7th Annual Scientific Meeting Agenda

Saturday, January 18

6:30 am
Registration opens                                                        

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast                                                                                                   

8:00 am - 8:10 am      
Announcements &  Scholarships
Mark Mamlouk, MD    

Gold Medal Award

• 8:10 am - 8:20 am
  2025 Gold Medal Award Ceremony
  David Mirsky, MD
   
• 8:20 am - 8:40 am
  2025 Gold Medal Award Lecture                                     

Session V: Neuro-oncology
Moderators: Aashim Bhatia, MD, Vanessa Rameh, MD, and Melike Guryildirim, MD                           

• 8:40 am - 8:55 am
  Fetal and Congenital Brain Tumors
  Suzanne Laughlin, B.Sc., MD                 

• 8:55 am - 9:10 am         
  Pediatric High Grade Diffuse Gliomas
  Tina Young Poussaint, MD

• 9:10 am - 9:25 am         
  Intracranial Ependymomas
  Fabricio Guimaraes Goncalves, MD

• 9:25 am - 9:40 am
  CNS Embryonal Tumors (Non-Medulloblastoma)
  Ulrike Loebel   

• 9:40 am - 9:45 am     
  Q & A        

• 9:45 am - 10:00 am
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Benita Tamrazi, MD                                

10:00 am - 10:25 am
Break & Poster Spotlights                                               

Session VI: International Pearls: Lessons from My Most Memorable Cases
Moderators: Ana Geraldo, MD, PhD, (ESNR), Suely Ferracioli, MD, PhD, (SILAN), and Cristina Mignone, MD (ANZSNR)

• 10:25 am - 10:40 am
  ESNR: A Taste of Europe--My Most Memorable Cases
  Filippo Arrigoni

• 10:40 am - 10:55 am
  SILAN: A Taste of Latin America--My Most Memorable Cases
  Alcino Barbosa Jr

• 10:55 am - 11:10 am
  ANZSNR: A Taste of Down Under--My Most Memorable Cases
  Jane McEniery, BSc, BA, MBBS, FRANZCR

• 11:10 am - 11:15 am
  Q & A                                                                                                                                  

11:15 AM - 11:25 am
2024 ASPNR Guerbet Research Grant Award Presentation 
Adam Goldman-Yassen, MD                                      

11:25 am - 11:30 am       
2025 ASPNR Guerbet Research Grant Award and ASPNR-ASNR Research Grant Award Recipient Announcement 
Birgit Ertl-Wagner, MD, PhD and Aashim Bhatia, MD                               

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Interest Group: Pearls from the Editors: Tips on Getting your Manuscript Accepted | Sponsored by Guerbet

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
ASPNR Business Meeting       
David Mirsky, MD

Session VII: Demyelinating/Metabolic/Immune Disorders 
Moderators: John Rees, MD, Kader Oguz, MD, and Rajan Patel, MD

• 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
  MOGAD: Presentation vs Relapse
  Elizabeth George, MD/ Camilla Lindan, MD

• 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm
  NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in Children
  Duriel Hardy, MD

• 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
  Methodologic Approach to Mitochondrial disorders
  Cesar Alves, MD

• 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm
  Making Sense of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis 
  Karuna Shekdar, MD

• 2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
  Q & A                                                 
   
• 2:05 pm - 2:20 pm         
  Rapid Fire Cases       
  Bruno Soares, MD                           

2:20 pm - 2:40 pm          
Break & Poster Spotlights

Session VIII: Spine Imaging & Interventions 
Moderators: Michele Johnson, MD, Shehanaz Ellika, MBBS, and Chetan Shah, MD                                                 

• 2:40 pm - 2:55 pm 
  Spinal Dysraphisms: Towards Practice Standardization
  Mariasavina Severino, MD

• 2:55 pm - 3:10 pm
  Spinal Non-Accidental Trauma
  Stephen Kralik, MD

• 3:10 pm - 3:25 pm         
  Pediatric CSF leaks: Diagnosis and Treatment
  Lalani Carlton-Jones, MD

• 3:25 pm - 3:40 pm  
  Intrathecal Medication Delivery: The Easy & Circuitous Routes
  Craig Johnson, DO

• 3:40 pm - 3:45 pm         
  Q&A

• 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm  
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Anant Krishnan, MD

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm        
Game Show    
Carolina Guimaraes, MD and Hisham Dahmoush, MD

