Rewiring the Brain

Keynote Speaker:

Leigh Hochberg MD, PhD
Vascular and Critical Care Neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH), and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Associate Professor of Engineering at Brown University
Visiting Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School

Agenda
7:30 AM Registration / Check-in

7:50 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
JAIMIE M. HENDERSON, MD1

8:00 AM Neural Arrhythmias and their Treatment with Brain Pacemakers
HELEN BRONTE-STEWART, MD, MS2

8:40 AM The Strain in Pain Lies Mainly in the Brain:
Visualizing Pain Networks with Neuroimaging
SEAN C. MACKEY, MD, PhD3

9:20 AM Targeting the "Pain Neuromatrix" with Deep Brain Stimulation
ANDRE G. MACHADO, MD, PhD4

10:00 AM Break

10:20 AM Treating Brain Disorders with Focused Ultrasound:
A New Non-Invasive Therapy
KIM BUTTS-PAULY, PhD5

11:00 AM Stem Cell Treatments for Restoring Lost Nervous
System Function
GARY K. STEINBERG, MD, PhD6

11:40 AM LUNCH - provided

12:30 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Listening to Neurons: Toward the Restoration of
Communication and Mobility
LEIGH R. HOCHBERG, MD, PhD7

1:10 PM Optogenetics: Translational Challenges and Opportunities
PAUL S.A. KALANITHI, MD8

1:50 PM Translating Thought to Action in the Motor Cortex
KRISHNA V. SHENOY, PhD9

2:30 PM Break

2:50 PM Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
WILLIAM B. HURLBUT, MD10

3:30 PM Building Replacement Circuits for the Brain
JAIMIE M. HENDERSON, MD1

4:00 PM Adjourn

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