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2026 Annual Brain and Spine Conference


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Add to Calendar 2026 Annual Brain and Spine Conference 4/10/2026 7:30:00 AM 4/10/2026 4:30:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://avera.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=21847 Description: This interdisciplinary conference will bring members of the neuroscience team together with the leading experts to share evidence-based practices, innovative treatment strategies, and collaborative approaches to patient care. Holiday Inn Downtown, 100 W 8th St, Sioux Falls SD false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Friday, April 10, 2026, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Holiday Inn Downtown, 100 W 8th St, Sioux Falls SD, Sioux Falls, SD

Registration

Registration Fees:

Non-Avera attendees: $50  (All non-Avera emails will be charged)

Avera attendees: No Charge 

Refund Policy: Cancelations received in writing no less than 14 days before the activity will be refunded, less a 10% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on registration fees less than $50; however, a substitute person may attend in your place. Please send cancellations and substitute attendee notifications to [email protected]. Due to the unpredictable nature of healthcare, if an activity needs to pivot from in-person to virtual, refunds will not be issued. If an activity needs to be postponed or cancelled, refunds will be issued.


Overview
This interdisciplinary conference will bring members of the neuroscience team together with the leading experts to share evidence-based practices, innovative treatment strategies, and collaborative approaches to patient care.

Target Audience
Specialties - All Health Care Professionals
Professions - EMS, Nurse - Nurse Practitioner, Nurse - RN, Nurse -LPN/LVN, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Physical Therapist, Physician, Physician Assistant, Social Worker

Objectives
  1. Discuss the most up to date neuroscience guidelines for disease processes.
  2. Discuss collaborative approaches to patient care for patient with neurological conditions.
  3. Discuss current evidence-based management strategies for neurodegenerative disorders across interdisciplinary teams.
  4. Evaluate how interprofessional collaboration enhances care transitions and long-term outcomes for patients with neurological and spine-related conditions.
  5. Integrate new approaches to neurologic emergency management into clinical decision-making to improve patient outcome
  6. Apply updates in interprofessional care strategies to support patients with complex CNS disorders across the care continuum
  7. Describe emerging best practices in amputee care and prosthetic clinic management to optimize patient rehabilitation and quality of life.
  8. Recognize unique considerations in diagnosing and managing stroke during pregnancy and postpartum implications

Additional Information
 Disclaimer:

All educational materials provided during and after the course are for your personal use only and should not be reproduced or distributed in any manner.

 

ADA Statement:

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law.  If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration.  We cannot ensure the availability of appropriate accommodations without prior notification.


Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Avera is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Continuing Education Credit Designation(s)

IPCE (Team-based): This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.0 IPCE credit(s) for learning and change.

Medicine CME: Avera designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.  It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit

Avera designates this activity for a maximum of 6.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Avera is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive for 6.0 continuing education credits.

Avera designates this activity for 6.0 ACPE contact hour. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Credit will be uploaded to the NABP CPE Monitor within 30 days after the activity completion.  Per ACPE rules, Avera does not have access nor the ability to upload credits requested after the evaluation closes.  It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information (NABP ID and DOB (MMDD) to receive credit

MN EMS: This education qualifies as Continuing Education, LCCR, or ICCR in the State of Minnesota. EMTs will receive 6.0 continuing education credit(s) for participating in this course.

SD BMOE: This course SD26CE789 has been approved for 6.0 continuing education credits by the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic examiners (BMOE)



