The Neurocritical Care Society is a rapidly growing international organization composed of multiprofessional healthcare providers that are dedicated to improve the care and outcomes of patients with life-threatening neurological illnesses by promoting quality patient care, professional collaboration, research, training and advocacy. We hope that you take a moment to get to know us better by browsing through our web pages.
Stephan A. Mayer, MD, FCCM
President, Neurocritical Care Society
Romergryko Geocadin, MD
Chair, Website Committee
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS:
The NCS 2010 SAH Conference will be held in Paris, France on October 22-23, 2010: Click here for more information!
ENLS Logo Contest Update: Many of you have responded by sending ENLS logo ideas. To take a look at what has been submitted so far, please click here. ENLS is about the neurological emergencies within the first hour. Logos should be simple and recognizable. Anyone can submit designs and there is no limit to how many can be submitted. Please email submissions to smithw@neurology.ucsf.edu.
2010 NCS Meeting: Scientific Abstracts Update: The quality of abstracts submitted for the NCS meeting continues to improve. This year a total of 279 abstracts were submitted and 215 (77%) were accepted for presentation in the meeting. Of these, 18 will be presented as oral abstracts and 197 as traditional posters.
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Emergency Neurologic Life Support (ENLS): We encourage all NCS members to play an active role in the development of the ENLS. For more information on the ENLS, click here. To participate and provide comments and suggestions, please log on to the NCS Discussion Forum to access the ENLS protocols.
The second neurocritical care fellowship match completed June 29, 2010 for positions starting July 1, 2011. Click here for more information.
The Neurocritical Care Society endorses the 2010 American Academy of Neurology Guideline Update on Determining Brain Death. Please click here for details.
Review materials for the upcoming UCNS Neurocritical Care certification exam are now available. Please CLICK HERE for ordering information.
Please click here to view News Highlights Archives.
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♦Neurointensivists Recognized by Leapfrog
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♦UCNS Certification and Exam Preparation
Upcoming Events:
Latin-American Symposium on Neuromonitoring and Neurocritical Care: August 19-20, 2010 Click here for full details.
American Neurological Association's 135th Annual Meeting: September 12-15, 2010 Click here for details.
Cleveland Neurocritical Care 2010: Walk of Life: Neurocritical Care 2010 includes the 8th Annual Cleveland Neurocritical Care & Stroke Conference (October 7-8, 2010), the 3rd Annual Case Critical Care Bioinformatics Workshop (October 9, 2010), the 2nd Annual Case TCD Ultrasound Workshop (October 9, 2010), and the 1st Annual Cleveland Music and Medicine Symposium (October 9, 2010). For the Neurocritical Care and Stroke Conference and the Bioinformatics Workshop, you have the option of participating on-site or via the internet.
Virtual International Congress of Neurology - Epilepsy 2010
9th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting: September 21-24, 2011, Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, Montréal, Canada
Click here for NCS related National Meetings.
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