To access the Department of Neurology Grand Rounds via Zoom at 12 PM:
* Recorded Grand Rounds video available upon request for Neurology faculty or trainees only.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Date | Speaker | Title | Group |
Jan 3 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Jan 10 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Jan 17 | Heidi M. Munger Clary, MD, MPH, FAES, FACNS
Associate Professor of Neurology Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Anxiety & Depression in Epilepsy: Addressing Care Gaps | Epilepsy |
Jan 24 | Bret Andrews, DO
Former Associate Chief of Neurology Kaiser Permanente Oakland, CA | Neurology and Climate Change | MS |
Jan 31 | Ece Bayram, MD PhD
Project Scientist Research Center of Excellence University of California San Diego | Sex Differences in Lewy Body Dementia and More | Movement Disorders |
Feb 7 | Brian Nils Lundstrom, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Biophysics Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota | Brain Stimulation, Adaptation, and Dynamics | Epilepsy |
Feb 14 | Katie Grouse, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology Medical Director of Ambulatory Informatics UCSF Health | Improving Clinical Practice Through Informatics: A Neurologist Informaticist's Experiences | General |
Feb 21 | B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, MD
Professor of Pathology, Neurology and Neurosurgery University of Colorado School of Medicine
Douglas Ney, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery University of Colorado School of Medicine | Glimoas in Particular Persons and Places | Neuro-Oncology |
Feb 28 | Renatta Knox, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology Washington University School of Medicine | Gene Therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders | Neuro-Muscular |
Mar 6 | Scott Demarest, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology Clinical Director Precision Medicine Institute | The Promise and Challenges of Precision Medicine: Making the Extraordinary Routine | Child Neurology |
Mar 13 | Elliott D. Ross, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Aprosodias: Right Hemisphere's Contribution to Language and Communication | Behavioral |
Mar 20 | Jose Biller, MD FACP FAAN FANA FAHA
Professor and Chair Department of Neurology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Karen Orjuela, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine
Radoslav Raychev, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine | A Dialogue Between Clinical Wisdom and AI Advancements in Vascular Neurology: Enhancing Semiology and Diagnosis | NH/Stroke |
Mar 27 | Robert Holloway, Jr., MD MPH
Edward and Alma Vollertsen Rykenboer Professor and Chair of Neurology University of Rochester Medical Center | Musings on Prognosis and Uncertainty | Ringel Lectureship |
Apr 3 | Bridget Ollesch, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Ondrea Timmermann, DO
University of Colorado School of Medicine
| Non-motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
| Movement Disorders |
Apr 10 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Apr 17 | Cancelled (AAN Conference) | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Apr 24 | Rumyar Ardakani, MD
PGY-5 Neuro-ID Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine
Molly Moehlman, MD
PGY-5 MS Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine | Infectious Complications Associated with Chronic High Efficacy Immunotherapy Use | MS |
May 1 | Michael Kolesnik, DO
PGY-5 Epilepsy Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine
Benjamin Simpson, MD
PGY-5 Epilepsy Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine | Modern Strategies for Providing Comprehensive Epilepsy Care | Epilepsy |
May 8 | Lawrence Wechsler, MD Professor of Neurology University of Pittsburg | Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke: Past, Present and Future | Stephens Lectureship |
May 15 | Kyle Jenkins, MD, MPH
Headache Medicine Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine | Disparities in Headache Medicine | Headache |
May 22 | Rumyar Ardakani, MD
PGY-5 Neuro-ID Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine
Paul Crane, MD
PGY-5 Neuro-ID Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine | Challenging Cases During The Neuroinfectious Disease/Autoimmune Neurology Fellowship: Genetic Mimics & Stiff Person Syndrome | Neuro-ID |
May 29 | Nicole Gonzales, MD, FAHA
Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine
