Program Description: 

Weekly grand rounds as a forum for clinical and basic research updates in neurology with respect to diagnosis and management of neurological disorders and advances in neuroscience.  General areas of focus will include among others the following:  neuromuscular, epilepsy, sleep, movement disorders, stroke and vascular disorders, neurodegenertive, dementia and memory disorders, headaches and cranial neuralgias, autonomic disorders, and general neurologic conditions.

Accreditation Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Designation of Credit Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Hours of Participation for Allied Health Professionals
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
Target audience: 

Neurologists and Neuropsychologists as a specialty, including both generalists and sub-specialists.  Health care providers including physicians (MD's, DO's) RN, APNP, PA,  PhD, as well as students, residents, and fellows.  Also included are basic and clinical researchers and clinicians throughout neurology, neurosurgery, and neuropsychology especially during the monthly interdisciplinary grand rounds presentations.

Learning objectives: 

Discuss deficits of visual processing and spatial cognition as early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and review possible pathophysiological mechanisms.

Review the concept of optic flow as an important visual cue for spatial orientation and discuss how perception of optic flow can be selectively impaired in Alzheimer’s disease.

Discuss optic flow event related potentials as markers of abnormal signal processing and possible predictors of impaired driving capacity in aging and Alzheimer’s disease.

Faculty & credentials: 


Planning Committee:
Jonathan Florczak, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

 
David Sabsevitz, PhD, ABPP
Boart Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director of Postdoctoral Education
Medical College of Wisconsin

Presenter:

Roberto Fernandez-Romero MD, MPH, PhD  
Assistant Professor
University of Virginia

 

Contact

Name: 
Gail Balistreri
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 805-5204
Email: 
gbalistreri@mcw.edu
Session date: 
02/12/2016 - 8:00am to 9:00am CST
Location: 
Froedtert Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Avenue
Dean Roe Auditorium
Milwaukee, WI 53226
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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