Here’s a question for you: Where do you see NCS going in the next 10
years? We are in our 16th year and have grown to the point of needing
many resources and volunteer leaders to successfully achieve our mission.
Are you willing to help make NCS stand out among the crowd? I challenge
each of you to be an advocate for our society. Spread the news about NCS
accomplishments, educational materials and, of course, our annual meeting
every time you give a professional lecture; bring a new multidisciplinary
colleague to the annual meeting and encourage them to join NCS; and
suggest new ideas, research and professional collaborations with other
professional societies to help NCS become a world-renowned neurocritical care organization by
2027! It takes a village, but I know we can do it!
Advocacy starts with membership, so please remember to renew your membership (which ended
in May) if you have not already done so. Members receive many discounts, including ENLS,
educational products, continuing education and annual meeting registration. At the Boca Raton
annual meeting, we will be offering one-day rates as well, so if you forgot to schedule yourself off
for the meeting this year, we still have an option for you.
NCS is dedicated to the 2018 Annual Meeting theme, “Neurocritical Care Without Borders,” and
has invited 14 international faculty to present the following sessions in their native language
(translation will be available):
• “From Terrorism to Complementary Medicine,” presented in Japanese
• “Stroke in Low and Middle-Income Countries: From Clinical Trials to Real Life
Management,” presented in Portuguese
• “Challenges of Neurocritical Care Practice in Latin America: Leaving Colonialism Towards
High-Impact Scientific Production,” presented in Spanish
Collectively, these sessions will discuss complementary and alternative medicine, performing
thrombectomy in developing countries, sepsis in stroke patients, lack of medications and copied
medications, traumatic brain injury and more. I hope to see many of our global partners and
their multidisciplinary teams at this year’s meeting!
WINCC (Women in Neurocritical Care) will be hosting a very exciting program, as well. (Yes,
guys, you are invited, too!) This year’s session is titled “Implicit Bias in Healthcare and Medical
School Admissions” and our expert speaker will be Quinn Capers, IV, MD, FACC, associate dean
for admissions at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Please be sure to check out the
full program online.
As you can see, big thing are in the works for this year’s meeting! Other NCS collaborative
projects are moving ahead, and there is more great news to come; check out my message in the
President’s Update e-newsletter in July to hear all about it.
Finally, I would like to say that I am so honored to be part of such a welcoming and supportive
society that pulls together to accomplish great things! Our volunteers, board of directors and
executive committee have been completing projects and grasping opportunities behind the scenes
that continue to make NCS better and better for all of our members. I would like to thank you all
for volunteering your time and talent to push NCS forward!
Sincerely,
Gretchen M. Brophy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FCCM, FNCS
NCS Leadership
2017-2018
Officers
Gretchen M. Brophy PharmD, BCPS,
FCCP, FCCM, FNCS, President
Jose I. Suarez MD, FNCS,
Vice President
Mary Kay Bader, RN, MSN, CCNS,
FNCS, FAHA, Treasurer
Wade Smith, MD, PhD, FNCS,
Secretary
Michel T. Torbey MD, MPH, FAHA,
FCCM, FNCS, Immediate
Past President
Board of Directors
Jordan Bonomo
Marion Buckwalter, MD, PhD
Guadalupe Castillo-Abrego, MD
Jennifer Ann Frontera
Theresa Human, PharmD, PhD,
BCPS, FNCS
Nerissa U. Ko
Pedro Kurtz
John J. Lewin III, PharmD
Sarah Livesay
Chad Michael Miller, MD
Paul A. Nyquist, MD
Kristine H. O’Phelan, MD
Soojin Park
Fred Rincon
Kevin Navin Sheth
Lori Shutter, MD
Susan Yeager, NP, RN
Executive Director
Sharon Allen
Editor-in-Chief
Neurocritical Care
Michael Diringer, MD
Neurocritical Care Society
330 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 321-5159
Fax: (312) 673-6759
Website: www.neurocriticalcare.org
Email: info@neurocriticalcare.org
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