Full Schedule

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MST

CSCN EMG Section Meeting
Location:CC: Baron Shaughnessy

Favorite

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MST

CSCN EEG Section Meeting
Location:H-M2: Ivor Petrak

Favorite

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM MST

Coffee Service
Location:CC: Van Horne Foyer

Favorite

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST

Grand Plenary
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Plenary Speaker: Manohar Shroff, MD, DABR, FRCPC

Plenary Speaker: Helen Tremlett, PhD

Plenary Speaker: Jodi Warman-Chardon, MD, MSc, FRCPC (Neurology)

Plenary Speaker: Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS

Plenary Speaker: Jocelyne Bloch

Plenary Speaker: Gregoire Courtine

Plenary Speaker: Eric Smith, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FAHA

Favorite

8:10 AM – 8:30 AM MST

Welcome and Opening Remarks by Michael D. Hill, CNSF President
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Favorite

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MST

CSNR Terbrugge Lecture | Dr Manohar Shroff - Infection and inflammation: radiological insights into patterns of pediatric immune mediated CNS injury
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Plenary Speaker: Manohar Shroff, MD, DABR, FRCPC

Favorite

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST

CNS Richardson Lecture | Dr Helen Tremlett - The Multiple Sclerosis Prodrome
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Plenary Speaker: Helen Tremlett, PhD

Favorite

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MST

CSCN Gloor Lecture | Dr Jodi Warman-Chardon - Muscle MRI Transforming Care in Neuromuscular Disease
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Plenary Speaker: Jodi Warman-Chardon, MD, MSc, FRCPC (Neurology)

Favorite

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST

Coffee Break
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Favorite

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM MST

CACN Tibbles Lecture | Dr Heather Fullerton - The Paradox of Infection and Childhood Stroke
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Plenary Speaker: Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS

Favorite

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST

CNSS Penfield Lecturers | Drs Jocelyne Bloch and Grégoire Courtine - Technologies to restore neurological functions after spinal cord injury
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Plenary Speaker: Jocelyne Bloch

Plenary Speaker: Gregoire Courtine

Favorite

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST

CSC Sandra Black Lecture | Dr Eric Smith - Small Vessels Cause Big Problems: Advances in Understanding the Pathophysiology of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Plenary Speaker: Eric Smith, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FAHA

Favorite

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST

Coffee Break
Location:CC: Van Horne Foyer

Favorite

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM MST

Lunch ’n Learn: Cutting edge techniques for maximal safe brain tumor resection, including fluorescence
Location:H-M2: Cascade Ballroom

Faculty: Dhany Charest

Faculty: Walter Stummer

Faculty: John Sinclair

Favorite

12:15 PM – 12:30 PM MST

Set up
Location:H-M2: Cascade Ballroom

Favorite

12:30 PM – 12:35 PM MST

Welcome and introduction
Location:H-M2: Cascade Ballroom

Faculty: Dhany Charest

Favorite

12:35 PM – 12:55 PM MST

New techniques, including Fluorescence-Guided Surgery, to maximize safe resection of brain tumors
Location:H-M2: Cascade Ballroom

Faculty: Walter Stummer

Favorite

12:55 PM – 1:15 PM MST

Canadian experience and perspective on the new techniques available
Location:H-M2: Cascade Ballroom

Faculty: John Sinclair

Favorite

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM MST

Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience
Location:H-M2: Cascade Ballroom

Faculty: Dhany Charest

Faculty: Walter Stummer

Faculty: John Sinclair

Favorite

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM MST

Wrap up & Specific Course Evaluation
Location:H-M2: Cascade Ballroom

Favorite

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM MST

Lunch ’n Learn: ALS – Time is Motor Neurons
Location:H-M2: Alhambra

Faculty: Angela Genge

Faculty: Priya Dhawan

Favorite

12:15 PM – 12:20 PM MST

Introduction and Objectives - Review Canada’s urgent, unmet medical need in ALS
Location:H-M2: Alhambra

Faculty: Angela Genge

Favorite

12:20 PM – 12:50 PM MST

Complexity of ALS Pathophysiology and Diagnosis. Understand how early recognition of the signs, symptoms and clinical features of ALS can reduce diagnostic and referral delays. Impact of delayed vs earlier referral – real life referral scenario. Explore the benefits of early engagement in ALS MDT care. Introduction of the referALS tool.
Location:H-M2: Alhambra

