2nd Annual Chicago Neurotrauma Symposium: Penetrating Brain Injury - Establishing Priorities

Chicago, IL US

September 20, 2024 to September 21, 2024

Join us for an exhilarating journey through the latest updates in penetrating brain injury care!

Join us to take your approach to traumatic brain injury (TBI) management to the next level. This symposium will bridge critical knowledge gaps, empowering you with the latest guidelines and insights essential for delivering top-tier patient care. By immersing yourself in this vital topic, you'll gain invaluable expertise that directly translates into improved patient outcomes, particularly in cases of severe TBI. Our focus on patient-centered outcomes ensures that every discussion and discovery is rooted in real-world impact.

Your time at the symposium will also help drive innovation and forge meaningful collaborations. Through dynamic presentations and interactive case discussions, you'll lay the groundwork for transformative advancements in the field.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to join forces with fellow clinicians, educators, and researchers in shaping the future of trauma care. Register now and be at the forefront of revolutionizing brain trauma management!

Target Audience

This activity is designed for a multidisciplinary cohort of clinicians, clinical research methodologists, and community members committed to filling the gaps in firearm-inflicted brain injury (FIBI) management.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

Recognize the most recent guidelines in PBI management;
Identify key knowledge gaps in FIBI and avenues for further research;
State high-priority clinical questions about FIBI necessitating further investigation;
Outline an effective multidisciplinary approach for the acute resuscitation and management of individuals affected by FIBI, incorporating insights from multiple medical specialties;
Appraise available options for acute neurosurgical and neurocritical care interventions to optimize neurological outcomes for patients with FIBI integrating evidence-based practices and patient-centered approaches;
Evaluate various research methodologies for investigating FIBI, considering their effectiveness and the unique challenges of this injury type.

Additional information

ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies:

Patient Care and Procedural Skills

Medical Knowledge

Practice-based Learning and Improvement

Interpersonal and Communication Skills

Systems-based Practice

For more information, please contact:

CME Coordinator Contact Name:

Neurotrauma Symposium Support

CME Coordinator Contact Email:

neurotrauma@uchicagomedicine.org

CME Coordinator Contact Phone:

773-702-5817

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Summary

Available credit:

9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
9.00 Occupational Therapist
9.00 Participation
9.00 Physical Therapist

Event starts:

09/20/2024 - 8:00am

Event ends:

09/21/2024 - 1:00pm

Activity opens:

05/12/2024

Activity expires:

