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:    Ellen Krueger, PhD
Title:           Lesion Correlates of Category-Specific Semantic Error Rates in Chronic Left Hemisphere Stroke    

Objectives:

  • Summarize the theoretical background and current literature on category‑specific semantic deficits following left hemisphere stroke.
  • Interpret voxel‑based lesion‑symptom mapping (VLSM) findings to identify neural correlates of picture‑naming errors in chronic left hemisphere stroke.
  • Relate specific brain regions to semantic error patterns for living versus nonliving categories in chronic left hemisphere stroke.
Speaker:    Shih-Hsuan (Shayne) Lin, PhD    
Title:          2023 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine diagnostic criteria for mild traumatic brain injury in acute sport-related and non-sports-related concussion
Objectives:
  • Apply the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine diagnostic criteria for mild traumatic brain injury in acute sport‑related and non‑sport‑related concussion cases.
  • Differentiate key clinical characteristics of acute sport‑related versus non‑sport‑related concussion presentations.
  • Evaluate the clinical utility of the new mild traumatic brain injury diagnostic criteria when formulating diagnosis and management plans.

Speaker:    Hayley Skymba, PhD    
Title:           Beyond the Diagnosis: Executive and Emotional Functioning in Pediatric Medical Populations
Objectives:

  • Summarize rates of executive dysfunction and emotion dysregulation in pediatric medical populations commonly evaluated by neuropsychology.
  • Compare profiles of executive and emotional functioning across pediatric patients referred to Children’s Wisconsin and relate these profiles to assessment and treatment planning.
  • Interpret findings from ongoing research that integrates subjective and objective assessment measures and explain implications for long‑term behavioral, emotional, and adaptive outcomes.
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:

Haley Skymba, PhD
Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow   
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Wisconsin

Ellen Krueger, PhD
Adult Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow   
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Wisconsin

Shih-Hsuan (Shayne) Lin, PhD    
Adult Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow   
Department of Neurology
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
  • Ellen Krueger
  • Shih-Hsuan (Shayne) Lin
  • Haley Skymba
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: 
05/29/2026 - 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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  • 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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