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Neurology Conference Schedule
May 2013

WED 1
2:00 - 5:00 P.M.
RESIDENT EDUCATION CONFERENCES, RC-2, 5th Floor Conf. Room 5105
2:00-2:55 P.M.  NMJ Disease - Liewluck
3:00-4:25 P.M.  Adult myopathies and ALS - Liewluck
 
4:30 P.M.    QI GRAND ROUNDS, RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps East 
                   Auditorium, 1st Floor, 1000, 
                  “Movement Disorders Quality Improvement Part 1: Medication  
                    Adherence in Parkinson Disease"
MON 6
2:00 P.M.
Annual Program Review
TUE 7
​8:00-9:00 A.M. ​BRAIN TUMOR CONFERENCE, Cancer Center 3rd Fl Conf. Room
WED 8
2:00-5:00 P.M.
RESIDENT EDUCATION CONFERENCES, RC-2, 8th Floor Conf. Room 8105
2:00-2:55 P.M.     Muscle histopathology - Ringel
3:00-3:55 P.M.     Clinical presentation of NM disease - Ringel
4:00-4:55 P.M.     Genetics of NMD - Ringel
5:00 P.M.            GRAND ROUNDS, RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps East Auditorium, 
                           1st Floor, 1000, 
                           “Pathogenesis of Neurological Disability in MS”
                           Bruce Trapp, PhD
                           Professor and Chair, Cleveland Clinic Neurosciences
TUE 14
8:00–9:00 A.M.
BRAIN TUMOR CONFERENCE, Cancer Center 3rd Fl Conf. Room
WED 15
2:00 - 7:15 P.M.
2:00-5:00 P.M.  STEPHENS LECTURE, RC-2, 5th Floor Conf. Room 5105
                          Stephen L. Hauser, MD, Professor & Chair, UCSF

5:00 P.M.
           GRAND ROUNDS, RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps East Auditorium,  
                          1st Floor, 1000, 
                          “Multiple Sclerosis: B Cells Join the A-List”
                          Stephen L. Hauser, MD, Professor & Chair, UCSF

6:30 P.M.           Colorado Society of Clinical Neurologists (Social Hour)
  
7:15 Dinner.      Stephen L. Hauser, MD
                          “Multiple Sclerosis: What is in Store for our Patients?”
                          Tag Restaurant, 1441 Larimer St., Denver
                          RSVP to Dr Nitka: enitkamd@comcast.net
FRI 17
7:00 - 8:30 A.M.
Stroke Education Conference
Anschutz Cancer Pavilion (ACP) on the Room CP-30523rd floor,
TUE 21
8:00–9:00 A.M.
BRAIN TUMOR CONFERENCE, Cancer Center 3rd Fl Conf. Room
WED 22
1:00-5:00 P.M.
1:00-5:00 P.M.  RESIDENT EDUCATION CONFERENCES, RC-2, 5th Floor Conf. 
                          Room 5105
2:00-2:55 P.M.    Approach to the pediatric NM patient - Yang
3:00-3:55 P.M.    Peripheral neuropathy - Quan
4:00-4:55 P.M.    Beginning EDX - Quan

5:00 P.M.           GRAND ROUNDS RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps East Auditorium, 
                          1st Floor, 1000,
                          Kern Senior Project and Neuro Oncology Division
MON 27
Memorial Day
TUE 28
8:00 - 9:00 A.M.
BRAIN TUMOR CONFERENCE, Cancer Center 3rd Fl Conf. Room
JOURNAL CLUB Hosted by Dr Filley (Mohler & Friedlander to present) – Time and location TBD
WED 29
1:00 - 5:00 P.M.
RESIDENT EDUCATION CONFERENCES, RC-2, 5th Floor Conf. Room 5105
1:00-1:55 P.M.  Radiology Lecture Series – Cancer Pavilion
2:00-2:55 P.M.  Motor neuron disease - Parsons
3:00-3:55 P.M.  Muscular dystrophies - Parsons
4:00-4:55 P.M.  EDX cases - Quan

