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Updates and Future Directions

One-Hour Concurrent Session

Stem Cell Therapy in Acute Neurologic Injury: The New Frontier

Thursday, April 21, 2022

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM US CST

CE: 0.75

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Xiaofeng Jia, MD, MS, PhD, FCCM

Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Patrick Kochanek, MD, MCCM

Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
UPMC Presbyterian
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

This session will review the exciting frontier of stem cell therapy for acute neurologic injuries, including global anoxic injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury.

Learning Objectives:

Review the basic science of stem cell procurement, generation, and differentiation
Discover potential applications of stem cells in various acute neurologic diseases such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and post-cardiac arrest
Investigate the limitations of translating stem cell therapies into clinical practice

Presentations:

Stem Cell Therapy in Ischemic Stroke
Concurrent Session Faculty: Neeraj Badjatia, MD, MS, FCCM – University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Post-Spinal Cord Injury Therapeutic Effects of Human Neural Stem Cells
Concurrent Session Faculty: Yang D. Teng, MD – Harvard Medical School,Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital,Brigham & Women's Hosp
Human Neural Stem Cells Improve Functional Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest
Concurrent Session Faculty: Xiaofeng Jia, MD, MS, PhD, FCCM – University of Maryland School of Medicine