Program Description: 

Neurology Grand Rounds is a weekly lecture series designed to improve clinical competency and patient care by exposing attendees to evidence-based practices and recent advances in disciplines across the breadth of the clinical neurosciences including but not limited to: neuropsychology, cognitive neurology, headache medicine, movement disorders, epilepsy, neuro-oncology, neuro-immunology, neuro-ophthalmology, vascular neurology, endovascular interventional neuroradiology, and neuro critical care. Attendees are also regularly exposed to both pertinent basic science and clinical research occurring both on campus and elsewhere.

Key Words: Neurology, Neuroscience, Neuropsychology

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Allied Health Care Professionals and Physicians (fellows/residents)
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

Speaker:        Jennifer M. Meylor, MD
Title:               Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood

Objectives:    

  • Recognize the clinical presentation and diagnostic criteria of (Acute necrotizing encephalopathy) ANEC including key imaging findings and laboratory features
  • Identify the pathophysiology and risk factors of ANEC including viral infections and genetic predispositions
  • Review current treatment strategies and outcomes for ANEC including recent CDC data 

 

Speaker:        Varun Sampat, MD
Title:               Understanding the ever-changing classification of childhood-onset epilepsy syndromes

Objectives:    

  • Identify the current classification of childhood-onset epilepsy syndromes
  • Demonstrate rationale behind the change in nomenclature
  • Provide examples of how epilepsy syndrome classification exists along a spectrum
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director(s):
Avantika Singh, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurology, Div of Child Neurology
Epilepsy and Neonatal Neurology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Children’s Wisconsin
 
Sam Hooshmand, DO
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Medical College of Wisconsin 
Director, Zablocki MS Clinic
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
 
Chad Carlson, MD, FAAN
Professor and Vice Chair - Education
Program Director - Neurology Residency
Program Director - Clinical Neurophysiology & Epilepsy Fellowships
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Speaker: 
 

Jennifer M. Meylor, MD
Child Neurology Resident Physician PGY-5
Department of Neurology
Children’s Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin   

Varun Sampat, MD
Child Neurology Resident Physician PGY-5
Department of Neurology
Children’s Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin

 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
  • Avantika Singh
  • Chad Carlson
  • Jennifer M. Meylor
  • Varun Sampat
The following persons in control of content disclosed the following financial relationships which were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest mitigation process and addressed.
Name
Company
Role

Sam Hooshmand

EMD Serono

  • Consultant
  • Speaking or Teaching
  • Advisory Committee

Sam Hooshmand

TG Thearputics

  • Consultant
  • Speaking orTeaching
  • Advisory Committee
Sam HooshmandAmgen
  • Advisory Committee
Sam HooshmandGenetech
  • Advisory Committee
  • Speaking or Teaching
Sam HooshmandGenzyme
  • Advisory Committee
  • Speaking or Teaching
Sam HooshmandSanofi Genzyme
  • Consultant

Contact

Name: 
Mary Brehm
Email: 
[email protected]

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Session date: 
04/04/2025 - 8:00am to 9:00am CDT
Location: 
Hybrid
8701 W Waterown Plank Road
HUB 4th floor A4520/A4628 and via Zoom
Milwaukee, WI 53226
United States
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Add to calendar: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
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