12/21/2024

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Friday, September 20th
Time	Location	Event/Session	Talk Title	Moderator	Speaker
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	4th Floor Elevator Foyer	Registration
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM	Friedman Hall Prefunction - 3rd Floor	Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Introduction to the Symposium and Housekeeping	Introduction to the Symposium	N/A	Susan Rowell, Ali Mansour, Fernando Goldenberg, Shyam Prabhakaran, Selwyn Rogers, Paramita Das
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 1: Civilian Penetrating Brain Injury Guidelines – Presentation, Implementation, and Future Steps - Talk 1	Overview of Civilian Penetrating Brain Injury Guidelines	Fernando Goldenberg	Randy Bell
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 1: Civilian Penetrating Brain Injury Guidelines – Presentation, Implementation, and Future Steps - Talk 2	Implementation of Civilian Penetrating Brain Injury Guidelines	Fernando Goldenberg	Molly McNett
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 1: Civilian Penetrating Brain Injury Guidelines – Presentation, Implementation, and Future Steps - Talk 3	Gaps and Needs Identified After Civilian Penetrating Brain Injury Guidelines	Fernando Goldenberg	Greg Hawryluk
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 1: Civilian Penetrating Brain Injury Guidelines – Presentation, Implementation, and Future Steps - Panel	Session 1 Panel Discussion	Fernando Goldenberg	Randy Bell, Molly McNett, Greg Hawryluk, Alex Valadka
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Friedman Hall Prefunction - 3rd Floor	Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 2: Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury - Talk 1	Blood-Based Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury	Susan Rowell	Ramon Diaz-Arrastia
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 2: Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury - Talk 2	Microbiome in Traumatic Brain Injury	Susan Rowell	William Roth
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 2: Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury - Talk 3	Imaging Biomarkers in Penetrating Brain Injury	Susan Rowell	Ali Mansour
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 2: Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury - Panel	Session 2 Panel Discussion	Susan Rowell	Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, William Roth, Ali Mansour, David Okonkwo, Linda Papa
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Guest Lecture	Coagulopathy in Brain Injury	Susan Rowell	Karim Brohi
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Rooms 801/802	Lunch - Presentation from Integra at 12:30p in 801 and 12:45p in 802
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 3: Outcomes Research in Penetrating and Blunt TBI - Talk 1	The Vietnam Head Injury Study: Synopsis, Outcomes, and Value	Joe Fink	Jordan Grafman
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 3: Outcomes Research in Penetrating and Blunt TBI - Talk 2	Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury	Joe Fink	Sangeeta Patel Driver
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 3: Outcomes Research in Penetrating and Blunt TBI - Panel	Session 3 Panel Discussion	Joe Fink	Janet Bettger, Sangeeta Patel Driver, Jordan Grafman
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Invited Keynote Speaker	The Things They Carry: Emerging from the Gun Violence of Our Cities	Selwyn Rogers, Fernando Goldenberg	Alex Kotlowitz
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Friedman Hall Prefunction - 3rd Floor	Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 4: Traumatic Spine Injury - Talk 1	Penetrating Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury	Paramita Das	Martin Herman
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 5: Multidisciplinary Care of Brain Injury	Case Presentation	Ali Mansour	Hasan Alam, Karim Brohi, Rocco Armonda, Randy Bell, David Okonkwo, Christos Lazaridis, Andres Rubiano
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	City View Room - 10th Floor	Reception: Rubenstein Forum 10th Floor
Saturday, September 21st
Time		Event/Session	Talk Title	Moderator	Speaker
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM	4th Floor Elevator Foyer	Registration
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Friedman Hall Prefunction - 3rd Floor	Breakfast
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 6: Increasing Funding and Advocacy for Penetrating Brain Injury - Talk 1	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Traumatic Brain Injury Portfolio	Christos Lazaridis	Nsini Umoh
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 6: Increasing Funding and Advocacy for Penetrating Brain Injury - Talk 2	How to Obtain Funding from the Department of Defense for PBI	Christos Lazaridis	JB Phillips
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 6: Increasing Funding and Advocacy for Penetrating Brain Injury - Talk 3	Overview of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Traumatic Brain Injury and Psych Health Portfolio	Christos Lazaridis	JB Phillips
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 6: Increasing Funding and Advocacy for Penetrating Brain Injury - Panel	Session 6 Panel	Christos Lazaridis	JB Phillips, Nsini Umoh, Dwayne Taliaferro, Travis Polk
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Friedman Hall Prefunction - 3rd Floor	Coffee Break
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 7: The Wartime Traumatic Brain Injury Experience - Talk 1	Lessons Learned from the Ukraine-Russia War	Alex Valadka	Andrii Sirko
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 7: The Wartime Traumatic Brain Injury Experience - Talk 2	Lessons Learned from Deployed Context	Alex Valadka	Rocco Armonda
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 7: The Wartime Traumatic Brain InjuryExperience - Talk 3	Opportunities for Neurotrauma Training for Non-Neurosurgeons	Alex Valadka	Paramita Das
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 7: The Wartime Traumatic Brain Injury Experience - Talk 4	Blast Injury - What Do We Know?	Alex Valadka	James Kelly
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Session 7: The Wartime Traumatic Brain Injury Experience - Panel 1	Session 7 Panel	Alex Valadka	Andree Sirko, James Kelly, Paramita Das, Rocco Armonda
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Friedman Hall - 3rd Floor	Next Steps & Closing	Next Steps & Closing	N/A	Susan Rowell, Ali Mansour, Fernando Goldenberg
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Rosenwald Hall	Campus Tour: Meet at Office of College Admissions, located on the first floor of Rosenwald Hall, 1101 E 58th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637

