Registration Closed for Aphasia Summit

Registration Closed for Aphasia Summit

Clinical Research Summit, Innovative Physiologic Treatments for Aphasia, June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010 Clinical Research Summit - Innovative Physiologic Treatments for Aphasia

Up to 6 Category 1 CME credits available ASHA, PT/OT credit pending Post-stroke communication disorders

Post-stroke communication disorders of speech and language (aphasia) affect 20-30% of all stroke survivors in acute recovery stages. Newly identified US stroke survivors with aphasia (159,000-238,000 annually) greatly outnumber people with acute spinal cord injury, brain and nervous system cancer, and newly diagnosed Parkinson Disease, but acute medical treatment options for this disorder are not optimally developed.

The goals of this conference are

To update the current state of the art for treatment of acute aphasia in people with brain injury in civilian and military/VA care systems.

To derive a consensus research agenda, prioritizing 8 urgent research questions.

To encourage responsible innovation in the design of acute and post-acute medical rehabilitation programs.

This will be accomplished through organized discussion by a group of recognized leaders in the rehabilitation of cognition and language.

Audience:

Public session: rehabilitation physicians (physiatrists, neurologists, internists, psychiatrists, brain injury professionals); allied health professionals in speech-language pathology, occupational and physical therapy; acute and post-acute hospital program administrators; scientists specializing in cortical neural recovery, cognitive rehabilitation, and mechanisms of language dysfunction and language remediation

Scientific panelists addressing how to eliminate translational blocks in aphasia care:

Anna Barrett, MD

Leora Cherney, PhD, CCC-SLP

Micaela Cornis-Pop, PhD, CCC-SLP

H. Branch Coslett, MD

Felipe Fregni, MD, PhD

Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD

Paula Martin, BS, Doctoral Candidate

Paul Rao, PhD, CCC-SLP

Steven Small, MD, PhD

Delaina Walker-Batson, PhD, CCC-SLP

Ross Zafonte, DO

Invited clinical research leaders will present research findings relevant to the conference topic. This portion of the conference is open to the public.

8:00 - 8:30 am Registration/Continental Breakfast 8:30 - 9:00 am Welcome and Introduction 9:00 - 9:45 am Panel 1. Research in brain stimulation for aphasia Panel leader: Paula Martin Panel Members: Felipe Fregni, Branch Coslett

9:45 -10:15 am Discussion

10:00 -10:45 am Panel 2. Can physiologic treatment be developed more quickly? Panel leader: Delaina Walker‑Batson Members: Alvaro Pascual‑Leone, Branch Coslett

10:45 - 11:00 am Discussion 11:00 - 11:15 am Break 11:15 am - 12:00 pm Panel 3. Care standards for innovative rehabilitation Panel leader: Leora Cherney Members: Ross Zafonte, Paul Rao

12:00 - 12:15 pm Discussions 12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch & Keynote Speakers Micaela Cornis-Pop, PhD, CCC-SLP, VACO

Programs Leader: "Wounded & Aging Warriors with Communication Needs: What Now?"

Paul Rao, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA President-elect: "Advocacy for Aphasia"

1:30 - 2:30 pm General Discussion 2:30 - 3:00 pm Concluding remarks, adjourn public session

*** Up to 6 CME credits available ***

This Summit is sponsored in part by The Bob Woodruff Foundation, which provides resources and support to injured service members, veterans and their families so they can have succesful futures. For more information about The Bob Woodruff Foundation and its public education movement, visit www.ReMIND.org