9th Congress of the International Neuropsychiatric Association, to be held September 25-27, 2013, in Chicago, IL, USA.

1. 9th Congress of the International Neuropsychiatric Association
September 25th – 27th 2013
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Venue: The Congress Hotel
Tentative Program
Hosted by: INA and The Neuroscience Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center
Wednesday September 25th
7:00pm – 9:00pm (2hrs) Registration and Welcome Reception
Chicago Gospel Choir
Thursday September 26th
7:30 am – 8:00am (30’) Breakfast Buffet
8: 00am – 8:15 am (15’) Welcoming Remarks
8:15 am – 9:00am (45’) Inaugural Lecture:
Health Care Systems: A world Prospective
Dr. James Aussman (USA)
9:00am-10:45am (1hr45’) Plenary Session: Symposia #1
Nutrition and the Brain: Starvation and Obesity
Dr. Julian Trollor (Australia) and Invited Faculty
10:45am – 11:00 (15’) Coffee Break / Exhibitors
11am – 12pm (1hr) Introduction: Dr M. Gaviria
Professor Alwyn Lishman Award Honorary Lecture:
The Incredible Renaissance of Brain Stimulation Methods
Current Status and Future Implications for Neuropsychiatry
Dr. Mark George
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2. 12pm – 1:00pm (1hr) Buffet Lunch Poster session # 1 (50)
Salon A Salon B
1:00pm-1:45pm (45’) The Future of Neuropsychology in Lost Between Policies and Programs:
Clinical Neurosciences Global Perspective on Neuro-developmental
Dr. Neil Pliskin (USA) Disorders and Behavior
Dr. Valsamma Eapen (Australia)
1:45pm – 2:30pm (45’) Plenary Session:
The Burden of Neuropsychiatric Diseases Around the World
Dr. Perminder Sachdev (Australia)
2:30pm-4:30pm (2hrs) Workshop #1 Stroke: From ER to Workshop #2 Epilepsy: Clinical, Surgical and
Community Integration Cross-Cultural Aspects
Dr. M. Wichter, Dr. F. Campanella, Dr. T. Dr. Andres Kanner (USA), Dr. Krishnamoorthy (India)
Grobelny and Chalese Chudzinski PT (TBC)
4:30pm-4:45pm (15’) Coffee break/Exhibitors
4:45pm – 6:45pm (2hrs) Deep Brain Stimulation Symposia # 2: Neuroscience and
Dr Konstantin Slavin (USA) Psychoanalysis
In collaboration with the American Society for In collaboration with the Psychoanalytic Institute of Chicago
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Dr. Jorge Schneider (USA), Dr. Miguel Angel Gonzalez
TMS: Clinical and Research (Spain), Dr. Eduardo Gastelumendi (Peru)
Dr. Haim Belmark (Israel) (TBC)
6:45pm-7:30pm (45’) Brain Imaging and Neuropsychiatry: Present and Future (TBA)
Social Program : September 26th, 2013
8:00pm Chicago at Night
Faculty Dinner, Venue TBA Sponsored by
Synergy Behavioral Healthcare
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3. Friday September 27th 2013
7:30am – 8:15am (45’) Breakfast Buffet
Salon A Salon B
8:15am – 9:00am (45’) Insight in Neuropsychiatric Vascular Dementia : An Update
Disorders Dr. Ingmar Skoog (Sweden)
Dr. Anthony David (UK)
9:00am – 9:30am (30’) Neuropsychiatric Research in East- Pharmacogenetics: Present and Future (TBA)
Asia
Dr. Kiyoshi Maeda (Japan)
9:30am – 10:15am (45’) Plenary Session: Epileptic Psychosis
Dr. Michael Trimble (UK)
10:15am – 10:45am (30’) Thyroid, Depression and Gender. Neuropsychiatry in the European Union
Dr. Robertas Bunevicius (Lithuania) Dr. Dimitri Dikeos (Greece)
10:45am – 11:00am (15’) Coffee Break/ Exhibitors
11:00am – 12:00pm (1hr) Introduction: Dr. Harold McGrath
Ramon y Cajal Award Honorary Lecture
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Dr. Steven Pinker
12:00pm – 1:00pm (1hr) Buffet Lunch and Poster Session # 2 (50)
1:00pm – 2:00pm (1hr) Neuropsychiatry in Latin America Neuropsychiatric Assessments of Persons with
Dr. I. Brusco (Arg), Dr. J. Tellez (Col), TBI during Acute Rehab
Dr. R. Ventura (Urugauy), Dr G. Broffman Dr. David Arciniegas (USA)
(Brazil) Dr. R. Colin-Piana (Mexico)
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4. Friday September 27th Continued
2:00pm – 3:00 (1hr) Presidential Lecture: Introduction Dr. Constantin Soldatos (Greece)
Neuroscience, Memory and the Law
Dr. Michael Kopelman (UK) (INA President)
Change of Officers of INA and Poster Awards
Salon A Salon B
3:00pm – 3:45pm (45’) Lecture: Hallucinogenics: Use in the Pursuing Perfect Health Care: The
Americas Neuropsychiatric Facilities of the Future
Dr. Eduardo Gastelumendi (Peru) Dr. Ed Coffey (USA)
3:45pm – 4:00pm (15’) Coffee Break / Exhibitors
4:00pm – 6:00pm (2hrs) Workshop #3: The Heart and the Brain. Research and Clinical Presentations
Dr. Ghetta Bhatt (USA) Chair: Dr Koho Miyoshi (Japan)
Dr. Moises Gaviria (USA) Speakers: (TBA)
8:00pm to 11:00pm Farewell Cocktail: Blues & Jazz
Welcome to Lithuania 2015: Dr. R. Bunevicius
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5. Registration Opens January 2013
Registration Fees MD’s Before May 2013 _____________$ 450 USA Dollars
MD’s After May 2013 ____________ _$ 500 USA Dollars
Non MD’s Before May 2013 ________ $ 350 USA Dollars
Non MD’s After May 2013 __________ $ 400 USA Dollars
Registration Fees: Includes Syllabus, attendance to all sessions, reception-cocktail, continental breakfast,
Buffet-lunches, attendance to poster sessions.
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