ROCHESTER, Minn. – The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) is excited to announce the plenary sessions and speakers for the 2021 AANEM Annual Meeting. The plenary topic is “New Worlds, New Ways.” AANEM President Bonnie Weigert, MD, says the goal is to build on the plenary programs of the past several meetings, which have focused on the new groundbreaking treatments for multiple neuromuscular diseases.
“We hope to look at the clinical progress of those treatments and the ethical challenges they present,” said Dr. Weigert. “Is it a ‘Brave New World’ as some might fear, or the ‘shining, shimmering, splendid’ Disney version? And with the pandemic, hopefully looking forward at how we can better address care for our NM patients, along with the disparities in healthcare and for those who provide it.”
The 2021 plenary sessions and speakers are:
- Ethical Issues With New Neuromuscular Therapies – Olney Lecture – Walton Schalick, MD
- Importance of Quality EMG Training – Reiner Lecture – Peter Grant, MD
- Engineering Health Care for Managing a Pandemic and Eliminating Disparities in Care – Lambert Lecture – Roderic Pettigrew, MD, PhD
- Pushing the Boundary of Normal in Electrodiagnostic Interpretation – Surinderjit Singh Young Lecture – Sandra Hearn, MD
- Clinical Outcomes With New SMA Treatments – Basil Darras, MD
- Gender Inequality in Medicine – Kathryn Rexroder, MD
Registration for the 2021 AANEM Annual Meeting opens on June 25. The current plan is to hold the meeting in person in Aurora, Colorado, but the AANEM continues to monitor the rapidly changing COVID-19 pandemic and will adjust the meeting plans accordingly. For the very latest information, visit aanem.org/Meetings/Annual-Meeting.
About AANEM
Based in Rochester, Minnesota, the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) is the premier nonprofit membership association dedicated to the advancement of neuromuscular (NM), musculoskeletal and electrodiagnostic (EDX) medicine. The organization and its members work to improve the quality of patient care and advance the science of NM diseases and EDX medicine by serving physicians and allied health professionals who care for those with muscle and nerve disorders.
