Grand Rounds 2025

DateTitleName and Affiliation Video Link
January 7, 2025What Every Neurologist Should Know About Neurogenic Orthostatic HypotensionJose-Alberto Palma, MD, PhD, FAAN
Professor of Neurology
New York University School of Medicine
No video available
January 14, 2025The Neural Correlates of Semiological Manifestations of Focal EpilepsyMohamad Z. Koubeissi, MD, MA, FAAN, FANA, FAES
Professor of Neurology
Interim Chair, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Director, Epilepsy Center
The GW Medical Faculty Associates
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January 21, 2025Resilience Rising: Burnout, Resilience and Creating a Better Culture of MedicineAzara Singh, MD
Department of Neurology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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January 28, 2025Integrated Diagnostics of MeningiomaProf. Dr. Dr. Med. Felix Sahm, MBA
Managing Senior Physician (Neuropathology)
Head of Section (Molecular Neuropathology)
University of Heidelberg
No video available.
February 4, 2025
Collaborative Care: Enhancing Outcomes in Parkinsonian Disorders Through an Interdisciplinary ApproachDanielle Shpiner, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Director, UM Parkinson’s Interdisciplinary Clinic
Medical Director, UM CurePSP Center of Care
Medical Director, UM Mission MSA Center of Excellence
Co-Medical Director, UM Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence
Co-Director, Movement Disorders Fellowship
Department of Neurology, Division of Movement Disorders
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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February 11, 2025Indications and Outcomes for Neuromodulation in Generalized EpilepsyAlexandra Urban, MD, FAAN, FAES
Neurology Clinical Vice Chair & Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine & UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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February 18, 2025NeuroRecovery Clinics: Arguments for the Importance of Neurointensivists Treating OutpatientsMatthew Jaffa, DO
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Clinical Neurointensivist
Hartford Hospital’s Ayer Neuroscience Institute
Co-Founder & Associate Director of the NeuroRecovery Clinic
Hartford, CT
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February 25, 2025Novel Drug Therapies for the (Refractory) EpilepsiesNorman Delanty, B.Sc., MB, FRCPI
Professor
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dublin 2
Ireland
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March 4, 2025Embarking on a New Era for Management of VHL SyndromeBenjamin Maughan, MD, PharmD
Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
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March 11, 2025Biomarkers for Alpha-Synucleinopathies – A Role on the Path Towards Successful Disease Modification in Multiple System Atrophy?Wolfgang Singer, MD, FAAS
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Autonomic Laboratories
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
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March 18, 2025Targeting Glioma-Related Hyperexcitability to Improve both Epilepsy and Tumor OutcomesSteven Tobochnik, MD
Epileptologist, VA Boston Healthcare System
Director, EEG Laboratory
Co-Director, Epilepsy Center of Excellence
Associate Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
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March 25, 2025Alzheimer’s Disease: Clinical Trials and Emerging Therapeutic TargetsMichael Rafii, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Neurology
Medical Director, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute
Associate Director of Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Consortium and Director of Medical Safety
Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California
Los Angles, CA
No video available.
April 1, 2025
Using Pragmatic Clinical Trials in Lew Body Spectrum Disorders ResearchSarah Horn, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program
Director, Movement Disorders Program
Director, Movement Disorders Fellowship Program
Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency
UT Health
San Antonio, TX
No video available.
April 15, 2025What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger: Novel Pharmacological Approaches to Build Resilience Against Stroke and Alzheimer’s DiseaseRajiv R. Ratan, MD, PhD
Winifred Masterson Burke
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine
Associate Dean (affiliate), Weill Cornell Medicine
CEO, Burke Neurological Institute
White Plains, NY
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April 22, 2025Diagnosis and Care for Alzheimer’s Disease in the Complex New World of Mixed Dementias and Modest TherapiesSudha Seshadri, MD, DM
Robert R. Barker Distinguished Professor
Founding Director, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurogenerative Diseases
Sr. Investigator, Framingham Heart Study
UT Health
San Antonio, TX
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April 29, 2025Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum DisordersPaul Friedemann, MD
Director of Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECR, Vice Dean, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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May 6, 2025

When are Observational Studies Adequate to Support Clinical DecisionsGary Groneeth, MD
Professor and Department Chair, Neurology
University of Kansas, School of Medicine
Kansas City, KS
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May 13, 2025Sleep Disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease: Impact and Therapeutic AdvancesOkeanis Vaou, MD, FAAN
Associate Professor of Neurology
Division Chief, Movement Disorders Program
Vice Chair of Faculty Development
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
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May 20, 2025Updates in Huntington DiseaseNikolaus McFarland, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Wright/Falls/Simmons Professor of PSP/Atypical Parkinson’s
Norman Fixel Institute for Neurology Diseases
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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May 27, 2025Trainee Research PresentationsEnrique Martinez, MD, Sr. Movements Disorders Fellow
John Whalen, DO, Epilepsy Fellow
Tansel Kendiril, MD – ICU EEG Fellow
Amanda Currie, MD Rembert Family Foundation Sr. Movement Disorder Fellow
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
No video available.
June 3, 2025Trainee Research PresentationsTejas Mehta, MD, The Robert L Andersen Fellow, Jr. Movement Disorders Fellow
Patricia Graese, MD, Jr. Movement Disorders Fellow
Freddy Escobar, MD, Multiple Sclerosis Fellow
Kristin Hedtke, MD, Wellness Chief Resident,
Marco Santana Firme, MD, Resident
No video available.
