12th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS
Join us for the 12th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS!
This one-day event will be held in person with opportunities to stream presentations from home from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time on Monday, Nov. 7. Professionals, people living with ALS, and families affected by ALS are welcome.
The symposium is free to attend, but we encourage attendees to make a donation to ALS research. This event is sponsored by the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine.
To learn more, please visit lesturnerals.org/symposium. Contact Teli Moore with additional questions at telicia.moore@northwestern.edu or at 312-503-5059.
NOTE: By registering and attending the symposium, you are consenting to being photographed and/or filmed by event organizers from Northwestern University, Northwestern Medicine and the Les Turner ALS Foundation for promotional purposes.
Symposium Agenda:
8 to 9 a.m. - Registration and Breakfast
Welcome: Robert Kalb, MD, Director of Les Turner ALS Center, Joan and Paul Rubschlager Professor
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. - Research Presentations
• Hande Ozdinler, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Frank Granata, person living with ALS
• Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Erik P. Pioro, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the Neuromuscular Division, Vice-Chair of Translational Neurology, and Lewis John Pollack Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Cat Lutz, PhD, MBA, Vice President for the Rare Disease Translational Center at The Jackson Laboratory
• Jonathan R. Brent, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
• Robert Kalb, MD, Director, Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern University; Chief of the Neuromuscular Disease Division and Joan and Paul Rubschlager Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
12 to 1 p.m. - Lunch Break
Research poster session
Meet-and-greet with ALS community
1 to 2:15 p.m. - Keynote Address
Introduction: Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Speaker: Nicholas Maragakis, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, ALS Center for Cell Therapy and Regeneration Research; Medical Director, Johns Hopkins ALS Clinical Trials Unit; Director, Johns Hopkins Center for ALS Specialty Care at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2:15 to 3:30 p.m. - Clinical Conversations Panel
Introduction/Moderator: Colin Franz, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Neurology
• Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD, Director, Lois Insolia ALS Clinic Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine; Program Director, Neuromuscular Fellowship; Associate Professor of Neurology
• John M. Coleman III, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Neurology, Faculty, Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine
• Lauren Webb, LCSW, Director of Support Services and Education, Les Turner ALS Foundation
• Nicholas Maragakis, MD (Keynote Speaker)
*All Northwestern faculty members presenting in sessions are with the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine, unless otherwise noted.
3:45 to 4 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Andrea Pauls Backman, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Les Turner ALS Foundation