Annual World Congress of SBMT
Scientific Program Schedule
Keynote Speakers 2023

20^th Annual World Congress of SBMT
Program by Tracks

20th AWC Program Advances in CerebroVascular Research, Diagnostics and Treatment

Advances in CerebroVascular Research, Diagnostics and Treatment
Organized by
Drs. Abilash Haridas, Giusseppe Umana, Amin Kassam, Akitsugu Kawashima, Robert Hariri Mohamed Fahmy, Alexander Khalessi, Ashkan Mowla, Santino Ottavio Tomasi
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20th AWC Program Neurotechnology and Neuroradiology

Advances in Neurotechnology and Neuroradiology
Organized by
Drs. Thomas J Williams, Roger Werne, Guiseppe Umana, Vasileios Katsaros, Manny Perez, Babak Kateb, Anthony Chang, Mojtaba Barzeger, Kevin Morris
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20th AWC Program Advances in Spine Research, Diagnostics and Treatment

Advances in Spine Research, Diagnostics and Treatment
Organized by
Drs. Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Namath Hussain, Jason Cormier, Farzad Massoudi, Ann Choe, Giusseppe Umana, Mike Chen, Cristina Sadowsky, Jose Valerio-Pascua, Jose A. Soriano
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20th AWC Program Critical Advances in Alzheimer's Disease

Critical Advances in Alzheimer's Disease
Organized by
Drs. Christopher .J Wheeler, J. Wesson Ashford, Carr Smith, Margaret Fahnestock, James Clifford, Babak Kateb
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20th AWC Program EEG/MEG/Epilepsy and Neuromodulation
Brain Computer Interface and Neuroengineering

EEG/MEG/Epilepsy and Neuromodulation Brain Computer Interface and Neuroengineering
Organized by
Drs. Qifa Zhou, Theodore Berger, Dawn Eliashiv, Mark Liker, Robert Thatcher, Yousef Salimpour, Lei Li, Leslie Prichep, Hubert Fernandez, Benjamin Walker, Ernesto Soler, Jennifer Treweek, Babak Kateb
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20th AWC Program Military Medicine and Veteran Health Track

Military Medicine and Veteran Health
Organized by
Drs. Michael Roy, Kenneth Green
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Neuro-Oncology
Organized by
Drs. Reinhard Schulte, Vicky Yamamoto, Jethro Hu, Chirag Patel, Babak Kateb
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20th AWC Program Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine

Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine
Organized by
Drs. Nicole Jafari, Brian Norling, Keerthy Sunder
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20th AWC Program Updates in Visual Processing

Visual Processing
Organized by
Deborah Zelinsky, O.D., Delia DeBuc, Ph.D., Amy Pruszenki, O.D., Vahid Mohammadzadeh M.D.
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2023 Keynotes

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2023 Keynote Speaker

Babak Kateb, MD, PHD

Talk Title: Welcome and Opening Remark
Founding Chairman of the Board and CEO of SBMT, President of World Brain Mapping Foundation, Founding Chairman of Brain Technology and Innovation Park

Thursday February 16th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
7:30 AM-7:45 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Vicky Yamamoto, PHD

Talk Title: 20th Presidential Keynote
20th President of SBMT, Co-Founder of SBMT, Executive Board member and Executive Director of SBMT, Cancer Scientist, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC-Keck School of Medicine, USA

Thursday February 16th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
7:45 AM-8:15 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG

Talk Title: A Look to the Future of Californians' Health: Priorities & Opportunities In Mental Health and Beyond
California Surgeon General

Thursday February 16th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
8:15 AM-8:45 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Jennifer Fogarty

Talk Title: Defining Brain Health and Performance during Space Exploration – Paving a path for Resilience and Recovery
Chief Scientific Officer Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Thursday February 16th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
8:45 AM-9:15 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Oncology Panel

Talk Title: Discussion Panel on Oncology
Drs. Farzad Massoudi, MD. Vicky Yamamoto, PhD. Reinhard Schulte, MD Babak Kateb, MD.

