CINCINNATI -The Tri-State Brain Aneurysm Support Group will present its third annual symposium on Saturday, April, 19, at the Vontz Center on the University of Cincinnati (UC) Academic Health Center campus. The free symposium, entitled "Recovery: Putting the Pieces Together," will run from 8 a.m. until noon.

The symposium will provide a unique opportunity for survivors and their families to meet with other survivors, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. The symposium will offer formal presentations and informational displays. Topics will include diagnosis, surgical and endovascular treatments of brain aneurysms, Social Security and disability, and short- and long-term recovery.

Featured speakers will be Mario Zuccarello, M.D., and Andrew Ringer, M.D., neurosurgeons with the Mayfield Clinic and The Neuroscience Institute at UC and University Hospital, Paul Newman, Ph.D., Director of Behavioral Health at Drake Center; and Susan Denny, M.P.A., public affairs specialist with the Social Security Administration.

Although the symposium is free, participants are asked to register in advance by calling 513-475-8636 or by sending an e-mail to laura.sauerbeck@uc.edu.

The Tri-State Brain Aneurysm Support Group, founded in 2002, provides information, educational materials, and encouragement to survivors of ruptured brain aneurysms and their families and caregivers.

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The Mayfield Clinic is recognized as one of the nation's leading physician organizations for clinical care, education, and research of the spine and brain. With 20 neurosurgeons and one neuro-intensivist, Mayfield treats 20,000 patients from 35 states and 13 countries in a typical year.  Mayfield's physicians have pioneered surgical procedures and instrumentation that have revolutionized the medical art of neurosurgery for brain tumors and neurovascular diseases and disorders.

The Neuroscience Institute, a regional center of excellence, is dedicated to patient care, research, education, and the development of new treatments for stroke, brain and spinal tumors, epilepsy, traumatic brain and spinal injury, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, disorders of the senses (swallowing, voice, hearing, pain, taste and smell), and psychiatric conditions (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression).