Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury: Improving Acute and Subacute Health Outcomes in Military Personnel (2011)
Chapter: Appendix A: Agenda
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Agenda
Workshop on Nutrition and Neuroprotection in Military Personnel
June 23–24, 2010
VENABLE
575 Seventh St., NW, Washington, DC 20004
Wednesday, June 23, 2010: Day 1
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1:30 pm |
Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of Open Session John Erdman, Committee Chair |
SESSION 1:
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
Objective: To understand possible differences in pathophysiology and metabolic response between acute injury and injury from repeated low-severity events due to blast overpressure.
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1:40 |
Moderator: Cathy Levenson, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
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1:45 |
Central nervous system (CNS)-related neurotrauma in the military environment |
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Col. Michael Jaffee, M.D., USAF Director, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center |
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2:15 |
Pathophysiology and mechanisms of neurotrauma: Blast and civilian |
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Mårten Risling, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
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2:45 |
Recurrent sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) and tauopathy |
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Robert Stern, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy Co-Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical & Research Program Boston University School of Medicine |
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3:15 |
Panel Discussion |
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4:15 |
Public Comments |
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4:45 |
Adjourn |
Thursday, June 24, 2010: Day 2
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8:30 am |
Welcome |
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John Erdman, Committee Chair |
SESSION 2:
CLINICAL TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION
Objectives:
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To gain understanding of the acute phase of injury in the civilian world (What treatments are available in early phases and rehabilitation; long-term strategies?)
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To gain understanding of the acute phase of injury in the military (What treatments are available in early phases and rehabilitation; long-term strategies?)
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8:35 |
Moderator: Ross Zafonte, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
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8:40 |
Clinical management in the field |
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Col. Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D. Medical Corps, U.S. Army Program Manager, Defense Sciences Office DARPA |
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9:10 |
Stateside acute care and rehabilitation |
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Maj. Megumi Vogt, M.D. Medical Corps, U.S. Air Force Deputy Director, TBI Clinical Standards of Care Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury |
SESSION 3:
NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CLINICAL TREATMENT
Objective: To gain understanding of existing clinical guidance and standards of practice on nutritional interventions for concussion and other CNS-related neurotrauma treatment and recovery.
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9:40 |
Moderator: Wayne Askew, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
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9:45 |
The perspective of an R.D. working with civilian TBI |
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Natalia Bailey, M.S., R.D., C.D. Neurological Trauma/Surgery ICU Nutrition Support Dietitian Harborview Medical Center University of Washington Level I Trauma Center |
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10:05 |
The perspective of a neurosurgeon |
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Jamshid Ghajar, M.D., Ph.D., FACS President, Brain Trauma Foundation Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University |
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10:25 |
The perspective of an R.D. working in the military environment |
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Maj. Kelli Metzger, R.D. Medical Specialist Corps, U.S. Army Chief, Nutrition Marketing and Integration Services Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
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10:55 |
Break |
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11:10 |
Panel Discussion |
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12:10 pm |
Lunch |
SESSION 4:
ROLE OF NUTRITION IN RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY
Objective: To gather information about the state of research on the role of diets, food products, and/or nutritional interventions in the enhancement or impairment of recovery from CNS-related neurotrauma.
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1:10 |
Moderator: John Erdman, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
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1:20 |
The ability of nutrients to promote brain plasticity and cognitive health |
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Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, Ph.D. Professor, Depts. of Neurosurgery and Physiological Science University of California, Los Angeles |
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1:50 |
Resolvins and Protectins: Specialized proresolving mediators in inflammation, and organ protection from essential fatty acids |
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Charles Serhan, Ph.D. Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury The Simon Gelman Professor of Anesthesia Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
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2:20 |
Mechanisms of nutritional neuroprotection: Flavanols |
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Sylvain Doré, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
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2:50 |
Overview of therapeutics for TBI |
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Edward Hall, Ph.D. Director, Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chandler Medical Center University of Kentucky |
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3:20 |
Panel Discussion |
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4:20 |
Public Comments |
Meeting 2 of the Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain
September 23, 2010
The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Room 205
OPEN SESSION AGENDA
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10:00 am |
Welcome |
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John Erdman Chair, Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain |
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10:05 am |
The need for glucose control in critically ill patients: Risks and benefits |
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Stanley Nasraway, M.D. Tufts University School of Medicine & Tufts Medical Center |
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11:05 am |
Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction following TBI using creatine and fasting |
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Patrick Sullivan, Ph.D. The University of Kentucky Chandler College of Medicine |
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12:05 pm |
Nutritional Support of TBI at the VA |
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Stephanie Sands, R.D. James A. Haley Veterans Hospital |
