Past Meeting Topics:
"Navigating genetic counseling challenges: pediatric ethics in adult-onset ataxias"
Sophia Ceulemans, M.S. genetic counselor
April 18th 2024
“Making the Road Less Rocky" A Psychiatrist's Approach to Understanding and Treating Post Concussive Syndrome
Robert Neborsky, M.D.
January 8th, 2024
"Inflammatory and Demyelinating Disorders of the Nervous System: NMOSD and Neurosarcoidosis"
Yasir N. Jassam, MBChB MRCP(UK) FRCP(Glasg) FRCP FAAN
June 29, 2023
"Advanced Neurosurgical Management of Pain"
Sharona Ben-Haim, M.D.
April 27, 2023
"Pediatric Demyelinating diseases - Pets Ms, MOGAD, NMOSD, and Idiopathic Optic Neuritis"
Jennifer Graves, M.D. Ph.D
January 19, 2023
"Developing a Minimally Invasive Spine Center of excellence in the Post-COVID World: The Role of Technology, Academic Societies, Customer Service, and... Social Media"
Chill Kim, M.D. Ph.D
December 1, 2022
"Autoimmune Encephalitis: An Update"
Anastasie Dunn-Pirio, M.D.
September 15, 2022
"Beyond the Diagnosis: Enhancing Utility of the Forensic or Medical Neuropsychological Report"
Mark McDonough, PhD
June 16, 2022
"Long-term Neurological Complications of COVID-19"
Ronald Ellis, MD, PhD
April 21, 2022
"Antibodies to target amyloid in Alzheimer's Disease"
Douglas Galasko, MD
February 17, 2022
"Biomimetic 3D printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair"
Jacob Koffler, Ph.D. MBA
November 18, 2021
"Low-amplitude personalized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (PrTMS) for neurocognitive and behavioral disorders"
Kevin Murphy, MD
October 21, 2021
"Facial Pain: Neurological versus Non-Neurological"
Hossein Ansari, MD
January 16, 2020
"Exploring the Science and Appreciating the Patient Experience: Early, Individualized Therapy to Optimize Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis"
Patricia Coyle, MD
October 17, 2019
"Intra-operative MRI (iMRI) for DBS patients with movement disorders"
David Barba, MD
September 19, 2019
"Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Past, Present, Future"
Hani Malone, MD
May 16, 2019
"An update on the pathogenesis and clinical outcomes of mild traumatic brain injury"
Lisa Delano-Wood, PHD
April 18th, 2019
"Immunotherapy Options in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Suraj Muley, MD
March 211, 2019
"Neurosurgical Innovation and the Academic Ecosystem"
Alexander Khalessi, MD
January 17, 2019
"Epilepsy, Aging, Amyloid, and Tau"
Michelle Van Noord, MD
November 8th, 2018
"Neuropathies: New Horizons"
Yadolla Harate, MD
September 20th, 2018
"Glioma Therapy In the Age of Molecular Medicine"
David Piccioni, PhD, MD
June 21, 2018
"Three New Things in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis"
John Ravits, MD
April 19, 2018
"Physiology of Free Will"
Mark Hallett, MD
March 15, 2018
"Advancements In the Surgical Advancement of Epilepsy"
Sharona Ben-Haim, MD
February 15, 2018
"The Evolving Landscape of Inflammatory Myopathies"
Ali Habib, MD
November 16, 2017
"The Changing Landscape of Headache Medicine"
Robert Cowan, MD
October 19, 2017
"Management of ‘Civilian’ Concussions: Head Injuries or Brain Injuries"
Michael Alexander, MD
May 18, 2017
"Update in Myasthenia Gravis: Understanding Episodic Weakness"
Jeffrey Rosenfield, MD
April 20, 2017
"The Headache Pipeline"
Alan Rapoport, MD
February 16, 2017
"Myotonia and More"
Charles Jablecki, MD
December 8, 2016
"Recent Progress in Epilepsy Care"
John Stern, MD
November 17, 2016
"Neuroimaging Showcase: Solving Clinical Problems with Innovative Techniques"
Roland Lee, James Chen, Andrew Sung, MD
September 15, 2016
"Neuro-Ophthalmology Refresher"
Benjamin Frishberg, MD
June 23, 2016
"MR-Neurography: High-resolution Imaging of the Peripheral Nervous System in TTR and AL Amyloidosis"
Jennifer Kollmer, MD
March 17, 2016
"Update on Headache-Trigeminal Neuralgia"
Hossein Ansari, MD
January 21, 2016
"The Coming of Age of Neurological Bioengineering"
Todd P. Coleman, PhD
December 19, 2015
"Diagnositc and Treatment Issues in Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders"
Irene Litvan, MD
November 19, 2015
"Endovascular Treatment of Stroke"
Michael Hill, MD
October 15, 2015
"Controversies in Multiple Sclerosis"
Charles Smith, MD
September 17, 2015
"Alzheimer's Disease Update"
Michael S. Rafii, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosciences, UC San Diego Health System
June 18, 2015
"The How and Why of DBS for PD"
David Barba, MD
Clinical Professor, UCSD Div. Neurosurgery
May 14, 2015
"Updates in Headache 2015"
Christy Jackson, MD
Professor of Neurosciences, UCSD
Director, Dalessio Headache Center, Scripps Clinic La Jolla
April 30, 2015
"Regulations: What are we to do?"
