Workshop on Nutrition and Neuroprotection in Military Personnel
June 23–24, 2010
VENABLE
575 Seventh St., NW, Washington, DC 20004
Wednesday, June 23, 2010: Day 1
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Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of Open Session John Erdman, Committee Chair |
Objective: To understand possible differences in pathophysiology and metabolic response between acute injury and injury from repeated low-severity events due to blast overpressure.
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Moderator: Cathy Levenson, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
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Central nervous system (CNS)-related neurotrauma in the military environment |
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Col. Michael Jaffee, M.D., USAF Director, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center |
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Pathophysiology and mechanisms of neurotrauma: Blast and civilian |
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Mårten Risling, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
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Agenda
Workshop on Nutrition and Neuroprotection in Military Personnel
June 23–24, 2010
VENABLE
575 Seventh St., NW, Washington, DC 20004
Wednesday, June 23, 2010: Day 1
1:30 pm Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of Open Session
John Erdman, Committee Chair
SESSION 1: BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
Objective: To understand possible differences in pathophysiology and metabolic
response between acute injury and injury from repeated low-severity events due to blast
overpressure.
Moderator: Cathy Levenson, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the
1:40
Brain
1:45 Central nervous system (CNS)-related neurotrauma in the military
environment
Col. Michael Jaffee, M.D., USAF
Director, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
2:15 Pathophysiology and mechanisms of neurotrauma: Blast and civilian
Mårten Risling, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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260 NUTRITION AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
2:45 Recurrent sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) and tauopathy
Robert Stern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
Co-Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical & Research Program
Boston University School of Medicine
3:15 Panel Discussion
4:15 Public Comments
4:45 Adjourn
Thursday, June 24, 2010: Day 2
8:30 am Welcome
John Erdman, Committee Chair
SESSION 2: CLINICAL TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION
Objectives:
• o gain understanding of the acute phase of injury in the civilian world (What
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treatments are available in early phases and rehabilitation; long-term strategies?)
• o gain understanding of the acute phase of injury in the military (What treatments
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are available in early phases and rehabilitation; long-term strategies?)
Moderator: Ross Zafonte, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain
8:35
8:40 Clinical management in the field
Col. Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Corps, U.S. Army
Program Manager, Defense Sciences Office
DARPA
9:10 Stateside acute care and rehabilitation
Maj. Megumi Vogt, M.D.
Medical Corps, U.S. Air Force
Deputy Director, TBI Clinical Standards of Care
Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic
Brain Injury
SESSION 3: NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CLINICAL TREATMENT
Objective: To gain understanding of existing clinical guidance and standards of practice
on nutritional interventions for concussion and other CNS-related neurotrauma treatment
and recovery.
Moderator: Wayne Askew, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain
9:40
9:45 The perspective of an R.D. working with civilian TBI
Natalia Bailey, M.S., R.D., C.D.
Neurological Trauma/Surgery ICU Nutrition Support Dietitian
Harborview Medical Center
University of Washington Level I Trauma Center
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10:05 The perspective of a neurosurgeon
Jamshid Ghajar, M.D., Ph.D., FACS
President, Brain Trauma Foundation
Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
10:25 The perspective of an R.D. working in the military environment
Maj. Kelli Metzger, R.D.
Medical Specialist Corps, U.S. Army
Chief, Nutrition Marketing and Integration Services
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
10:55 Break
11:10 Panel Discussion
12:10 pm Lunch
SESSION 4: ROLE OF NUTRITION IN RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY
Objective: To gather information about the state of research on the role of diets, food
products, and/or nutritional interventions in the enhancement or impairment of recovery
from CNS-related neurotrauma.
Moderator: John Erdman, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain
1:10
1:20 The ability of nutrients to promote brain plasticity and cognitive health
Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, Ph.D.
Professor, Depts. of Neurosurgery and Physiological Science
University of California, Los Angeles
1:50 Resolvins and Protectins: Specialized proresolving mediators in inflammation,
and organ protection from essential fatty acids
Charles Serhan, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury
The Simon Gelman Professor of Anesthesia
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
2:20 Mechanisms of nutritional neuroprotection: Flavanols
Sylvain Doré, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and
Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2:50 Overview of therapeutics for TBI
Edward Hall, Ph.D.
Director, Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chandler Medical Center
University of Kentucky
3:20 Panel Discussion
4:20 Public Comments
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262 NUTRITION AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Meeting 2 of the Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain
September 23, 2010
The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Room 205
OPEN SESSION AGENDA
10:00 am Welcome
John Erdman
Chair, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain
10:05 am The need for glucose control in critically ill patients: Risks and benefits
Stanley Nasraway, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine & Tufts Medical Center
11:05 am Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction following TBI using creatine and fasting
Patrick Sullivan, Ph.D.
The University of Kentucky Chandler College of Medicine
12:05 pm Nutritional Support of TBI at the VA
Stephanie Sands, R.D.
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital