NICIS: Neurosciences in Intensive Care International Symposium 2019 (NICIS)
June 20th and 21st 2019
Neuro-prognostication in the ICU: from basic neuroscience to medical decisionThe vision of Neurosciences in Intensive Care International Symposium (NICIS) is to accelerate transformative advances in the care and science of patients with critical illness and neurological injury. Participants are clinicians and scientists who have a common aspiration to translate discoveries in the neurosciences into better patient-centered outcomes.Since 2017, two NICIS events are offered, one in Washington (NICIS.America) and the other in Paris (NICIS.Europe), held respectively in March and June.
Scientific program


Previous scientific programs
The vision of « Neurosciences in Intensive Care International Symposium » (NICIS) is to accelerate transformative advances in the care and science of patients with critical illness and neurological injury. NICIS brings together clinicians and scientists who have a common aspiration to translate discoveries in the neurosciences into better patient-centered outcomes.
Since NICIS 2017, 2 editions have been organized, one in Washington DC (NICIS.America) and the other one in Paris (NICIS Europe), respectively March 8-9th and June 28-29th.JEAN MANTZ AWARD 2017
Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts mediates longterm neuroinflammation, neurodegenerative-like changes and cognitive impairment induced by sepsis
Dr Felipe DAL-PIZZOL Head, Pathophysiology Laboratory, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense Head, Intensive Care Unit, São José Hospital Professor, Internal Medicine Department Federal University of Santa Catarina Medical School BRAZIL
AWARD 2016
Involvement of the urotensin II peptide system on the smad2/3 signaling activation and fibroblastic marker expression in sub-arachnoid hemorrhage
Department of emergency medicine Inserm Unit 982 Rouen University FRANCE
ORGANIZERS
Clinicians and scientists who have a common aspiration to translate discoveries in the neurosciences into better patient-centered outcomes
Junior members

Benjamin ROHAUT
French Neurointensivist
Columbia University

Bertrand HERMANN
French Neurointensivist
Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital

Sarah BENGHANEM
French Neurointensivist
Internship in Paris

Eléonore BOUCHEREAU
French Neurointensivist and Anesthesiologist
Internship in Paris
BOOKS
Brain Disorders in Critical Illness Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

This book is based on first symposium (Versailles June 2011)
R.D. Stevens, T. Sharshar, E. Wesley Ely
Textbook of Post-ICU Medicine: The Legacy of Critical Care

R.D. Stevens, N. Hart, M. Herridge
Jan Claassen
Jan Claassen Division of Critical Care Neurology Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons NEW YORK USA Dr. Jan Claassen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology[…]
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Robert D. Stevens Department of Neurosciences Critical Care Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE USA Dr Robert Stevens, M.D., is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine with[…]
Read moreTarek Sharshar
Tarek Sharshar Department of Intensive Care Paris-Descartes University Sainte-Anne Teaching Hospital PARIS FRANCE Pr Tarek Sharshar trained in Neurology and Intensive Care Medicine in Paris, France. He completed a PhD in[…]
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