March 19, 2015
"Updates in Neurocritical Care"
Navaz Karanjia, MD
Director, UCSD Neurocritical Care and Neuro-ICU
Assistant Professor of Neurosciences and Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health System
February 19, 2015
"Pompe Disease"
Shafeeq S. Ladha, MD
Ira and Mary Lou Fulton Chair in Motor Neuron Diseases, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
January 15, 2015
"Psychiatry, Bird Brains, and the Evolution of Mammalian Cortex"
Harvey J. Karten, MD
Professor Emeritus, UCSD Department of Neurosciences
December 11, 2014
"Symptomatic Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension"
Stuart Isaacson, MD
Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Center, Boca Raton, Florida
November 20, 2014
"Intracranial Hypertension"
Kathleen B. Digre, MD
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology Chief, Division of Headache and Neuro-Ophthalmology, University of Utah
October 16, 2014
"Neurogenetics in the Diagnosis and Management of Neuromuscular Disorders"
Craig Blackstone, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator, Neurogenetics Branch NINDS
Director, NIH Md-PhD Partnership Training Program
September 18, 2014
"CARE of Patients with Sleep Disorders in Neurology Practice: Etiology-Based Management Strategies for Excessive Sleepiness"
Karl Doghramji, MD; Alon Y. Avidan, MD MPH; J. Steven Poceta, MD
June 19, 2014
"A Tale of Five Demyelinating Neuropathies"
Tahseen Mozaffar, MD, PhD, FAAN
Professor of Neurology
Director, MDA ALS and Neuromuscular Center, University of California Irvine Medical Center
May 15, 2014
"Traumatic Brain Injury"
Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD, FAAN
Deputy Director, Defense Sciences Office of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Attending physician in Neuro Critical Care, John Hopkins Hospital
April 17, 2014
"Improving Management Strategies for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: An Evaluation of Current Practice"
Patricia Coyle, MD
Professor and Vice Chair (Clinical Affairs), Department of Neurology
Director, Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York
March 20, 2014
"Lessons Learned from the Electric Brain"
Michael Okun, MD
Professor of Neurology
Co-Director, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, University of Florida College of Medicine
January 23, 2014
"Diagnosis and Evaluation of Degenerative Ataxias"
Stefan Pulst, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurology, University of Utah
November 21, 2013
"The Self As a Construction of the Brain"
Patricia Churchland
Professor of Emerita of Philosophy, UCSD
Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
October 17, 2013
"New and Future Treatments for Headache Disorders"
Alan Rapoport, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology, The David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
September 19, 2013
"The Changing Scene of MS Therapy Options"
Jay Rosenberg, MD
Neurology Center of Southern California
June 20, 2013
"New Horizons in Glioblastoma Therapy"
Clark Chen MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, UCSD
Director, Stereotactic and Radiosurgery
Director, Medical Education
Co-Director, Surgical Oncology
May 16, 2013
"Tardive Dyskinesia"
Christopher O'Brien MD, FAAN
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical Development for Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
April 18, 2013
"Patent Cardiac Foramen Ovale"
J.P. Mohr, MD, MS
Daniel Sciarra Professor of Neurological Sciences
Director, Doris and Stanley Tananbaum Stroke Center, New York Neurological Institute, Columbia University Medical Center
March 14, 2013
"Willis-Ekbom Disease (Restless Legs Syndrome)"
Steven Poceta, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, Scripps Research Institute
February 21, 2013
"Update on Deep Brain Stimulation: Selection for Success"
Nelson Hwynn DO
Movement Disorder Specialist, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla
January 17, 2013
"A Life in Academic Neurology: What Have I Learned?"
