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:

  • Analyze how pathogenic variants in ion channel genes alter neuronal excitability to explain seizure phenotypes in patients with epilepsy.
  • Differentiate ion channel isoforms that modulate excitatory versus inhibitory network activity to inform mechanistic understanding of seizure generation in epileptic disorders.
  • Apply genomic and neurophysiologic insights to refine therapeutic targets and guide selection of emerging anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in precision medicine approaches to epilepsy care.
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

Speaker:
Raman Sankar, MD, PhD, FAAN, FAES
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Emeritus
Emeritus Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
  • Avantika Singh
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

Sam Hooshmand

TG Thearputics

  • Consultant
  • Speaking or Teaching
  • Advisory Committee
Sam HooshmandAmgen

 

  • Consultant
  • Speaking or Teaching
Sam HooshmandGenetech
  • Consultant/ Advisory
  • Committee Honorarium
Sam HooshmandNovartis
  • Researcher
Raman SankarBiohaven - Member, DSMB
  • Chair
  • Data Safety Monitoring Board
Raman SankarBiocodex
  • Speaking or Teaching
Raman SankarJazz Pharmaceuticals
  • Consultant
  • Speaking or Teaching
Raman SankarUCB
  • Speaker
  • Advisor
Raman SankarSK Life Science
  • Speaker
  • Advisor
Raman SankarNeurelis
  • Speaker
  • Advisor
Raman SankarLivaNova
  • Speaker
  • Advisor
Raman SankarVertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Data Safety Monitoring Board
Raman SankarBiohaven
  • Data Safety Monitoring Board
Raman SankarOvid Therapeutics
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Board
Raman SankarXenon Pharmaceuticals
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Board
Raman SankarTakeda
  • Data Safety Monitoring Board

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: 
01/09/2026 - 8:00am to 9:00am CST
Location: 
Hybrid
8701 W Waterown Plank Road
HUB 4th floor A4520/A4628 and via Zoom
Milwaukee, WI 53226
United States
See map: Google Maps
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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