Note from the Editor ......................................................2
By Saef Izzy, MD
President’s Column .........................................................3
By Gretchen M. Brophy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP,
FCCM, FNCS
Research Corner: The 5th Neurocritical Care
Research Conference: Can We Create a
Blue Ocean for NCS Research?........................................4
By Jose I. Suarez, MD
It Took a Village: Highlights of the Workshops at the
NCS 15th Annual Meetig and What You Can Expect
This Year.........................................................................5-6
By Aarti Sarwal, Soojin Park and Jordan Winn
Nursing Column: Choosing Wisely® Initiative:
A Nursing Perspective......................................................7
By Briana Witherspoon, DNP, ACNP, and
Karen March, MN, RN, CCRN
Ethics Corner: Withdrawal of Care: Who Decides?
A Comparison of US and UK Cases.............................8-9
By Piotr Tekiela, Lauren Ottenhoff and Michael Schneck
NEWS Review................................................................. 10
By Aimee Aysenne, MD, MPH, and Kyle Hobbs, MD
Career Advice Series: The Journey to Success..........11-18
By Jennifer A. Kim, Anand Venkatraman, Alexis Steinberg,
Kristine O’Phelan, Karen Hirsch, Thomas Bleck, Jose Suarez,
Wendy Wright and Jonathan Rosand
NCS Well Represented at AAN 2018
in Los Angeles........................................................... 19-20
By Kassi Kronfeld and Alexis Steinberg
An Interview with 2 NCS Research Training
Fellowship Grant Recipients.......................................... 21
By Shraddha Mainali, Sara Hocker and
Andrew Naidech
International Column: NCS in Dubai and
Rio de Janeiro ................................................................22
By Michel Torbey, MD, MPH, FNCS,
FAHA, FCCM, FANA
Neurocritical Care Medicine in Australia
and New Zealand...........................................................23
By Andrew Udy, BHB, MB, ChB, PGCert(AME),
FCICM, PhD
Expanding Neurologic Education in the
Dominican Republic......................................................24
By Lauren Koffman and Starane
Neurocritical Care in the Middle East and Africa... 25-26
By Yasser B. Abulhasan, MBChB, FRCPC
The Evolution of Neurocritical Care
in the Philippines...........................................................27
By Joanne B. Robles, MD and
Geraldine Siena L. Mariano, MD
Neurotrauma and Critical Care in Tanzania:
Collaboration With Muhimbili Orthopedic
Institute (MOI), Dar-es-Salam......................................28
By Halinder S. Mangat, MD
Neurocritical Care in Tanzania:
An Interview With Dr. Hamisi K Shabani............... 29-30
By Faheem Sheriff, MD, and Hamisi K. Shabani, MD
Pharmacy Column: Clinical Pharmacy Practice
in Acute Neurological Illness in Germany...............31-32
By Stefanie Amelung, RPh, Dipl.-Pharm.
and Carina Hohmann, RPh, PhD
Pharmacy Column: Hyperchloremia in the
Neurocritically Ill Patient......................................... 33-35
By Caroline Der Nigoghossan, PharmD, BCCCP
and Shivani Ghoshal, MD
Tech Corner: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
for ICU Acquired Weakness (ICUAW).................... 36-37
By Francisco Gomez, MD,
Mohammad El-Ghanem, MD,
and Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD
Featured Program: Neurointensive Care
in Liberec, Czech Republic...................................... 38-39
By Vera Spatenkova, MD, PhD
Stories of Hope: Sten Anderson.............................. 40-43
By Leighton Mohl, MD and Christopher Streib, MD, MS
Classifieds.......................................................................44
News Magazine of the Neurocritical Care Society Volume 13, No. 2
JUNE 2018