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In honor of the centennial celebration of The Neurological Institute of New York, part of Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, a daylong neuroscience symposium is being held on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.

Please join us to hear from many of the top neuroscientists and neurology clinicians in the world — including two winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — as they discuss some of the most common neurological diseases that plague our society — including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Stroke, and Glioblastomas.

The Neurological Institute of New York was established in 1909 as the first specialty hospital in the United States devoted entirely to the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system.

When:
Friday, September 25, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Where:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Alumni Auditorium
650 West 168th Street, First Floor
Subway: A/C/1 to W. 168th St.

SYMPOSIUM AGENDA (To view the agenda online, please visit: www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/neurology/about/symposium.html)

8:30 a.m.
Introduction
Timothy A. Pedley, M.D.
Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Neurology, chairman of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and neurologist-in-chief at the Neurological Institute of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

8:45 a.m.
Achievements in Neurocritical Care
Stephan A. Mayer, M.D.
Associate professor of neurology and neurosurgery at Physicians and Surgeons, and director of the Neurological Intensive Care Unit at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

9:15 a.m.
Molecular Mechanisms for the Maintenance of Memory Storage
Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine (2000)
University Professor and Kavli Professor of Brain Science at Columbia University, and Senior Research Scientist at the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute

9:45 a.m.
Progress in Understanding the Genetic Basis of Alzheimer's Disease
Richard P. Mayeux, M.D.
Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology; and co-director of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Physicians and Surgeons, and a neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

10:30 a.m.
Modulating Brain Function through Surgery
Guy M. McKhann, M.D.
Florence Irving Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at Physicians and Surgeons and a neurosurgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

11 a.m.
Progress in Understanding Motor Recovery After Stroke
John W. Krakauer, M.D.
Associate professor of neurology at Physicians and Surgeons and co-director of the Motor Performance Laboratory at the Neurological Institute of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

11:30 a.m.
Advances in Surgery of the Spinal Cord
Paul C. McCormick, M.D.
Herbert & Linda Gallen Professor of Neurological Surgery at Physicians and Surgeons and director of the Spine Center of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

1:15 p.m.
Genes, Receptors and Behavior
Richard Axel, M.D.
Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine (2004) University Professor at Columbia University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

1:45 p.m.
Mitochondrial Medicine
Salvatore DiMauro, M.D.
Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology, director of the H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases, and associate chair for laboratory research and training at Physicians and Surgeons, and a neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

2:15 p.m.
Will There Ever be a Cure for Glioblastomas?
Jeffrey N. Bruce, M.D.
Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery; director, Bartoli Brain Tumor Research Laboratory at Physicians and Surgeons and co-director of the Brain Tumor Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

2:45 p.m.
Neurobiology of Spatial Perception
Michael E. Goldberg, M.D.
David Mahoney Professor of Brain and Behavior in the Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Ophthalmology and the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior; and director of the Mahoney Center for Mind and Brain at Physicians and Surgeons; and a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute

3:30 p.m.
Constructing Sensory-Motor Circuits
Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D.
Claire Tow Professor of the Departments of Neuroscience & Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Physicians and Surgeons and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

4 p.m.
Progress in Parkinson Disease
Stanley Fahn, M.D.
Movement Disorders Division Chief, H. Houston Merritt Professor of Neurology, Division of Movement Disorders at Physicians and Surgeons and a neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

4:30 p.m.
Recent Developments in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology
Philip M. Meyers, M.D.
Associate professor of radiology and neurological surgery at Physicians and Surgeons and co-director of neuroendovascular services at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

5 p.m.
Closing Comments
Robert A. Solomon, M.D.
Byron Stookey Professor of Neurosurgery and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Physicians and Surgeons and neurosurgeon-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center