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	Minutes of the Northern New England Neurological society Fall Business Meeting Friday, October 27, 2006 Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth New Hampshire President: Dr. Tim Lukovits 1) President’s welcome and introduction of Society members and guests 2) Presentation of minutes of the 2005 Winter Meeting. Minutes were approved. 3) Treasurer’s report (Dr. Rup Tandan) a) Balance in account > $3000 b) Projected positive balance after this year’s meeting expenses. 4) Election of new officers: Secretary, Treasurer, Counselors a) Secretary: Dr. Karen Lecomte b) Treasurer: Dr. Bob Hamill will “retire” Fall of 2007. DHMC Chair will then take over as previously agreed. c) Counselors: i) Drs. John Belden, Maine ii) Dr. John Kelly-Sullivan, Maine iii) Dr. Tim Lukovits, New Hampshire iv) Dr. Deborah Black, Vermont d) President: Dr Lukovits “retires” Fall 2007. At this time, no successor has come forward. UVM will need to designate the successor unless someone volunteers. 5) Future Annual Meetings a) Continued registration fee, even greater? i) Would allow less dependence on pharmaceutical support ii) Pharmaceutical support is becoming less dependable iii) Would allow budget to encourage resident attendance iv) Would not be sufficient to pay speakers’ honoraria b) Location i) Society decided in 2005 to hold one annual two-day meeting ii) Would like to encourage residents to attend iii) Portsmouth favored because central iv) Consider Portsmouth Hospital or Frisbee Conference Center for 2007 meeting v) Drs. Patty Locuratola and Paul Cass were to investigate local options 6) Updating member list and general mail/email list a) Emails change often; some people missed b) Counselors assigned job of maintaining accurate email list for their state 7) NNENS website a) Dr. Skip Jenkyn, webmaster b) Goal will be to post clinical trial information c) Members’ names and addresses are listed 8) Thanks to meeting sponsors and exhibitors a) Sponsors: Novo Nordisk; PDL Bio Pharma; Viasys, Novartis b) Exhibitors: Berlex; Glaxo Smith Kline; Impax; Ortho McNeil; Pfizer Respectfully submitted, Deborah N. Black, MD 10.28.05 1) Welcome and introduction of Society members and guests OLD BUSINESS 2) Presentation of minutes of the 2005 Winter Meeting for approval a. Minutes accepted by present quorum 3) Treasurer’s report a. 200 members currently, of which 70 have paid dues b. As of October 19, 2005, total funds: $ 9112.00 NEW BUSINESS 4) Bylaws a. Discussion of Bylaws revision regarding election of Councilors and subsequent reappointment of current Councilors to second-year terms. i. Result: election will occur at Annual Meeting. b. Review of Bylaws for election of president who serves a two-year term i. Result: election will occur by email 5) Future Annual Meeting proposals a. To continue at the Sheraton Harborside venue b. To continue the two-day meeting format c. To be held on the last weekend (Friday-Saturday), eachOctober d. To hold the Meeting at Wentworth-Douglas Hospital (Dr. Paul Cass) i. Costs, benefits to be compared e. That the Keynote Speaker not be supported by a pharmaceutical company (Dr. Vijay Thadini) f. Concern expressed for loss of informality and local exchange of experience and ideas as well as variety of topics (Dr. Parker Towle) 6) Election of President-Elect a. Dr. John Belden of Maine 7) Election of Secretary a. Dr. Deborah Black of Vermont (Dr. Karen LeComte interim) 8) Election of Councilors a. tabled until purpose of Councilors is clarified (President Tandan) 9) Voting on Bylaws revisions a. Quorum i. present : 32/200 members present ii. it was agreed to accept this as the quorum b. Approval of Bylaws revisions by unanimous vote 10) Acknowledgement of sponsors a. Ortho-McNeil b. Astra Seneca c. Medtronics 11) Other Business a. Introduction of incoming president-Dr.Tim Lukovits Respectfully submitted, Karen Lecomte, MD ******************************************************************************************* Scientific Program Friday, October 28 8:45-9:30 AM "Botulinum Toxin: Focus on Headache Therapy" Thomas Ward, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School 9:30-10:15 AM "The Basis of Deep Brain Stimulation" James Boyd, M.D., University of Vermont 10:30-11:15 AM "Predictors of Effective Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease" Stephen Lee, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School 11:15-12 Noon "Recent Developments in Deep Brain Stimulation" David Roberts, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School 1:00-1:45 PM "Update on Stroke in 2005: Is Northern New England Ready for Organized Stroke Care?" Timothy Lukovits, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School 1:45-2:30 PM "Acute Stroke Care" Christopher Commichau, M.D., University of Vermont 2:30-3:00 PM "Why are Some People Like Chipmunks?" Barbara Robbins, ANP, University of Vermont 3:15-4:00 PM "Cerebrovascular Disease Talk" TBD 4:00-4:30 PM Cerebrovascular Disease Case Presentation Timothy Lukovits, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School Saturday, October 29 8:00-8:30 AM Case Presentation TBD 8:30-9:00 AM "Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Grinker's Myelinopathy" Jeffrey Liou, D.O., Resident, Dartmouth 9:00-9:30 AM "Sensory AIDP: Does It Really Exist" John Grudem,M.D., D.C. Resident, Dartmouth 