Karen Orjuela, MD, MSCR, MBA, FAAN
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Experiences and Innovations in DEI Leadership in Academic Neurology | DEI |
June 5 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
June 12 | Katie Bonds, DO
PGY5 Child Neurology Resident University of Colorado School of Medicine
Michael Enriquez, MD
PGY5 Child Neurology Resident University of Colorado School of Medicine
Jerry Jewell, MD
PGY5 Child Neurology Resident University of Colorado School of Medicine
Eileen Ser, MD
PGY5 Child Neurology Resident University of Colorado School of Medicine | There is Hope! Favorable Outcomes in Severe Child Neurology Disease | Child Neurology |
June 19 | Ross Crandall, MD
Neurohospitalist Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine | Best Practices in Medical Education: A Journey on the Educator Spectrum | NH/Stroke |
June 26 | Zahir Sheikh, MD
Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellow University of Colorado School of Medicine
| An Eye on Muscle and Nerve: Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Neuromuscular Diseases | Neuro-Ophthalmology |
July 3 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
July 10 | Heather Murray, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry University of Colorado School of Medicine
Thida Thant, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry University of Colorado School of Medicine | Psychiatric Disorders & Capacity Evaluations: Ethical Principles and Approaches | |
July 17 | Jeff Bronstein MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Molecular Toxicology University of California Los Angeles | Wilson’s Disease | Movement Disorders |
July 24 | Samantha K. Holden, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology Vice Chair of Outpatient Neurology Services University of Colorado School of Medicine | The Evolving Landscape of Biomarkers for Dementia with Lewy Bodies | Behavioral |
July 31 | Aleksandar Videnovic, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School | Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials - NeuroNEXT 3.0 | |
August 7 | Gil Wolfe, MD, FAAN
Irvin & Rosemary Smith Professor and Chair SUNY Distinguished Professor, University of Buffalo/SUNY | Myasthenia Gravis: The Evolving Therapeutic Landscape | Neuro-Muscular |
August 14 | Cancelled | ||
August 21 | Ryan Kammeyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine
| Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | MS |
August 28 | Marius Birlea, MD, FAHS, FAAAN
Associate Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine
Calli Cook, DNP, FAAAN
Associate Professor of Neurology Emory University | Onboarding of Advanced Practice Providers to Headache Medicine Practices in the U.S. | Headache |
September 4 | Jason L. Crowell, MD, MPA
Neurologist/Movement Disorders Specialist Norton Neuroscience Institute | Prescription Drug Costs and the Impact on Patients | Movement Disorders |
September 11 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
September 18 | Peter Pressman, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Where the Heart Is: Towards In-Home Assessment of Social and Emotional Function | Behavioral |
September 25 | Kevin C. Ess MD, PhD
Chief and Ponzio Family Chair Child Neurology Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Journey in Pediatric Neurogenetic Disorders: 2004-2024 | Horner Lectureship |
October 2 | Thomas Ragole, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Transforming Myasthenia Gravis Care in Colorado: Evaluating Outcomes, Reducing Disparities, and Exploring Novel Treatments | Neuromuscular |
October 9 | Bruce L. Miller, MD
A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor in Neurology Director, Memory and Aging Center Founding Director, Global Brain Health Institute University of California, San Francisco | Neurobiological Basis of Psychosis | Filley Lectureship |
October 16 | Christopher Elder, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology NYU Grossman School of Medicine | The Cerebellum and Epilepsy | Epilepsy |
October 23 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | DEI |
October 30 | Igor J. Korainik, MD
Archibald Church Professor of Neurology Chief, Division of Neuro-Infectious Diseases & Global Neurology Northwestern University | Neurologic Manifestations of Long COVID | Gilden Lectureship |
November 6 | Lilyana Amezcua, MD, MS, FAAN | MS | |
November 13 | Antonia Pusso, MD
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine | Neuro-Palliative | |
November 20 | Luciano A. Sposato, MD, MBA FRCPC
