Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Association Scientific Conference
CTE & FTD; The TAU Connection
March 10-12, 2017
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UTHEALTH San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas
78229
The Conference
March 10-12, 2017 - 9am
Module dates and times TBA
The focus of the conference is to discuss and examine the tau protein in frontal temporal degeneration and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
The goal is to draft ideas as to how further determine whether FTD and CTE are the same or different diseases. An action plan as to how to address the different hypotheses that are generated.
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Five modules will be presented in Panel Discussions, followed by Q & A.
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First Module:
Clinical
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Second Module:
Neuropathology
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Third Module:
Neuroimaging
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Fourth Module:
Neuroscience of FTD/CTE/TBI
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Fifth Module:
Treatment of Tauopathies
About FTLDA
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Association
The Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Association was founded in 2009 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
The mission of the FTLDA is to raise awareness, educate medical professionals and advance research of frontal lobe degenerative diseases.
CONTACT:
210.824.9510 phone
210.380.4120 mobile
oxford@ftldla.org
Mail: FTLDA
21019 USHwy 281 N, Suite 830-27
San Antonio, TX 78258
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Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Bennet Omalu
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M.D., M.B.A., MPH, CPE, DABP-AP, CP, FP, NP
Volunteer Associate Clinical Professor
University of California, Davis
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Dr. Bennet Omalu first identified CTE.
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Research Interests:
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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy [CTE] in sports athletes
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CTE and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] in military veterans.
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Neurodegenerative sequelae of acute, subacute and chronic neurotrama.
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Neuropathology of repetitive traumatic brain injury.
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Conference Presenters
Adam Boxer. M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Professor, Neurology
UCSF School of Medicine
Summer D. Ott, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, McGovern Medical School at Houston
Director, Memorial Hermann Ironman Sports Concussion Program
Wai Yu, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Columbia University Medical Center
Bertrand Huber, MD, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Veterans Affairs, Boston Healthcare System
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James Donald Lechleiter, Ph.D.
UT Health San Antonio
Professor, Cell Systems and Anatomy
Director of the Optical Imaging Core
Director STRF Neuroscience Program ad interim
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Eric Roberson, M.D, Ph.D.
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Patsy W. and Charles A. Collat Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center
Co-Director, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics
Co-Director, McKnight Brain Institute
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Joseph C. Masdeu, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Nantz National Alzheimer’s Center and Neuroimaging
Houston Methodist Hospital
Bess Frost, Ph.D.
UT Health San Antonio
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
Member, Scientific Board of Advisors, FTLDA
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Daniel P. Perl, M.D.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine
Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology)
Director, Neuropathological Core Center for Neurosciences and Regenerative Medicine
Bethesda, Maryland
Paul Schulz, M.D.
UT Health-Houston
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Director Dementia Program, Mischer Neuroscience Institute
Scientific Advisor, FTLDA
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David A. Wassarman, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics
Chair, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Matthew Cykowski, MD
Neuropathology
Methodist Hospital Houston
Sponsors
Conference Registration
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Full Program Enrollment
(includes CMEs, welcome hospitality and dinner Saturday) $379
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Conference Only
(includes CMEs) $299
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Register by calling:
210.824.9510
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