Grand Rounds 2021

Date	Presentation Title	Speakers Name and Affiliation
January 5, 2021	Friedreich Ataxia: An Update	S.H. Subramony, MD Professor of Neurology Neuromuscular Division
January 12, 2021	Giving Effective Feedback – Beyond Sandwich Artistry	C. Chauncey Spears, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology Director of Movement Disorders Fellowship Ann Arbor, MI
January 19, 2021	Communication in Healthcare: Research, Evidence and Best Practices	Carma L. Bylund, PhD, FACH Professor UF College of Journalism and Communications
January 26, 2021	New Day for NMOSD	Mary R. Rensel, MD, FAAN Assistant Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Staff Neurologist and Director of Wellness and Pediatric MS Mellen Center for MS
February 2, 2021	Screening of the film: “SPARK: Robin Williams and his Battle with Lewy Body Dementia” An educational adaptation of the film Robin’s Wish, offered through the Lewy Body Dementia Association	Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc, FAAN UF Department of Neurology Associate Professor & Associate Chair of Faculty Development Director, UF Dorothy Mangurian Clinical-Research Headquarters for Lewy Body Dementia
February 9, 2021	Translating Stroke Research from Bench to Bedside: It’s All in the Messenger	Alexis Simpkins, MD, PhD, MSCR, FAHA Assistant Professor of Neurology
February 16, 2021	Role of Pandemics in the Destruction and Evolution of the Human Brain	Avindra Nath, MD Chief, Section of Infections of the Nervous System Clinical Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health
February 23, 2021	Disorders of Emotional Communication	Kenneth Heilman, MD Distinguished Professor Emeritus Department of Neurology Neurologist-Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center
March 2, 2021	UF Integrated Data Repository (IDR) Research Services	Christopher A. Harle, PhD Professor, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics University of Florida Chief Research Information Officer
March 9, 2021	Clinical Pathophysiological Conference	Anthony Rainey, MD Neurology Resident University of Florida
March 16, 2021	What is SEEG?	Patrick Chauvel, MD University of Pittsburgh Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology Professor Emeritus of Physiology at Aix-Marseille University
March 23, 2021	Women’s Health in Neurology	Mary O’Neal, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Neurology
March 30, 2021	Impact of Single Genes on Blood Brain Barrier and Cerebrovascular Function: Pre-Clinical and Clinical Development of Gene Targeted Therapies	Patricia Musolino, MD, PhD Genetics and Critical Care Neurologist Assistant Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School
April 6, 2021	Diversity Council History	Maria Bruzzone, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Co-Chair, Neurology Diversity and Inclusion Council and Ashley Rawls, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Co-Chair,Neurology Diversity and Inclusion Council
April 13, 2021	The History of Anti-Black Violence, the Racial Wealth Gap and the World We Live in Today	Paul Ortiz, PhD University of Florida Professor of History Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program University Term Professor, 2019 – 2022 Faculty Advisory Committee, Center for Latin American Studies
April 27, 2021	Clinical Update on Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)	Amreen Farooqui, MD Neurology Resident & Justin DePrey, MD Neurology Resident
May 4, 2021	Learning from COVID-19: A Neurologist’s Perspective	Aaron Lord, MD, MSc Chief of Neurology, NYU Langone-Brooklyn Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery New York University School of Medicine
May 11, 2021	Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2): Genetics, Biology and Novel Therapies	Matthias Karajannis, MD, MS Chief, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Service Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College
May 18,2021	Progress towards a Genetically Targeted Therapy for Prion Disease	Sonia Vallabh, PhD, Associate Scientist & Eric Minikel, PhD, Associate Scientist Broad Institute
May 25, 2021	Senior Research Project Presentations	Anthony Rainey, MD Mitesh Patel, MD David Mendoza, MD
June 1, 2021	Senior Research Project Presentations	Joshua Wong, MD Amreen Farooqui, MD
June 8, 2021	Senior Research Project Presentations	Hsin-Pin Lin, MD and John Yu, MD Natalie Buchwald, MD Justin DePrey, MD
June 15, 2021	Senior Research Project Presentations	Emily Sun, DO Jessica Frey, MD Tamara Stiep, MD
June 22, 2021	Senior Research Project Presentations	Benjamin Chapin, MD Nicholas Nelson, MD Abdullah Bin Zahid, MD
June 29, 2021	Thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: Tenecteplase vs alterplase	Robert Rodriguez, MD, Neurovascular Fellow Yoram Roman Casul, MD, Neurovascular Fellow
July 6, 2021	cEEG in the ICU: Is More Always More?	Andrea Rosetti, MD Head of Epileptology/EEG Unit Adjunct Professor, University of Copehagen, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
July 13, 2021	Bagful of Glasses Syndrome	Sachin Kedar, MD Professor Ophthalmology and Neurology Vice-Chair for Education Department of Ophthalmology Emory University School of Medicine