| NH/Stroke | |
November 27 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
December 4 | Drew Kern MD, MS
Pavnit Kukreja | Movement Disorders | |
December 11 | David Perry, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology University of California San Francisco | Behavioral | |
December 18 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
December 25 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled |
To access the Department of Neurology Grand Rounds via Zoom at 12 PM:
* Recorded Grand Rounds video available upon request for Neurology faculty or trainees only.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Date | Speaker | Title | Group |
Jan 4 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Jan 11 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Jan 18 | S. Zach Cox, DO
Neuromuscular Fellow
| Understanding Care Gaps Between Black and White ALS Patients | Neuro-Muscular |
Jan 25 | Xuan Kang, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Ang Li, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
| Autoimmune Mediated Narcolepsy and Small Fiber Neuropathy | General |
Feb 1 | Alex Iranzo, MD, PhD
Senior Consultant Neurology Service Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain | Searching for Synuclein in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder | Movement Disorders |
Feb 8 | Cancelled due to Technical Issues |
| Epilepsy |
Feb 15 | Andrew Solomon, MD
Associate Professor Neurological Sciences University of Vermont | MS Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, and Emerging Biomarkers | MS |
Feb 22 | Deborah Hall, MD, PhD Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Neurological Sciences Division Chief, Section of Movement Disorders Rush University | The State of Clinical Research in Neurology
| Stephens Lectureship |
Mar 1 | Bhavya Shah, MD
Asst. Professor Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Transcranial Focused Ultrasound: Next Generation of Imagine Guided Therapy | Movement Disorders |
Mar 8 | Lauren Treat, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
| Shifting Perspective: Pediatric Neuropalliative Medicine and the Importance of Prognostic Awareness | Child Neurology |
Mar 15 | Roy E. Strowd, III, MD, MEd, MS, FAAN
Assoc. Professor of Neurology and Editor of Neurology: Education
| Advancing Clinical Teaching in Neurology through Scholarship: A discussion of articles from Neurology: Education that are advancing training | Guest Speaker |
Mar 22 | Eliza Miller, MD MS
Associate Processor Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Department of Neurology Columbia University
| Neuro-Obstetrics: Partnering to Prevent Maternal Neurological Morbidity and Mortality | NH/Stroke |
Mar 29 | Tara Carlisle, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Sex-differences in Alzheimer's Disease | Behavioral |
Apr 5 | Brooke Heffernan, MD
Movement Disorders Fellow
Matthew Woodward, MD
Movement Disorders Fellow
| Novel Therapies in Parkinson Disease: The Now and Later | Movement Disorders |
Apr 12 | Anna Shah, MD
Asst. Professor of Neurology
Jennifer Simpson, MD
Assoc. Professor of Neurology
Andrew Wolf, MD
MS Fellow
Ramsey Antoun, MBA
Sr. Director of Operations-Neurosciences | Quality Case Reviews | QI |
Apr 19 | Anthony Declusin, MD
MS Fellow
Andrew Wolf, MD
MS Fellow | BTK Inhibitors: The Next Wave in Multiple Sclerosis Treatment | MS |
Apr 26 | Cancelled: AAN Conference
| No Grand Rounds | |
May 3 | Megan Abbott, MD
PGY5 Pediatric Child Neurology Resident
Hannah Gilbert, MD
PGY5 Pediatric Child Neurology Resident
Emma Mazzio, MD
PGY5 Pediatric Child Neurology Resident
Scott Rosenthal, MD
PGY5 Pediatric Child Neurology Resident | Why the Future of Child Neurology is Bright... Disease Modifying Therapies Currently Changing the Field | Child Neurology |
May 10 | Kelly Breaux, MD
Epilepsy Fellow
Jordan Gallegos, MD
Epilepsy Fellow | Some Issues Affecting Women with Epilepsy | Epilepsy |
May 17 | Elizabeth Ackley, MD Headache Medicine Fellow | Episodic Syndromes of Childhood and the Migraine Spectrum | Headache |
May 24 | Madeline Garza, MD
Neurohospitalist Fellow
Kelli Money, MD
Infectious Disease/Autoimmune Fellow | Neuroinfectious Disease Updates: Diagnosis and Management of Common Neurological Infections | Neuro-ID |
May 31 | Cancelled: Research Retreat | No Grand Rounds | |
June 7 | Eva Feldman, MD, PhD
James W. Albers Distinguished University Professor Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology University of Michigan Department of Neurology | Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases: Dream or Reality? | Ringel Lectureship |
