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Brain Injury Experts Hold Symposium Sponsored by SNMMI Clinical Trials Network
May 8, 2017
Experts in traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy gathered in Dallas, Texas, on May 6-7 for the Brain SAFTIE (Scanning to Assess For Traumatic Injury and Encephalopathy) Symposium. The participating physicians and scientists gave presentations on the current state of research in the field, identified gaps in existing knowledge, and discussed ways to address these gaps moving forward.
The symposium was organized by SNMMI’s Clinical Trials Network and supported by Nucleus Bio.
**Julian E. Bailes, MD, will make a special announcement on the new SAFTIE Study at the SNMMI Annual Meeting Opening Plenary on June 11 in Denver, Colorado.**
The symposium was chaired by Michael Graham, MD, PhD, FSNMMI, co-chair of SNMMI’s Clinical Trials Network, and currently at the University of Iowa.
left to right: Jonathan J. Ratcliff, Michael Savage, C. Dirk Keene, Dan P. Perl, Julian E. Bailes
Participants included:
Julian E. Bailes, MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Jorge R, Barrio, PhD, The David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine
Paul K. Crane, MD MPH, University of Washington Medicine
Donna J. Cross, PhD, University of Utah
Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mihika Gangolli, PhD Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis
Peter Herscovitch, M.D., FACP, FRCPC, FSNMMI, National Institutes of Health
Denise Jeffers, BSPharm, RPh, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
C. Dirk Keene, MD, PhD, University of Washington Medicine
Dawn Matthews, MS, MBA, ADM Diagnostics LLC
Ann McKee, MD, Boston University
Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD, University of Utah
James Mountz, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Pratik Mukherjee MD, PhD, San Francisco VA Medical Center
Daniel P. Perl, MD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Elaine Peskind, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine
Jonathan J. Ratcliff, MD, MPH, Emory University School of Medicine
Michael J. Savage, Nucleus Bio LLC
John Sunderland, PhD, MBA, University of Iowa
Christopher Vaughan, PsyD, Montgomery County Outpatient Center, Rockville, Md.
Michael Weiner, MD, University of California, San Francisco