SCI – New Directions in Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation
ACRM/ASNR combined full day pre-course for the 2011 annual meeting
Atlanta, GA, October 11-15, 2011 http://www.acrm.org/annual-conference
Spinal Cord Injury – New Directions in Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation
Host Site: Shepherd Center, the nation’s largest spinal cord injury and brain injury hospital
Course Directors:
Keith Tansey, MD, PhD
ASNR Board Member
Director, SCI Research, Shepherd Center
Neurology and Physiology,
Emory University School of Medicine
SCI Clinic, Atlanta VA Medical Center
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD
ACRM SCI-SIG Chair
Assoc. Director, SCI Research, Shepherd Center
Rehabilitation Medicine,
Emory University School of Medicine
Course Outline:
8:00 Registration and Breakfast
8:15 Welcome to Shepherd Center
Speaker – Gary Ulicny, PhD, ACRM President, Shepherd Center CEO
8:20 Welcome to ASNR’s “Restorative Neurology in SCI”
Speaker – Keith Tansey, MD, PhD, ASNR BoD, Shepherd, Emory, VA
8:30 Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Injury – Where Do We Stand?
9:30 Questions & Break
9:45 Neurophysiological Assessment in SCI – Conduction and Processing
10:45 Questions & Break
11:00 Augmenting Recovery in SCI – Stimulating Plasticity and Function
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Shepherd Center Tours
1:50 Welcome to ACRM’s “Rehabilitation Research in SCI
Speaker – Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, ACRM SCI-SIG, Shepherd, Emory
2:00 Measurement and Management of the Upper Extremity in SCI
3:00 Questions & Break
3:15 SCI Rehab Across the Ages: Pediatrics, Adolescents and Geriatrics
4:15 Questions & Break
4:30 SCI Rehabilitation Potential for the Future
5:30 Departure
Transportation from Meeting Hotel to Shepherd Center at 7:30 and 11:30
Transportation from Shepherd Center to Meeting Hotel at 2:00 and 6:00