Mild Cognitive Impairment Symposium 2012

Theme: Atypical Presentations and New Concepts in the Pathogenesis of AD
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14th, 2012
Morning
7:00 to 8:00am - Breakfast Buffet
8:00 to 8:15am - Welcome and Introduction (Ranjan Duara, MD)
8:15 to 9:00am - Keynote Speaker: Atypical Neuropathological Presentations of AD (Dennis Dickson, MD)
9:00 to 9:15am - Break
9:15 to 11:30am - Mini-Symposium 1: MCI Stage of Atypical AD Syndromes: Diagnosis and Progression (Chair: Steve DeKosky, MD)
- Evolving Concepts of Atypical AD - Julene Johnson, PhD
- Neuropsychological Evaluation of Atypical AD Syndromes - Sandra Weintraub, PhD
- Primary Progressive Aphasia - David Caplan, MD, PhD
- Amyloid Imaging in Primary Progressive Aphasia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy and Frontal Variant Neurodegenerative Diseases - Gil Rabinovici, MD
11:30 to 11:45am - Break
11:45 to 12:30pm - Open Discussion
12:30 to 1:30pm - Lunch
Afternoon
1:30 to 2:30pm - Keynote Speech: Prion-like Progression of AD (Adriano Aguzzi, MD, PhD)
2:30 to 2:45pm - Break
2:45 to 4:30pm - Mini-Symposium 2: New Concepts in the Pathogenesis of AD (Chair: Claes Wahlstedt MD, PhD)
- Molecular Complexity at Intersection of AD and Prion Disease - Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, PhD
- Pathogeneis of Selective Regional Vulnerability in AD - Karen Duff, PhD
- Interaction Between Tau and Beta Amyloid in AD - George Bloom, PhD
- Lessons Learned from GWAS Studies - Andrew Saykin, PsyD
- Lessons from Cell Signaling, RNA and Transcriptosome Studies - Claes Wahlstedt MD, PhD
4:30 to 5:30pm - Open Discussion
Early Alzheimer's Diagnostic Workshop
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15th, 2012
Morning
8:30 to 8:45am - Introductions
8:45 to 9:30am - Keynote Speech: Early Diagnosis and Progression of AD Using Information from Clinical Evaluation and Biomarkers (John Morris, MD)
9:30 to 9:45am - Break
9:45 to 10:45 - Case Presentations (Chair: Clifford Jack, MD)
Case # 1 - Ronald Petersen, MD, PhD

Case # 2 - Steve Salloway, MD, MS

Case # 3 - Dorene Rentz, PsyD

Case # 4 - John Morris, MD

10:45 to 11:00am - Break
11:00 to 12:00pm Panel Discussion of Case Presentations: Deborah Blacker MD, ScD, Mary Ganguli MD, MPH, John Morris MD, Ronald Petersen MD, PhD, Christopher Rowe MD, Dorene Rentz PsyD, Steve Salloway MD, MS
12:00 to 1:00pm - Lunch
Afternoon
1:00 to 1:45pm - Keynote Speech: Disclosing Diagnostic and Risk Information: How, When and to Whom? (J. Scott Roberts, PhD)
1:45 to 2:00pm - Coffee Break
2:00 to 3:00pm - Case Presentations (Chair: Keith Johnson, MD)
Case # 5 - Philip Scheltens, MD, PhD

Case # 6 - David Wolk, MD

Case # 7 - Gil Rabinovici, MD

Case # 8 - Susan Resnick, PhD

3:00 to 4:00pm Panel Discussion of Case Presentations: Marilyn Albert PhD, Keith Johnson MD, David Loewenstein PhD, ABPP/CN, Gil Rabinovici MD, Susan Resnick PhD, Philip Scheltens MD, PhD, David Wolk MD
4:00 to 5:00pm - Clinical Use of MRI, FDG-PET and Amyloid PET scans in MCI: An Interactive Mini-Workshop
5:00pm - Adjourn
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