The ASA's 38th National Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders (July 11-14, 2007) of ASA

The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, AZ

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Saturday, July 14, 2007: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Greenway A & B
#3093- Medical Track- Clinical Implications of Environmental Toxicology for Children's Neurodevelopment in Autism 2*
Concern is increasing that environmental toxins may play a significant role in abnormal neurodevelopment and be associated with mental disorders in children. This course will describe evidence for this association, describe potential interventions to treat and protect children and discuss effective interventions to help remove neurotoxicants from our environment.

Organizer:Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Neurologist - Dr. Martha Herbert is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, a Pediatric Neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and at Cambridge Hospital, and a member of the Harvard-MIT-MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. She also received the Cure Autism Now Innovator Award and directs the Cure Autism Now Foundation's Brain Development Initiative. Her research program includes studying what makes some autistic brains unusually large, how the parts of the brain are connected and coordinated with each other, and how we can measure changes in brain function that can result from treatment interventions.
8:00 AM Welcome*

Lee Grossman
8:30 AM Introduction: Martha Herbert*

Martha Herbert, MD, PhD
8:45 AM Toxicology and Neurodevelopment*

Isaac Pessah, PhD
9:30 AM Oxidative Stress and Neurodevelopment*

Jill James, PhD
10:15 AM Discussion and Break
10:30 AM Introduction: Robert Hendren DO
10:45 AM Models of Clinical Practice*

Ken Bock, MD
11:30 AM Models of Clinical Practice*

Bryan L. Jepson, M.D.
12:15 PM Discussion of Models and Mechanisms*
Martha Herbert, MD, PhD
12:45 PM Lunch - on own
2:00 PM Managing GI Symptoms Associated with Autism*
Andrew Winters, MD, Andy Wakefield, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCPATH
3:30 PM Discussion and Break
4:00 PM Panel: Case discussions and Questions (Above speakers, plus audience expert's participation)
 

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