Spasticity Master Course Workshop

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

1:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT

Location: Wekiwa 6/7/8

Course Director(s)

Sheng Li, MD, PhD

Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston

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Speaker(s)

Gerard E. Francisco, MD (he/him/his)

Chairman and Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Texas McGovern Medical School and TIRR Memorial Hermann

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Fatma Gul, MD

Professor
University of Texas Southwestern

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John McGuire, MD

Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin

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Michael C. Munin, MD

Professor
UPMC, Department of PM&R
Paul J. Winston, MD

Clinical Associate Professor
Vancouver Island Health Authority; The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine

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Jaskiran Ghuman, DO

Assistant Professor
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Kimberly G. Heckert, MD

Director, Spacticity Management Fellowship Program; Clinical Associate Professor
Thomas Jefferson University

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Romain David, MD

Physiatrist
University of Poitiers

This course is designed for clinicians who wish to learn advanced knowledge and new development in spasticity management. Through interactive didactic lectures, the attendees will learn new development in botulinum toxin therapy, non-spasticity signs of upper motor neuron syndrome, neuromechanics and neural engineering approaches in spasticity assessment and management; the attendees will be familiar with new development in spasticity management, cryoneurolysis and updates in phenol neurolysis. The attendees will have ample hands-on training time on ultrasound-guided nerve blocks with phenol and cyroneurolysis.

Time: 1:00 – 4:30 – Didactic Lecture
4:30 – 5:30 with allowance for extension to 6:00 for hands-on

Course Introduction – Sheng Li
Current status and new development in chemodenervation - Gerard Francisco, 25’

Non-spasticity signs of upper motor neuron syndrome – Fatma Gul 25’

ITB therapy trouble shooting – John McGuire 25’

Neuromechanics in spasticity assessment and management – Sheng Li 25’

Break 15 minutes

Advanced US-guided interventions – Michael Munin 25’

Cryoneurolysis - New development of spasticity management - Paul Winston 25’

Phenol neurolysis in Brain Injury and stroke patients – Jas Ghuman 25’

Advanced spasticity management with difficult cases – Kimberly Heckert 25’

Hands-on ultrasound-guided nerve block training sessions 60’
• 2 Cryoneurolysis stations (Paul Winston & Romain David)
• 2 Phenol stations (Michael Munin & Jaskiran Ghuman)

Details of a sponsored dinner after the workshop to follow.