June 14 | Daniel Pastula, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine
Barrie Schmitt, MD
PGY-3 Resident University of Colorado School of Medicine
| Neurology in the Republic of Fiji
| Neuro-ID |
June 21 | Lucia Chen, MD
Vascular Neurology Fellow
Russell Van Coevering, MD, MBA
Vascular Neurology Fellow | Updates to Acute Stroke Treatment: Thrombolysis, Large Core Thromectomy, and Systems of Care | NH/Stroke |
June 28 | Victoria Pelak, MD
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Posterior Cortical Atrophy: One of the most common 'rare' syndromes that you (might) have never heard of | Neuro-Ophthalmology |
July 5 | Cancelled | Holiday | No Grand Rounds |
July 12 | Jacqueline French, MD
Professor of Neurology NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center | Confirming the Diagnosis of Epilepsy at First Presentation | Epilepsy |
July 19 | Thomas F. Tropea, DO, MPH, MTR
Assistant Professor of Neurology Pennsylvania Hospital
| Detecting Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Pathology During Life to Determine Clinical Impact | Movement Disorders |
July 26 | David Arciniegas, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry University of Colorado School of Medicine
| Improving Cognitive Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury: An Evidence-Informed Approach | Behavioral |
August 2 | B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, MD
Professor of Pathology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery University of Colorado School of Medicine
Douglas Ney, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery University of Colorado School of Medicine
| Unraveling the Mystery of Histiocytosis: An Update in CNS Erdheim-Chester Disease | Neuro-Oncology |
August 9 | Varun Sreenivasan, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Exploring the landscape of Muscular Dystrophies: An Overview | Neuromuscular |
August 16 | Lesley Kaye, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Neurostimulation in Epilepsy: Novel Targets and Stimulation Paradigms | Epilepsy |
August 23 | Jeffrey Bennett, MD
Gertrude Gilden Professor, Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease (MOGAD): New International Criteria | MS |
August 30 | Jennifer Evan, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | The Neurology of Art: Painting a Picture of Visual Aura and Utilization of Art in Healing and Education | Headache |
September 6 (re-scheduled) | John Ebersole, MD Medical Director, Overlook MEG Center
| MEG/EEG in Presurgical Evaluations | Epilepsy |
September 13 | Brooks-Kayal, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurology University of California Davis | Epilepsy Progression: Why does it Happen and Can We Do Anything to Stop it? | Horner Lectureship |
September 20 | Zachary Macchi, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine | Behavioral Disturbances in Parkinson's & Parkinsonian Conditions: Focus on Care Partners Focusing on Caregive | Behavioral |
September 27 | Chelsey Stillman, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Colorado School of Medicine | Tics and the Explosion of the Functional Tic Movement | Child Neurology |
October 4 | Christina Vaughn, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology & Medicine Colorado School of Medicine | Neuropalliative Care: Navigating Decisions about Life and Death with Case Examples | Neuro-Palliateive |
October 11 | Matthew Harms, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons | 30 Years of ALS Genetics: Distinguishing the Signal from the Noise | Neuromuscular |
October 18 | Alexandra Atwood, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology Colorado School of Medicine | New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE): Updates in Etiology and Outcomes | Epilepsy |
October 25 | Vanya Jones, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor Assistant Dean of Community Engaged Research Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
| Social and Political Determinants of Health & Their Impact on the Structure of Clinical Trials | DEI |
November 1 | Janell Routh, MD
Former Team Lead Acute Flaccid Myelitis and Domestic Polio U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention | The Changing Landscape of Acute Flaccid Myelitis | Neuro-ID |
November 8 | John Kessler, MD
Ken & Ruth Davee Professor of Stem Cell Biology Director, Feinberg Clinical Neuroscience Research Institute and Northwestern University Stem Cell Institute | Role of BMP Signaling in Neurological Disease | Gilden Lectureship |