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm Interest Groups 

YPS Mentor Mixer Reception/ Mentorship Interest Group | Sponsored by Bracco
Michele Johnson, MD, Sarah Moum, MD, Asha Sarma, MD 

Pediatric Stroke Interest Group
Nicholas Stence, MD, Mesha Martinez, MD, and Max Wintermark, MD, MS, MBA

Gene & Cell Therapy Interest Group      
Ellen Grant, MD, Camilla Lindan, MD, Cesar Alves, MD

AI Interest Group      
Christopher Filippi, MD, and Arastoo Vossough, MD, PhD           

7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
ASPNR Gala Sponsored by Guerbet | Speakeasy Austin

Sunday, January 19 

7:00 am
Registration opens

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:30 am 
Announcements, Abstract Awards & 8th Annual ASPNR Scientific Meeting, January 2026
Mark Mamlouk, MD, Adam Goldman-Yassen, MD, Fabricio Goncalves, MD, and Laura Hayes, MD

Session IX: Vascular Disorders
Moderators: Nicholas Stence, MD, Shankar Ganapathy, MD, and Avrum Pollock, MD

• 8:30 am - 8:50 am 
  MLK Tribute Lecture: Neuroimaging and Intervention of Sickle Cell Disease
  Mesha Martinez, MD

• 8:50 am - 9:05 am 
  Neonatal Stroke & Mimics
  Manohar Shroff, MD

• 9:05 am - 9:20 am 
  Pediatric Intracranial Vascular Malformations/Hemorrhage
  Nilesh Desai, MD

• 9:20 am - 9:35 am 
  Cerebral Vein Imaging & Pathogenesis
  Asha Sarma, MD

• 9:35 am - 9:40 am
  Q & A

• 9:40 am - 9:55 am
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Jonathan Murnick, MD, PhD

9:55 am - 10:20 am
Break

Session X: Head/Neck
Moderators: Korgun Koral, MD and Tushar Chandra, MD

• 10:20 am - 10:35 am
  Pre and Postnatal Imaging of Craniosynostosis
  Caroline Robson, MBChB

• 10:35 am - 10:55 am
  Achieving Cephalocranial Proportion in the First Year of Severe Syndromic Craniosynostosis
  Richard Hopper, MD, MS

• 10:55 am - 11:10 am
  Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: How to Image
  Patricia Cornejo, MD

• 11:10 am - 11:25 am
  Demystifying Syndromic Temporal Bone Abnormalities
  Alexandra Foust, DO

• 11:25 am - 11:30 am
  Q & A
   
• 11:30 am - 11:45 am
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Karen Moeller, MD

11:45 am - 11:50 am
Closing Comments / Meeting Adjourned
Mark Mamlouk, MD

Thursday, January 16 - fMRI Advance Imaging Workshop

7:30 am - 8:25 am
Registration and Breakfast                                                                                                                      

8:25 am - 8:30 am
Welcome & Introduction 
Anna Trofimova, MD, PhD  and Rupa Radhakrishnan, MD 

8:30 am - 8:45 am
Basics of BOLD Imaging and Acquistion
Arastoo Vossough, MD, PhD  

8:45 am - 9:00 am
Eloquent Motor/Visual Cortical Functional Anatomy
Michael Hoch, MD  

9:00 am - 9:15 am
Eloquent Language Functional Anatomy
Anna Trofimova, MD, PhD  

9:15 am - 9:30 am
Methods for Presurgical Task-Based fMRI in Pediatric Patients
Carla Ammons, PhD

9:30 am - 9:45 am
Break

9:45 am - 10:00 am 
Unique Aspects of Pediatric fMRI and Patient Preparation
Rupa Radhakrishnan, MD

10:00 am - 10:15 AM
Clinical fMRI Processing: Common Artifacts and Pitfalls
Kartik Reddy, MD

10:15 am - 10:30 am
Clinical fMRI Interpretation and Reporting
Jeremy Jones, MD     

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Hands-on fMRI post-processing: Sponsored by Prism        
Jarod Roland, MD       

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Break                                                                                

12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
Lunch and Learn: Sponsored by Prism

12:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Small Group Sessions

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Break     

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm 
Clinical fMRI Service Set up and Workflows
Asim Choudhri, MD

2:45 pm - 3:00 PM
Clinical Resting State fMRI
Joshua Shimony, MD, PhD  

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
fMRI Challenging Cases
Byron Bernal, MD

