Saturday Family Session & Autism Session Schedule
The Special Clinical Autism/Mito Sessions (Autism Sessions are in Green) are being offered for patients, families, and clinicians. These sessions are targeted to the medical community, however we welcome you to attend. For anyone seeking CME accreditation, please use the Scientific Registration available on line.
| Saturday, June 19 |
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| 7:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Primer on Autism
Sarah Spence, MD, PhD |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Exercise - A Practical Approach for All Ages
Mark Tarnopolsky, MD, PhD, FRCP |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Recognizing and Overcoming Cognitive Issues in Mitochondrial Patients
Lisa A. Young, PhD |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Primer on Mitochondrial Disease and Dysfunction
Salvatore DiMauro, MD |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
ADULT Palliative Care
Sarah Friebert, MD |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
CHILD Behavior Management and Education for the Mitochondrial Child
Chris Davidson, PhD |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Genetics of Autism and Genetics of Mitochondrial Disorders
Matthew State, MD, PhD; Robert Naviaux, MD, PhD |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
BREAK |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Epilepsy in Autism, Epilepsy in Mitochondrial Disease
Roberto Tuchman, MD, FAAN, FAAP; Russel Saneto, DO, PhD |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Blogging and Journaling as Therapy for Patients and Families
Suzanne Perryman |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Holistic Approach to Manage Mitochondrial Disease (topics to include massage
therapy, meditation, music therapy, and Reiki)
Panel: Amanda Klinger, MT-BC; Linda Sheldon, Reiki Master; and
Chris Williams, DC Moderator: Amy Goldstein, MD |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Screening & Evaluation of Mitochondrial Disorders and
Treatment of Mitochondrial Disorders
Richard Haas, MB, BChir; Bruce Cohen, MD |
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| 1:00 p.m. |
LUNCH |
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Hot Topics in Mitochondrial Disease
Panel: To be announced.
Moderator: Sumit Parikh, MD |
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Neuroinflammation in Autism and Epigenetics in Autism
Carlos Pardo, MD; Carolyn Schanen, MD, PhD |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
UMDF National Updates - Including ADVOCACY!!!!
UMDF Staff |
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| 4:30 p.m. |
Case Studies - Clinical Mito-Autism |
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| 5:10 p.m. |
Clinical Mito-Autism Panel Discussion
Roberto Tuchman, MD, FAAN, FAAP; Bruce Cohen, MD;
Richard Haas, MB, BChir; Sarah Spence, MD, PhD; Pauline Filipek, MD |
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| 5:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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