MD/ Jeffrey Saver, MD	Secondary Analysis of Hemorrhagic Stroke in the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) Study
2008	Michael D. Kaufman, MD	Jeffrey A. Cohen, MD	A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center Study of Subcutaneous Daclizumab, a Humanized Anti-CD-25 Monoclonal Antibody, in Patients with Active, Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis – Week 44 Results
2008	Robert H. Baloh, MD, PhD	Virginia M-Y. Lee, PhD	TDP-43 Mutation in Familial Motor Neuron Disease
2008	James A. Russell, DO	Michael A. Williams, MD	Sedation for the Imminently Dying: Survey Results from the AAN Ethics Section

Contemporary Clinical Issues Case Studies

Year	Presenter	Title
2004	Stephen L. Hauser, MD	Multiple Sclerosis: Early Diagnosis and Early Treatment
2004	Kathleen M. Shannon, MD	Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease: Reality or Myth?
2004	Victor W. Henderson, MD	Estrogen in Neurologic Disease: Risk or Benefit?
2005	Christine Klein, MD	The Genetics of Parkinson's Disease
2005	John W. Henson, MD	The Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)
2005	Kyra J. Becker, MD	The Spectrum of Recently FDA Approved Devices for the Management of Stroke Disorders
2006	Berge A. Minassian, MD	Lafora Disease and How an Ancient Prokaryotic Sequence Protects Us Against Starch on the Brain
2006	Paul J. Hagerman, MD, PhD	From Neurodevelopment to Neurodegeneration: An Older Face of the Fragile X Gene
2006	Jeffrey L. Saver, MD	Can this Brain Be Saved? Optimizing Acute Stroke Management with Penumbra and Vessel Imaging
2007	C. Geoffrey Woods, MD	Sodium Channels as Targets for Pain Management: Lessons from Inherited Pain Syndromes
2007	Kenneth H. Fischbeck, MD	Idebenone Treatment for Friedrich's Ataxia
2007	J. D. Bartleson, MD	How Should We Treat the Patient with Persistent Painful Lumbosacral Radiculopathy?
2008	Patrick Y. Wen, MD	Novel Antiangiogenic Therapy in Neuro-oncology
2008	Juliane Winkelmann, MD	Restless Legs Syndrome: New Perspectives
2008	Marc I. Chimowitz, MD	Symptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis: Is Stenting Ready for Prime Time?

Plenary Session History

Premier Lecture Awards

Presidential Plenary Session

Presidential Lecture History

Robert Wartenberg Lecture History

H. Houston Merritt (previously Netter) Lecture History

George C. Cotzias Lecture History

Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology Award Winner History

Decade of the Brain Lecturer History

Frontiers in Clinical Neuroscience

Hot Topics Plenary Session

Contemporary Clinical Issues

Contemporary Clinical Issues Case Studies

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