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• About Us
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• Neurosciences: Essentials for Your Practice 2005
• Neurosciences: Essentials for Your Practice 2006
• Neurosciences: Essentials for Your Practice 2007
• Orthopedic Update 2006
• Orthopedic Update 2007
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• Specialty Updates for Primary Care Physicians

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Dr. Charles Wilson
Dr. Wilson serves on the Governing Board of the Tulane University Health Sciences Center and the Tulane University Board of Administrators. He co-founded and chairs the Board of the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance, and he sits on the boards of the National Brain Tumor Foundation, the Aneurysm and Vascular Malformation Foundation, and the Blue Shield of California Medical Policy Committee on Quality and Technology. Currently, he is Senior Advisor in the UCSF Global Health Sciences where he is responsible for the Surgery Division and is a Senior Advisor in the Health Technology Center. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Dr. Sapolsky lectures widely on topics as diverse as stress and stress-related diseases, baboons, the biology of our individuality, the biology of religious belief, the biology of memory, schizophrenia, depression, aggression and Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Sapolsky is a MacArthur "genius" Fellow, a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, and a research associate with the Institute of Primate Research at the National Museum of Kenya. In addition to A Primate's Memoir, which won the 2001 Bay Area Book Reviewers Award in nonfiction, Sapolsky has written three other books, including: "The Trouble with Testosterone", "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers", and "Monkeyluv".

For more than twenty-five years, Dr. Sapolsky has divided his time between field work with baboons and highly technical neurological research in the laboratory. As a result, he can effortlessly move from a discussion of pecking orders in primate societies (human and baboon) to an explanation of how neurotransmitters work during stress - and get laughs doing it.

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Geoffrey R. Adey M.D. Chair Neurosurgery Section, John Muir Health Terence L. Chen M.D. Medical Director, Neurosurgery, John Muir Health Susan C. Colligan Ph.D. Clinical Director Neuropsychology, Brain Injury & Research, John Muir Health Ira J. Finch M.D. Medical Director Angiography & Interventional Radiology, John Muir Health David Goldberg M.D. Medical Director Neurointerventional Radiology, John Muir Health Steven J. Holtz M.D. Stroke Medical Director, John Muir Health - Walnut Creek; Associate Clinical Professor UCSF

Vincent Massullo M.D. Medical Director, Radiation Therapy, John Muir Health - Walnut Creek Richard D. Smith M.D. Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services, John Muir Health Raymond M. Stephens M.D. Stroke Medical Director, John Muir Health - Concord Howard P. Taekman M.D. Medical Director Trauma Services & Chair, Neurosciences Institute Steering Committee, John Muir Health Douglas Zlock, M.D. John Muir Health SRS Pituitary Program, Endocrinology

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Stroke Program
JCAHO Primary Stroke Centers
GWTG Stroke Annual Performance Achievement Award
Interventional Neuroradiology Suite

TBI Program
TBI Research Group
TBI Best Practice JCAHO

John Muir Radiosurgery Center

NeuroSpine Program

Mild Cognitive Impairment
Pilot Program

John Muir Trauma Services/Injury Prevention

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At the end of this conference the participants should be able to:

1. Discuss three strategies for Stroke prevention.
2. Discuss current evidence-based practice guidelines for diagnostic workups and available treatments for stroke, brain tumors and brain injury.
3. Discuss when it is appropriate to refer to a specialist for symptoms of brain tumor.
4. Restate the indications for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.
5. Discuss how cultural and linguistic awareness enhances care for patients from diverse cultures and ethnicities.

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7:15 - 7:45 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast. 7:45 - 8:15 a.m. Welcome: Why Should Primary Care Physicians Want to Know about Neurosciences and the John Muir Neurosciences Institute? Charles Wilson, M.D. 8:15 - 8:30 a.m. John Muir Health: NeuroTrauma to Neurosciences: The Right Patient at the Right Place at the Right Time. Howard Taekman, M.D. 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. Traumatic Brain Injury: Concussion: Outpatient Dilemmas. Geoffrey Adey M.D. Terence Chen M.D. & Susan Colligan Ph.D. 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. Break - Book Signing. Dr. Sapolsky 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. CNS: Brain Tumors, & Endocrine Syndromes: Dx, Rx, Tx. Terence Chen, M.D. Douglas Zlock, M.D. & Vincent Massullo, M.D.

10:30 - 11:15 a.m. NeuroSpine Update - Emerging Technologies. Geoffrey Adey, M.D. 11:15 - 12:15 a.m. The Biology of Our Individuality: How to Make Sense of Our Behavior in the Context of Brains, Genes, and Hormones - Part I. Robert Sapolsky Ph.D. 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Box Lunches - Enjoy COPIA & Display Booths. 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Part II. Robert Sapolsky Ph.D. 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Stroke - Primary and Secondary Prevention, Imaging & Treatment. Ray Stephens, M.D. David Goldberg, M.D. & Ira Finch, M.D. 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Break. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Neurology in Your Office: FAQs of Common Problems. Steve Holtz, M.D. & Ray Stephens, M.D. 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Questions & Answers / Panel Discussion John Muir Neurosciences Faculty

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COPIA

The Institute for Food & Wine
500 First Street
Napa, CA 94559
www.copia.org
(707) 259-1600 or (888) 512-6742

COPIA is located in Downtown Napa on the Napa River just one hour from Sacramento International, Oakland International and San Francisco International airports.

Napa River Inn
500 Main Street
Napa, California 94559
(707) 251-8500
www.napariverinn.com

(Ask for Neurosciences Conference rate. Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements.)

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Jeanette Engle-Ramirez MRA, OTR
Executive Director Neurosciences, John Muir Health
925-941-5050
jeanette.engle-ramirez@johnmuirhealth.com

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Thank you for providing Grant Support:

G. Willard Miller Foundation
Care Meridian
Synthes Spine
Novo Nordisk
PDL - BioPharma
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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CME CREDIT: 8.0 HOURS CME Conference Information: John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity. Target Audience: Each conference is designed for physicians with an interest in the patient population identified by conference specialty and topic content. Credit Information: John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

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