December 2017
Note from the Editor.......................................................2
By Saef Izzy, MD
President’s Column.......................................................... 3
By Gretchen M. Brophy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FCCM, FNCS
Membership Update........................................................ 4
By Wade Smith, MD, PhD
Advanced Practice Provider Committee Update............ 5
By Megan Brissie DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, CEN,
Emmaculate Fields MS, RN, AGACNP-BC, Sarah Livesay
DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, ANCS-BC, Jessica White MMS, PA-C,
and Susan Yeager MS, RN, CCRN, ACNP-BC, FNCS
Building Neurocritical Care Research Central................ 6
By Chethan P. Venkatasubba Rao and Susanne Muehlschlegel
International Column...................................................... 7
By Michel Torbey, MD
News from Germany: Neurocritical Care Program .......9
News from the Philippines: Brain RESCUE
Organization of the Philippines .............................. 10
By Jo Ann R. Soliven, MD, FPNA
News from Vietnam: Neuro Trauma in Saigon.......11-12
By Karthik Sarma, MD
News from Japan: XXIII World Congress of Neurology
Hailed a Success.............................................................13
News from Ecuador: The Neurocritical Care World
Society Launches First South American Regional
Conference and ENLS Course in Spanish............... 14-16
By Nelson Maldonado, MD, Ciro Ramos-Estebanez MD,
PhD, and Jose I Suarez, MD
ENLS Validation Study Shares Early Promising Results,
Is Enrolling Participants.................................................17
By Aimee Aysenne, MD, MPH;
Chitra Venkatasubramanian MBBS, MD, MSc;
Lara Zimmermann, MD; and Kristina O’Phelan, MD
Neurocritical Care Boot Camp......................................19
By Molly McNett, PhD, RN, CNRN
Research: Lancet Neurology Commission on TBI
Presented at European Parliament................................20
By Andrew I.R. Maas and David K. Menon
Highlights from 2017 NCS Annual Meeting.......... 22-23
NCS Residents and Fellows...................................... 25-26
RFC Making a Splash!....................................................27
By Winnie Lau, Jennifer Kim and Alexis Steinberg
Journal Watch ................................................................28
By Aimee Aysenne, MD, MPH, and Chitra
Venkatasubramanian MBBS, MD, MSc
Pharmacy Section: Year in Review........................... 29-30
By Eljim P. Tesoro, PharmD, BCPS
Survey of Neurocritical Care Fellowship Directors
Reveals Preference for Transition to ACGME
Accreditation............................................................ 32-33
By Venkatakrishna Rajajee; Rajat Dhar; Anna Finley
Caulfield; Matthew B Maas; Michael L James;
Avinash Bhargava Kumar; Stephen A Figueroa;
David McDonagh; and Agnieszka Ardelt
Point of Care Ultrasonography: An Indispensable
Tool for the Neurocritical Care Team ..................... 34-35
By Neha S. Dangayach MD; Harpreet Singh Grewal MD;
Gabriel Prada MD; Jose L Diaz-Gomez MD; and
Aarti Sarwal MD
Tech Corner: Real-Time Detection of
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Induced Cerebral
Vasospasm: Electroencephalography and
Cranial Accelerometry.............................................. 36-37
By Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD
Stories of Hope......................................................... 38-39
By Alexis Steinberg, MD
Featured Program: Neurocritical Care at the
University of Wisconsin............................................40-41
By Darsie Marin, MD; Tarula Erick, MD;
and Medow Joshua, MD, MSc
Classifieds.......................................................................42
News Magazine of the Neurocritical Care Society Volume 12, No. 4