5:00 P.M.         GRAND ROUNDS RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps East Auditorium,  
                        1st Floor, 1000,
                        Emily Gertsch, MD and Nicholas Foreman, MD

                                                    
                                                    Neurology Grand Rounds
                                                              Spring 2013


Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 PM
RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps Auditorium EAST, 1st floor [Room P18-1000]

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                                                                                                To view recorded Grand Rounds, 
                                                                                                     click on the lecture title:

January 9 Richard L. Hughes, MD
Professor of Neurology
Preventing Cardiac Embolism to the Brain: Are we close to the finish line?
January 16  

Steven P. Ringel, MD
Professor of Neurology

Myotonic dystrophy: A complex multisystem disorder
January 23 Augusto A. Miravalle, MD
Teri L. Schreiner, MD
Assistant Professors of Neurology
Neuroimmunology: Challenging dilemmas of common clinical presentations
January 30 Marius Birlea, MD, Neurovirology Research Fellow
Randall J. Cohrs, PhD, Research Professor
Haley Burke, MD, Neurology PGY4
Insight into Molecular Pain, Trigeminal System Activation and Alphaherpesviruses
February 6
4:30-6:00
Cornelia N. Drees, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Alex Mohler, MD, Neurology PGY3
Status Alert! Standardized protocol for management of status epilepticus for inpatients at UCH: Comparison of outcomes
February 13 No Grand Rounds:  WILLIE WEINSTEIN DAY
February 20 19th Annual William L. Halseth ALS Visiting
Lecturer:  Merit E. Cudkowicz, MD
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard
ALS discoveries: New treatments
February 27 Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Cell Therapy for Stroke
March 6 Movement Disorder Division Movement Disorder Cases: Guess the Diagnosis
March 13 Neurohospitalist Division Controversial Inpatient Issues in Neurology
March 20 No Grand Rounds:  AAN ANNUAL MEETING
March 27 Jonathan H. Woodcock, MD
Assistant Porfessor of Neurology
Alzheimer's Disease: An Update
April 3 Neuro Opthalmology Division Acute Vision Loss: The Neuro-ophthalmic Perspective
April 10 Deborah A. Hall, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Rush University Medical Center
Update on Genetics of Parkinson Disease: To Test or Not to Test?
April 17

Marcus Wheeler, MD
PGY5 Pediatric Neurology Resident
Eric Wartchow, BSc
Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Colorado

Neuroceroid Lipofuscinoses: Moving Toward a New Classification System
April 24 No Grand Rounds: CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE EVENT
May 1
4:30-6:00
Movement Disorders Division Faculty and Team, and
Wayne Moldovan, MD, Neurology PGY3
Takamasa Higashimori, MD, Neurology PGY3
Movement Disorders Quality Improvement Part I: Medication Adherence in Parkinson Disease
May 8 Bruce D. Trapp, PhD
Professor and Chairman of Neurosciences
Cleveland Clinic
Pathogenesis of Neurological Disability in Multiple Sclerosis
May 15 41st Annual Stephens Visiting Lecturer:
Stephen L. Hauser, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
Multiple Sclerosis: B Cells Join the A-List
May 22

Drew Kern, MD, PGY4 Neurology Resident


Denise A. Damek, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology

Alpha-synuclein in Skin: The Need for a Methodological Approach

Field of Dreams: A Novel Approach for the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas (sound with video only)
May 29 Emily Gertsch, MD, MPH
PGY5 Pediatric Neurology Resident
Nicholas K. Foreman, MD, ChB
Professor of Pediatrics

A Case of Malignant Hiccups: Targeted Therapies for V600E Mutations in Gangliogliomas

June 5 No Grand Rounds: NEUROLOGY RESEARCH RETREAT, 12-5 PM
June 12 Justin Honce, MD
Instructor, Neuroradiology Fellow
June 19
4:30-6:00
Neuroimmunology Division
Andreas Michas-Martin, MD, Neurology PGY3
Augusto A. Miravalle, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Quality Improvement & Safety Improvement Effectiveness & Practice
June 26 General Neurology Division

Contact: Diane Strong, 303-724-4327, diane.strong@ucdenver.edu

                                                    
                                                    Neurology Grand Rounds
                                                                Fall 2012


Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 PM
RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps Auditorium EAST, 1st floor [Room P18-1000]

* Sign in at lecture to obtain 1 CME credit *
                                                                                                     To view recorded Grand Rounds, 
                                                                                                     click on the lecture title:

July 4 Holiday
July 11

Chantal M. O'Brien, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Population Specific updates in EpilepsyTreatment
July 18 Olga S. Klepitskaya, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Deep Brain Stimulation for Early Parkinson Disease: Does It Change the Disease’s Natural History?
July 25 Michelle Yang, MD
Instructor, Department of Pediatrics and Neurology
Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Muscular Dystrophies
(recording not available)
August 1 Cornelia N. Drees, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Hypothalmic Hamartomas—What You Should Know About Them
August 8 Quality Improvement & Safety Improvement Effectiveness & Practice: Stroke Division
Mario Cerdan-Trevino, MD
Mentor:  William J. Jones, MD
Stroke Progress Improvement Project: Reducing Time to IV tPA Administration--The Target Stroke Initiative
August 15 Edward H. Maa, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Complementary Medicine Use in a Refractory Epilepsy Population
August 22 Victoria S. Pelak, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
The Visual Variant of Alzheimer's Disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, and the Emerging Network Paradigm in Neurodegenerative Disease
August 29 Mark L. Dell’Acqua, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Using Knock-in Mouse Models to Study Regulation of Synaptic Plasticity and Learning and Memory by Kinase and Phosphatase Signaling Complexes
September 5 Jean C. Tsai, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Sleep Drunkenness
September 12 Abby Stoddard Visiting Lecturer:
Stephen Ashwal, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology,
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Advanced Neuroimaging in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: What Have We Learned?
September 19 Douglas E. Ney, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Primary CNS Lymphoma--Are We Better Off Now Than Four Years Ago?
September 26 Dianna Quan, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Challenging Neuromuscular Vignettes
October 3 Thomas P. Bleck, MD
Professor of Neurology,
Rush University Medical Center
Status Epilepticus in 2012
October 10 Marco Gonzalez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Regulation of GABA(A) Receptors during Epileptiogensis
(recording not available)
October 17 Huntington Potter, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Alzheimer Disease Research Program
Role of Chromosome Mis-Segregation in Neurodegenerative Diseases
October 24 Teerin Liewluck, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
New Faces of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
October 31 No Grand Rounds.
Please join the Center for NeuroScience Symposium 1-6PM, RC2 Trivisible Room

3:45 PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Walter Koroshetz, MD; Deputy Director, NINDS
Neuroscience Opportunities and Challenges

Register Online

Event cancelled due to impact of Hurrican Sandy on travel.
November 7 Don Gilden Visiting Lecturer:
W. Ian Lipkin, MD
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, and Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Columbia University
Adventures in Microbe Hunting
(recording not available)

November 14

?No Grand Rounds.
Please join the Center for NeuroScience Brain Series 4-7 PM, Fulginiti Pavilion

Hector Rasgado Flores, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Rosalind Franklin University

Brain, Music and Sense

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December 5 Christopher M. Filley, MD
Professor of Neurology
Chief of Neurology, Denver VA Medical Ctr

White Matter and Cognition: Past, Present and Future

December 12 No Grand Rounds.
State of the School of Medicine Address
4:30-5:30 PM, RC1N, Hensel Phelps West
December 19 John R. Corboy, MD
Professor of Neurology
Paradigm Shifts in Multiple Sclerosis Therapy
January 9, 2013 Richard L. Hughes, MD
Professor and Chief of Neurology
Denver Health Medical Center
Preventing Cardiac Embolism to the Brain: Are we close to the finish line?
January 16, 2013 Steven P. Ringel, MD
Professor of Neurology
Myotonic dystrophy: A complex multisystem disorder

Contact: Diane Strong, 303-724-4327, diane.strong@ucdenver.edu