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:    Brian P Kelley DO
Title:           Beyond the ICU: Neuromuscular Consequences of Critical Illness 
Objectives:
  • Differentiate the clinical, histologic, and electrophysiologic features of Critical Illness Myopathy and Critical Illness Polyneuropathy
  • Evaluate current and emerging diagnostic methods for identifying neuromuscular complications of critical illness
  • Assess potential treatment approaches and management considerations for patients with critical illness-related neuromuscular disorders
  • Apply diagnostic reasoning to clinical case discussions involving neuromuscular complications of critical illness

Speaker:    Meghan Konda, MD   
Title:           Gene therapy: Ethical Concerns and Limitations
Objectives:
  • Compare historical and current approaches to gene therapy and their impact on clinical practice
  • Evaluate the ethical challenges associated with gene therapies, including national and international perspectives on these issues
  • Assess current limitations of gene therapies and emerging strategies to address barriers to broader clinical application
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:

Brian P Kelley DO
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Wisconsin

Meghan Konda, 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 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
  • Brian P Kelley
  • Meghan Konda
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

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: 
05/08/2026 - 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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