June 10, 2025Trainee Research PresentationsZlyad Aboudan, DO, Resident
Frederick Abraham, Do, Education Chief Resident
Jessie Walker, MD, Resident
Ramsha Farrukh, MD, Administrative Chief Resident
Riley Van Velsor, MD, Resident
Claudia Hernandez, MD, Resident
No video available.
June 17, 2025What causes ALS?Ammar Al-Chalabi, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Neurology and Complex Disease Genetics at the Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute
Department Head of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
Director of the King’s Motor Neuron Disease Research Centre
Kings College
London, England
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June 24, 2025Approach to Small Fiber and Autonomic NeurologyNathaniel Robbins, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Director of Small Fiber and Autonomic Neurology at Mass General Brigham
Director, MGH Neurodiagnostic Autonomic Laboratory
No video available.
July 1, 2025Current Management of von Hippel-Lindau DiseaseEric Jonasch, MD
Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center
Director, VHL Clinical Center
Leader, Department of Defense Kidney Cancer and VHL Disease Consortia
Vice Chair, NCCN Kidney Cancer Guideline Panel
Incoming Board Chair, International Kidney Cancer Coalition
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July 8, 2025Platform Trials and Pragmatic Design Principles for Stroke TrialsAravind Ganesh, MD, DPhil, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Vascular and Cognitive Neurologist
Vice Chair of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
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July 15, 2025Journey from Gene Discovery to Therapy: Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor-Related Disorder (CSF1R-RD)Zbigniew K. Wszolek, MD
Professor of Neurology
The Haworth Family Professor in Neurogenerative Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
No video available.
July 22, 2025Inflammatory Neuropathy Clinical Trial UpdatesJeffrey Allen, MD
Professor of Neurology
Chairman, GBS/CIDP Foundation International Global Medical Advisory Board
Board Member/Treasurer Peripheral Nerve Society
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN
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July 29, 2025Parkinson’s Disease: Management and UpdatesIrene Malaty, MD
Barbara Padgett Dein, Professor of Neurology
Director of Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence & Tourette Associate of America Center for Excellence
Department of Neurology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
No video available.
August 5, 2025Autonomic Burden, Cognitive and Mood in Lewy Body Disorders: Correlation, Causation or Coincidence.Abhimanyu Mahajan, MD, MHS, FAN
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Gardner Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
No video available.
August 12, 2025Emerging Therapeutics for Oncogenic Drivers in GliomasMacarena de la Fuente, MD
Associate Professor and Chief of Neuro-Oncology
Co-Director, Sylvester Brain Tumor Institute at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chair, Neuro-Oncology Site Disease Group
Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program Director
University of Miami
Miami, FL
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August 19, 2025Contemporary Stroke Prevention in Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and Cerebral VasculopathyPhilipp Aldana, MD. FAANS, FAAP
Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Division Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
University of Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL
HE James Endowed Chair of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Stys Neuroscience Institute
Chief of Staff, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
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September 2, 2025A Neuropathy You Can’t Afford to Miss: Amyloidosis in 2025Sami Khella, MD
Professor of Neurology
Director of Electromyography and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
Form Chief of Neurology
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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September 9, 2025Sports Neurology – Update on Concussion and MoreClaus Reinsberger, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Sports Neurology and Neurosciences
Co-Director, Sports Concussion Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
No video available.
September 16, 2025Everyone Makes Mistakes Oh Yes They Do… Learning Neuromuscular Emergencies Through ErrorsKate M. Danille, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Neurology Program Director
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Worchester, MA
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September 23, 2025Improving Diagnosis in Alzheimer’s DiseaseYoav Piurra, MD
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
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September 30, 2025Multimodality Monitoring in Brain Injury: Do We Need It?Lori Shutter, MD, FCCM, FNCS, FAAN
Vice Chair of Education
Professor, Critical Care Medicine, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Director, Neurocritical Care Division
Director, Multidisciplinary Critical Care Training Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
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October 21, 2025Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: What is it, who is at risk, and how can it be prevented?Daniel Friedman, MD, MSc
Professor of Neurology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Director, Division of Epilepsy, Department of Neurology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY
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October 28, 2025Consciousness as a Memory System: Implications for Neurological DisordersAndrew E. Budson, MD
Chief of Cognitive Behavioral Neurology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Associate Director, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Professor of Neurology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Lecturer in Neurology
Harvard Medical School
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November 4, 2025Inflammatory Cerebrovascular Disorders: Diagnostic Dilemmas, Therapeutic Frontiers and Future DirectionsG. Abbas Kharal, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Cerebrovascular Center
Vascular Neurologist and Neuroimmunologist
Founder, Cleveland Clinic Cerebrovascular Inflammatory Disorders Clinic
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
No video available.
November 18, 2025Biology of Essential Tremor: Studying the Underpinnings of the Second Most Common Neurodegenerative DiseaseElan D. Louis, MD, MSc
Linda and Mitch Hart Distinguished Chair in Neurology
Chair, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
No video available.
November 25, 2025Advances in Biomarkers and Treatments for Alzheimer’s DiseaseSuzanne Schindler, MD, PhD
Leader, Fluid Biomarker Core for the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
WashU Medicine Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
St. Louis, MO
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December 2, 2025Simulation Can Identify and Address Emergency Neurological Care Deficiencies: One Case at a TimeNicholas A. Morris, MD, FAAN, FNCS
Associate Professor and Fellowship Director
Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology
Department of Neurology/Program in Trauma
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
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December 9, 2025Update on Small Fiber NeuropathyJinny Tavee, MD
Professor and Chief, Department of Medicine
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO
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December 16, 2025The Mind’s Eye: How the Brain Gives Rise to Visual Processing DisordersSashank Prasad, MD
Chief Neurology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Ophthalmology
Department of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA