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Events and Schedules

Welcome to the Department of Neurology


Neurology Conference Schedule
June 2013

TUE 4
8:00 - 9:00 A.M.
BRAIN TUMOR CONFERENCE, Cancer Center 3rd Fl Conf. Room
WED 5
12:00 - 5:00 P.M.
RESIDENT RESEARCH RETREAT, RC-2, 2nd Floor Trivisible Room
12:00-1:00 P.M. Poster Session 1 (Bagged Lunch)
1:00-3:00 P.M. Presentations: Graduating Neurology Residents
3:00-4:00 P.M. Presentations: Faculty
4:00-5:00 P.M. Poster Session 2 (Coffee Served)

No Grand Rounds
FRI 7
6:30-8:00 P.M.
6:30 PM          GRADUATION – Congratulations to the PGY 4 Residents!
6:30-7:00 P.M. Cocktail & Hors D’oeuvres (Cash Bar)
7:00-8:00 P.M. Graduation Program
8:00 P.M.         Dinner

Location:         Oxford Hotel
                       1659 Wazee St
                       Denver, CO 80202
TUE 11
8:00-9:00 A.M.
BRAIN TUMOR CONFERENCE, Cancer Center 3rd Fl Conf. Room
WED 12
1:00–5:00 P.M.
RESIDENT EDUCATION CONFERENCES,  RC-2, 5th Floor Conf. Room 5105
1:00-1:55 P.M.  Neuroanatomy – Wayne & Sladek
2:00-2:55 P.M.  Introduction and Aphasia - Filley
3:00-3:55 P.M.  Apraxia, Neglect and Right Hemisphere Dysfunction – Filley
4:00-4:55 P.M   Neurobehavioral Aspects of Movement Disorders - Kluger
 
5:00 P.M.         GRAND ROUNDS, RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps East Auditorium, 
                        1st Floor, 1000, 
                        TBA
                        Justin Honce, MD
TUE 18
8:00 - 9:00 A.M.
BRAIN TUMOR CONFERENCE, Cancer Center 3rd Fl Conf. Room
WED 19
1:30 - 4:30 P.M.
RESIDENT EDUCATION CONFERENCES, RC-2, 5th Floor Conf. Room 5105
1:30-2:25 P.M.  Memory Disorders - Anderson
2:30-3:25 P.M.  Executive Dysfunction - Anderson
3:30-4:25 P.M.  Disorders of Higher Visual Function - Pelak
 
5:00 P.M.         GRAND ROUNDS, RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps East Auditorium, 
                        1st Floor, 1000, 
                        TBA
                        MS Division (QI)
FRI 21
7:00–8:30 A.M.
Stroke Education Conference
Anschutz Cancer Pavilion (ACP) on the Room CP-30523rd floor,
TUE 25
8:00-9:00 A.M.
BRAIN TUMOR CONFERENCE, Cancer Center 3rd Fl Conf. Room
WED 26
1:00-5:00 P.M.
RESIDENT EDUCATION CONFERENCES, RC-2, 5th Floor Conf. Room 5105
1:00-1:55 P.M. Traumatic Brain Injury - Wortzel
2:00-2:55 P.M. Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Degenerative Dementias - Woodcock
3:00-3:55 P.M. Neuroanatomy – Mario & Sladek
4:00-4:55 P.M. Chair Case Presentation – Mario & Tyler

5:00 P.M.        GRAND ROUNDS RC-1 North, Hensel Phelps East Auditorium, 
                       1st Floor, 1000,
                       TBA 
                       General Neurology Division

  No JOURNAL CLUB this month

                                                    
                                                    Neurology Grand Rounds
                                                              Fall 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:

July 3 Cancelled due to Thursday, July 4 Holiday
July 10  

Epilepsy Division

July 17 Kevin Chapman, MD
Visiting Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurology
Interictal spikes and cognition:  To treat or not to treat
July 24 Neuroimmunology Division
July 31 Neurohospitalist/Stroke Division
August 7 ​Joseph Jankovic, MD
Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
Update on Tourette Syndrome
August 14 Quality Improvement Projects
Neuromuscular Division (Drs. Dixon, Fleming, O’Reilly, Ringel)
Neuro Oncology Division (Drs. Damek, Leppert, Ney)
August 21 General Neurology Division
August 28 Epilepsy Division
September 4 Movement Disorders Division
September 11 Abby Stoddard Lecture:  Robert S. Rust, Jr., MD
Thomas E. Worrall, Jr. Professor of Epileptology
and Neurology and Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
September 18 Dianna Quan, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Neuromuscular Division
September 25 Neuroimmunology Division
October 2 Jeremy D. Schmahmann, MD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
October 9

Neurohospitalist/Stroke Division

October 16 No Grand Rounds: Annual ANA Conference
October 23 Bette Kay DeMasters, MD
Professor of Pathology
October 30 Quality Improvement Projects
Neuro Behavior Division (Drs. McConnell, Persenaire Woodcock)
Neuro Ophthalmology Division (Drs. Bennett, Finseth,  Galperin, Pelak)
November 6 Teerin Liewluck, MD
Assistant Professor, Neuromuscular Division
November 13

Don Gilden Visiting Lecturer: Howard Lipton, MD
Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

November 20 Al Anderson, MD
Professor of Neurology, Emergency Medicine, and Psychiatry,
Neuro Behavior Division

 

November 27 Cancelled due to Thursday, November 28 Holiday
December 11 Epilepsy Division
December 18 Department of Radiology
December 25 Holiday - no Grand Rounds

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

                                                    
                                                    Neurology Grand Rounds
                                                              Spring 2013


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:

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
Gray Matter Pathology in MS-Neuroimaging and Clinical Correlations
June 19 Neuroimmunology Division
Andreas Michas-Martin, MD, Neurology PGY3
Augusto A. Miravalle, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, et al.
Improving Bladder Care for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
June 26 General Neurology Division
Marius Birlea, MD, Neurovirology Research Fellow; Jason Fleming, MD, PGY1 Resident; Richard Hughes, MD, Professor of Neurology;
Maria Nagel, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology; Chantal O'Brien, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology; Jean Tsai, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Cardiovascular Comorbidities in General Neurology: A Case-Based Decision

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