Conference Agenda
*Agenda subject to change.
7:30am – Registration and Breakfast
8:00am – Welcome Remarks – Laurel Cherian, MD
8:05am – The Changing Face of Spinal Muscular Atrophy – Nancy Kuntz, MD, FAAN
8:35am – Evolving Landscape of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapies – Martha Finch, MD
9:05am – 2026 AHA Stroke Guideline Update American Heart Association Clinical Slide Series Update – Fernando Testai, MD, PhD
9:35am – Break
10:05am – Concurrent Presentations
CGA–Charting a New Course for Alzheimer’s: Adapting Clinical Practice to Evolving Patient Needs in the Era of Early Disease Detection and Modification
– Michael Rosenbloom, MD, FAANThe Expanding Role of FcRn Blockers to Achieve Minimal Symptom Expression in Patients with Generalized Myasthenia Gravis – Rabia Malik, MD
11:05am – Break
11:10am – Key Issues for Neurology in Illinois's New Medical Aid in Dying Law – Heather Leeper, MD, MS
11:40am – Lunch & Non-CME product theater
12:40pm – ISNS Business Meeting & AAN Updates – Laurel Cherian, MD
12:50pm – Presentation from IL State Medical Society – Erin O’Brein
1:00pm – Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid-Venous Fistula as a Compensatory "Pop-Off Valve” in Suspected Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Abdurrahman Bheri, MD
1:10pm – Papilledema and Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy as False-Localizing Signs of Intracranial Hypertension after Traumatic Arachnoid Cyst Complication: A Case
Report - Ingrid Lopez
1:20pm – Parallelizing Resident Workflow in Emergency Department Stroke Code Activations: A Quality Improvement Initiative - Aishwar Kalaikumar, BS, MS
1:30pm – Why Interoperability Matters: Still a Challenge for Neurology, Despite Technology – Allan Wu, MD
2:00pm – Break
2:15pm – Sleep in Alzheimer’s Disease – Jennifer Molano, MD
2:45pm – Gliomas in 2026: What Has Changed in Diagnosis and Treatment – Ahmad Daher, MD, PhD
3:15pm – Meeting Adjourn
3:25pm – Neurology Leaders Scholar Program – facilitated by Sarah Song, MD
4:25pm – Neurology Leaders Scholar Program Ends