VOLUME 31 · ISSUE 6 · JUNE 2017
Y O U R M O N T H LY A A N M E M B E R S H I P M A G A Z I N E
Registration to Open This Month for 2017 Fall Conference Registration opens this month for the AAN Fall Conference, set for October 20 through 22 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The Fall Conference is your year-end destination for acquiring the latest clinical advances in neurology from experts in the field while earning up to 15.75 CME credits. New this year are expanded Neurology Update topics and a new Neuro-ophthalmology/Neuro-otology Skills Workshop. The preliminary program includes: Autoimmune Neurology Autonomic Neurology Dementia Epilepsy Headache Movement Disorders Multiple Sclerosis Myelopathies Neurocritical Care Neuroinfectious Disease Neuromuscular Disease Neuro-ophthalmology Neuro-oncology Sleep Spine Disorders nn Stroke nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn
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Improve Your Practice for Less Than $19 per Subscribed Webinar What to Know About Axon Registry Data Security AAN Publishes Guideline on Reducing Brain Injury After CPR AAN Receives Accreditation with Commendation from ACCME
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With its all-inclusive registration rate, the Fall Conference offers significant value, allowing you access to all programming and the ability to come and go from sessions at your convenience. Learn more and watch for registration to go live this month at AAN.com/view/fall. •
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October 20–22, 2017 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
June 15 Early Registration and Hotel Deadline Approaching for Sports Concussion Conference 2O17
Neurology Update
July 14 –16 • Jacksonville, FL
June 15 is your last chance to save with deep discounts on registration and housing for the 2017 AAN Sports Concussion Conference, set for July 14 through 16 in beautiful Jacksonville, FL, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville-Riverfront. Continued on page 9
Shriver Speaks at Brain Health Fair Maria Shriver, journalist, activist, author, former First Lady of California, and the founder of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, spoke at the Brain Health Fair during the Annual Meeting in Boston. She discussed Alzheimer’s disease and Move For Minds, an annual live event she started to raise awareness of the brain-body connection. See more Annual Meeting photos on page 10–12.