Neurology Update and Stroke Intensive Review 2024

The 57th Annual Neurology Update and Stroke Intensive Review 2024 provides clinicians with a comprehensive review of the most recent developments in the diagnosis and management of neurologic disorders, including stroke, cognitive neurology/brain health, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis (MS), movement disorders, neuromuscular disorders, headache/migraine, neuropsychology, sleep disorders and general neurology.

Challenging diagnostic and therapeutic questions will be raised in each session around representative clinical vignettes, targeted reviews of the topic by the faculty and panel discussions. Exchange of information between faculty and attendees will take place during questions and answers sessions after each presentation as well as round table and panel discussions.

In addition, a dedicated stroke seminar will take place Saturday, designed as a stand-alone 8-hour CME activity.  For those centers planning to seek stroke center status or already designated as a stroke center, this course will provide stroke teams with the most up-to-date evidence in the field of stroke diagnosis, treatment and prevention. 

Target Audience
The course is aimed primarily at neurologists, stroke specialists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, neuro-oncologists, hospitalists, intensivists, fellows, residents, nurses and allied healthcare professionals that participate in the care of neurological patients or work in stroke centers.  Internists, general practitioners and cardiologists may also find the topics timely and useful.

1. Cognitive Neurology: Describe the many different presentations and pathologies associated with dementia and how they can potentially detect them
2. Cognitive Neurology: Discuss the new and emerging symptomatic and disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
3. Epilepsy: Distinguish autoimmune epilepsy from epileptic seizures that result from an autoimmune encephalitis and plan the proper treatment
4. Epilepsy: Determine when to use immunotherapy, pharmacotherapy with antiseizure medications and epilepsy surgery
5. General Neurology: Review the common causes and epidemiology of low back pain
6. General Neurology: Integrate updated knowledge to manage Idiopathic Intracranial hypertension (IIH)
7. Headache/Migraine: Employ various strategies to optimize acute migraine management by attack characteristics and patient centered goals
8. Headache/Migraine: Explore the diagnosis and treatment paradigms for various headache disorders, including less common and refractory migraine types
9. Movement Disorders: Delineate the complexities and challenges presented by advanced Parkinson’s Disease therapies, emphasizing their potential side effects and the scenarios in which they are most likely to arise
10. Movement Disorders: Identify common therapeutic challenges encountered as non-Parkinsonian movement disorders evolve over time
11. Multiple Sclerosis: Recognize the benefit of obtaining NFL levels to diagnose and manage Multiple Sclerosis
12. Multiple Sclerosis: Examine aggressive RRMS
13. Neuromuscular Disorders: Summarize the results of recent clinical trials of new immunomodulatory therapies of Myasthenia Gravis
14. Neuromuscular Disorders: Outline an approach to the diagnosis of myositis based on autoantibody profiling
15. Neuropsychological Dislorders: Examine the factors that contribute to neurocognitive concerns following mild traumatic brain injury and the potential appropriate interventions
16. Neuropsychological Disorders: Evaluate health disparities in sleep and discuss appropriate ways to adress these
17. Sleep Disorders: Evaluate recent literature and ongoing research regarding the link between sleep disorders and neurological disease and treatment options including surgical treatment for sleep apnea
18. Sleep Disorders: Review treatment options including surgical treatment for sleep apnea
19. Stroke: Treat appropriate acute ischemic stroke patients with modern strategies that include the extended 24-hour treatment window with thrombolytics, endovascular approaches and antithrombotic
20. Stroke: Establish appropriate management of intracerebral hemorrhage according to current guidelines for the management of hypertensive and lobar hemorrhages as well as the role of reversal strategies in coagulopathic hemorrhages

Credit Designation

The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest Mitigation

All conflicts of interest of any individual(s) in a position to control the content of this CME activity will be identified and mitigated prior to this educational activity being provided.  Disclosure about provider and faculty relationships, or the lack thereof, will be provided to learners.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 30 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to University of Miami at [email protected].

University of Miami Healthcare System reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; if the event is cancelled, course fees will be fully refunded. The University is not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets nor hotel cancellation penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
University of Miami Healthcare System is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

For More Information, Contact:
Division of CME
[email protected]
Tel: 305-243-8386
www.cme.med.miami.edu 

Loews Coral Gables Hotel
2950 Coconut Grove Dr.
Coral Gables, FL 33134
786-772-7600

Special Conference Group Rate

A block of rooms has been reserved for the conference participants at a discounted rate:

US $359/night 13% tax/day for Single/Double (Up to 2 Adults)
** A daily Hotel Service Fee of $25/room per night, plus tax will be added to each individual room and includes:

-Premium Wi-Fi Internet for up to 4 Devices in Guestrooms and Public Spaces
-Two (2) Bottles of Water Per Stay
-$10 Uber Credit Per Stay
-One (1) Hour Daily Bike Rental

Reservations

Room reservations will be made by individual attendees by clicking on the following direct link to online reservations at the hotel or call 786-772-7600 by January 29, 2024.

 Click Here to Reserve Hotel

Parking

-Valet Overnight Parking: $36.00/night +tax with in and out privileges
-Special Event Parking: $18/day per car (no in/out privileges, NOT valid for guests staying overnight at the hotel)