Conference Program
Thursday, September 22
7:15 am to 8:30 am
Registration
Pre-Conference Workshops
8:30am-Noon
Evaluating and Treating Persons with Frontal Lobe Injuries
Workshop Presenters: Bradley Sewick, PhD, Gerald Sheiner, MD and Vivek Sehgal, MD
Children and Young Adults with TBI Implications for Learning/Living when Cognitive Communicative Challenges Exists
Workshop Presenter: Roberta DePompei, PhD
Conference Grand Opening
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Opening Remarks and Welcome
Robert Voogt, PhD
Chairman, North American Brain Injury Society
and
Ronald Savage, EdD
Conference Chairman
12:30pm–1:45pm
Opening Luncheon: Update from the CDC
Speaker: Jean Langlois, ScD
Senior Epidemiologist,
Centers for Disease Control
2:00pm–3:00pm
Medical Overview-Brain Anatomy and Neurological Function
Speaker: William Singer, MD
Boston, MA
3:00pm–4:00pm
Structural and 3D Neuroimaging
Speaker: Erin Bigler, PhD
Provo, UT
4:00pm–4:15pm
Break
4:15pm–5:15pm
Indentification and Assessment of Clinical Validity of Biomarkers of Severe TBI
Speaker: Ronald Hayes, PhD
Gainesville, FL
5:15pm–6:15pm
Community Rehabilitation and Long Term Support
Speaker: Debra Braunling-McMorrow, PhD
Carbondale, IL
6:30pm–8:00pm
EVENING RECEPTION AND SILENT AUCTION
Friday, September 23
8:30am–9:30am
Traumatic Brain Injury and
Psychiatric Disorders
Speaker: Jonathan Silver, MD
New York, NY
9:45am–10:15am
Predicting the Long Term Needs of Children with TBI
Speaker: Ronald Savage, EdD
Haddonfield, NJ
10:15–10:45am
Voir Dire
Speaker: Dale Perdue, Esq.
Columbus, OH
10:45am–11:00am
Break
11:00–11:30am
Malingering I
Speaker: Sherrod Taylor, Esq.
Columbus, GA
11:30am–Noon
Malingering II
Speaker: Robert Heilbronner, PhD
Chicago, IL
Noon – 1:00pm
LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
1:00–1:30pm
Handling the Defense Neuropsychologist
Speaker: Dorothy Sims, Esq.
Ocala, FL
1:30pm–2:00pm
Case Selection
Speaker: Timothy Titolo, Esq.
Las Vegas, NV
2:00–2:30pm
Ethics
Speaker: Michael Kaplen, Esq.
New York, NY
2:30–3:00pm
PET Scans
Speaker: Monte Buchsbaum, MD (Invited)
New York, NY
3:00–3:15pm
Break
3:15–3:45pm
Opening Statements
Speaker: Dianne Weaver, Esq.
Jacksonville, FL
3:45–4:15pm
Demonstrative Evidence
Speaker: Stephen Smith, Esq.
Virgina Beach, VA
4:15–4:45pm
Daubert Issues
Speaker: Bruce Stern, Esq.
Princeton, NJ
4:45–5:15pm
Effective Summation
Speaker: John Romano, Esq.
West Palm Beach, FL
5:15–5:45 p.m.
TBD
Speaker: C. Michael Bee, Esq.
Charleston, WV
6:30–10:15PM
DAMAGES WORKSHOP
With David Ball, PhD
Durham, NC
(dinner provided)
Saturday, September 24
8:45am–9:15am
Direct Examination
Speaker: Kenneth Kolpan, Esq.
Boston, MA
9:15am–9:45am
Cross Examinations
Speaker: Simon Forgette, Esq.
Seattle, WA
9:45am–10:15am
Life Care Planning - Is it the Money or the Message?
Speaker: Robert Voogt, PhD
Virginia Beach, VA
10:15am–10:45am
Emerging Role of Medicare
in Your Settlements
Speaker: Matthew Garretson, Esq.
Cincinnati, OH
10:45am–11:00am
Break
11:00-11:30am
State-of-the-Art Concussion Modeling
Speaker: Mariusz Ziejewski, PhD
Fargo, ND
11:30am–Noon
Vocation Economics
Speaker: Anthony Gamboa, PhD
Louisville, KY
Noon–12:30pm
For the Defense
Speaker: Jeffrey Brown, MD, JD
Staten Island, NY
12:30pm–1:00pm
Meeting the Defenses
Speaker: Randall Scarlett, Esq.
1:00pm-1:45pm
The Future of Brain Injury Services: What We All Need To Do
Speaker: Mark Ashley, Sc.D.
