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   Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS

Learn how to interpret brain MRIs. Even if you don't work in the speciality of dementia, this lecture will help all providers improve their skills in  interpreting MR brain imaging. Sharon will guide you with tips and tricks to recognize as you cross sulci and move through different lobes. You will also learn to recognize common areas mentioned in radiology reports and improve your skills to recognize various deep brain structures. 

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   Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS

Learn to interpret MRIs and PET Scans in patients with dementia. This lecture is a sequel to Sharon's "MRI Interpretation for Dementia - ANATOMY".  However, even if you missed the former lecture, you will be able to easily follow this discussion. Sharon will discuss  common dementia syndromes and correlate the history, physical exam, cognitive testing, MRI findings and PET scan imaging to support the different diagnoses.

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Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS

During this lecture you will learn to recognize the root criteria required to make a diagnosis of Primary Progressive Aphasia. You will also learn to recognize criteria required to correctly diagnosis each of the different variants, ie: Semantic (svPPA), Logopenic (lvPPA) and Non-Fluent/Agrammatic (nfPPA). Focus will be placed on bedside testing, MR Imaging and FDG PET interpretation through case studies. 

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Lecturer: Brianna Morgan, MSN, CRNP

Brianna discusses how people over 65 need quality healthcare, but the system is not well equipped to meet their unique needs. 

   This presentation will review the 4Ms Framework of Age-Friendly Healthcare.  Brianna will demonstrate age-friendly assessment through clinical vignettes, report evidence-based tools that can be used to assess the 4Ms in clinical care and describe evidence-based interventions that should be employed in the care of older adults.

Lecturer: Donna Avanecean, DNP, ARNP 

Glioblastoma is the most common malignant primary brain tumor in adults. This lecture will explore diagnosis and management. Common symptoms of GBM include: headache, vomiting and seizures. Most patients require initial surgery combined with adjuvant postoperative radiation therapy and chemotherapy.  Even with maximal therapy, glioblastoma has a high rate of recurrence and poor overall survival in most patients. 

Lecturer: Jacqueline Cristini, PA, MMSc 

Join Jacqueline as she discusses Deep Brain Stimulation surgery. DBS is safe and effective and continues to be an underutilized intervention for symptom control in patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor and Dystonia. Deep Brain Stimulation has been shown to improve patients' symptoms and their quality of life. Technological advances have improved programming, electrode placement and also allow for a quick recovery time.

Lecturer: Rick Kennedy, PA-C, M

Join Rick Kennedy, PA-C, CEO and clinical provider at the Center for Vascular Medicine in Greenbelt, MD https://www.cvmus.com/

 During this lecture Rick will discuss the common causes of pelvic pain with a focus on those causes of a vascular origin. 

Rick will review diagnosis,  imaging, treatment options and health maintenance for Pelvic Congestion Syndrome, May Thurner Syndrome and Iliac Venous Outflow Obstruction.  

Lecturer: Kelly Brandt, ARNP 

Enjoy one of our most popular lectures. 

Kelly Brandt, ARNP is a Neurology movement NP specialist from Wausau, WI. During this lecture Kelly will explore the key differences between the clinical syndrome of Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor, which will improve competence and confidence in the provider in making correct diagnoses for each of these conditions, which are so often misdiagnosed in a primary care setting.  

         Lecturer:  Alicia Duyvejonck, DNP      

Alicia is one of our most sought after APP2APP Trainers. Please join her as she discusses what Headache specialists want their colleagues to know.   Over 31 million Americans live with migraine , and roughly one half of them receive an incorrect diagnosis; thus, inadequate treatment.  Join Alicia as she discusses migraine pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment options which have proven successful in her patient care setting.