THE WIEN CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND MEMORY DISORDERS - MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
  6th Annual MCI Symposium
  Mild Cognitive Impairment

  PRESENTED BY:  THE WIEN CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
   AND MEMORY DISORDERS, MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER,
   MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AND THE JOHNNIE B. BYRD. SR.
   ALZHEIMER'S CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAMPA, FLORIDA


  March 7-8, 2008
  Miami Beach Resort & Spa
  info@mcisymposium.org   305-674-2592  



     
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Friday, March 7th

AM

 
7:00-8:00 Breakfast Buffet

8:00-8:15 Welcome and Introduction
Ranjan Duara, MD

8:15-9:15 Keynote Address: "What Determines the Risk of and Rate of Progression in Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanisms and Modifiers"
Denis Evans, MD

9:15-11:15 Mini-Symposium: Pathogenic Mechanisms for Cognitive Impairment in Animals and Humans
Chair: Carl Cotman, PhD


  Amyloid Metabolism and Cognitive Impairment in Animals and Humans
Todd Golde, PhD

  Tau Pathology and Cognitive Impairment in Animals and Humans
Karen Duff, PhD

  Protein Misfolding in the Pathogenesis of AD
JoAnne McLaurin, PhD

  Inflammation and Brain Aging
Stephen Bondy, PhD

  Inflammatory Cytokines and Cognitive Impairment in Aging
Philip Wolf, MD

  Hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome and Cognitive Impairment
Jose Luchsinger, MD, MPH

11:15-11:30 Break

11:30-12:15 Open Discussion

12:15-1:30 Lunch Break


PM

 
1:30-4:00 Mini-Symposium: Biomarkers for Measuring Progression and the Effects of Treatment in AD Chair: Mike Weiner, MD

  Cognitive Measurement
Robert Wilson, PhD

  Volumetric MRI (the ADNI Experience)
Clifford Jack, MD

  4 Tesla MRI in MCI and Early AD
Michael Weiner, MD

  Amyloid Imaging with [C-11] PIB in Normal Aging, MCI and AD
Colin Masters, MD, PhD

  Amyloid Imaging with [F-18] 1, 4-diphenyltriazoles
Mike Pontecorvo, PhD

  PET FDG and Amyloid and Tau Imaging with [F-18] FDDNP in Early AD
Gary Small, MD

  CSF Biomarkers in MCI and Early AD
John Morris, MD

4:00-4:15 Break

4:15-5:00 Open Discussion

5:30-7:00 Panel Discussion: Disclosing the Diagnosis: Why, When and How Chair: Mary Ganguli, MD, MPH
Panelists (Ronald Petersen, MD, PhD; Angela Jefferson, PhD; Mary Mittelman, DrPH; Soo Borson, MD; Eric Rodriguez, MD; Orien Reid, MSW)

7:00-9:00 Welcome Dinner



Saturday, March 8th


AM

 
7:30-8:30 Breakfast Buffet

8:30-8:45 Announcements and Introductions
Ranjan Duara, MD

8:45-10:30 Mini-Symposium: Non-Pharmacological Treatment and Prevention of Early AD and Other Dementias
Chair: Huntington Potter, PhD


  Hematopoeitic Growth Factors for Brain Repair
Juan Sanchez-Ramos, MD, PhD

  Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline
Laura Fratiglioni, MD, PhD

  Cognitive and Environmental Stimulation for both Treatment and Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease: Transgenic Mouse Studies
Gary Arendash, PhD

  Cognitive Rehabilitation in MCI and Early AD
David Loewenstein, PhD

  The Role of Exercise and Intellectual Engagement on AD and Cognition of older adults
Art Kramer, PhD

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:30 Open Discussion

11:30-1:00 Lunch Break


PM

 
1:00-3:00 Mini-Symposium: Potential Disease Modifying Agents for Treatment and Prevention of AD
Chair: Paul Aisen, MD


  Drug Development for AD and Prodromal AD: an Overview
Paul Aisen, MD

  Clioquinol (Reformulated)
Colin Masters, MD

  Immunotherapy for AD (Immunoglobulin Infusion)
Norman Relkin, MD, PhD

  Immunotherapy for AD (Antibody Infusion)
Michael Grundman, MD

  Flurizan: A Gamma Secretase Modulating Agent
Kenton Zavitz, PhD

  LY450139: a Gamma secretase inhibitor
Eric Siemers, MD, PhD

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:00 Open Discussion

4:00 Adjourn



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