World Congress on Disabilities 2009 Educational Seminars

Recorded November 19 & 20, 2009, Jacksonville, FL

Please note: These are all non-CME seminars

Location:

Online in 2 convenient formats:

Speaker:: Blanca Vazquez, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, NYU Medical Center, Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Program
Purpose: To provide a healthcare professionals with an understanding of the basics of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome so that "care coordination" is not only understood, but appreciated, monitored and put into action. This will be done through a discussion of the various therapeutic regimens that are available to the clinician as well as the selection process ranging from monotherapy to adjunct therapy, including how side effects impact on behaviors, attentiveness, cognition, development and cranial nerve function.
Who Should Attend: Epileptologists, pediatric neurologists, pediatricians, behavioral specialist, behavioral analyst, school based nurse, special education teachers, OT's PT's SLP's families, caregivers and to specific professionals and families inside the U.S. Military.
Grantor Support: This program is made possible by Eisai Pharmaceutical

Speakers:: Steve Wolf, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY
Patti McGoldrick, NP, MPA, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY
Purpose: To outline how to make a confirmed diagnosis and assess available treatment options including various drug therapies and their risks and benefits.
Who Should Attend: Pediatricians, family practitioners and other primary care physicians, neurologists, ER physicians; volunteer firefighters, EMTs, ambulance staff, and others responding to medical emergencies; school and community-based nurses, OTs, PTs; special educators and administrators, including coaches and phys ed teachers; early-childhood educators; psychologists, social workers; families and direct support professionals.
Grantor Support: This program is made possible by Cyberonics, Inc.

Speakers:: Steve Wolf, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY
Patti McGoldrick, NP, MPA, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY
Purpose: To outline how to make a confirmed diagnosis and assess available treatment options including various drug therapies and their risks and benefits.
Who Should Attend: Pediatricians, family practitioners and other primary care physicians, neurologists, ER physicians; volunteer firefighters, EMTs, ambulance staff, and others responding to medical emergencies; school and community-based nurses, OTs, PTs; special educators and administrators, including coaches and phys ed teachers; early-childhood educators; psychologists, social workers; families and direct support professionals.
Grantor Support: This program is made possible by Cyberonics, Inc.

Speakers:: Saadi Ghatan, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, NY
Patti McGoldrick,NP, MPA, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY
Steve Wolf, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY
Purpose: The need for an emergency seizure preparedness and readiness plans in unique issues and challenges faced by physicians and allied health care professionals in controlling seizures in the ND/ID Environment.
Who Should Attend: Pediatricians, family practitioners and other primary care physicians, neurologists, ER physicians; volunteer firefighters, EMTs, ambulance staff, and others responding to medical emergencies; school and community-based nurses, OTs, PTs; special educators and administrators, including coaches and phys ed teachers; early-childhood educators; psychologists, social workers; families and direct support professionals.
Grantor Support: This program is made possible by Cyberonics, Inc.

Speakers:: Pauline Filipek, MD, University of Houston Medical School, TX
Daniel A. Rossignol, MD, International Child Development Resource Center, FL
James Jeffrey Bradstreet, MD, International Child Development Resource Center, FL; Moderated by Rick Rader, MD, Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center, TN
Purpose: HBOT Therapy is an effective therapy for cases encountered in diving and the bends. It has also proven effective and acceptable in treating serious burns and muscle disorders encountered in athletes. But, in recent years there has been an increasing use of HBOT in the treatment of brain blast injury and traumatic brain injury as well as cerebral palsy and autistic spectrum disorders. Much of the data is anecdotal but there is a preponderance of such data that gives rise to the need for further analysis. Some of the better well run HBOT Centers share their knowledge followed by a panel discussion of physicians who support its use across a wide spectrum and those who are just not yet sold on its efficacy…and safety.
Who Should Attend: Physicians, Allied Health Care Professionals, Families, caregivers, Researchers
Grantor Support: This program is made possible by Oxyhealth