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.
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 |
CME Information
- CME pending
Barrow Neuroscience Symposium
In-Person Only
May 14-16, 2025
Phoenix, Arizona
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 | TBD | 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 | TBD | Vladimir Shvarts, MD, FACNS |
| 1:30 PM | MEG | Stephen T. Foldes, PhD |
| 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 |
| 3:10 PM | TBD | Francisco 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 Baynas, DO |
| 9:00 AM | Embolic Stroke of Unknown Source, Its Work Up, 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 Burke, MD |
| 11:10 AM | Drugs in Development for Alzheimer’s Disease | Marwan Sabbagh, MD |
| 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 | Eric Ortega, MD |
| 2:00 PM | Caring for Women with Myasthenia Gravis | Ayushi Chugh, MD |
| Neuroimmunology | ||
| 2:20 PM | Neuroradiology and MS | Courtney Schusse, MD, FAHS |
| 2:35 PM | 2024 Mcdonald Criteria for MS diagnosis, Implementing the Changes | Michael Robers, MD |
| 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 Mix Reality on Spine Education | Laura Snyder, MD |
| 3:45 PM | Discussion | |
| 3:50 PM | Novel management of the Lumbosacral Junction in Adult Spinal Deformity | Jay Turner, MD |
| 4:05 PM | Discussion | |
| 4:10 PM | Circumferential Single Position Lumbar Spinal Fusion Using Less Invasive Techniques for Adjacent Segment Failure | Nikolai Martirosyan, MD |
| 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 |
| 10:30 AM | Adjourn |
Exhibitors and Sponsors
- Exhibitor and sponsor information coming soon.
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