Keywords: ABSACPEASWBClinicalEMS MNIPCEMOCSDBMOEEmergency MedicinePhysicianNurseSW ASWB - ClinicalPharmacy - ACPEHeart Disease & Stroke
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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Avera adheres to the Joint Accreditation’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information
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Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)
Jacqueline Dahl, RN
Clinic Manager
Avera
Committee Planning Member
Nothing to disclose
Shelly Hagen, Administrator
Office Manager
AMG Neurology
Committee Planning Member
Nothing to disclose
Lucinda Nelson, MSN
Stroke Coordinator
Avera McKennan Hospital
Committee Planning Member
Nothing to disclose
Vonda Reed, A.S. Accounting, Medical Educator
Talent Development Consultant
Avera
Committee Planning Member
Nothing to disclose
Heidi Roos, RN
RN - Clinic Manager PMR & IPS
Avera Physical Medicine and Rehab and Interventional Pain Services
Committee Planning Member
Nothing to disclose
LACEY SEEFELDT, BS
Consultant
Avera Health
Committee Planning Member
Nothing to disclose
April Camarigg, BSW, Social Worker
Social Worker
Avera McKennan Hospital
Content Expert - Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Nicole Eye, PharmD, 5458
Pain Clinical Pharmacist
Avera McKennan Hospital
Content Expert - Committee Member
Consulting Fee-Medtronic, Inc.
JEANINE HORNER, BSPT
Manager
Avera McKennan
Content Expert - Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Thomas Ripperda, MD, Physiatrist
Avera Medical Group Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sioux Falls
Content Expert - Committee Member, Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Randy Bell, MD, Physician
Neurosurgery
Avera Mckennan Hospital and University Health Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Jonathon Cooke, MD, Physician
Avera McKennan
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Penumbra
Faculty Photos
James Dreessen, MD, Physician
Avera Medical Group
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Tony Larson, BS
Research Associate
Avera Research Institute
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Justin Persson, MD
Avera Medical Group Neurology Sioux Falls
Faculty
Grant or research support-Pfizer, Inc.
Faculty Photos
Andrew Ridder, MD, Neurologist
Avera Medical Group Neurology
Faculty
Speakers Bureau-Neurocrine (Relationship has ended)|Speakers Bureau-Amneal
Faculty Photos
Sidra Saleem, MD
Avera McKennan Hospital
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Lisa Viola, DO
Avera Medical Group Neurology Sioux Falls
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Angela Holz, RN, Nurse
Clinic Manager
Avera Medical Group
Lead Planner
Nothing to disclose
Madison Reisch, BSN, Nurse
Nurse Supervisor
Avera Neurology
Lead Planner
Nothing to disclose

Friday, April 10, 2026

2026 Annual Brain and Spine Conference

Registration and Breakfast
7:30AM - 8:00AM

Welcome and Introductions
8:00AM - 8:15AM

New Therapies in Parkinson Disease
8:15AM - 9:00AM
Andrew Ridder, MD, Neurologist (Speaker)

Alzheimer’s 2026: Biomarkers, Therapeutics, and Clinical Decision-Making
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Justin Persson, MD (Speaker)

Break and Time with Vendors
9:45AM - 10:15AM

Blood Vessels on Fire! Primary CNS Angiitis and Mimics
10:15AM - 11:00AM
Sidra Saleem, MD (Speaker)

Middle Meningeal Artery: The Cause of and Solution to all of Life’s Problems
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Jonathon Cooke, MD, Physician (Speaker)

Lunch/Time with Vendors/Connecting time
11:45AM - 12:45PM

Interventional Pain Procedures for Neck and Back Pain
12:45PM - 1:30PM
James Dreessen, MD, Physician (Speaker)

The Cost of an Arm and a Leg
1:30PM - 2:15PM
Thomas Ripperda, MD, Physiatrist (Speaker)

Break/Time with Vendors
2:15PM - 2:45PM

Clinical Decision-Making in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
2:45PM - 3:30PM
Lisa Viola, DO (Speaker)

Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke in the ED: Data, Disparities and Updates
3:30PM - 4:15PM
Randy Bell, MD, Physician (Speaker)

Closing and Evaluations
4:15PM - 4:30PM

Payment must be made via credit card.  Checks will not be accepted without prior authorization.  

If someone other than yourself is making payment,

  • First register by clicking the  green EXHIBIT AT THIS EVENT below.

  • Register and forward the confirmation email to the appropriate person.  Who ever will pay the fee can use the link in the confirmation email to pay by credit card.    

  • Please note that the confirmation email is your invoice.


*To make adjustments and manage registrations for the exhibitor booth, click the link in the confirmation email.  If you need additional help, contact [email protected].


Contact Us:
Angela Holz
Avera Medical Group Neurosurgery Sioux Falls
1301 S Cliff Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Phone: 605-322-7305
Email: [email protected]

Exhibit at this Event

Exhibitor Packages

Exhibitor Package - Exhibitor Booth Price: $1000.00
Includes:
  • Recognition as a Standard Booth Exhibitor
  • Number of Exhibitor Badges: 3
  • Meals & Beverages included

Deadline for order commitment is 4/10/2026 5:00:00 PM.

Exhibitor Package - Option B Sponsorship Price: $1500.00
Includes:
  • Recognition as a Meal Sponsor Exhibitor
  • Number of Exhibitor Badges: 3
  • Meals & Beverages included

Deadline for order commitment is 4/10/2026 5:00:00 PM.

Exhibitor Package - Option C Sponsorship Price: $2000.00
Includes:
  • Recognition as a Meal Sponsor Exhibitor
  • Number of Exhibitor Badges: 3
  • Meals & Beverages included

Deadline for order commitment is 4/10/2026 5:00:00 PM.

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