2023 Conference Program

12:00-1:25 Speaker and Board Lunch

1:25-1:30 Welcome (Versailles Ballroom)

1:30-1:55 Brian Dlouhy MD – “Cranial Cervical Instability”

2:00-2:25 Jorge Lazareff MD – “Chiari in Low and Middle Income Countries. A proposal for action”

2:30-2:55 Jill Plonsker MD – “Variations in Presentation and Management of Pediatric versus Adult Chiari Malformation”

3:00-4:00 Q&A Panel

4:00 -9:00 Opening Reception – San Diego Zoo Excursion and Dinner (bus departing hotel at 4:15 and 4:45)

7:30-9:00 Breakfast (Versailles Foyer) 

8:00-9:00 Support Group 

9:00-9:05 Welcome (Versailles Ballroom)

9:05-9:30 Anne Maitland MD – “Mast cell–nerve axis in patients with heritable disorders of connective tissue”

9:35-10 Gerald Grant MD – “Chiari Surgery: Past, Present, and Future State”

10:05-10:30 Ilene Ruhoy MD – “Connective tissue, Chiari, and Spinal manifestations”

10:30-11:00 John Oro MD – “Beyond Chiari and Syringomyelia: Changing Your Focus to Longevity”

11:00-11:30 Q&A Panel Discussion

11:30-1:00 LUNCH MAB/BOD Meeting

1:00-1:25 Ulrich Batzdorf MD – “Primary Spinal Syringomyelia”

1:30-1:55 Erol Veznedaroglu MD – “Controversies and Decision Tree in Chiari”

2:00-2:25 Kathryn Lestor, PsyD, ABPP – “Living with Chronic Illness”

2:30-2:55 Petra Klinge MD – “Occult tethered cord – a reversible clinical syndrome”

3:00-3:25 Bermans Iskandar MD – “CSF shunts: Association with Chiari I, current challenges, and outcomes.”

3:25-4:00 Q&A Panel Discussion

4:00-4:05 Closing Remarks

5:30 Appreciation Dinner (speakers only, bus leaving hotel at 5:15)

7:30-9:30 Breakfast (Versailles Foyer)

9:00-9:05 Opening Remarks (Versailles Ballroom)

9:05-9:30 John Heiss MD – “Study of the Natural History of Chiari I Malformation and Syringomyelia.”

9:35-10:00 Paolo Bolognese MD – “Intracranial Hypertension and Jugular Compression at C1 “

10:05-10:30 Michael Levy MD – “Syrinxes Resultant From Trauma , Vascular Injury, and Tumors Presentation and Management”

10:30-11:00 Carina Yang MD – “Craniocervical Anatomy in Black & White”

11:00-11:30 Q&A Panel

11:30-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:25 John Crawford MD – “Pain Profiles in Chiari Malformation and Management”

1:30-1:55 Michael Kelly MD – “The decision-making process for patients with progressive scoliosis and Chiari malformations.”

2:00-2:25 Vijay Patel MD – “Historical Perspectives, Recent Advances, and Endoscopic Techniques for Basilar Invagination Management in our Chiari patients”

2:30-2:55 Vijay Ravindra MD – “Morphological/Ultrastructural Investigation of the Posterior Atlanto-Occipital Membrane in Children with Chiari I Malformation”

3:00-3:25 Cormac Maher MD – “Participation in sports with Chiari Malformation”

3:25-4:00 Q&A Panel

4:30- 6:30pm Closing Cocktail Reception, (Fountain Terrace Rooftop)