6:00 am – 7:00 pm

Registration

6:00 am - 7:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:10 am

Introduction to General Session – Program Overview

David S. Geldmacher, MD – Program Chair

8:10 am - 9:00 am

Keynote Address: What Neurology Can Tell us about Human Nature, Synesthesia and the Meaning of Art

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, MD, PhD, DSc

9:00 am - 9:45 am

General Session I: Dementia and its Growing Impact on an Aging Demography

Gary W. Small, MD

9:45 am - 10:30 am

General Session II: Practical Realities of Treating Patients With Dementia

Richard J. Ham, MD

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am - 11:30 am

General Session III: Understanding Disease Processes: Where do we Stand Now?

Rachelle Smith Doody, MD, PhD

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Case Study Challenge

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch – Visit The Posters

Clinical Issues in Dementia

Neuropsychiatric and Social Issues in Dementia

Research and New Developments in Dementia Therapy

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Welcome and Introduction to Track I:

Welcome and Introduction to Track II:

Welcome and
Introduction to Track III:

Richard J. Ham, MD

Gary W. Small, MD

Rachelle Smith Doody, MD, PhD

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

The Dementias: Treating Them Successfully

Behavioral Aspects of Dementia

Recap: World Alzheimer’s Conference: Stockholm 2002

Bennett P. Leifer, MD

Steven G. Potkin, MD

Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Workshop on Diagnosis and Diagnostic Tools

Vascular Dementia: What It Is and How to Treat It

Early Diagnosis, Genetics, Biomarkers, and Neuroimaging

Floyd B. Willis, MD

Gustavo C. Roman, MD

Norman R. Relkin, MD, PhD

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Break

Clinical Issues in Dementia

Neuropsychiatric and Social Issues in Dementia

Research and New Developments in Dementia Therapy

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm

Theory and Practice of Dementia Therapy

Improving Quality of Care: Lessons from Economic Studies in Dementia

Perspectives in Cerebrovascular Dementias

Donna L. Masterman, MD

Howard M. Fillit, MD

Helena C. Chui, MD

5:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Evening Symposium – Dementias and Associated Co-Morbidities: Part I

Patrick J. Gillette, MD, CMD

8:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Evening Symposium – Dementias and Associated Co-Morbidities: Part II

Steven T. DeKosky, MD