9:30-10:00 AM "Episodic Hemibody Symptoms with Headache: What Is It?" Mari Tobita, M.D., Resident, Vermont 10:30-11:00 AM “Not All That Shakes Is Epilepsy” Drew Kern, M.S., 3rd Yr Medical Student, Vermont 11:00-11:30 AM “Otitic Syncope” Argyrios Moustakas, M.D. Resident, Vermont 11:30-12 Noon "A Neuroethical Discussion on Neuroenhancement" Eric Dinnerstein, M.D., Resident, Dartmouth 1:00-2:15 PM Keynote Address "Migraine: From Mechanisms to Treatment" Michael Moskowitz, M.D., Harvard Medical School 2:15-3:00 PM "The International Classification of Headache" Morris Levin, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School 3:15-4:00 PM "The Chronobiology of Headache" Robert Shapiro, M.D., University of Vermont 2.26.04 The business meeting of the 2004 Northern New England Neurological Society was called to order by Dr. Rup Tandan, President. Attendance at meetings. Is poor. NNENS presently meets twice a year. Should we change to once a year? Discussion: Dr. Robert Hamill: Neurology as a field is increasingly burdened by subspecialty meetings. Colleagues in Maine have teaching and clinical responsibilities and may choose to attend ANA or AAN rather than NNENS. Best attendance is in Portland, but Maine neurologists rarely come to Vermont. Decreasing meeting frequency would decrease opportunities for residents to present work in progress. But if we decrease meeting frequency, the majority of presentations could be given by residents. Dr. Greg Holmes: Northern EEG Society now meets once a year. We could consider extending length of meeting > 1 day. Priority is to encourage resident participation. ® Membership voted in favor of meeting once a year. Where should the annual meeting be held? Discussion: Alternate between Stowe and Portland Central location in southeastern NH convenient for all, e.g., Wentworth By-The-Sea in Newcastle, NH; near Portsmouth or Portsmouth Sheraton: near the city; excellent meeting facilities. When should the meeting be held? Discussion: If meeting is held on the NH seacoast, early to mid-September is a good tim; rates are low. Need to avoid conflict with other meetings ® All in favor of holding meeting on a Friday Treasurer’s report (Dr. Greg Holmes) NNENS remains solvent with $5226. remaining in budget after expenses Expenses include: § $200 honorarium to residents for presentations § $15 to Secretary of State of NH § $700 CME to UVM Dr. Holmes’ Administrative Assistant@DHMC is Emily Bohn. Grateful thanks to our pharmaceutical sponsors: Abbott, Allergan, BiogenBristol Myer, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, OrthoMcNeil, Sanofi, Serono, Shire, ZLB Other business Dr. Tandan reminded all present to sign-up for CME credit and evaluation forms 7 of 8 speakers have no financial interest to disclose; 1 speaker will disclose financial interests at time of presentation Business meeting was adjourned at 10:00. Respectfully Submitted, Deborah N. Black, M.D., Secretary ***************************************************************************** 10.10.03 The business meeting of the Northern New England Neurological Society was called to order by Dr. Rup Tandan, President 1. Tax status. The NNENS has been granted tax exempt status by the IRS (lawyer: Mr. Roger Prescott) effective July 24 2003. Contingent on: maintenance good records; educational activities; compliance with bylaws; annual financial statement Report by Dr. Robert Hamill: · NNENS will not be required to file special tax forms since annual income < 20 K · Need to demonstrate that NNENS in compliance of its bylaws · Executive committee and Representatives will meet to review bylaws and ensure that NNENS in compliance 2. Representatives. Members (above) are from each state 3. Spring 2004 meeting. Thursday February 26 2004 at Stoweflake (Stowe Vt) in conjunction with Headache Consortium of New England (HCNE) meeting. Theme: Neuromuscular disorders for one half of the meeting. At that time committees will meet to review bylaws. Dr. Hamill suggests that bylaws be circulated to all members via email. 4. Treasurer’s report: Dr. Holmes. The NNENS is in the black by $4200, thanks to generous support by pharmaceutical societies and timely dues payments by members 5. Grateful thanks to Abbott, Aventis, Crescent Health Care, Northern NE ALS Chapter, Ortho-McNeill, Pfizer, and Teva pharmaceuticals 6. New Business: · Dr. Robert Hamill. Members may be interested in upcoming meeting of American Society of Experimental Therapeutics March 2004 in Bethesda, MD. Combines industry, FDA, and Academia; board has members from all 3 groups. Dr. Hamill is chair of program committee in 2003-4. Theme: Translational Neurotherapeutics. First talk: Placebos and Controls in Clinical Trials. Workshops on Neuroimaging; Privacy in Research. Keynote speaker (Dr. Floyd Bloom): Translational Neuroscience, from Molecules to Humans; Proteosomes · Should we invite members of the Mass Neurological Society to our meetings? Discussion: “They went skiing all the time.” Many Mass members are in research and could present interesting clinical research. We could expect approximately 15 persons. Advantages: concentrate specialists in a specific field of research. Many new persons might increase the cost significantly. Dr. Thadani suggests blanket invitation to Mass members to ask who would like to join NNENS and pay membership fee; would ensure that only interested members attend. Dr. Tandan stated that he would review the bylaws to see whether there are any requirements that might be breached by such an open invitation. 