THE ANNUAL MEETING NEWS DAILY
Sunday, April 22, 2018
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY SESSION TO SHOWCASE PREMIER LECTURERS AND TOP SCIENCE From updates on the BRAIN Initiative and precision medicine to overviews of new treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, today’s Presidential Plenary Session will showcase some of the most inspiring and innovative ideas in neurology. The session’s speakers will also delve into the effect of early-life experiences on the brain and interactions between cancer and the nervous system. Natalia S. Rost, MD, MPH, FAAN, FAHA, chair of the AAN Rost Science Committee, Continued on page 30 u
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Exhibit Hall Opens Today with Special 11:30 Lunch Reception Don’t Forget to Pick up Your Ticket(s) for Tonight’s 70th Anniversary Celebration!
Morning’s “Best of” 23 This Session to Feature Top Cerebrovascular Disease Abstracts out New ePoster 35 Check Areas as Poster Sessions Open This Morning
Boffo Brainiacs Bravely Brawl at Neurobowl! FLASH! HOLLYWOOD, USA: It was a movie casting director’s dream on stage at Neurobowl® Saturday night. The electricity in the air crackled as three teams of titans of the temporal lobe took the stage to audition for their greatest role: Neurobowl Champion! After many years of arduous preparation and student loan payments, this was their chance prove to the folks back home there really is a large neurology trophy. These three teams, absolutely crushing it in their genre costumes, made the audience forget the likes of Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, and ZaSu Pitts. They were ready to perform—and perform they did! The casting directors for last night’s mental melee were the usual suspects: grand inquisitor Thomas A. Swift, MD, FAAN; the judicious judge Kapil D. Sethi MD, FRCP (UK), FAAN; and Bert B. Vargas, MD, FAAN, channeling Indiana Jones. Continued on page 21 u
Experience a Demo of Powerful Axon Registry The AAN’s Axon Registry ® is a valuable tool for hundreds of participating AAN members. It provides them the ability to submit data for quality reporting programs, such as the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and do quality improvement within their practice with the potential to meet MOC part IV PIP clinical module and part II self-assessment requirements. Continued on page 4 u