CCSVI Alliance President Sharon Richardson and Patient Advisory Board member Barb Ellis have been invited and will attend the 2013 Medical Symposium 

"The Cranio-Cervical Junction (CCJ) Syndrome and Its Impact on Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Flow"

held April 6th in New York City.

This symposium will feature up to date research on the role of the cervical spine and brainstem and their impact on CSF flow.  As we have been learning recently, CSF flow is an important part of maintaining brain health, and this flow is impacted by the venous system and related to CCSVI.  Dr. Scott Rosa will be presenting more of his ground-breaking research on changes to CSF after atlas adjustment in patients with neurodegenerative disease, as seen on FONAR upright MRI.

The guest faculty:

Raymond Damadian, MD – Chairman & CEO, FONAR Corporation

Wm Bradley, Jr, MD, PhD, FACR  – Professor and Chair Dept of Radiology- UCSD

Scott Rosa, DC, BCAO  – Chairman of Research, Upper Cervical Council – Director Trauma Imaging Foundation

Noam Alperin, PhD  – VC  for Research-Dept of Radiology., Miller School of Medicine - Univ. of Miami

Joseph Maroon, MD, FACS  – Prof and VC  Dept of Neurosurgery - Univ. of Pittsburg Med Center

Francis Smith, MD -  Grampian Univ Hospital (Scotland)

David Harshfield, Jr, MD  – Director of Interventional Radiology- Medical Cntr of South Arkansas – Board Member International Cellular Medicine Society

Garo Yepremian – President , The Garo Yepremian Foundation

Program:

 ·         The Detailed Anatomy of the Cranio-Cervical Junction, Its Radiologic Diagnosis and Role in the Maintenance of Normal CSF Flow - David Harshfield Jr, MD

·         Whiplash Injury and Cerebellar Tonsillar Ectopia (CTE) - Francis W. Smith, MD

·         Concussion Update - Immunoexcitotoxicity the Common Etiology of PCS, TE and PTSD - Joseph C. Maroon,  MD

·         From CSF Pulsation to Noninvasive Measurement of ICP by MRI - Noam Alperin, PhD

·         Cerebrospinal Fluid Physiology and Its Role In Neurologic Disease - William G.Bradley, Jr, MD

·         Observations at the Cranio-Cervical Junction, including Treatment of Cervical Spine Malalignments, CTE and Obstructions of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Flow - Scott Rosa, DC

·         The Medical Consequences of the Cervical Spine Trauma and CSF Flow Obstructions Generated By Sports Injuries - Raymond V. Damadian, MD & Garo Yepremian

·         The Role of Cervical Spine Trauma and CSF Flow Obstruction In Neurodegenerative Diseases (MS, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS and Childhood Autism) - Raymond V. Damadian, MD

We will have updated information and a report back on the symposium on our page later in April.