1:45pm–2:00pm
Conference Farewell
Robert Voogt, PhD
Virginia Beach, VA
3:00pm-5:00pm
Live Demonstration:
Conducting a TBI Medical Exam
Dorothy Sims, Esq. and Hunter Oregon, MD
Ocala, FL
Keynote Session Speakers Mark Ashley, Sc.D
President/CEO, Centre for Neuro Skills
Chairman, Brain Injury Association of America
Debra Braunling-McMorrow, Ph.D.
Vice President of ABI Service Diversification, Mentor Network
Ronald Hayes, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Studies, University of Florida
Jean Langlois, ScD, MPH
Senior Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control
William Singer, M.D.
Center for Developmental Neurology
Jonathan Silver, M.D.
Co-editor, Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury
Combined Conference Faculty
Mark Ashley, Sc.D.
David Ball, Ph.D.
C. Michael Bee, Esq.
Erin Bigler, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Brown, MD, JD
Monte Buchsbaum, MD
Roberta DePompei, Ph.D.
Simon Forgette, Esq (Conference Co-Chair)
Anthony Gamboa, Ph.D.
Matthew Garretson, Esq
Ronald Hayes, Ph.D.
Robert Heilbronner, Ph.D.
Michael Kaplen, Esq.
Kenneth Kolpan, Esq (Conference Co-Chair)
Jean Langlois, Sc.D., MPH
Debra Braunling-McMorrow, Ph.D.
Dale Perdue, Esq.
John Romano, Esq.
Ronald Savage, Ed.D. (Conference Co-Chair)
Randall Scarlett, Esq.
Vivek Sehgal, Ph.D.
Bradley Sewick, Ph.D.
Dorothy Sims, Esq.
Gerald Shiener, M.D.
Jonathan Silver, M.D.
William Singer, M.D.
Stephen Smith, Esq.
Bruce Stern, Esq. (Conference Co-Chair)
Sherrod Taylor, Esq.
Timothy Titolo, Esq.
Robert Voogt, Ph.D. (Conference Co-Chair)
Dianne Weaver, Esq.
Mariusz Ziejewski, Ph.D. (Poster Chair)
Conference Location
The conference will be held at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, conveniently located only a short drive from the Jacksonville International Airport. NABIS has negotiated discounted room rates at the Ritz-Carlton for only $189.00 per night, (904) 277-1100, and the Hampton Inn, Amelia Island, for only $89.00 per night, (904) 321-1111. Please contact the hotels directly and reference the “North American Brain Injury Society Conference”.
Who Should Attend
This interdisciplinary Conference will be an intensive, three-day event that presents vital information for legal and medical professionals involved in brain injury litigation.
The first portion of the Conference will focus on the science of brain injury. Medical and legal professionals will not want to miss this opportunity to learn from an internationally recognized faculty of researchers and clinicians presenting the very latest in brain injury science, treatment and testing.
The second portion of the Conference features an all-star cast of top trial attorneys and medical experts who will present a broad array of practical, hands-on information covering the latest literature, diagnostic testing methods, rehabilitation, case management, trial techniques and cutting-edge demonstrative evidence specific to brain injury litigation. Attendees will come away from the Conference with the essential tools needed to successfully present a brain injury case from beginning to end.
New this year, NABIS is pleased to announce that the Conference will be in conjunction with NABIS' Medical Conference entitled: Brain Injury: New Science, Best Practices and Future Innovations . Registrants to the Legal Conference may attend any of the concurrent sessions if they wish. To view the complete program for Medical Conference, click here.
Registration Information
Conference Fee
The Conference fee is $645 per person for the entire three day-event. The fee includes the Preconference Workshops, all luncheons, receptions, coffee breaks, programs sessions, exhibits, the Syllabus and all program materials. For multiple registrants, the fee is $545 (a $100 discount for each registrant of the same company after the 1st full registration is paid).
How to Register
Mail or fax
Mail or fax the registration form to: NABIS Medical-Legal Conference, PO Box 1804, Alexandria, VA 22313; or fax: (703) 960-6603. Questions, call (703) 960-6500. Registrations cannot be processed without proper payment. You will receive written confirmation from NABIS.
On-line
Register on-line by clicking here.
Continuing Education Credits NABIS has applied for 20 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit from all states with mandatory requirements, including one half-hour of ethics. These states are: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY. Actual hours based on recording systems for individual states will be available at the Conference. Call (703) 960-6500 for CLE questions.
PLEASE NOTE:
Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Ritz Carlton or the Hampton Inn. To visit the Ritz Carlton website click here or call (904) 277-1100. To visit the Hampton Inn website click here or call (904) 321-1111. Please reference the North American Brain Injury
Society Conference.
QUESTIONS?
conference@nabis.org
Please call NABIS at (703) 960-6500 Alexandria,
(713) 526-6900 Houston, or fax (703) 960-6603.
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