Thursday February 16th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Donald Medlin

Talk Title: Democratizing Radiosurgery and Cancer Therapy for the Masses
Infinity Arc Radiosurgery Therapy

Thursday February 16th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
12:15 PM-12:45 PM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Farzad Massoudi, MD

Talk Title: “Liquid Biopsies” for Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Tumors-Clinical Applications of a Novel Immunohistocytochemical Technique for Identifying Cancer Cells Derived from Peripheral Blood.
Medical Director of Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Mission Hospital, Orange County, CA, USA

Friday February 17th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
9:00 AM-9:30 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Minesh Mehta, MD

Talk Title: Future of Proton Therapy
Deputy director and chief of radiation oncology at Miami Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida. He is a widely renowned expert in radiation oncology, proton therapy and cancer research.

Friday February 17th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
9:30 AM-10:00 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Nicole Hockley
Montel Williams
Keerthy Sunder, MD
Babak Kateb, MD

Talk Title: Psychology of Gun Violence and Policy Part 1
Panel Discussion
Sandy Hook Promise

Friday February 17th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
11:45 AM-12:15 PM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Nicole Hockley
Montel Williams
Keerthy Sunder, MD
Babak Kateb, MD

Talk Title: Psychology of Gun Violence and Policy Part 2
Panel Discussion
Sandy Hook Promise

Friday February 17th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
12:15 PM-12:45 PM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Maj. Gen. Paul Friedrichs

Talk Title: Wounded Warrior Care: Past Present and an Exciting Future?
Joint Staff Surgeon at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C

Saturday February 18th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
8:30 AM-9:00 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Alexander Khalessi, M.D, MBA

Talk Title: Innovation Frontier in Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Radiology and Neurosciences Don & Karen Cohn Chancellors Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery, University of California of San Diego

Saturday February 18th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
9:00 AM-9:30 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Kathy M Lee, MS, CRNP, ANP-BC

Talk Title: US Dept of Defense Warfighter Brain Health Initiative: Optimizing Performance On and Off the Battlefield
Director, Casualty Management OASD (Health Affairs), Health Readiness Policy & Oversight, Department of Defense, Defense Health Headquarters

Saturday February 18th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
11:45 AM-12:15 PM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Talk Title: A Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness
The Chopra Foundation, Chairman of the Board, Founder & Director

Saturday February 18th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
12:15 PM-12:45 PM

2023 Keynote Speaker

TBA

Talk Title: TBA
TBA

Sunday February 19th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
8:30 AM-9:00 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Paul M. Thompson

Talk Title: ENIGMA, Big Data & the Human Brain: Worldwide Neuroimaging and Genetics of 30 Brain Diseases in 100,000 Individuals from 45 Countries
Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Radiology, Psychiatry, and Engineering Associate Director, USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute

Sunday February 19th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
9:00 AM-9:30 AM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Lawrence Steinman

Talk Title: Can We Eradicate MS, as We did for Polio, Now That We Understand the Viral Trigger
Zimmermann Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, and Pediatrics Beckman Center for Molecular Medicine Stanford University

Sunday February 19th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
11:50 AM-12:25 PM

2023 Keynote Speaker

Howard B. Moss, M.D., FASAM

Talk Title: The Third Wave: The Opioid Epidemic in the Era of Fentanyl and “Tranq”
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of California at Riverside School of Medicine
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego

Sunday February 19th, 2023
Concourse Hall 151
12:25 PM-1:00 PM

Annual World Congress of SBMTScientific Program Schedule Keynote Speakers 2023

20th Annual World Congress of SBMT Program by Tracks

2023 Keynotes

Babak Kateb, MD, PHD

Vicky Yamamoto, PHD

Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG

Jennifer Fogarty

Oncology Panel

Donald Medlin

Farzad Massoudi, MD

Minesh Mehta, MD

Nicole HockleyMontel WilliamsKeerthy Sunder, MDBabak Kateb, MD

Nicole HockleyMontel WilliamsKeerthy Sunder, MDBabak Kateb, MD

Maj. Gen. Paul Friedrichs

Alexander Khalessi, M.D, MBA

Kathy M Lee, MS, CRNP, ANP-BC

Deepak Chopra, M.D.

TBA

Paul M. Thompson

Lawrence Steinman

Howard B. Moss, M.D., FASAM

Annual World Congress of SBMT
Scientific Program Schedule
Keynote Speakers 2023

20^th Annual World Congress of SBMT
Program by Tracks

Nicole Hockley
Montel Williams
Keerthy Sunder, MD
Babak Kateb, MD

Nicole Hockley
Montel Williams
Keerthy Sunder, MD
Babak Kateb, MD