7. Misc: All members need to sign CME and evaluation forms to remain in compliance with bylaws Respectfully Submitted, Deborah N. Black, M.D., Secretary Attached: bylaws of NNENS minutes of the Oct. 2003 meeting Oct. 2003 academic program NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY FALL MEETING – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2003 MARRIOTT AT SABLE OAKS SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE PROGRAM 10:00 a.m. Approach to the Sleepy Patient Hrayr Attarian, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Vermont 10:30 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. Transverse Myelitis Associated with Qasim Bashir, M.D. Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid Neurology Resident University of Vermont 11:30 a.m. Role of Excitatory GABA in Increased Roustem Khazipov, M.D, Ph.D. Seizure Susceptibility in the Senior Research Associate Developing Brain Dartmouth Medical School 12:00 noon Buffet Luncheon 1:00 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Do Febrile Tallie Baram, M.D. Seizures Cause Temporal Lobe Epilepsy?Professor of Pediatrics, Anatomy And Neurobiology University of California at Irvine 2:00 p.m. Opsoclonus-Myoclonus John R. Belden, M.D. Clinical Instructor of Medicine (Neurology), Maine Medical Center 2:30 p.m. Effects of Seizures on Memory: Gregory Holmes, M.D. Lessons From the Laboratory Professor and Chair of Neurology Dartmouth Medical School 3:00 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. Aftermath of Gastric Bypass Surgery Tatiana Nabiollina, M.D. Neurology Resident University of Vermont 4:00 p.m. Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Qaisar Shah, M.D. Neurology Resident Dartmouth Medical School 4:30 p.m. Adjournment (CME Catetory I Approved for 4.5 hours) The University of Vermont College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Vermont College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.5 hours in Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the activity. *************************************************************************** Friday, October 25, 2002 Holiday Inn By-the-Bay Portland, Maine Vijay Thadani, President of the Northern New England Neurological Society called the meeting to order at 9:10 am. He welcomed guests and members, and reviewed the minutes of the spring meeting with the membership. The minutes were accepted as read. New Business: 1. Rup Tandan will be the next President of the Northern New England Neurological Society. He will begin his 2-year term of office at the spring meeting of the society. Next Meeting: Dr. Hamill suggested planning the society's spring meeting in conjunction with the Headache Consortium meeting that is usually held in March. Dr. Thadani felt this would not be feasible. Anne Woods suggested Stoweflake and combining it with an epilepsy symposium. The date for the spring meeting of the Northern New England Neurological Society is Friday, March 21, 2003. Bylaws: Dr. Hamill is working with a lawyer in Burlington to establish the Northern New England Neurological Society as a separate entity with tax exempt status. He brought copies of the bylaws to distribute to those in attendance at today's meeting. The bylaws will also be posted on the NNENS website for all to review. Pertinent changes on the document are: 1. The name of the society has been officially changed to the "Northern New England Neurological Society". 2. One statement was added to the purpose. 3. In Section II: Issues that attorney raised was formalizing officers. Change the three person "Board of Trustees" to "Counselor". Also one should serve as secretary, and one as president. 4. Staggered terms of three years, two years, and one year should be considered. Dr. Hamill reported that we need representation from Maine on an officer level. Plan: Please review bylaws for final acceptance. They will be posted on the NNENS website (www.nnens.org) Treasurer's Report: Revenues from corporate supporters have been very generous. Outgoing monies have gone for honoraria for speakers and legal expenses related to bylaw revisions. Estimated legal fees to complete incorporation is about $2000. Dr. Thadani moved to proceed with incorporation process. Motion seconded and passed. The business adjourned at 9:30 am. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to brief presentations on various neurological topics, luncheon, and a keynote address by Dr. William Gaillard from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Gaillard spoke on "Advances in Neuroimaging in the Diagnosis of Neurological Disease". Respectfully submitted, Karen L. Gilbert, ARNP Scribe Minutes, March 22, 2002, Stowe, VT I. Discussed agenda and reviewed previous minutes. Minutes accepted. II. Conflict of interest discussed and commercial supporters recognized. III. Tax exempt status- Robert Hamill, MD A. Treasurer's report reviewed. There was a motion to accept the report. Report was accepted. B. Dr. Hamill reported that the bylaws were outdated and needed to be reviewed and updated. Dr. Hamill recommended having the Board of Directors update the bylaws. Dr. Hamill will email the bylaws to the group, and he and Vijay Thadani, MD will make a final draft with everyone's input.