November 15 | Jennifer Simpson, MD Professor of Clinical Practice
Anna Shah, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology
Benjamin Simpson, MD Epilepsy Fellow
Michael Kolesnik, DO Epilepsy Neuroimmunology/MS Fellow
| Collaborative Case Conference Reviews | QI |
November 22 | Cancelled | No Grand Rounds | |
November 29 | Stacey Clardy, MD PhD FAAN
Associate Professor of Neurology University of Utah Health | Autoimmune Encephalitis: Moving from Anecdote to Evidence | NH/Stroke |
December 6 | Michelle Fullard, MD MSCE
Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine
| Gender Disparities in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson's Disease
| Movement Disorders |
December 13 | Cancelled
| Cancelled | Sleep |
December 20 | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled | |
December 27 | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled |
To access the Department of Neurology Grand Rounds via Zoom at 12 PM:
* Recorded Grand Rounds video available upon request for Neurology faculty or trainees only.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Date | Speaker | Title | Group |
Jan 5 | Canceled | Grand Rounds Canceled | |
Jan 13 | Canceled | Grand Rounds Canceled | |
Jan 19 | Leo Wang, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology | Optimization of Outcome Measures in Chronic Asymmetric Muscle Diseases | Neuromuscular |
Jan 26 | Summer Schultz, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow | Medical Aid in Dying: Special Considerations in Neurological Disorders and the Caregiver Perspective | Neuro-Palliative |
Feb 2 | Jacob Pellinen, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology | Treatment Gaps in Epilepsy | Epilepsy |
Feb 9 | Denise Damek, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery | Getting SMART | Neuro-Oncology |
Feb 16 | Drew Kern, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology | MRI Guided Focused Ultrasound at the University of Colorado: Review, Unknown, and Experience | Movement Disorders |
Feb 23 | David Case, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Victoria Pelak, MD
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology | Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: The Use of Venous Stenting | Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Mar 2 | Jennifer Hranilovich, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology | Headache Care in Gender Diverse Patients | Child Neurology |
Mar 9 | Robert Fox, MD
Professor of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic | Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: Lessons and Future Opportunities | MS |
Mar 16 | Joel Morgenlander, MD
Professor of Neurology and Orthopeadic Surgery, Duke University | Neurology Advanced Practice Provider Residencies | NH/Stroke |
Mar 23 | Jeffrey Hebert, PhD, PT
Associate Professor University of Colorado School of Medicine | Consequences of Impaired Sensory Integration and Processing Across Multiple Neurological Conditions: Some Things Old, New, and Borrowed | Behavioral |
Mar 30 | Monica Petluru, MD
Neuromuscular Fellow | Non-Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis and Metabolic Myopathies | Neuromuscular |
Apr 6 | Canceled for AAN Conference
| Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Apr 13 | Amy W. Amara, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology University of Alabama at Birmingham | Sleep, Cognition, and Exercise in Parkinson's Disease | Movement |
Apr 20 | Antonia Pusso, MD
Movement Disorders Fellow
Heather Heiser, MD
Movement Disorders Fellow | CBD and Other Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Parkinson's Disease | Movement Disorders |
Apr 27 | Claude Steriade, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center | Autoimmune Associated Epilepsy: Updated Conceptual Definitions and Diagnostic Tools | Epilepsy |
May 4 | Michlene Passeri, MD
Neuroimmunology/MS Fellow
| Pregnancy in Multiple Sclerosis & Related Conditions: An Update of Current Concepts and Management
| MS |
May 11 | Ann Oh, MD
Headache Fellow
| Headache Disorders in Joint Hypermobility Syndromes | Headache |
May 18 | Elizabeth Matthews, MD
Neuroinfectious Disease & Autoimmune Neurology Fellow
Jarrett Leech, MD
Neurohospitalist Fellow | Iatrogenic Neuroinfectious and Neuroinflammatory Disorders: The Dark Side of Immunomodulation | Neuro-ID |
May 25 | Erika Augustine, MD, MS
| Frederick A. Horner, MD Visiting Professorship & Lectureship in Pediatric Neurology | Pediatric Neurology |
