2013 Annual Meeting | Cumulative Sports Concussion and Risk of Dementia

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2013 Annual Meeting | Cumulative Sports Concussion and Risk of Dementia

Date Thursday 03/21/13

Time 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM Add To Calendar

Session Format This program will be presented both in-person and online

On Demand This program is not expected to be available in the meeting's On Demand product.

Event Type Half-Day Course

Director(s) Barry D. Jordan, MD

Topic(s) Trauma, Sports Neurology

Learning Objectives Participants should be able to recognize the neurological consequences of repetitive sports concussion in the athlete, along with an understanding of the magnitude of the problem and risk factors associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Participants should be able to identify radiological features of CTE utilizing more advanced neuroimaging techniques and understand the key pathological features of the syndrome. Furthermore, participants should be able to recognize the similarities between CTE and other neurodegenerative diseases while realizing that this syndrome may represent a distinct neurodegenerative process.

CME Available No CME available

Core Competencies Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement

Recommended Audience Trainee, General Neurologist, Specialist Neurologist, Non-neurologist

Teaching Styles Didactic

Event Timeline
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM		Clinical, Genetic, and Radiological Aspects of Cumulative Sports Concussion Barry D. Jordan, MD
12:50 PM - 01:40 PM		Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Current Understanding of the Clinicopathological Features of This Polypathology Bennet Omalu
01:40 PM - 02:00 PM		Break
02:00 PM - 02:50 PM		The Problem of Neurodegeneration in Cumulative Sports Concussion: Emphasis on the Microtubule-Associated Protein, Tau Vassilis E. Koliatsos, MD
02:50 PM - 03:40 PM		How Even a Single TBI Weaves a Tangled Web of Progressive Neurodegeneration Douglas H. Smith, MD
03:40 PM - 04:00 PM		Discussion

Faculty Disclosures
Barry D. Jordan, MD	Dr. Jordan has nothing to disclose.
Vassilis E. Koliatsos, MD	No disclosure on file
Douglas H. Smith, MD	No disclosure on file
Bennet Omalu	No disclosure on file

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