David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago

1201 E 60th St

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

HYBRID ACTIVITY

Learners can attend this activity in person or virtually. For questions about the program, contact Neurotrauma Symposium Support via e-mail.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DAVID RUBENSTEIN FORUM

The David Rubenstein Forum combines a variety of spaces, both formal and informal, large and small, calm and animated, focused and diffuse, scheduled and spontaneous. The Rubenstein Forum’s ten-story tower features vibrant and distinct “neighborhoods.” The Rubenstein Forum’s unique position on the Midway allows for expansive views toward the campus and surrounding communities as well as downtown Chicago and Lake Michigan. The City View Room on the 10th floor offers a strong visual connection between the university and the city, and it is an exquisite setting for hosting spectacular special events.

Lodging & Parking

During the symposium, you can stay at various area hotels. Below you will find some of the options available to you. For information on where to park at the David Rubenstein Forum, please visit their website.

The Study at the University of Chicago 1227 E 60th Street \| Chicago, IL 60637	Hyatt Place Chicago-South/University Medical Center 5225 S. Harper Avenue \| Chicago, IL 60615
SOPHY® Hyde Park 1411 East 53rd Street \| Chicago, IL 60615	Best Western Plus Hyde Park Chicago Hotel 4900 S Lakeshore Drive \| Chicago, IL 60615

VISITING CHICAGO

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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact Neurotrauma Symposium Support via email at neurotrauma@uchicagomedicine.org.

The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COURSE DIRECTORS

Paramita Das, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director of Trauma Neurosurgery

Fernando Goldenberg, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Director of Neuroscience Critical Care
Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center

Christos Lazaridis, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Director of Neurocritical Care Research

Ali Mansour, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery"
Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program

Susan Rowell, MD, MBA, MCR
Professor of Surgery, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
Co-Director, Adult Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist Credit
The University of Chicago Medical Center is a licensed continuing education provider with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy, license # 216-000030. All participants will be provided with a certificate of attendance. This course is approved for 9 continuing education hours for licensed therapists (PT, PTA, OT, or COTA) in Illinois. The University of Chicago Medical Center has not applied to any other state for therapist CE credit. Participants will need to do this individually through their jurisdiction outside of Illinois.

Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.

Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference ends. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.

EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE!

This symposium offers a tremendous opportunity to highlight your company's products, services, and achievements in front of a wide array of key decision-makers in neurotrauma. Increase your company profile by participating as an exhibitor at this exciting event.

We are pleased to provide opportunities for organizations to advertise their products and services to symposium participants. Whether you are connecting with physicians during scheduled breaks or gaining brand recognition for your company through program acknowledgments, your message will reach physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

Download the prospectus

here or contact Neurotrauma Symposium Support at neurotrauma@uchicagomedicine.org or 773-702-5817. We hope to see you there!

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HOW TO REGISTER

Please log in or create an account to register. Once logged in, select the registration type that best suits you. To access early-bird pricing, enter the applicable discount code during registration. For additional assistance with registration, click

here.

Early registration pricing ends September 6, 2024.

Profession Type	Early Registration Fee (In Person or Virtual)	Discount Code	Regular Fee (In Person or Virtual)
Physician	$250	EXPIRED	$400
Other Healthcare Professionals	$100	EXPIRED	$250
Resident/Fellow	$100	EXPIRED	$250
Administrative Professional	$165	EXPIRED	$295
Industry	-	-	$695

CANCELLATION POLICY If you cancel your participation in this conference, your registration fee less a $75 administrative fee will be refunded when written notification is received by August 23, 2024. No refunds will be made after August 23, 2024.

CLAIMING CREDIT

At the end of the course, the credit-claiming process will unlock. Return to this page and click on "Complete Activity" to proceed.
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference ends. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.

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The Study at the University of Chicago 1227 E 60th Street \| Chicago, IL 60637	Hyatt Place Chicago-South/University Medical Center 5225 S. Harper Avenue \| Chicago, IL 60615
SOPHY® Hyde Park 1411 East 53rd Street \| Chicago, IL 60615	Best Western Plus Hyde Park Chicago Hotel 4900 S Lakeshore Drive \| Chicago, IL 60615

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