June 2017
Note from the Editor...................................................p. 2
By Saef Izzy, MD
President’s Column......................................................p. 3
By Michel Torbey, MD
Celebrating NCS in Hawaii..................................... p. 4-5
By Gretchen M. Brophy
UCNS Recertification Examination Announced........p. 6
By Michael L. Luke James MD, FAHA, FNCS
International Column..................................................p. 7
By Ed Manno, MD
News from Europe:
The Story of the International Conference on
Spreading Depolarizations (iCSD)......................... p. 8-9
By Jens P. Dreier, MD
News from Africa: ENLS in Africa............................. p. 10
By Bhiken Naik, MD
News from Central Asia:
The 1st International Stroke and
Neurocritical Care Symposium in Kazakhstan....p. 11-12
By Afshin A. Divani, Ph.D., Eric M. Bershad, MD, and
Jose I Suarez, MD
Nursing Column: From the Delivery of Care
to the Design of Care........................................... p. 13-14
By Patricia A. Blissitt PhD, ARNP-CNS,CCRN, CNRN,
SCRN, CCNS, CCM, ACNS-BC
NCS Pharmacy Section:
Patient and Family-Centered Care in Neurocritical
Care: A Patient and Provider Perspective............ p. 15-16
By G. Morgan Jones, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, and
Vanessa Chambers
Q&A with 46th Critical Care Congress Co-Chair
Cherylee Chang.................................................... p. 17-19
By Matthew A. Koenig, MD
NCS Member News...............................................p. 20-21
By Mary Kay Bader, RN, MSN
Precision Medicine for Neurocritical Care:
The NICIS Symposium Comes to America......... p. 22-23
By Jose I Suarez, M.D., Robert D Stevens, M.D., Ph.D.,
Jan Claassen, M.D., Ph.D., Tarek Sharhar, M.D.
Ethics Corner: End-of-Life Ethics..............................p. 24
By Ariane Lewis, MD
NCS Residents and Fellows
Programming at AAN.................................................p. 25
By Kassi Kronfeld, MD
NCS Mentorship Program................................... p. 26-27
By Alexis Steinberg, MD
Journal Watch.............................................................p. 28
By Aimee Aysenne, MD, and Chitra
Venkatasubramanian MBBS, MD, MSc.
Tech Corner: Non-Invasive Cerebral Oximetry —
So NIRS Yet So Far................................................ p. 29-30
By Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD, and Neha Dangayach, MD
Featured Program:
Wake Forest Neuro ICU Brings Innovation in
Simulation in Testing a New ICU............................31-33
By Aarti Sarwal, Janet Crumpler and Terri Gordon
Wake Forest Neuro ICU:
Impressions of a Visiting Professor...........................p. 34
By Andrew Cheng
Meet Your NCS Team.................................................p. 35
Classifieds...................................................................p. 36
News Magazine of the Neurocritical Care Society Volume 12, No. 2