Course Dates: September 14-17, Dementia: A Comprehensive Update is a three-and-a-half day, annual, review course designed by clinicians for clinicians. The course is organized by Neurology faculty members of Harvard Medical School who specialize in the care of patients with cognitive and behavioral disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Schedule
Agenda
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
8:30 – 8:45 AM
Introduction to the Course
Alireza Atri
8:45 – 9:20 AM
Human Cognition: An Overview
Brad Dickerson
9:20 – 9:55 AM
Memory Systems & Amnesia
Andrew Budson
9:55 – 10:30 AM
Neuropathology of AD/ADRD: A Guide for Practicing Clinicians
Matthew P. Frosch
10:30 – 11:15 AM
From Proteinopathies to Neuroimaging & Biomarkers in AD/ADRD: Primer on Practice and Advances
David Wolk
11:15 – 11:30 AM
Morning Coffee Break
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias: Global Perspectives and Opportunities
Maria Carrillo
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias: Pathobiological Definitions & Prevention
12:30 – 1:10 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A
1:10 – 2:10 PM
Lunch Break
2:10 – 2:15 PM
Afternoon Introductions
Lynn Shaughnessy
2:15 – 3:20 PM
AD Dementia: Practical Evaluation & Management in Clinical Practice
Alireza Atri
3:20 – 4:00 PM
Mild Cognitive Impairment: Prodromal AD and Beyond
Ronald Petersen
4:00 – 4:15 PM
Afternoon Coffee Break
4:15 – 4:55 PM
Advances in AD Experimental Therapeutics
Alireza Atri
4:55 – 5:30 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Alireza Atri
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
8:30 – 8:35 AM
Morning Introductions
Brad Dickerson
8:35 – 9:15 AM
Neuropsychology of Aging
Sandra Weintraub
9:15 – 9:55 AM
Attentional and Executive Systems – Don’t Leave Home without Them
Kirk Daffner
9:55 – 10:35 AM
Frontotemporal Dementias: Focus on Behavioral/Executive Variants
Bruce Miller
10:35 – 10:50 AM
Morning Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:30 AM
Language Systems & Aphasia-predominant Dementia Syndromes
M. Marsel Mesulam
11:30 AM – 12:10 PM
Updates on Vascular Cognitive Impairment & Dementia
Charles DeCarli
12:10 – 12:40 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Alireza Atri, Brad Dickerson
12:40 PM – 1:40 PM
Lunch Break
1:40 – 1:45 PM
Afternoon Introductions
Alireza Atri
1:45 – 2:35 PM
Lewy Body Disease, and Parkinsonian & Sensorimotor-predominant Dementias
James Galvin
2:35 – 2:55 PM
Assessment of Cognition in Clinical Practice
Alireza Atri
2:55 – 3:15 PM
Practical Compensatory Strategies for Cognitive Decline
Lynn Shaughnessy
3:15 – 3:40 PM
Assessment of Daily Function and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms/Behavior and Staging of Dementia in Practice
Brad Dickerson
3:40 – 3:55 PM
Afternoon Coffee Break
3:55 – 5:05 PM
Cased-based Assessment and Application of Biomarkers in Dementia Clinical Practice
Alireza Atri, Brad Dickerson, Janet C. Sherman, and David Wolk
5:05 – 5:35 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Alireza Atri
Friday, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
8:30 – 8:35 AM
Morning Introductions
Alireza Atri
8:35 – 9:30 AM
Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Problem Behaviors in Dementia
Helen Kales
9:30 – 10:25 AM
Pharmacological Management of Behavioral Problems in Dementia
Clive Ballard
10:25 – 10:40 AM
Morning Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:25 AM
Practical & Ethical Considerations for Disclosure of Dementia-Related Diagnosis and Risk
Jason Karlawish
11:25 AM – 12:05 PM
Caregiving in Dementia: Impact, Consequences & Opportunities
Mary Mittelman
12:05 – 12:40 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Alireza Atri
12:40 – 1:40 PM
Lunch Break
1:40 – 1:45 PM
Afternoon Introductions
1:45 – 2:00 PM
Community Advocacy and Activism For Dementias
Katie Brandt
2:00 – 2:45 PM
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) & Dementia
Robert Stern
2:45 – 3:00 PM
Afternoon Coffee Break
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Delirium, Encephalopathies and Uncommon Dementias
Jeremy Schmahmann
4:00 – 4:45 PM
Panel Discussion, Q&A and Conclusions
Alireza Atri and Brad Dickerson
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
8:30 – 8:40 AM
Introduction to Symposium
Alireza Atri
8:40 – 9:15 AM
Dementia & The Law: Clinical Pearls on Testamentary Capacity and Undue Influence
Judith G. Edersheim and Bruce H. Price
9:15 – 10:15 AM
Principles & Practice of Mental Capacity and Competence in Dementia: From Finances to Firearms
Barry S. Fogel
10:15 – 10:50 AM
Driving, Home & Community Safety and Dementia
Margaret O’Connor
10:50 – 11:05 AM
Morning Coffee Break
Neurology Books, [9/17/2022 11:39 PM]
11:05 – 11:55 AM
Advanced Care Planning & Management of End-stage Dementia, Pain, Palliation & Hospice in Long-Term Care
Mary Norman
11:55 AM – 12:45 PM
Panel Discussion, Q&A and Conclusions
Alireza Atri and Brad Dickerson