CTE Course Schedule
Thursday, October 21, 2021
** All Sessions will be Recorded **
10:00 AM -10:05 AM: Welcome (Kate Turk, MD & Andrew Budson, MD)
10:05 AM -10:50 AM: CTE—historical perspectives [concussion, post-concussion, CTE disentangled] (Robert Cantu, MD)
10:50 AM -11:50 AM: Neuropathology of CTE (Ann McKee, MD)
11:50 AM -12:20 PM: Coffee Break / Poster Session
12:20 PM -1:00 PM: Clinical Outcomes and features of repetitive head trauma (Robert Stern, Ph.D.)
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM: Lunch Break
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM: Question & Answer Session with Drs. Cantu, McKee, and Stern
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM: Risk Factors for CTE (Jesse Mez, MD)
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM: NINDS Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES), (Doug Katz, MD)
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM: Mechanisms of CTE (Lee Goldstein, MD, Ph.D.)
4:30 PM - 4:40 PM: Coffee Break / Poster Session
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM: Question & Answer session with Drs. Mez, Katz, Goldstein, Cantu, McKee, Stern
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Family Panel
Friday, October 22, 2021
9:55 AM -10:00 AM: Welcome
10:00 AM -10:50 AM: Head Injury in Veterans (Kate Turk, MD)
10:50 AM -11:20 AM: MRI Imaging in traumatic brain injury (Jasmeet Hayes, PhD)
11:20 AM -12:10 PM: Fluid Biomarkers in CTE [data from DIAGNOSE study and new fluid biomarkers in other neurodegenerative diseases (Kaj Blennow, MD)
12:10 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch / Poster Session
1:00 PM -1:40 PM: PET Imaging as a Biomarker for CTE (Robert A. Stern, PhD)
1:40 PM -2:10 PM: Q & A (Morning Faculty)
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM: Contact sports and Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease Beyond CTE (Thor Stein, MD, Ph.D.)
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM: Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Former Athletes (Michael Alosco, Ph.D.)
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM: Coffee Break
4:10 PM - 4:50 PM: A case study-discussion arising from NFL settlement using race as a factor for payouts as to who was diagnosed with cognitive impairment (Robert Turner II, PhD)
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM: Afternoon + Whole course Q & A All Faculty (All Faculty)
5:20 PM - 6:00 PM: Perception of Athlete Concerns – (Chris Nowinski, PhD)
6:00 PM - 6:05 PM: Closing Remarks (Andrew Budson, MD)