2ND INTERNATIONAL
TREMOR CONGRESS
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER
Date: May 18-19, 2023
Location: New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029
EVENT PROGRAM BOOK
Program book for 2nd International Tremor Congress: From Bench to Bedside Towards Tremor Therapy
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Abstracts must be received by February 28, 2023, 5 p.m. ET.
REGISTRATION
Early bird registration ends on February 20, 2023.
Endorsed by the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
SCHEDULE
Day 1
7:45 a.m. Registration; Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome: From bench to bedside towards tremor therapy development
Sheng-Han Kuo, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Session 1: Novel brain pathology and genetics of tremor
Moderator: Sheng-Han Kuo, MD
8:40 a.m. Pathological signatures in essential tremor
Phyllis Faust, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
9:05 a.m. Genetic update on essential tremor
Charles-Etienne Castonguay, McGill University
9:20 a.m. Genetics of tremor predominant Parkinson’s disease
Joshua Shulman, Baylor College of Medicine
9:55 a.m. Refreshment Break
Session 2: Animal studies of tremor: what do we learn?
Moderator: Pravin Khemani, MD
10:15 a.m. Frequency control of the cerebellum for tremor generation
Ming-Kai Pan, National Taiwan University
10:40 a.m. Anatomical and physiological underpinnings of dystonia, ataxia, and tremor
Roy Sillitoe, Baylor College of Medicine
11:05 a.m. GABAergic transmission of Purkinje cells in tremor
Esther Krook-Magnuson, University of Minnesota
11:30 a.m. Lunch
Session 3: Controversies in the tremor field
Debate 1: ET plus: How should we deal with clinical heterogeneity of ET?
Moderator: Hyder Jinnah, MD, PhD
12:30 p.m. Yes, we should use the term, ET plus
Rodger Elble, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
12:50 p.m. No, we should drop the term, ET plus
Elan Louis, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1:10 p.m. Discussion
Hyder Jinnah, Emory University School of Medicine
Debate 2: What is the best interventional approach for essential tremor?
Moderator: Svjetlana Miocinovic, MD, PhD
1:40 p.m. Deep brain stimulation
Nora Vanegas-Arroyave, Baylor College of Medicine
2:00 p.m. Focused ultrasound-mediated thalamotomy
Gordon Baltuch, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
2:20 p.m. Discussion
Svjetlana Miocinovic, Emory University School of Medicine
2:50 p.m. Refreshment Break
Session 4: Oral presentation of selected posters (non-CME)
Moderator: Mark Hallett, MD
3:20 p.m. Oral presentation of selected posters
Session 5: Current therapy for tremor - Industry perspective (non-CME)
Moderator: Sheng-Han Kuo, MD
4:20 p.m. Pipeline development for selective industry partners
Session 6: Posters and Reception
5:10 p.m. Posters and reception
6:30 p.m. Adjourn
Day 2
7:45 am Registration, Continental Breakfast
Session 7: Cerebellar physiology and tremor
Moderator: Ming-Kai Pan, MD, PhD
8:30 a.m. Purkinje cell synchrony for tremor generation
Eric Lang, NYU School of Medicine
8:55 a.m. Complex spike modulation for tremor
Wade Regehr, Harvard Medical School
9:20 a.m. Consequences of Purkinje cell axonal swelling: implications in tremor
Alanna Watt, McGill University
9:45 am Refreshment Break
Session 8: Neuroimaging of tremor: Useful biomarkers?
Moderator: Tabish Saifee, MD
10:05 a.m. Basal ganglia and cerebellar circuit in Parkinsonian tremor
Rick Helmich, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
10:30 a.m. Brain network changes in Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor
Daniel Claassen, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
10:55 a.m. Distinct brain circuitry of essential tremor and dystonic tremor
Aparna Wagle Shukla, University of Florida Health
Session 9: Cognition in tremor
Moderator: Katherine Longardner, MD
11:20 a.m. Cognitive impairment in essential tremor
Stephanie Cosentino, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
11:45 a.m. Lunch / Parallel Lunch for Young Investigators
Mentor Table 1: Mark Hallett & Rick Helmich
Mentor Table 2: Ming-Kai Pan & Wade Redehr
Mentor Table 3: Elan Louis & Hyder Jinnah
Mentor Table 4: Daofen Chen
Session 10: Clinical characteristics and video demonstration of diverse tremor disorders
Moderator: Steven Charles, PhD
12:45 p.m. Clinical characteristics of tremor disorders
Vicki Shanker, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1:10 p.m. Overlapping phenotypes of tremor and dystonia
Aasef Shaikh, University Hospitals
Session 11: Novel DBS approaches for tremor
Moderator: Kimberly Kwei, MD
1:35 p.m. Close loop DBS for tremor
Kevin Wilkins, Stanford University School of Medicine
2:00 p.m. New DBS targets for tremor
Ludy Shih, Boston University School of Medicine
2:25 p.m. Tremor habituation/relapse after DBS and lesion-based therapies
Alfonso Fasano, University of Toronto
Session 12: Novel pharmacological and toxin therapies for tremor
Moderator: David Peterson, PhD
2:50 p.m. Recent pharmacological therapy development for tremor
Peter LeWitt, Henry Ford Hospital and Wayne State University School of Medicine
3:15 p.m. Toxin therapy and peripheral modulation for tremor
Seth Pullman, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
3:40 p.m. Closing remark
Ming-Kai Pan, National Taiwan University
4:00 p.m Adjourn