Faculty: Angela Genge

Favorite

12:50 PM – 1:25 PM MST

Role of CN in recognizing signs and clinical features of ALS to decrease diagnostic delay and referral for MDT care. Introduction of the referALS tool. Red flags that prompt immediate referral and others that warrant consideration. Referral guidance – when and how to refer, what tests to order. IMPORTANCE of referring before you are sure.
Location:H-M2: Alhambra

Faculty: Priya Dhawan

Favorite

1:25 PM – 1:45 PM MST

Discussion
Location:H-M2: Alhambra

Favorite

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM MST

Lunch ’n Learn: New Frontiers in the management of Myasthenia Gravis
Location:H-M2: Alberta

Faculty: Vera Bril

Faculty: Michelle Mezei

Faculty: Zaeem Siddiqi

Favorite

12:15 PM – 12:20 PM MST

Welcome, Introduction, and Learning Objectives
Location:H-M2: Alberta

Faculty: Vera Bril

Favorite

12:20 PM – 12:35 PM MST

Evolution of the Treatment Landscape and Novel Therapeutic Targets
Location:H-M2: Alberta

Faculty: Michelle Mezei

Favorite

12:35 PM – 12:55 PM MST

Role of IgG Autoantibodies in the Pathophysiology of Myasthenia Gravis
Location:H-M2: Alberta

Faculty: Zaeem Siddiqi

Favorite

12:55 PM – 1:20 PM MST

Review of the Medical Evidence of Efgartigimod for the Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis
Location:H-M2: Alberta

Faculty: Vera Bril

Favorite

1:20 PM – 1:45 PM MST

Faculty Panel Discussion
Location:H-M2: Alberta

Faculty: Vera Bril

Faculty: Michelle Mezei

Faculty: Zaeem Siddiqi

Favorite

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Hot Topics in Neurology: Pills, Pregnancy and Patches: The Relationship Between Hormones and Migraine
Location:CC: Baron Shaughnessy

Co-Chair: Ana Marissa Lagman-Bartolome

Co-Chair: Farnaz Amoozegar

Speaker: Thilinie Rajapakse

Speaker: Michael Knash

Favorite

2:00 PM – 2:10 PM MST

Why women suffer more migraine than men: Role of Hormones in Migraine
Location:CC: Baron Shaughnessy

Speaker: Farnaz Amoozegar

Speaker: Ana Marissa Lagman-Bartolome

Favorite

2:20 PM – 2:40 PM MST

Migraine in Teens: Menarche and Menstrual Migraine
Location:CC: Baron Shaughnessy

Speaker: Thilinie Rajapakse

Favorite

2:40 PM – 3:00 PM MST

Hormones, Migraine and Stroke: What’s new?
Location:CC: Baron Shaughnessy

Speaker: Ana Marissa Lagman-Bartolome

Favorite

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM MST

More than a headache: Migraine in Pregnancy and Lactation
Location:CC: Baron Shaughnessy

Speaker: Michael Knash

Favorite

3:20 PM – 3:40 PM MST

Understanding and Treating Migraine in Menopause
Location:CC: Baron Shaughnessy

Speaker: Farnaz Amoozegar

Favorite

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Panel Discussion: Question and Answer
Location:CC: Baron Shaughnessy

Speaker: Farnaz Amoozegar

Speaker: Michael Knash

Speaker: Ana Marissa Lagman-Bartolome

Speaker: Thilinie Rajapakse

Favorite

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Hot Topics in Neurosurgery: What’s new in Functional Neurosurgery
Location:CC: Edward Beatty

Co-Chair: Dhany Charest

Co-Chair: Tejas Sankar

Speaker: Antonios El Helou

Speaker: Suneil Kalia

Favorite

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

A Grand Tour Through Functional Neurosurgery in 2023: Navigating Blue Oceans and Stormy Seas
Location:CC: Edward Beatty

Speaker: Tejas Sankar

Favorite

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Delivery and Control of Therapeutics in Functional Neurosurgery
Location:CC: Edward Beatty

