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
SPEAKERS
Gordon H. Baltuch, MD, PhD
Charles-Etienne Castonguay, BSc
Daniel O. Claassen, MD, MS
Stephanie Cosentino, PhD
Rodger J. Elble, MD, PhD
Alfonso Fasano, MD, PhD
Phyllis L. Faust, MD, PhD
Rick C.G. Helmich, MD, PhD
Hyder Jinnah, MD, PhD
Mandar Jog, MD, FAAN
Eric J. Lang, PhD
Esther Krook-Magnuson, PhD
Sheng-Han Kuo, MD
Peter A. LeWitt, MD
Elan D. Louis, MD, MS
Ming-Kai Pan, MD, PhD
Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD
Vicki Shanker, MD
Joshua M. Shulman, MD, PhD
Roy V. Sillitoe, PhD
Aparna Wagle Shukla, MD
Alanna Watt, PhD
Wade Regehr, PhD
Ludy Shih, MD, MMSc, FAAN, FANA
Nora Vanegas-Arroyave, MD
Kevin Wilkins, PhD
