| Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| 7:30 | REGISTRATION |
| 8:00 | Welcome
Mark Sothman, PhD, Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost |
| 8:05 | Introductory Comments
Robert Sade, MD, Director, Institute of Human Values in Health Care |
| Session I: BRAIN TRAUMA IN SPORTS |
| Moderator: Jerome Kurent, MD (Professor of Medicine and Neurosciences, MUSC) |
| 8:15 | Causes and Effects of Concussion in Sports - Jonathan Edwards, MD, Professor of Neurosciences, Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, MUSC |
| 8:45 | Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Sports Brain Injuries - Dan Larriviere, MD, JD, Acting Chair, Department of Neurology, Residency Program Director, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans |
| 9:15 | Concussion in Sports: Viewpoint of an Elite NFL Player - Joe DeLamielleure, Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns, Six Time Pro-Bowl Player, National Football League Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC |
| 9:30 | Panel: Edwards, Larriviere, and DeLamielleure |
| 10:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| Session II: PREVENTABLE STROKE |
| Moderator: Walter Jones, PhD (Professor of Administration and Policy, MUSC) |
| 10:30 | Prevention of Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease - Robert Adams, MD, Professor of Neurosciences, Endowed Chair in Stroke, MUSC |
| 11:00 | Should Blood Transfusion for Sickle Cell Patients with Cerebrovascular Pathology Be Mandatory? Ethics and Law - Wally Smith, MD, Professor of Medicine, Scientific Director, Center on Health Disparities, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond |
| 11:30 | Panel: Adams and Smith |
| 12:00 | LUNCH: TABLE-TALK SESSIONS, INDIVIDUAL FACULTY MEMBER DISCUSSIONS |
| Session III: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS |
| Moderator: Kathryn Magruder, PhD (Professor of Psychiatry, MUSC) |
| 1:00 | Current Status of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Ronald Acierno, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, MUSC; Director, PTSD Clinical Team, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center |
| 1:30 | The Role of PTSD in Adjudicating Violent Crimes - Mark Hamner, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, MUSC; Director of Psychopharmacology Research and Medical Director, PTSD Clinical Team, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center |
| 2:00 | PTSD in Active Combat Soldiers: To Treat or Not to Treat - Peter Tuerk, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, MUSC; Associate Director, PTSD Clinical Team, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center |
| 2:30 | Panel: Acierno, Hamner, and Tuerk |
| 2:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| Session IV: FUTILITY OF GLIOBLASTOMA TREATMENT |
| Moderator: Nancy Zisk, JD (Associate Professor of Law, Charleston Law School) |
| 3:15 | Glioblastoma: Still a Highly Lethal Tumor - Nicholas Avgeropoulos, MD, Co-Director of the Neuro-Oncology Department, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Orlando |
| 3:45 | Physicians Must Offer the Best Available Therapy to All Patients - Dan Larriviere, MD, JD, Acting Chair, Department of Neurology, Residency Program Director, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans |
| 4:05 | Denying the Elderly Treatment for Glioblastoma is Reasonable - Michael Gusmano, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, New York Medical College; Research Scholar, The Hastings Center; Co-Director, World Cities Project, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 4:25 | Panel: Avgeropoulos, Larriviere, and Gusmano |
| 5:00 | ADJOURN FOR THE DAY |
| Saturday, October 27, 2012 |
| 8:30 | REGISTRATION |
| Session V: INTERACTIVE AUDIENCE AND FACULTY DISCUSSION |
| Moderator: Robert Sade, MD (Professor of Surgery, MUSC) |
| 9:00 | Seminar on Brain Science Controversies - Audience and Lecturers: Gusmano, Avgeropoulos, Tuerk, Hamner, Acierno, Smith, Adams, DeLamielleure, Larriviere, and Edwards |
| 12:00 | ADJOURN |
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