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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