WHAT: The world's largest Annual Scientific Meeting for neurosurgeons, neurological residents in training, neuroscience nurses, clinical specialists, nurse/physician assistants, and other allied health professionals. The meeting, drawing over 6,000 attendees (2,800 medical professionals), will feature the latest scientific and technological advances in neurological surgery. Highlights include:
43 practical clinics 19 general scientific sessions 137 oral abstract presentations Over 500 poster presentations Over 600 exhibits (representing over 200 companies) 80 educational breakfast seminarsAn online press kit, available in advance of the meeting, will feature neurosurgical topics of interest including:
Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells in the Treatment of Human Gliomas Vaccination of Patients With Malignant Glioma With Tumor Lysate- pulsed Dendritic Cells Elicits Antigen-specific Cytotoxicity Inclusion of MRI in Clinical Criteria for Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease can Decrease the Need for Brain Biopsy The Neurosurgical Experience at an Echelon 5 Facility During Operation Iraqi Freedom Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Analysis of the Efficacy of Artificial Cervical Disc Prosthesis for the Relief of Cervical Radioculopathy Unilateral Intraputamenal Administration of Recombinant-Methionyl Human Glial Cell-Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor to Treat Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease Trends in Neurosurgery Supply and Demand Medico-Economic Realties in a Changing Marketplace CNS Injuries From Motorcycle and ATV Collisions in Children: Do Helmets Increase the Risk? A Brain-Machine Interface: Ensembles of Human Subcortical Neurons can Provide Signals for Neuroprosthetic ControlWHEN: Saturday, May 1, 2004, through Thursday, May 6, 2004
WHERE: Orlando Convention Center—Orlando, Florida, 9800 International Drive PRESS ROOM: Room 333 --Orlando Convention CenterHours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday, May 3, through Wednesday, May 5.
To view the AANS preliminary program, visit http://www.AANS.org/annual/2004.
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