Neuroscience Nursing Symposium, February 20, 2009

Neuroscience Nursing Symposium, February 20, 2009

7:00 pm to 10:00 pmWelcomeReceptionRitzCarltonSouthBeach

Neuroscience Nursing Symposium, February 21, 2009

7:00 am to 7:45 am Registration/Breakfast

8:00 am to 8:05 amOpening Remarks and Welcome

Mark R. Shaya, MD, FACS

8:05 am to 8:35 amComplex Spine Surgery

Aldo F. Berti, MD, FACS, FAAP

8:35 am to 9:30 amTime is Brain: Caring for the Ischemic Stroke Population

Mary Kay Bader, MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN, CNRN

9:30 am to 10:00amNew Horizons in Brain Tumor Treatments Aileen Staller RN, MSN, CNRN, OCN

10:00 am to 10:30 amCoffee Break with Exhibitors

10:30 am to 11:00 amNeurologic Symptoms and the Cancer Patient
Deborah Heros, MD

11:00 am to 11:30 amTumors of the Visual Pathways
Linda Sternau, MD, FACS

11:30 am to 1:15 pmLunch and Lecture:

What the future may hold for Neurologic & NeurosurgicalCritical Care Bart Chernow, MD, MACP

1:15 pm to 2:00 pmAvoiding Collateral Damage in SAH
Mary Kay Bader, MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN, CNRN

2:00 pm to 2:45 pmCerebral Trauma: Nurses Making a Difference in Patient Outcomes

Joanne V. Hickey, PhD, RN

2:45 pm to 3:30 pm ICP/Cerebral Hemodynamics
Mary Kay Bader, MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN, CNRN

3:30 pm to 4:00 pmCoffee Break with Exhibitors

4:00 pm to 4:30 pmExperience with Unilateral Kyphoplasty
Cesar Guerrero, MD, FACS

4:30 pm to 5:15 pmProgress and Promise in Spinal Cord Injury Research
Maria J. Amador, BSN, CRRN

5:15 pm to 5:45 pmAdvances in Neuroendovascular Therapy for Stroke

Dileep Yavagal, MD

5:45 pmClosing Remarks

Mark R. Shaya, MD, FACS

Faculty – 2009 Neuroscience Nursing Symposium

Mark R. Shaya, MD, Director
Neurosurgical Institute of Florida, Miami, FL
Aldo F. Berti, MD, FACS, FAAP, Co-Director
Neurosurgeon, MiamiNeurosurgicalCenter, Miami, FL and
Instituto de Neurocirugía, Neurologia y Rehabilitación, Lima, Peru

Mary Kay Bader, MSN, RN, FAHA, CCNS,CCNR, CNRN

Neuro/Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

MissionHospital

Mission Viejo, CA

Maria J. Amador, BSN, CRRN

Director of Education, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, FL

Bart Chernow, MD, MACP

Past President, AmericanCollege of Chest Physicians

Editor Emeritus, Critical Care Medicine

Professor of Medicine and Vice Provost for Technology Advancement

University of Miami, MillerSchool of Medicine

Cesar Guerrero, MD, FACS

Chief of Neurosurgery

MercyHospital, Miami, FL

Deborah Olin Heros, MD

Associate Professor, Neurology and Neuro-Oncology

University of MiamiSchool of Medicine

Joanne V. Hickey, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN, FCCM

Professor, Patricia L. Starck/PARTNERS Professor in Nursing

University of TexasHealthScienceCenter at Houston, TX

Aileen Staller, RN, MSN, CNRN, OCN
H.LeeMoffittCancerCenter - Tampa, FL

Linda Sternau, MD, FACS

Chief of Neurosurgery

Mount SinaiMedicalCenter, Miami, FL

Dileep Yavagal, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Director of Interventional Neurology and Endovascular Neurosurgery

University of Miami