3rd Annual Isabelle Rapin Conference on Communication
Disorders-Rett Syndrome
Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
Agenda
8:30 – 9:15 am:
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (available in lower atrium)
9:15 – 9:20 am:
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Steven Walkley, D.V.M., Ph.D. , Albert Einstein College of Medicine
9:20 – 9:40 am:
“Rett Syndrome: A parent’s perspective”
Monica Coenraads, M.B.A., Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT)
9:40 – 10:25 am:
“The story of Rett Syndrome and the insight it provides into neuropsychiatric disorders”
Huda Zoghbi, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
10:25 –10:45 am:
“Rett Syndrome Center at Montefiore/Einstein: clinical practices and research”
Aleksandra Djukic, M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
10:45 – 11:00 am:
COFFEE BREAK (available in lower atrium)
11:00 –11:20 am:
“Electrophysiological assays of auditory processing in Rett Syndrome”
John Foxe, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
11:20 – 12:05 am:
“Genetic and pharmacological reactivation of the mammalian inactive x chromosome”
Michael Green, M.D., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
12:05 – 12:25 pm:
“MeCP2 surprises”
Michael D. Brenowitz, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
12:25 – 12:45 pm:
“GABA, Chloride and development: implications for Rett Syndrome”
Aristea Galanopoulou, M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
12:45 – 1:45 pm:
1:45 – 3:30 pm:
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LUNCH (available in lower atrium)
Clinical Sessions
Bone health in Rett Syndrome
Chhavi Agarwal, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
GI issues in Rett Syndrome
Anthony Loizides, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Classical Rett Syndrome: post regression dysphagia in early childhood
Susan Abraham, Ph.D., New York University, Winthrop University Hospital
Management of scoliosis in RTT
Vishal Sarwahi, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Effective communication strategies
Aleksandra Djukic, M.D., Ph.D. and Elaine Williams, M.A., CCC-SLP, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center