Neuroscience Grand Rounds 2024
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 27, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS – HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Friday, December 20, 2024
Elena Okeanis Vaou, MD, FAAN
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Barriers and Bottlenecks in DBS Referral
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, December 13, 2024
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, December 6, 2024
Sarah E. Savoia, PA-C
Assistant Professor, Biggs Institute
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Julia Castro, ScM
Genetic Counselor, Biggs Institute
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Autosomal Dominant Dementia: A Case Presentation
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, November 22, 2024
Matthew Wicklund, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, November 15, 2024
William Kelly, MD
Assistant Professor
Mays Cancer Center
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Neuro-Onchology and the Tumor Microenvironment
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, November 8, 2024
Andrea R. Gilbert, DO
Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – CPC – Non-neoplastic Disease
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, November 1, 2024
Tania Reyna, MD
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – PRACTICE GUIDELINES UPDATE: Revised McDonald Criteria
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Laurence D. Rhines, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery and Spine Tumor Program Director
MD Anderson, Houston, TX
Topic – Primary Bone Tumors of the Spine: Evaluation and Management
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, October 18, 2024
Gabrel de Erasquin, MD,PhD, MSc
Professor, Dept of Neurology and Biggs Institute
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Genetic architecture of the risk of cognitive decline following SARS-CoV-2 infection
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, October 11, 2024
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 4, 2024
Sujani Bandela, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Post Stroke Complications and How to Address Them?
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, Sept 27, 2024
Lt Col Grant W. Mallory, MD
Neurosurgeon, Dept of Neurosurgery
Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Topic – Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Utility for Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Austere Environments
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, Sept 20, 2024
Alexander Papanastassiou, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for Movement Disorders
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, Sept 13, 2024
Carsten Suer, MD, PhD
Private Practice and Spine Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurosurgery
Hamburg, Germany
Topic – Practice Patterns in Spine Surgery in Germany
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, Sept 6, 2024
Eva M. Galvan, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Radiation Oncology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Neuro Radiation Therapy
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, Aug 23, 2024
Fabio Nascimento, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Topic – EEG in the Diagnosis of Epilepsy
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, Aug 16, 2024
Eleni Okeanis Vaou, MD
Associate Professor
Dept of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Movement Disorders Division Update
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, Aug 9, 2024
Aditya Raghunandan, MD, RMSK, CAQSM
Assistant Professor
Rehab Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Physiatric Management of the Lumbar Spine
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, Aug 2, 2024
No Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds Conferences are scheduled for this Friday, Aug 2, 2024.
Friday, July 26, 2024
Diep Bui, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Driving A Motor Vehicle and Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: ILAE Report by the Task Force on Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Kathryn M. Jacquez, MD
VP of Clincial Development, Axis Neuro, and Faculty, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Topic – Surgical Neurophysiology: Modalities and Applications
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, July 12, 2024
No Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds Conferences are scheduled for this Friday, July 12, 2024.
Conferences will resume on Friday, July 19, 2024 in 309L.
Friday, July 4, 2024
No Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds Conferences are scheduled for this Friday, July 4, 2024.
Friday, June 28, 2024
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND): From Conceptualization to Treatment
Johanna Messerly, PsD, ABPP and Amy Werry-McFarlin, PsD, ABPP
Assistant Professors
Dept of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, June 21, 2024
MS Imaging Guidelines and Updates
Lyndsey A. Hale, MD
Neuroimmunology Fellow, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, June 14, 2024
Endovascular Mechanical Thrombectomy: Present Day & A Roadmap for the Future
Ramesh Grand, MD, MD
Associate Professor
Dept of Neurosurgery
Univ of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, June 7, 2024
Teratogenesis,Perinatal, and Neurodevelopment Outcomes After in Utero Exposure to Anti-Seizure Medication
Kameel Karkar, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 31, 2024
Pharmacogenomics in Parkinson’s Disease
Leila Saadatpour, MD
Movement Disorders Fellow
Center for Neurological Restoration
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 24, 2024
Minimally Invasive Treatment of Thoracolumbar Trauma: State of the Art and Future Directions
Cristian Gragnaniello, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 17, 2024
Career Advice or What They Never Taught You in Medical School
Richard J. Barohn, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology and
Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 10, 2024
Is There A Role For Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology In Stroke Rehabilitation:
David J. Lin, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and
Neurocritical Care and Neurorecovery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, May 3, 2024
The Grand Challenges of Healthcare+
Stephen D. Schwab, PhD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Dept of Healthcare Management
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, April 26, 2024
The Cost to Latino Patients: High Cost Specialty Drugs in NMOSD
Rebecca Romero, MD
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, April 19, 2024
Incorporating Cardiac Rehabilitation into a Comprehensive Stroke Neurorehabilitaiton Program: Are Outcomes Improved?
Sara. Cuccurullo, MD
Clinical Professor and Chair, Residency Program Director
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ; Medical Director
JFK University Medical Center, and Vice President,
Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, April 12, 2024
14TH ANNUAL DAVID G. SHERMAN ENDOWED LECTURE IN NEUROSCIENCES presents
Tailored Preventive Therapy after Cryptogenic Stroke
Human Kamel, MD, MS
Professor, Dept of Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, April 5, 2024
NO FACULTY PRESENTER
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 29, 2024
Octavian Lie, MD
Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Adult Epilepsy
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 22, 2024
Shraddha M. Dalwadi, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Less is More: A Contemporary Review of Spinal Radiosurgery
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 15, 2024
Joanna E. Gernsback, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Casper the Spine Surgeon: Growth-Friendly Scoliosis Management
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 8, 2024
Zoe Arvanitakis MD, MS, EMBA, FAAN, FANA
Professor, Dept of Neurological Sciences
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Topic – Vascular, Metabolic, and Degenerative Mechanisms of Dementia
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, March 1, 2024
Sarah Horn, MD
Associate Professor
Dept of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Updates to the classification and staging of Parkinson’s disease
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, February 23, 2024
Resident Case Presentations
Friday, February 16, 2024
Arash Salardini, MD
Associate Professor
Dept of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio
Topic – A Practical Primer to Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, February 9, 2024
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, February 2, 2024
Ratna Bhavarahu-Sanka, MD
Associate Professor
Dept of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Pins and Needles: Small Fiber Neuropathy – Diagnosis and Management
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose
Friday, January 26, 2024
Kevin Chen, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurosurgery, UT Health San Antonio
Topic – Aviation’s Influence on Safety in Medicine & How We Can Continue to Learn From Them
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, January 19, 2024
Eric Ensrud, MD
Professor
Dept of Neurology, Univ of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MD
Topic – Exercise in Neurology: Myths and Proven Efficacy
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, January 12, 2024
Margaret E. Flanagan, MB, BCh, BAO
Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology, UT Health San Antonio
Brain Bank Co-Director, Glenn Biggs Institute of Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Antonio, TX
Topic – Nun Study: Modernizing the Nun Study through Digitization & Database Development
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, January 5, 2024
Mayor Patel, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Topic – The Approach to Concussion in the Outpatient Setting
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.