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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.
1:40 |
Moderator: Cathy Levenson, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
1:45 |
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 |
2:15 |
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 |
2:45 |
Recurrent sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) and tauopathy |
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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 |
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John Erdman, Committee Chair |
SESSION 2:
CLINICAL TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION
Objectives:
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To gain understanding of the acute phase of injury in the civilian world (What treatments are available in early phases and rehabilitation; long-term strategies?)
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To gain understanding of the acute phase of injury in the military (What treatments are available in early phases and rehabilitation; long-term strategies?)
8:35 |
Moderator: Ross Zafonte, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
8:40 |
Clinical management in the field |
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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 |
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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.
9:40 |
Moderator: Wayne Askew, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
9:45 |
The perspective of an R.D. working with civilian TBI |
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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 |
10:05 |
The perspective of a neurosurgeon |
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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 |
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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.
1:10 |
Moderator: John Erdman, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
1:20 |
The ability of nutrients to promote brain plasticity and cognitive health |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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Stanley Nasraway, M.D. Tufts University School of Medicine & Tufts Medical Center |
11:05 am |
Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction following TBI using creatine and fasting |
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Patrick Sullivan, Ph.D. The University of Kentucky Chandler College of Medicine |
12:05 pm |
Nutritional Support of TBI at the VA |
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Stephanie Sands, R.D. James A. Haley Veterans Hospital |