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ForwardNeuroscience Symposium 2025
This symposium offers a broad curriculum focusing on state-of-the-art, evidence-based practices for clinicians and healthcare professionals who treat and care for neuroscience patients from the emergency department through rehabilitation. The expert faculty will engage participants through complex cases, novel treatment strategies and panel discussions. The goal of the program is to share the most innovative and evidence-based clinical practices that have been implemented and are available to optimize patient outcomes throughout all areas of neuroscience.
This conference is being held in person.
NOTE: Please note this activity will be presented 8:30am – 3:00pm CST
Target Audience
This course is intended for physicians, nurses, APRNs, pharmacists, and other interested health professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Review the diagnosis of common neurological conditions encountered in inpatient and outpatient settings
- Apply current medical and surgical therapies for the treatment of neurological diseases
- Describe new and future therapies for including advances in pharmaceuticals, care guidelines and technology
| Time | Topic & Speakers | ||||||||
| 7:30-8:25 | Registration and Breakfast | ||||||||
| 8:25-8:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | ||||||||
| 8:30-9:30 | Building Systems of Care around Hemorrhagic Stroke: Clinical Updates and Tripartite Collaboration Stacey Wolfe, MD, FAANS, FACS Chair of Department of Neurosurgery & the Eben Alexander Chair in Neurosurgery Wake Forest University School of Medicine | ||||||||
| 9:35-10:20 | Updates on the Neurosurgical Treatments for Parkinson’s disease Neepa Patel, MD Neurologist, Movement Disorders Rush University | ||||||||
| 10:25-11:05 | Shifting Paradigms and Emerging Technologies in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus Art DiPatri, MD Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Comer Children's Hospital & Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery for the Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance | ||||||||
| 11:10-12:15 | Lunch and Vendor Walk | ||||||||
| STROKE/NEUROLOGY | NEUROSURGERY/CV | SPINE/INTERVENTIONAL PAIN | |||||||
| 12:15-1:00 | Structural Cardiology Neal Sawlani, MD Cardiology Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | LVO Stroke Treatment Considerations Thomas Wolfe, MD Endovascular Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center | Endoscopy for Spine Surgery Richard Broderick, MD Neurosurgery - Spine Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | ||||||
| 1:00-1:05 | Break | ||||||||
| 1:05-1:50 | Updates on Treatment for Myasthenia Gravis & Other Neuromuscular Junction Disorders David Randall, DO Neurology, Neuromuscular Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | Evaluations and Management of Cerebral Cavernomas Jacob Bagley, MD Neurosurgery Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center | Failed Spine Surgery: What Failed? Walter Jacobsen, DO Neurosurgery - Spine Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center | ||||||
| 1:50-1:55 | Break | ||||||||
| 1:55-2:45 | The Migraine Revolution: A New Era of Migraine Treatment Ashley Holdridge, DO Neurology, Headache Specialist Aurora Health Center Whitefish Bay | Brain Mapping/IntraOp Navigation Raed Abusuwwa, DO Neurosurgery Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Regenerative Medicine in Interventional Pain Rishi Gaiha, MD Interventional Pain Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | ||||||
| 2:45-3:00 | Q&A | ||||||||
| 3:00 | Program Close | ||||||||
| Advance registration is required. Fee Includes program, breakfast, lunch and parking. Advocate Aurora Physicians $40 || Advocate Aurora Nurses and Associates $30, Non-Advocate Aurora $50 || Advocate Aurora Medical Students and Residents are free. | |||||||||
Faculty
Keynote Speaker
Stacey Quintero Wolfe, MD, FAANS, FACS; Chair of Department of Neurosurgery & the Eben Alexander Chair in Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Speakers
Neepa Patel, MD; Director for the Movement Disorder Interventional Program in the Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University
Art DiPatri, MD; Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Comer Children's Hospital & Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery for the Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance
Neal Sawlani, MD; Physician Interventional Cardiology - Cardiology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Thomas Wolfe, MD; Physician Neurology - Endovascular, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Richard Broderick, MD; Neurosurgeon - Surgery: Neurosurgery, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
David Randall, DO; Physician Neurology - Neurology: Neuromuscular, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Jacob Bagley, MD; Physician Neuro - Surgery: Neurosurgery, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Walter Jacobsen, DO: Physician Surgery Neurology - Surgery: Neurosurgery, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Raed Abusuwwa, DO; Neurosurgeon - Surgery: Neurosurgery, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Ashley Holdridge, DO; Physician Neuro – Neurology, Aurora Health Center Whitefish Bay
Rishi Gaiha, MD; Physician Pain Medicine - Pain Medicine, Advocate Health Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Planning Committee
Matt Hendrick, VP; Neurosciences Service Line Administration, Aurora Medical Group Milwaukee - Virginia Street
Nina Paleologos, MD; Neurology & Oncology, Advocate Medical Group - Park Ridge
Paul Vilar, MSN, SCRN, RN; Stroke Program Director - Clinical Services: System Neuro, Aurora Medical Group Milwaukee - Montana Street
Jennifer Mishos, Director; Neuro Service Line Administration, Advocate Health Oak Brook
Tina Katzer, Manager; Spine Program, Aurora Medical Group Milwaukee - Montana Street
Elida Bader, MSN, BSN, CNRN; Telestroke Program Manager, Advocate Health Oak Brook
Steven Winkelmeyer, Director; Neurodiagnostic Service Line, Aurora Medical Group Milwaukee - Montana Street
Emily Feather, PT, DPT; Rehabilitation Services Program Coordinator, Aurora Medical Center West Allis
Tim Mikesell, DO; Neurology, Advocate Medical Group - Park Ridge
Ashley Holdridge, DO; Physician Neurology, Aurora Advanced Healthcare, Whitefish Bay
Amina George, PharmD, BCCCP; Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Jesse Kong, PA; Procedural Ld Surgery: Neurosurgery, Advocate Health and Hospitals
Amy Campbell, Executive Assistant; Neurosciences Service Line, Advocate Health - Midwest
Disclosure
The following faculty speakers and/or planning committee members have disclosed the following:
Faculty Name | Name of Ineligible Companies | Nature of Relationship | |
| Nina Paleologos, MD | Servier | 2023: Medical Advisory Board meeting: Future Clinical Trial Strategy, IDH 1 Inhibitor | |
| Neal Sawlani, MD | Edwards Lifesciences Boston Scientific | Proctor Speaker | |
| Thomas Wolfe, MD | Galaxy Therapeutics Inc | Ownership interest, consultant | |
| Neepa Patel, MD | Amneal Pharmaceuticals Superneus Phamaceuticals Abbvie Pharmaceuticals | Consultant, ended 9/2024 Consultant, ended 10/2024 Consultant, ended 6/2024 | |
| Jennifer Mishos | Pfizer | HealthCare Advisory Board, ended 12/31/2024 | |
| Jesse Kong, PA |
| Individual stocks Consultant Consultant, September 2024 | |
| Amy Holdridge, DO | Lundbeck Abbvie Pharmaceuticals | Speakers Bureau Speakers Bureau |
The other planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for [this individual/these individuals] have been mitigated.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum 5.25 hours of CPE credit for pharmacists. CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacy UAN: JA0006327-0000-25-096-L01-P
American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)
Advocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 5.25 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
This conference will provide participants with a certificate of completion, and discipline specific credit, for PT/OT/Speech.
IL Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
Advocate Healthcare is accredited by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education for live courses/activities in addition to on-demand content and sessions. This program is approved for 5.25 contact hours for IL PT/OT/SLP. Advocate Health Care CE Sponsor License 216.000106 (PT); 224.000115 (OT); 202.000194 (SLP).
Board Recognition Statement(s)
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Available Credit
- 5.25 American Board of SurgerySuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
- 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 5.25 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 5.25 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 5.25 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 5.25 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 5.25 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 5.25 Physician Associates CreditAdvocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
The following exhibitors will be in attendance at the symposium:
- Sevaro Health
- SPR
- Abbvie Pharmaceuticals
- Genentech, Inc
- Integra LifeSciences
- Stratus
- Aspen Medical Products
- Teladoc Health Inc
Price
How to Register
Complete the form above and click "Add to cart."
Click "Checkout" and follow the prompts to complete your order.
Advance registration is required. Fee Includes program, breakfast, lunch and parking.
| FEE | |
| Advocate Health Physicians | $40.00 |
| Advocate Health Nurses and Associates | $30.00 |
| Non-Advocate Health | $50.00 |
| Advocate Health Students and Residents | FREE |
Payable by credit card only
Registration for this activity can only be completed through the CE Learning Platform. Attendee registrations made through any other sites cannot be honored.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Cancelation/Refunds/Substitutions
- Cancellations must be in writing (email)
- Registrants cancelling between two weeks and five full business days prior to the first day of the event are "refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee."
- No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than five full business days prior to the event.
- No refunds or credit will be given for no-shows.
- No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
For Further Information
If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact Amy Campbell, Executive Assistant at [email protected]
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact the IPCE Office at [email protected]