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                 

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

• 9:10 am - 9:25 am         
  Intracranial Ependymomas
  Fabricio Goncalves

• 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                                

10:00 am - 10:25 am
Break                                               

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

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

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

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

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch

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

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

• 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
  MOGAD: Presentation vs Relapse
  Elizabeth George

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

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

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

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

2:20 pm - 2:40 pm          
Break

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

• 2:40 pm - 2:55 pm 
  Spinal Dysraphisms: Towards Practice Standardization
  Kish Mankad

• 2:55 pm - 3:10 pm
  Spinal Non-Accidental Trauma
  Steve Kralik

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

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

• 3:40 pm - 3:45 pm         
  Q&A

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

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

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm Interest Groups 

• Pediatric Stroke Interest Group
  Nicholas Stence, MD, Mesha Martinez, and Max Wintermark, MD, MS, MBA           
   
• Grant Writing Interest Group                               
  TBD

• YPS Mentor Mixer Reception/ Mentorship Interest Group
  Michele Johnson, MD, Sarah Moum, MD, Asha Sarma, MD 
   
• Genetic Therapies Interest Group       
  Ellen Grant, MD, Camilla Lindan, MD, Cesar Alves, MD

• AI Interest Group       
  Christopher Filippi & Arastoo Vossough                     

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, Fabricio Goncalves, and Laura Hayes, MD

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

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

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

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

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

• 9:35 am - 9:40 am
  Q & A

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

9:55 am - 10:20 am
Break

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

• 10:20 am - 10:35 am
  Pre and Postnatal Imaging of Craniosynostosis
  Cally Robson

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

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

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

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

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   

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

9:15 am - 9:30 am
Clinical fMRI Tasks and Paradigms
Donald Bearden 

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     

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Hands-on fMRI post-processing: Prism           

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Break                                                                                

12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
Lunch and Learn: 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  

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

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, Hayden Head, and Jason Schroeder 

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

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

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

• 9:15 am - 9:20 am
  Q&A

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

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

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

• 9:50 am - 10:05 am
  Hemorrhagic and Destructive Injuries
  ​​Helen Branson

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

• 10:20 am - 10:25 am
  Q&A

• 10:25 am - 10:40 am
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Asthik Biswas

10:40 am - 11:10 am
Break

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

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

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

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

• 11:55 am - 12:00 pm
  Q&A

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

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch

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

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

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

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

• 2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
  Q&A

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

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

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

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

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

• 3:05 pm - 3:10 pm
  Q&A

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

3:25 pm - 3:50 pm
Break

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

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

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

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

• 4:35 pm - 4:40 pm
  Q&A

• 4:40 pm - 4:55 pm
  Rapid Fire Cases
  Ata Siddiqui

4:55 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing Comments

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