Neuroscience Grand Rounds 2023
Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds is held each Friday from 8:00-9: 30 am. The general format begins with a 30-minute case presentation of an interesting/difficult patient by the Residents, followed by an hour didactic lecture on a neurological topic. We invite all interested persons to attend and to participate. Location for Grand Rounds is in the Medical School, Rm 309L.
Friday, December 29, 2023
NO GRAND ROUNDS ~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Friday, December 22, 2023
NO GRAND ROUNDS ~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Friday, December 15, 2023
Victoria H. Lawson, MD
Associate Professor
Ambulatory Care Section Chief, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Topic – Poisons, Pedigrees and Pain. Clues to a Better Understanding of Peripheral Nerve”
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, December 8, 2023
Andrea Gilbert, DO
Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – CPC
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, December 1, 2023
Charlene J. Ong, MD, MPHS
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Topic – Right Before Your Eyes: Leveraging Longitudinal Ocular Biomarkers Through A Data Science Lens
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, November 24, 2023
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
NO NEUROSCIENCE GRAND ROUNDS TODAY
WE WILL RESUME ROUNDS AGAIN DEC 1ST
Friday, November 17, 2023
Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri, MD, PhD, FAES
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology, McGovern Medical School
Topic – Breathing Rescue for SUDEP Prevention
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, November 10, 2023
Justin R. Mascitelli, MD
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Stroke Risk in Radial vs Femoral Angiography
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, November 3, 2023
Kyle B. Womack, MD MS
Professor, Dept of Neurology
Washington University St. Louis, Knight ADRC, St. Louis, MO
Topic – Small Vessel Disease, Alzheimer Disease and White Matter Hyperintensities
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, October 27, 2023
Cristian Gtshnsnirllo, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Parafascicular Approaches To Deep Seated Cerebral Metastasis
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, October 20, 2023
Arash Salardini, MD
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology, Biggs Institute
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Advances in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Therapy
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, October 13, 2023
Andrea R. Gilbert, DO
Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – CPC
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, October 6, 2023
Grant Mallory, MD
Neurosurgeon, Dept of Neurosurgery
Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Topic – TBD
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, September 29, 2023
Patrick A. Forcelli, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Dept of Pharmacology and Physiology
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Topic – Transradial Neurointervention – The Better Approach?
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, September 22, 2023
Joshua A. Sonnen, MD
Neuropathologist, Arkana Laboratories
Little Rock, AR
Topic – Dementia – Associated Pathology in Population-Based Samples
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, September 15, 2023
Fade Al-Saiegh, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Transradial Neurointervention – The Better Approach?
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, September 8, 2023
Oluwaseun B. Ogunbona, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuropathologist
Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – CPC
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, September 1, 2023
Sujani Bandela, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – How to Address Peds Stroke
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, August 25, 2023
Joanna E. Gernsback, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Topic – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Management of Secondary Tethered Cord Syndrome
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, August 18, 2023
Yanko Yankov, MD, PhD
Neurologist and Author
San Antonio, TX
Topic – How Our Brain Became Human
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, August 11, 2023
Eva M. Galvan, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Oncology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio Tx
Topic – High Grade Gliomas Management
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, August 4, 2023
Achint K. Singh, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Artificial Intelligence in Radiology
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, July 28, 2023
Daniel O. Lee, MD, FAAN, FAASM
Professor, Dept of Neurology and Internal Medicine
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Topic – Sleep is Brain
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, July 21, 2023
Alberto Maud, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurology
Texas Tech University Health Sciences, El Paso, Tx
Topic – Endovascular Management of Vasospasm
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, July 14, 2023
Sandeep Burma, PhD
Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Radiation-Induced Senescence as a Driver of Glioblastoma Recurrence
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, July 7, 2023
Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD
University Distinguished Professor
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development
Director, Translational Brain Research Center
Professor of Pharmacology, Neurosurgery, Radiology & Kinesiology
Chief, Division for Movement Disorders
Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Topic – Understanding Parkinson’s Disease & Related Disorder: A Clinician-Scientist Journey
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, June 30, 2023
Diep Bui, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery,
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Senolytic Therapy to. Modulate the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease – Pilot Study Results
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, June 23, 2023
Michael J. McGinity, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery,
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Senolytic Therapy to. Modulate the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease – Pilot Study Results
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, June 16, 2023
Maria Pollifrone, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Evaluation & Treatment of the Most Prevalent Post-COVID Conditions: Rehab Medicine Perspective
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, June 9, 2023
Andrea R. Gilbert, DO
Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – CPC
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, June 2, 2023
Mitzi M. Gonzales, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Senolytic Therapy to. Modulate the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease – Pilot Study Results
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 26, 2023
Paola Martinez, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Post Cardiac Arrest Care
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 19, 2023
Gary S. Gronseth, MD, FAAN
Professor and Dept Chair, Dept of Neurology
KU Medical Center, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Topic – When RCT’s Are Unnecessary: Lessons from Parachutes
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 12, 2023
Fossil B. Meson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept of Pathology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio,TX
Topic – The Art of Performing Complex Spin Surgeries With Limited Resources and The Development of Patients’ Centered Spine
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 5, 2023
Rola Mahmoud, MD
Associate Professor
Dept of Neurology, UMKC School of Medicine
Director of Comprehensive MS Center, Said Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Topic – An Update On MS Patient Care In The Outpatient Setting
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, April 28, 2023
AAN CONFERENCE – NO GRAND ROUNDS
Friday, April 21, 2023
Fossil B. Meson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Enhancing Neurological Education in Developing Countries
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, April 14, 2023
Andrea R. Gilbert, DO
Associate Professor
Dept of Pathology
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – CPC
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, April 7, 2023
Salim R. Benbadis, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery
University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
Topic – The Differential Diagnosis of Seizures
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 31, 2023
Jamie Gasco Tamarit, MD, FAANS, FEBNS
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery
University of Galveston, TX (UTMB)
Topic – Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Technique and Learning Curve
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 24, 2023
Sreekanth Koneru, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Women’s Issues in Epilepsy
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 17, 2023
Christian Gragnaniello, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Diagnosis and Treatment of Thoracolumbar Trauma
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 10, 2023
Kameel Karkar, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – The Postictal State – A Relatively Understudied Entity
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 3, 2023
Lola Morgan, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Nonlocalizable Epilepsy and Thalamic Targeting For Intervention
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, February 24, 2023
Lee A. Birnbaum, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Venous Sinus Stenting for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, February 17, 2023
Daniel L. Dent, MD
Professor, Dept of Surgery
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Competency-Based Education in Surgery
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, February 10, 2023
Andrea R. Gilbert, DO
Assistant Professor, Dept of Pathology
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – CPC
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, February 3, 2023
Sarah Horn, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Psychosis in Lewy body Disease
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, January 27, 2023
Lorena P. Samentar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oh Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Precision Medicine,
Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Topic – Development of a Novel Alzheimer’s Therapy
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, January 20, 2023
Pablo Coss, MD
Assistant Professor,
Dept of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Update on Clinical Trials in Huntington’s Disease
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, January 13, 2023
James F. Rini, MD, MPH
Behavioral Neurologist/Assistant Professor,
Neuroscience Department, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Topic – Emerging Neurodegenerative Biomarkers
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, January 6, 2023
Andres Saenz, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio
Jonathan Donnelly, MBBS
Vascular Neurology Fellow, Dept of Neurology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Topic – Neurohospitalist Track
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose