Annual Conference

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AAN’s 2024 Conference
August 17, 2024
Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook

Accommodations:
Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook
2655 Lane Park Rd, Mountain Brook, AL 35223
AAN Room Block rate is $334 per night. Call group reservations at (844) 284-3680 and mention AAN Annual Meeting 2024 or book your room online. The deadline to book at room at the discounted rate is July 26, 2024.


AAN’s 2023 Conference – Wrap-up

Presentations
(Click the session title for a link to the presentation. Please print or download the presentations prior to the conference. Handouts will not be provided.)

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Alzheimers’s Disease in the Disease-modifying Treatment Era
David Geldmacher, MD, FACP, FANA, Professor, Department of Neurology, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Cannabis Treatment in Neurology
Jerzy P. Szaflarski, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Morning Break with Exhibitors Sponsored by CSL Behring and Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Poster Viewing

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Alternative Treatment for Headaches
Emily Lane Schlitz Fortenberry, MD, Assistant Professor, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Billing for Non-Physician Practitioners
Kim Huey, CHC, CPC, CCS-P, PCS, CPCO, COC, Independent Coding Consultant

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Legislative Update

12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch with Exhibitors
Poster Viewing

12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Case Studies in Epilepsy
Benjamin Cox, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, UAB Heersink School of Medicine.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Advanced Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
David G. Standaert, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Case Studies in Movement Disorders
Marissa Dean, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham;
Victor Sung, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

3:30 p.m.
Evaluation and Adjourn


2023 Abstract Entries
Download 2023 Abstract Entries

Abstract 23-04 – FIRST PLACE WINNER
Title: Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis and Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in a patient on Tocilizumab Therapy: A Case Report
Author: Nina Navalkar, PGY3, UAB Neurology Residency

Abstract 23-03 – SECOND PLACE WINNER
Title: MRI Correlates of Subjective Cognitive Complaint in a Subset of Participants with PD from the PPMI Database
Author: Saul Gurgua Lopez, First year Neuroengineering PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Abstract 23-01
Title: Nonketotic Hyperglycemic Hemichorea as a Presenting Sign of Drug-induced Diabetes
Author: Alexander Hedaya, PGY3, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA. Birmingham VA Medical Center, Neurology Service, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Abstract 23-02
Title: Exploring Correlation between Local Gyrification Index and Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease experiencing Freezing of Gait
Author: Alan Gardner, Undergrad-4, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Abstract 23-05
Title: Electrical brain stimulation with minimally invasive electrodes to improve speech perception
Author: Serdar Akkol, PGY2, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Abstract 23-06
Title: Taking the Time to Assess Cognition in Parkinson’s Disease: The Clock Drawing Test
Author: Hemant Srivastava, MS3, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Abstract 23-07
Title: Effectiveness and safety of deutetrabenazine in patients with chorea associated with Huntington disease
Author: Ashley White, MS-3, University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine


CME TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Transcripts will be available for download from the Medical Association of the State of Alabama website eight weeks after the date of the educational event. Go to www.alamedical.org/CMEtranscript and follow the instructions to print or download your CME transcript. For assistance, please call Lee Payne at (334) 954-2519.