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