Lewis P. Rowland MD
Professor of Neurology
December 13, 2012
"Alzheimer's Disease: New Diagnostic Criteria"
Ronald C. Petersen MD
Professor of Neurology, Cora Kanow Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research, and Director of the Mayo Alzheimer's Deisease Research Center, Mayo Clinic
November 15, 2012
"Video Rounds and Update on Tourette Syndrome"
Joseph Jankovic MD
Professor of Neurology, Director of Parkinson Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic
October 18, 2012
"Comprehensive Stroke Care"
Rene Sanchez-Mejia MD
Head of Endovascular & Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Scripps Clinic
September 20, 2012
"Approach to the Patient with Hereditary Neuropathy"
Bassam A. Bassam, MD
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Neuromuscular Clinic and EMG Laboratory, University of South Alabama
June 21, 2012
"Approach to the Patient with Myalgia"
John T. Kissel, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Director of the Division of the Neuromuscular Medicine, Ohio State University
May 17, 2012
"Management of SEGA in TS (Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytomas in Tuberous Sclerosis)"
Steven Sparagana, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
April 19, 2012
"Update on Neuro-Oncology"
Santosh Kesari, MD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, UCSD School of Medicine
March 15, 2012
"Recent Advances in Migraine"
Alan Rapoport, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology, The David Geffen School of Medicine, UCSD
February 16, 2012
"Diagnosis and Management of Diplopia"
Gregory Ostrow, MD
Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Stabismus, Scripps Clinic
January 19, 2012
"Neurorehabilitation"
Michael Lobatz, MD
VP of Medical Affairs and Medical Director, Scripps Rehabilitation Center, Encinitas
November 17, 2011
"Recent Innovations in Neurosurgery"
Bob Carter, MD, PhD and Associates
Chief of Neurosurgery, UCSD
October 20, 2011
"Neurovascular Brain Ultrasound"
Thilo Hoelscher, MD
Director, Brain Ultrasound Research Lab, UCSD
September 15, 2011
"Update on Migraine"
Andrew M. Blumenfeld, MD
Director, Headache Center of Southern California
June 16, 2011
"Pseudobulbar Affect"
Richard A. Smith, MD
Director, Center for Neurologic Study, La Jolla, CA
May 19, 2011
"Treatment of Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease"
Peter A. LeWitt, MD
Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Program, Henry Ford Hospital
April 21, 2011
"CNS Lymphoma - Primary, Secondary, and Unusual Variants"
Jeremy Rudnick, MD
Neuro-oncologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
March 17, 2011
"How to Perform Quality EMGs"
Charles Jablecki, MD
Voluntary Clinical Professor, UCSD
February 17, 2011
"Treatment of Essential Tremor with Deep Brain Stimulation"
Kenneth P. Martinez, MD
Medical Director of the Movement Disorder Program, South Coast Medical Center, Aliso Viejo, California
January 20, 2011
“Introducing GILENYA (Fingolimod): Prescribing Information, MOA, Patient Services and Q & A”
Jody Corey-Bloom, MD
Director of the UCSD Multiple Sclerosis Center and UCSD Huntington's Disease Center of Excellence (HDSA)
November 18, 2010
“Update on Multiple Sclerosis”
Nancy Sicotte, MD
Cedars Sinai
October 21, 2010
“Update on Epilepsy”
Vicente Iragui, MD
September 23, 2010
“Huntington Disease Treatment Update”
Yvette M. Bordelon, MD, PhD
June 17, 2010
“Multifocal Motor Neuropathy; Clinical, Electrophysiological and Treatment Aspects”
Said R. Beydoun, MD, FAAN
May 20, 2010
“Surgical Treatments for Pharmaco-Resistant Epilepsy”
Nicholas Barbaro, MD
March 18, 2010
“Advances in Migraine Pathophysiology and Update on Emerging Therapies”
Alan M. Rapoport, MD
February 18, 2010
“Update on DBS for Movement Disorders”
William J. Marks, Jr., MD
January 1, 2010
“Genetic Testing for Neuromuscular Diseases”
Jonathan Katz, MD
November 10, 2009
“Prion Diseases and Rapidly Progressive Dementias”
Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD
October 15, 2009
“Update on Parkinson's Disease”
Joseph Jankovic, MD
September 17, 2009
"A New First-in-Class AED: A Case-Based, Interactive Discussion"
Steve Chung, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Arizona
Director, Barrow Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
June 18, 2009
"Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Spasticity"
Daniel Bandari, MD
Southern California MS Center
May 21, 2009
"Tics and Tacs Plus Emerging Migraine Treatments"
Alan Rapoport, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Founder and Director-Emeritus
The New England Center for Headache, Stamford, Connecticut
April 16, 2009
"New Paradigms in Multiple Sclerosis"
Andrew Woo, MD, PhD
Santa Monica Neurological Consultants Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology, UCLA
March 19, 2009
"Controversies in Stroke Prevention"
Stanley Cohen, MD
Director, Stroke Prevention Program Nevada Neurosciences Institute at Sunrise Hospital Professor of Medicine (Neurology), University of Nevada School of Medicine
February 19, 2009
"CMT: A Biological and Clinical Perspective"
Michael E. Shy, MD
January 15, 2009
"Update on Parkinson's Disease and the ADAGIO Trial"
- William Langston, MD
Parkinson's Institute, Sunnyvale, CA
November 20, 2008
“The Impact of PRoFESS and ECASS III on Clinical Management of Stroke”
Dawn Matherne Meyer RN, FNP-BC
Stroke Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner
NIH Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellow, University of California Los Angeles
Sharp Memorial Hospital
October 16, 2008
"Controversy in Parkinson's Disease: Early/Aggressive vs. Delayed/Conservative Treatment with Levodopa."
Homer Moore, MD
Kaiser Permanente Neurology
September 18, 2008
"Canine and Feline Models of Human Muscular Dystrophies"
Diane Shelton, MD
UCSD Department of Neurology
June 18, 2008