2025 Barrow Neuroscience Symposium

Course Goal

This course is designed to advance the knowledge and practice of medicine in neuroscience through basic and clinical research, education of medical professionals, and innovation.

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Registration Information

	Early Bird (Before 4/23/25)	Normal registration (after 4/23/25)
Physicians	$350.00	$425.00
Resident/Fellow/Observer	$125.00	$200.00
Barrow/St. Joseph’s Employee	Free	Free
NP/PA/CNRN	$250.00	$325.00
Alumni	$275.00	$350.00

Registration fee includes: Symposium, program materials, and continuing education credits.

CME Information

Barrow Neuroscience Symposium

In-Person Only
May 14-16, 2025
Phoenix, Arizona

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Date and Location

In Person
Wednesday – Friday, May 14-16, 2025

Goldman Auditorium & Sonntag Pavilion
Barrow Neurological Institute
2910 North 3rd Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85013
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Speaker Information

All times refer to Arizona time.

Time	Topic	Presenter
Day One: Wednesday, May 14
11:00 AM	Welcome Lunch
	Neuro-oncology
12:00 PM	Drug Development for Brain Tumors	Nader Sanai, MD
12:20 PM	Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumors	William R. Kennedy, MD
12:40 PM	Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Brain Tumor Treatment	Artak Tovmasyan, PharmD, PhD
	Epilepsy
1:00 PM	Neuromodulation in Epilepsy: Beyond Seizures	David P. Harris, MD
2:00 PM	Break
	Endovascular
2:10 PM	Endovascular Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus	Felipe C. Albuquerque, MD, FAANS
2:20 PM	Update on MMA Embolization Including CSDH and Headache	Andrew Ducruet, MD
2:30 PM	Update on Mechanical Thrombectomy for Distal Arterial Occlusion (MEVO)	Samuel Hall, MD
2:40 PM	Multimodality Management of Cervical Carotid Stenosis (PTAS, CEA, TCAR, etc)	Richard W. Williamson, MD
	Movement Disorders
2:50 PM	Update on Treatment for Essential Tremor	Holly Shill, MD, FAAN
3:10 PM	Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders: Update	Francisco A. Ponce, MD
	Global Neurology and Neurosurgery (Educational Experience)
3:30 PM	State of Neurosurgery in Tanzania & South Africa	John Ouma, MD Kerry Vaughan, MD
	Neurological Updates in Paraguay	Elio Marín, MD
4:15 PM	State of Neurosurgery in Panama	Ricardo Bermúdez, MD Carlos Candanedo, MD
5:00 PM	Adjourn
5:30 PM	Reception at the Musical Instrument Museum

Day Two: Thursday, May 15
	Vascular Neurosurgery
8:00 AM	Novel Therapies and Neurotechnology for Vasospasm after SAH	Anna Huguenard, MD
8:15 AM	Skull Base Bypasses for Aneurysms and Ischemia	Michael T. Lawton, MD
	Stroke
8:40 AM	What’s New in the New AHA/ASA Primary Stroke Prevention Guideline?	Judea Wiggins, MD
8:50 AM	Large Core Infarctions from a LVO, Can We Still Take the Clot Out?	Paige Banyas, DO
9:00 AM	Embolic Stroke of Unknown Source, Its Workup, and Therapies	Supreet Kaur, MD
9:10 AM	A Brief Review of Antithrombotics for Stroke	Bryan Franzen, DO
9:20 PM	Break
	Neurocritical Care (TBI, ICU, Spine Injury)
9:30 AM	Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity	Daniella Sisniega, MD
9:50 AM	Optimizing Cerebral Perfusion Pressure	Nicholas J. Nelson, MD
10:10 AM	Neurocritical Care Advancements in SAH	Patrick Crooks, MD
	Cognitive Session
10:30 AM	GLP 1 Agonists: Implications in Neurodegeneration and Neuropsychiatry	Anna D. Burke, MD
11:10 AM	Drugs in Development for Alzheimer’s Disease	Marwan Sabbagh, MD, FAAN
11:50 AM	Q&A
12:00 PM	Lunch/Vendor Block
	Headache
1:10 PM	Diagnosis and Medical Management of IIH	Kerry Knievel, DO, FAHS
1:20 PM	Management of Skull Base CSF Leak Related to IIH	Samuel R. Barber, MD
1:30 PM	Endovascular Evaluation and Management of IIH	Andrew Ducruet, MD
	Neuromuscular
1:40 PM	The Flaw of the Miracle: Immune-Based Cancer Treatments and their NM Complications	Erik Ortega, MD
2:00 PM	Caring for Women with Myasthenia Gravis	Ayushi Chugh, MD, FAAN
	Neuroimmunology
2:20 PM	A Single-Cell Compendium of Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Reveals Multiple Sclerosis-Associated Immune Cell Populations	Claudia Cantoni, PhD
2:35 PM	2024 McDonald Criteria for MS Diagnosis: Implementing the Changes	Michael Robers, MD, MS
2:50 PM	Break
	Spine
3:00 PM	Modern Management of the Acute Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome	Rory Murphy, MD
3:15 PM	Discussion
3:20 PM	The Role of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality on Spine Education	Laura A. Snyder, MD, FAANS
3:45 PM	Discussion
3:50 PM	Novel Management of the Lumbosacral Junction in Adult Spinal Deformity	Jay D. Turner, MD, PhD
4:05 PM	Discussion
4:10 PM	Circumferential Single Position Lumbar Spinal Fusion Using Less Invasive Techniques for Adjacent Segment Failure	Nikolay Martirosyan, MD, PhD
4:25 PM	Discussion
4:30 PM	Adjourn
5:00 PM	Reception at The Phoenix Art Museum

Day Three: Friday, May 16
	Keynote Session
7:30 AM	Advances in Stroke and Clinical Reasoning in Neurology	S. Andrew Josephson, MD
8:30 AM	Current State and Future of Neurosurgery in Europe	Claudius Thomé, MD
9:30 AM	The State of Neuroscience	Michael T. Lawton, MD S. Andrew Josephson, MD Claudius Thomé, MD Brad A. Racette, MD, FAAN
10:30 AM	Adjourn