{"id":5741,"date":"2026-01-13T11:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/neurology\/?page_id=5741"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:26:06","slug":"neurological-science-grand-rounds-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/neurology\/neurological-science-grand-rounds-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurological Science Grand Rounds 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]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. 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Fox, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch Imaging Director, Research Imaging Institute<br \/>\nUT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic \u2013 Meta-connectomic Modeling of Brain Disorders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 8, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrea R. Gilbert, DO<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Dept of Pathology<br \/>\nUT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic \u2013 CPC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 1, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alejandro Tobon, MD, FAAN<\/strong><br \/>\nAdjoint Associate Professor, Department of Neurology<br \/>\nUT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic \u2013 New Horizons in CIDP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 24, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Snyder, MD, FAANS<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor, Department of Neurology<br \/>\nUT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic \u2013 Teaching Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in the Era of Enabling Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 17, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reza Behrouz, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor, Department of Neurosurgery and Director, Neurotrauma<br \/>\nBarrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic \u2013 Intravenous Thrombolysis For Acute Ischemic Stroke: Where We Were and Where We Are Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 10, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Megan Waldrop, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics &amp; Neurology<br \/>\nOhio State University and Nationwide Children&#8217;s Hospital, Columbus, OH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic \u2013 First in Human Clinical Trials to Learning Health Systems Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 3, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leila Saadatpour, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Department of Neurology<br \/>\nUT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic \u2013 When It&#8217;s Not Parkinson&#8217;s Disease: Navigating Atypical Parkinsonism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, March 27, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>J Mocco, MD, MS, FAANS, FAHA<\/strong><br \/>\nKalmom D. 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Saver, MD, FAAN, FAHA<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor, Dept of Neurology and<br \/>\nDirector, UCLA Comprehensive Stroke and Vascular Neurology Program<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHERMAN LECTURE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The Shape of Things to Come:<br \/>\nAcute Ischemic Stroke Care After the Referfusion Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, March 13, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Pelkmann, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nPGY4 Resident, Department of Neurology<br \/>\nUT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESIDENT CASE PRESENTATION: A Case in Autonomic Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iryna Lobanova, MD, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroimmunology Fellow, Department of Neurology<br \/>\nUT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Radiological Features of Amyloid-Beta Related Angiitis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, March 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew R. Webb, DO<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecialist<br \/>\nDepartment of Neurosurgery<br \/>\nUT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic \u2013 Measuring Change: One size does not fit all<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Friday, February 27, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexander M. 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