June 1 | Canceled for Research Retreat | Canceled | |
June 8 | Elizabeth Ackley, MD Child Neurology Resident
Danyelle Evans, MD Child Neurology Resident
Tiffany Pointon, MD Child Neurology Resident | Functional Neurologic Disorder in the Pediatric Population | Child Neurology |
June 15 | Igor Malenky, MD
Vascular Neurology Fellow
Tiffany A. Brown, MD
Vascular Neurology Fellow
| Tenecteplase: Updates in IV Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke
| NH/Stroke |
June 22 | Lionel Thomas, DO
Adult Epilepsy Fellow | Use of Electroencephalogram in the Inpatient and Outpatient Settings | Epilepsy |
June 29 | Trevor Hawkins, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology | Update on Cerebellar Ataxia | Movement Disorders |
July 6 | Canceled | Grand Rounds Canceled | |
July 13 | Delia Bakeman, DO
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry | Depression in the Neurology Clinic: A Practical Update | Behavioral |
July 20 | Susana M Bowling, MD
Chair of Neuroscience Summa Health | What it Takes to BE a Physician Leader | MS |
July 27 | Canceled
| Grand Rounds Canceled | |
August 3 | Emily Johnson, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology Johns Hopkins Epilepsy Center | Patient Stories to Population Studies: Late-onset Epilepsy | Epilepsy |
August 10 | John Corboy, MD
Professor of Neurology | Discontinuation of DMTs in MS: Results of the DISCOMS Trial | MS |
August 17 | Claire Ceriani, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology Thomas Jefferson University | Medical Cannabis and Headache Management | Headache |
August 24 | Jennifer Simpson, MD
Elizabeth Matthews, MD | Quality Case Reviews | QI |
August 31 | James Burke, MD, MS
Professor of Neurology | Can Health Services Research Fix What Ails the US Healthcare System? | NH/Stroke |
September 7 | Allen Bowling, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Neurology
| Cannabis and Neurological Disease: An Objective Review of Effectiveness and Safety | |
September 14 | Lisa C. Roeske Anderson, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
| A Practical Approach to Post-Traumatic Headache | Behavioral |
September 21 | Julie A. Parsons, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Neurology Pediatrics | SMA: A Story for Our Time | Child Neurology |
September 28 | Alexandru Barboi, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine | Mortality Risk Factors in Patients with Symptomatic Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy | Neuromuscular |
October 5 | Michael Korsmo, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology | Global Neurology at Home | Movement Disorders |
October 12 | Alfonso Fasano, MD
Professor of Neurology University of Toronto | Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The Perspective of a Movement Disorders Neurologist
| Movement Disorders |
October 19 | Laura Strom, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology | What Every Neurologist Should Know About NES | Epilepsy |
October 26 | Z. Paige Lerario, MD
Vice-Chair, LGBTQI Section American Academy of Neurology
| Social Innovations In Gender Minority Neurology | DEI |
November 2 |
Daniel Press, MD
Chief, Cognitive Neurology Unit Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
| Cognitive and Psychiatric Aspects of Parkinson's Disease | Movement Disorders |
November 9 | Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator and Chief-Stroke Branch Chief-Stroke, Cognition and Neuroepidemiology Section National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH | Preventing Dementia by Preventing Stroke | 12th Annual Don Gilden Visting Lectureship |
November 16 | Jennifer Simpson, MD Associate Professor in Neurology
Anna Shah, MD Assistant Professor in Neurology
Trevor Hawkins, MD Assistant Professor in Neurology
Matt Woodward, MD Movement Disorders Fellow | Quality Case Reviews | QI |
November 23 | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled | |
November 30 | Bharti Manwani, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology UTHealth Science Center in Houston | The Heart-Brain Cross Talk | NH/Stroke |
December 7 | S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD
Harbor Health co-Founder and CMO Adjunct Professor UCSF | Improving Management of TIA: Case Study of a Broken Health System | Steven Ringel Lectureship |
December 14 | Jacob Pellinen, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Naveed Chaudhry, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Archana Shrestha, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology | Updates from the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting 2022 | Epilepsy |
