Core Curriculum

New this year, we will be offering a day of Core Curriculum on Thursday, January 11!  This pre-meeting day of learning is specially designed for trainees, young professionals, adult neuroradiologists / general pediatric radiologists, and child neurologists interested in the essentials of pediatric neuroradiology.  The entire ‘Curriculum’ is spread out over a three-year cycle.  This year we will focus on Neonatal Conditions, CNS Trauma, Head and Neck Infections, White Matter Disorders, Spinal Tumors and Mass-like Lesions, and Phakomatoses.  The complete program can be found below.

Session I: Neonatal Conditions
Moderators: Neil U. Lall, MD, Andria M. Powers, MD, Fabricio Guimaraes Goncalves, MD 

• ​​​8:30 am - 8:45 am
  Hypoxic Ischemic Injury
  Sumit Pruthi, M.B.B.S.      

• 8:45 am - 9 am
  Hemorrhagic and Destructive Injuries
  Usha D. Nagaraj, MD

• 9 am - 9:15 am
  Acute Neonatal Metabolic Syndromes
  Yi Li, MD

• 9:15 am - 9:30 am
  Rapid Fire
  Tushar Chandra, MD

Session II: CNS Trauma
Moderators: Gordon D. Heller, MD, Marcia K. Kukreja, MD, Srikala Narayanan, MD

• 9:30 am - 9:45 am
  Head Trauma
  Mark S. Shiroishi, MD 

• 9:45 am - 10 am
  Facial & Orbital Trauma​​​​​​
  Christina White, DO

• 10 am - 10:15 am
  Spine Trauma
  Judy Gadde, DO

• 10:15 am - 10:30 am
  Rapid Fire
  Azam Eghbal, MD

10:30 am - 11 am
Q&A and Break

Session III: Head and Neck Infections
Moderators: Krystle Barhaghi, Edwin Gulko, MD, Sarah J. Moum, MD

• 11 am - 11:15 am
  Cervical Lymphadenopathy
  Karen K. Moeller, MD

• 11:15 am - 11:30 am
  Common Neck Infections
  Adam Goldman-Yassen, MD

• 11:30 am - 11:45 am 
  Sinusitis and Complications
  William T. O' Brien, DO

• 11:45 am - 12 pm
  Rapid Fire
  Alexandra Foust, DO

12 pm - 1 pm
Lunch
 

Session IV: White Matter Disorders
Moderators: Suely Fazio Ferracioli, MD, PhD, Elizabeth George MD, David Manning, MD

• 1 pm - 1:15 pm
  White Matter Injuries & Autoimmune Disorders
  Kader Oguz, MD

• 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm
  Demyelinating Disorders
  Sumit Singh

• 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
  Common Childhood Leukodystrophies
  Luke L. Linscott, MD

• 1:45 pm - 2 pm
  Rapid Fire
  César A. Alves, MD

Session V: Spinal Tumors and Mass-like Lesions
Moderators: Jacquelyn Garcia, MD, Ana Filipa Geraldo, MD, PhD, Hollie Lai, MD

• 2 pm - 2:15 pm
  Intramedullary Masses & Mass-like Lesions
  Laura L. Hayes, MD

• 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
  Intradural Extramedullary Masses & Mass-like Lesions
  Jessie Aw-Zoretic, MD

• 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
  Bony Lesions of the Spine
  Rebekah L. Clarke, MD

• 2:45 pm - 3 pm
  Rapid Fire
  Alexis Maddocks

3 pm - 3:30 pm
Q&A and Break

Session VI: Phakomatoses
Moderators: Raghu H. Ramakrishnaiah, MD, Stavros Stivaros, MBChB, PhD, Carlos Zamora, MD, PhD

• 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
  Neurofibromatosis 1 and 2
  Julie B. Guerin, MD

• 3:45 pm - 4 pm
  Tuberous Sclerosis, Sturge Weber Syndrome, Van Hippel Lindau Syndrome
  Ilana Neuberger, MD

• 4 pm - 4:15 pm
  PHACE & Other Uncommon Phakomatoses
  Alok I. Jaju, MD

• 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
  Rapid Fire
  Kartik Reddy, MD

4:30 pm - 4:35 pm
Closing Comments


5 pm - 6 pm
Core Curriculum Reception, Sponsored by Bracco