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September 1996
Volume 60
Number 9
 

Anesthesiology Journal Sponsors Symposium at Annual Meeting

Dennis T. Mangano, M.D., Ph.D.
Anesthesiology Editorial Board



The fifth symposium sponsored by the journal Anesthesiology for the ASA Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 1996, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Morial Convention Center, Room 13-17, in New Orleans. The symposium will address a critically important subject, namely the epidemiology, mechanism and clinical therapeutic trials for therapy for stroke, encephalopathy and cognitive dysfunction in high-risk surgical patients.

Included in this session will be a series of lectures by experts in the area and abstract discussions of recent findings. The agenda will be as follows:

9 - 9:30 a.m. Poster Viewing

9:30 - 11 a.m. Lectures

  • Epidemiology and Costs Associated With Ambulatory and Perioperative Stroke
    Dennis T. Mangano, M.D., Ph.D.
    University of California-San Francisco
  • Current Stroke Mechanisms/New Approaches to Stroke Therapy
    Justin Zivin, M.D.
    University of California-San Diego
  • Review of Clinical Trials in Stroke
    Dennis T. Mangano, M.D., Ph.D.
    University of California-San Francisco
  • The Recent Nimopidine Trial Results
    Anne T. Rogers, M.B.
    Bowman Gray School of Medicine

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Panel Abstract Discussions

Moderator: Michael M. Todd, M.D.
Editor, Anesthesiology
University of Iowa
Panelists: Philip E. Bickler, M.D.
University of California-San Francisco
Bradley J. Hindman, M.D.
University of Iowa
Anne T. Rogers, M.B.
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Richard J. Traytsman, Ph.D.
The Johns Hopkins University
Justin Zivin, M.D.
University of California-San Diego

 


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