Symposium 2020

The 3rd Annual Cedars-Sinai Intracranial Hypotension Symposium was hosted by Cedars-Sinai in partnership with Spinal CSF Leak Foundation.

Date: February 8, 2020.
Location: Los Angeles, California
Course Co-directors: Wouter Schievink, MD & Connie Deline, MD

Faculty from several institutions and subspecialties were involved.  There were 2 tracks: one for medical professionals as well as a track for patients and caregivers.  Below are on-demand video replays of the professional track sessions.

Clinical presentations

Wouter I. Schievink, MD - Basics of Spontaneous & Iatrogenic Spinal CSF Leaks
Jeremy Cutsforth-Gregory, MD - Variabilities & vagaries in the clinical syndrome of SIH
Deborah Friedman, MD, MPH - SIH: Every Cranial Nerve

Diagnostic Imaging

William Dillon, MD - Imaging of SIH: 30-year experience at UCSF
Richard Farb, MD - Tailored spine imaging in SIH
Peter G. Kranz, MD - SIH imaging tips & tricks
Marcel Maya, MD - SIH: Cedars-Sinai Imaging Approach

New Insights

Abhay Moghekar, MBBS - Some Misconceptions About CSF Physiology
Stephen D. Silberstein, MD - New Insights in the Mechanisms & Treatments for Headache Disorders
Rachelle Cruz, NP - SIH: Considerations in Conception, Pregnancy & Childbirth

Treatment

Linda Gray Leithe, MD - Percutaneous adventures in SIH
Marcel Maya, MD - More percutaneous adventures in SIH
Charles Louy, PhD, MD - Reaching for the highest volume in EBP: effective and safe?
Joseph Gemmete, MD - Single catheter multi-level approach to EBP for SIH
Wouter I Schievink, MD - Surgical treatment for SIH: the final option

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