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Panel Discussion & Closing Comments

Thursday, January 16 - Core Curriculum 

7:30 am - 8:25 am
Registration and Breakfast                                                                                                                      

8:25 am - 8:30 am
Welcome & Introduction
William T. O' Brien, DO and Usha D. Nagaraj, MD

Session I: DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN MALFORMATIONS
Moderators: Hollie Lai, MD, Hayden Head, MD, and Jason Schroeder , MD

• ​​​8:30 am - 8:45 am
  Supratentorial Brain Malformations
  Neil Lall , MD    

• 8:45 am - 9:00 am
  Disorders of Neuronal Migration & Cortical Development
  Elysa Widjaja, MD

• 9:00 am - 9:15 am
  Posterior Fossa Brain Malformations
  Matthew Whitehead, MD

• 9:15 am - 9:20 am
  Q&A

• 9:20 am - 9:35 am
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Luke Linscott, MD

Session II: NEONATAL INJURIES
Moderators: P. Ellen Grant, MD, Andria Powers, MD, and Sumit Singh, MD

• 9:35 am - 9:50 am
  Hypoxic Ischemic Injury
  Yi Li, MD

• 9:50 am - 10:05 am
  The Neonatal Brain: Hemorrhagic and Destructive Injuries
  ​​Helen Branson, B.Sc, MBBS, FRANZCR

• 10:05 am - 10:20 am
  Acute Neonatal Metabolic Syndromes
  Sumit Pruthi, MBBS

• 10:20 am - 10:25 am
  Q&A

• 10:25 am - 10:40 am
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Asthik Biswas, MD, MBBS, DNB

10:40 am - 11:10 am
Break

Session III: INTRACRANIAL INFECTIONS
Moderators: Azam Eghbal, MD, Agustin Cardenas, MD, and Amanda Baker, MD

• 11:10 am - 11:25 am
  Congenital (TORCH) and Neonatal Infections
  Elizabeth Weidman, MD

• 11:25 am - 11:40 am
  Common Intracranial Infections
  Suely Fazio Ferracioli, MD, PhD

• 11:40 am - 11:55 am 
  Atypical & Uncommon Intracranial Infections 
  Priya Rajagopalan, MD

• 11:55 am - 12:00 pm
  Q&A

• 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Amal Saleh, MD

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch

Session IV: DEVELOPMENTAL SPINE MALFORMATIONS
Moderators: Laura Hayes, MD, Alexis Maddocks, MD, and Alok Jaju, MD

• 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm
  Disorders of Primary Neurulation
  Usha Nagaraj, MD

• 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
  Disorders of Secondary Neurulation & Caudal Cell Mass
  Tanya Supakul, MD

• 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm
  Developmental Bony Malformations of the Spine and CCJ
  Aaron McAllister, MD

• 2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
  Q&A

• 2:05 pm - 2:20 pm
  Rapid Fire Cases
  John Maloney, MD

Session V: ORBITS
Moderators: Nagwa Wilson, MD, PhD, Alp Oztek, MD, and Stephen Little, MD

• 2:20 pm - 2:35 pm
  Neonatal Globe Pathology
  Jungwhan John Choi, MD

• 2:35 pm - 2:50 pm
  Common Orbital & Globe Masses (Excluding Neonatal Globe Pathology)
  Joanne Rispoli, MD

• 2:50 pm - 3:05 pm
  Infectious/Inflammatory Orbital Processes & Their Complications
  Julie Guerin, MD

• 3:05 pm - 3:10 pm
  Q&A

• 3:10 pm - 3:25 pm
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Sarah Moum, MD

3:25 pm - 3:50 pm
Break

Session VI: NECK MASSES
Moderators: Judy Gadde, DO, Kristen Launier, MD, and Carlos Zamora, MD, PhD

• 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
  Congenital Cystic Neck Masses
  William O'Brien, DO

• 4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
  Acquired Cystic Neck Masses
  Jennifer Vaughn, MD

• 4:20 pm - 4:35 pm
  Solid Neck Masses
  Rebekah Clarke, MD

• 4:35 pm - 4:40 pm
  Q&A

• 4:40 pm - 4:55 pm
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Ata Siddiqui, MBBS, MD, DNB, FRCR

4:55 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing Comments

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Core Curriculum Reception: Sponsored by Bracco