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Southern
Pediatric Neurology Society
Course
Description and Target Audience:
The Southern Pediatric
Neurology Society (SPNS) is a non-profit organization that has been in
existence for 36 years and has an annual meeting in New Orleans each March.
Originally the annual meeting provided an opportunity for a small group of
pediatric neurologists to meet in a casual atmosphere to present and discuss
interesting patients, cases, and treatments. It has evolved over the years so
that the annual meeting provides a forum for junior members, medical
students, residents, physicians, nurses, and others in the Pediatric
Neurology field of practice.
There are generally 14 – 16
speakers with two special invited speakers in attendance at the meeting.
Kenneth A. Mack, M.D. will be giving the John Bodensteiner
Presidential Lecture on "Functional Disorders". Roger A. Brumback, M.D. will be giving the Paul R. Dyken Lecture on "1..2..3..Impact
(Factor): Target Destroyed!”; Avoiding Becoming A Statistical Casualty While
Building An Ethical Academic Career ". Please see our Agenda on the
“Services” page of our website for this year’s speakers, topics, and
affiliations.
Objective:
Our objective is to direct
the junior members, medical students, residents, physicians, nurses and other
members of the Pediatric Neurology field, to recognize, evaluate,
demonstrate, and/or put into practice the valuable information they will
receive from attending this meeting, to their pediatric patients and their
families.
Meeting
Information:
The 37th annual meeting will be at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, LA on March 24, 2012. The
meeting will begin at 8:00 AM and conclude a 5:00 PM. The two invited
speakers will present one hour lectures. Other presentations during the day
are given by junior and senior members and generally last 15 minutes each
with 5 minutes for discussion. Presentation of original research is
encouraged, but may also be interesting case presentations. Two awards are
available for the best junior member presentations. SAGE Inc., publisher of
the Journal
of Child Neurology, sponsors the SAGE/JCN award with an award of
$1000 and a plaque. The M. Caroline Duncan Award is sponsored by the SPNS
with and award of $500 and a plaque. This award is given in honor of Dr.
Duncan for her great contributions to the education of numerous medical
students, residents, fellows and peers.
The vast majority of our funding comes from pharmaceutical companies in the
form of educational grants. However, there are dues of $150 per attendee, per
year to cover the cost of CMEs and help with meeting expenses. Also, we have
sponsorships available as follows: Platinum level is $5000, Gold level is
$2500, and Silver level is $1000. All contributions are tax deductible.
There are generally about 55 - 60 attendees at the meeting. This makes for a
cozy forum, but the meeting can be enhanced by more health care professionals
coming to the meeting. Physicians, nurses and other health care professionals
interested in pediatric neurology are invited to attend. This year the
officers and board of directors of the SPNS are working towards increasing
the membership and numbers of meeting attendees. There is an abstract form
available in the Services section of our website.
The deadline for the abstract submission is February 15, 2012 and a CV must
accompany the abstract submission.
If you have any questions or comments, you may contact any of the SPNS
officers or members of the SPNS board. See Contact
Us on our website. If you would like to become a member of the SPNS,
please contact Jean Teasley at jteasley@mcvh-vcu.edu
or her assistant, Michele Judd at spnsociety@yahoo.com.
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