July 20, 2021	Mapping the Connectivity of Consciousness	Brian L. Edlow, MD Neurocritical Care Faculty, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Director, Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery (CNTR) Director, Laboratory for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness (NICC) Affiliated Faculty, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School
July 27, 2021	Targeted Therapy, Disease Modification and Prevention of Epilepsy: The sTORy of Tuberous Sclerosis	Michael Wong, MD, PhD Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Professor of Pediatric Neurology Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Neuroscience Washington University School of Medicine
August 3, 2020	Critical Illness in Neuromuscular Disorders	Shweta Goswami, MD Neurocritical Care Fellow & Hemanth Pasupuleti, MD Neurocritical Fellow
August 10, 2021	Diagnosis and Management of Neurofibromatosis and Schwannomatosis	Dr. PhiOanh (Leia) NghiemPhu Professor of Clinical Neurology Director of Neuro-Oncology Clinical Service and the Director of the Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program at UCLA
August 17, 2021	Dysfunction in Neurologic Disease: Inflammatory Biomarkers Across Disease and Drug Development	Dr. CJ Barnum Director of Neuroscience at INmune Bio, Inc.
August 24, 2021	Annual UF Neurology Graduate Medical Education Update	Dr. Christina Wilson Interim Chief, Vascular Neurology Division Associate Chair Of Education Neurology Residency Program Director Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program Director University of Florida
August 31, 2021	Neuropalliative Care: Making the Difficult Easier for People Living with (and Caring for) Serious Neurologic Illness	Dr. Benzi Kluger Julius, Helen, and Robert Fine Distinguished Professor in Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center
September 7, 2021	Migraine and Vascular Disease: Associations and Implications	Andrea Harriott, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Massachusetts General Hospital
September 14, 2021	Overview of Leukodystrophies in Children and Adults	S. Ali Fatemi, MD, MBA Chief, Medical Officer Kennedy Krieger Institute Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
September 21, 2021	Famous First Papers for the Neurointensivist	Christopher Robinson, DO, MS Assistant Professor, Neurocritical Care Division University of Florida
September 28, 2021	Harnessing Translational Neuroscience for ALS: Are We Winning?	Dame Pamela Shaw, DBE, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, FAAN, FANA, FAAAS Professor of Neurology Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Director of the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)
October 5, 2021	Research Blitz Part 1	Neuromuscular/Headache/General/MS Presented by Drs. Chiquilin, Orlova, Shuhaiber, and Rempe. Aging/Behavioral/Cognitive (ABC) Presented by Michael Jaffee, MD Stroke Presented by Christina Wilson, MD, and Alexis Simpkins, MD Epilepsy Presented by Giridhar Kalamangalam, MD
October 12, 2021	Research Blitz Part 2	Neurocritical Care Presented by Carolina Maciel, MD Basic Sciences Presented by Matthew LaVoie, PhD Movement Presented by Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, MD and Matthew Burns, MD
October 19, 2021	Progress in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)	Nikolaus McFarland, MD Associate Professor of Neurology Wright/Falls/Simmons Professorship in PSP/Atypical Parkinsonism
October 26, 2021	Outcome Measurement and Psychometrics	Reza Seyedsadjadi, MD Director, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Center of Excellence Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
November 2, 2021	Updates in Movement Disorders Research	Irene Malaty, MD, FAAN Barbara Padgett Dein Professor Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Florida
November 9, 2021	Diagnosis and Pathophysiology of Dystonia in Cerebral Palsy	Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Division of Pediatric Neurology Washington University in St. Louis
November 16, 2021	Myocardial Injury and the Risk of Stroke	Alexander Merkler, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Neurology, Division of NeuroCritical Care, Weill Cornell Medical School
November 23, 2021	Applications of Magnetoencephalography (MEG) in Epilepsy – Opportunity, Challenges and Emerging Techniques	Abbas Babajani-Feremi, PhD Associate Professor, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
November 30, 2021	Gene Therapy for GM2 Gangliosidosis	Terence Flotte, MD Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor of Medical Education Dean, Provost and Executive Deputy Chancellor The University of Massachusetts Medical School
December 7, 2021	Friedreich Ataxia: Clinical Features and New Therapies	David Lynch, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology Director, Friedreich’s Ataxia Program Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
December 14, 2021	Action-Intentional Disorders	Kenneth Heilman, MD Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurology Neurologist-Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center