ICare4Autism Autism Conference in NYC

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To REGISTER go to www.icare4autism.org
Early Bird Registration until June 1, 2011
ICare4Autism International Autism Conference NYC
at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
AUTISM: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Finding the Causes and Treatments for ASD
What Does Medical and Educational Research Tell Us?
-Conference topics will cover Bio-Medical and Educational Research and Practice.
LIST OF SPEAKERS AND TOPICS
Welcoming Remarks:
Joshua Weinstein M.Ed., M.B.A., USA, Israel. ICare4Autism Founder & CEO

Eric Hollander, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of OCD and Autism Spectrum Program
Montefiore Medical Center and Einstein
Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Icare4Autism
Presenting: Neuropsychopharmacology of Oxytocin and Inflammation in Autism

John Foxe, Ph.D.
Research Director of the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) and Professor of Pediatrics and of Neuroscience at Einstein
Presenting: Electrophysiology and Endophenotyping of Autism

Dominick P. Purpura, M.D.
Dean Emeritus, Professor of Neuroscience, Einstein
Presenting: The Locus Coeruleus/Noradrenergic Hypothesis of Autism

Shlomo Shinnar, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Hyman Climenko Professor of Neuroscience Research, and Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Management Center at Montefiore Medical Center and Einstein
Presenting: Epilepsy and Autism

Robert W. Marion, M.D.
Director of the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) and Professor of Genetics at Einstein
Presenting: Genetics of Autism

Brett S. Abrahams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics & Neuroscience at Einstein
Presenting: Autism Genetics - from Molecules to Pathways

Arthur L. Beaudet, M.D.
Henry and Emma Meyer Professor and Chair Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Presenting: A Novel and Common Inborn Error of Metabolism Discovered in Autism Patients

Hugh Morgan, MMedSc OBE FRSA
CEO Autism Wales & Expert Advisor for ASD to the Welsh Assembly Government, Cardiff, Wales
Presenting: The Welsh Government’s National ASD Strategy (2008): What Can We Learn from the World’s First Government Strategy for Autism?

Mark Lever
Chief Executive, The National Autistic Society (NAS), UK
Presenting: Leading a Campaign for a Better World for People with Autism

Rebecca J. Landa, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Founding Director of Kennedy Krieger's Center for Autism and Related Disorders and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Presenting: Intervention Targeting Development of Socially Synchronous Engagement in Toddlers with ASD: A Randomized Controlled Trial