Speaker: Suneil Kalia

Favorite

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Hot Topics in Clinical Neurophysiology: Potpourri in CSCN
Location:CC: DC Coleman

Co-Chair: Seyed Mirsattari

Co-Chair: Steven K. Baker

Speaker: Cecile Phan

Speaker: Colin B. Josephson

Speaker: Jonathan Lau

Speaker: Adrian Opala

Favorite

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MST

Diagnosing CIDP in patients with preexisting diabetic neuropathy
Location:CC: DC Coleman

Speaker: Cecile Phan

Favorite

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST

Personalised and precision medicine
Location:CC: DC Coleman

Speaker: Colin B. Josephson

Favorite

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST

Stereoelectroencephalography-guided interventions for epilepsy
Location:CC: DC Coleman

Speaker: Jonathan Lau

Favorite

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Differentiation of Hereditary Dysmyelination from hereditary acquired and non-hereditary acquired demyelination
Location:CC: DC Coleman

Speaker: Adrian Opala

Favorite

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Hot Topics In Pediatric Neurology
Location:CC: Theatre - 1st Flr

Chair: David Callen

Speaker: JP Appendino

Speaker: Serena Orr

Speaker: Colin Wilbur

Speaker: Mark Tarnopolsky

Favorite

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MST

Evidence for cutting edge therapies in epilepsy
Location:CC: Theatre - 1st Flr

Speaker: JP Appendino

Favorite

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST

Emerging treatments in pediatric migraine
Location:CC: Theatre - 1st Flr

Speaker: Serena Orr

Favorite

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST

Approach and management of Pediatric Demyelinating Disorders
Location:CC: Theatre - 1st Flr

Speaker: Colin Wilbur

Favorite

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Approach to mitochondrial disorders - widening genetic spectrum and treatment options
Location:CC: Theatre - 1st Flr

Speaker: Mark Tarnopolsky

Favorite

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Hot Topics in Neuroradiology: Chronic Subdural Hematoma
Location:H-M1: Oak Room

Chair: Jai Shankar

Speaker: Joseph Silvaggio

Speaker: Sandeep Devgan

Speaker: Nima Kashani

Favorite

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM MST

Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Neurosurgeon’s Approach to a Common Diagnosis
Location:H-M1: Oak Room

Speaker: Joseph Silvaggio

Favorite

2:30 PM – 2:40 PM MST

Imaging for Chronic Subdural Hematoma
Location:H-M1: Oak Room

Speaker: Sandeep Devgan

Favorite

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM MST

Embolization of Middle Meningeal Artery (EMMA) for Chronic Subdural Hematoma
Location:H-M1: Oak Room

Speaker: Jai Shankar

Favorite

3:30 PM – 3:50 PM MST

Challenges and Opportunities in Hemorrhage Detection Using Automated Algorithms and AI
Location:H-M1: Oak Room

Speaker: Nima Kashani

Favorite

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Hot Topics in Stroke
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Co-Chair: Brett Graham

Co-Chair: Olena Bereznyakova

Speaker: Mohammed Almekhlafi

Speaker: Luciano Sposato

Speaker: Michel Shamy

Speaker: Nishita Singh

Favorite

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MST

Post-EVT microcirculatory reperfusion: theories and (potential) techniques
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Speaker: Mohammed Almekhlafi

Favorite

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST

Atrial fibrillation after stroke: a meta phenomenon or a canary in the coal mine?
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Speaker: Luciano Sposato

Favorite

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST

Canadian Stroke Best Practices Acute Stroke Management Updates
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Speaker: Michel Shamy

Favorite

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Carotid arteriopathies -moving beyond stenosis grade.
Location:CC: Van Horne C

Speaker: Nishita Singh

Favorite

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MST

RCPSC – Neurosurgery Specialty Committee Meeting
Location:H-M1: Empress Room

Favorite

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM MST

CNS AGM
Location:H-M2: Ivor Petrak

Favorite

4:15 PM – 6:30 PM MST

Exhibitors’ Reception
Location:CC: Van Horne AB

Favorite

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM MST

TEMPO-2, ESCAPE-MeVO and ESCAPE-NEXT study update for Canadian investigators and their teams
Location:H-M2: Ivor Petrak