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Dear Colleague:

 

It is my pleasure to invite you to the 9th Annual ACMEGS Meeting and the 3rd Clinical MEG Course to be held at the Westin Peachtree Plaza, in Atlanta, Georgia, February 5-6, 2014 in conjunction with the ACNS Annual Meeting and Courses (February 4 - 9, 2014). 

 

Independent registration is required for the Meeting and each Course segment - www.acmegs.org/membership-and-conference-registration

 

ACMEGS COURSE

We will be holding our 3rd Clinical MEG Course during the morning and evening on Wednesday, February 5, 2014.  ACNS designates this activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. The goal of the course is to enhance physicians’, scientists’ and technologists’ competence and performance in the use of MEG techniques and interpretation of findings in clinical practice.  

 

The morning session (8:00am - 1:00pm) will include a breakfast and focus on the Basic Principles and Practice of Clinical Magnetoencephalography. 

 

The evening session (6:00 – 8:00pm) will be focused on interesting clinical MEG cases presented by the practicing clinicians and will include wine and light refreshments.

 

Target Audience

This educational activity is directed to clinical neurophysiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, physiatrists, neurosurgeons, trainees in these disciplines and other physicians and researchers who utilize clinical neurophysiological techniques and knowledge in the diagnosis and management of patients with disorders of the nervous system.

 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this program, the learner should be able to:

  1. Describe the underlying physics of MEG generation and recording;
  2. Describe the most common and efficient organization of an MEG laboratory;
  3. ldentify epileptiform MEG waveforms with and without EEG correlates;
  4. Process MEG and EEG data with source localization software;
  5. Interpret dipole models of MEG and EEG epileptiform spikes and normal evoked fields;
  6. Distinguish abnormal MEG transients from normal variants; and
  7. Provide a localization of MEG and EEG activity to aid in presurgical epilepsy evaluations.

 

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Polices of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) and the American Clinical Magnetoencephalography Society (ACMEGS). ACNS is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

Credit Designation

ACNS designates this activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

ANNUAL ACMEGS MEETING

The 9th Annual ACMEGS Meeting will be held on February 6, 2014.  Our usual Business Meeting will be followed by the exciting scientific program (www.acmegs.org/annual-acmegs-conference) that we hope everyone will enjoy.

 

REGISTRATION FEES: 

The Morning Course registration fee is $100, and for our members with 2013 institutional membership it will be only $75.  For more details check our web site ACMEGS.org. The Evening Course registration fee is $50, and for our members with 2013 institutional membership it will be only $37.50. For more details check our web site ACMEGS.org

 

The Meeting registration fee for ACMEGS members with 2013 institutional membership as well as for associate members is $75, for ACMEGS members from all other sites $150. For more details check our web site ACMEGS.org

 

Non-members are welcome to join our sessions following the business meeting for a reduced fee of $75 (no dinner).

 

The registration fee for our members includes meeting materials as well as the traditional society dinner. 

 

Please register and RSVP if you plan to attend the society dinner - www.acmegs.org/membership-and-conference-registration

  

ACCOMMODATIONS:

ACNS has reserved a block of rooms at the Westin Peachtree Plaza.  Registrants may make their room reservations through the ACNS website www.acns.org. Reservations are subject to availability.  Room rates can only be guaranteed until January 13, 2014.  Rates are $185/night single/double occupancy.

 

TRANSPORTATION:

The Westin Peachtree Plaza is approximately 8 miles from the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). The hotel does not provide shuttle service. Alternate transportation can be provided by:

  • The Atlanta Airport Shuttle Service |$16.50, per person one way | $29, per person round trip | 6:00am - 11:00pm | 404-941-3440
  • MARTA | $1.75 | 20 minute ride | The hotel is located very close to the Peachtree Center station.
  • Taxi | 1 passenger; $25 | 2 passengers; $26 | $10 for each additional passenger.

 

2014 ACNS MEG/MSI SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

In addition, I will be chairing a Special Interest Group on MEG on Sunday, February 9, at the ACNS Annual Meeting. This program is titled “Crashing the Cultures of Sole MEG or EEG Source Localization: Inseparable, not only Complementary,” and will involve a traditional debate format where Dr. John Ebersole and Dr. Richard Burgess will argue opposing views on this important issue. Please, join us in this exciting program and participate in an open discussion with our ACNS colleagues.

 

We truly look forward to seeing you in Atlanta in February 2014! 

 

Anto Bagic, MD, PhD

President, ACMEGS

 

 

ACMEGS

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Milwaukee, WI 53202

Phone: 414-918-9804

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