December 21 | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled | |
December 28 | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled |
To access the Department of Neurology Grand Rounds via Zoom at 12 PM:
* Recorded Grand Rounds video available upon request for Neurology faculty or trainees only.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Date | Speaker | Title | Group |
Jan 6 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Jan 13 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
Jan 20 | Thomas Ragole, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology | Myasthenia Gravis in the 21st Century: What's the Evidence and How Can We Do Better? | Neuromuscular |
Jan 27 | David Beckham, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine – Infectious Disease
Lakshmi Chauhan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine – Infectious Disease | Lessons in Clinical Neurovirology From the Bedside to the Bench | Neuro-ID |
Feb 3 | Victoria Pelak, MD Professor of Neurology | Alzheimer's Disease: Lessons from the Visual Spectrum | Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Feb 10 | Todd Schwedt, MD Professor of Neurology Mayo Clinic, Arizona Campus | Imaging Migraine: Mechanistic Insights and Biomarker Development | Headache |
Feb 17 | Alexandra Atwood, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology | The Ictal Interictal Continuum | Epilepsy |
Feb 24 | Steven Frucht, MD Professor of Neurology NYU Grossman School of Medicine | Focal Task-Specific Dystonia - A Mysterious Disorder of Motor Control | Movement Disorders |
Mar 3 | Adam Hartman, MD Neurohospitalist Fellow
Rebecca Pollard, MD Vascular Fellow | Is tPA Now a Relic of the Past? Bridging IV Thrombolysis Versus Direct Mechanical Thrombectomy For Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes | NH/Stroke |
Mar 10 | Zachary Macchi, MD
Neurology Instructor | Advance
Care Planning for Patients With Cognitive Impairment | Neuro-Behavioral |
Mar 17 | Melissa Wright, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurology | Calcium Dynamics in Congenital Myopathies | Child Neurology |
Mar 24 | Amanda Piquet, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology | The New Kids on the Block in Autoimmune Neurology: Antibody Updates | MS/Neuro-immunology |
Mar 31 | Huntington Potter, PhD
Kurt N. and Edith von Kaulla Memorial Professor of Neurology | Safety and Efficacy of GM-CSF (Sargramostim) in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease | Research |
Apr 7 | Dan Kramer, MD Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery | Producing Artificial Sensation through Cortical Stimulation in Humans | Epilepsy |
Apr 14 | Michael Wilson, MD Associate Professor of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences | Decoding Encephalitis: Metagenomic, Transcriptomic and Serologic Correlates | Neuro-ID |
Apr 21 | Cancelled for AAN Conference | Cancelled | |
Apr 28 | Denise Damek, MD Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery | New Treatment Paradigms in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 | Neuro-Oncology |
May 5 | S. Andrew Josephson, MD Professor and Chair of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco | The Rise of the Neurohospitalist Movement and the Future of Inpatient Neurology | 48th Annual Stephens Lecturer |
May 12 | Baber Khan, MD Neuro-immunology Fellow Ryan Kammeyer, MD Neuro-Immunology Fellow | Diagnoses and Outcomes of Neuroimmunology | MS |
May 19 | Kyle Coleman, MD Neuro-ID Fellow | Challenges in Neuroinfectious Disease | Neuro-ID |
May 26 | Michael Korsmo, MD Movement Disorders Fellow Alexander Baumgartner, MD Movement Disorders Fellow | Novel Modalities and Techniques in the Diagnosis of Parkinson Disease and Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes | Movement Disorders |
June 2 | Cancelled for Research Retreat | Cancelled | |
June 9 | Matthew Hiller, MD; Julie Nelson, MD; Elizabeth Wood, MD Child Neurology PGY-5 | Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES) and New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE): A Review and Updates | Child Neurology |
June 16 | Chad Bush, MD Epilepsy Fellow Jakob Mrozewski, MD Epilepsy Fellow | Talk 1: Non-EEG Ambulatory Seizure Detection: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Talk 2: Epilepsy in Alzheimer’s Disease | Epilepsy |
June 23 | Amanda Kennedy, MD Neuromuscular Fellow | Therapies in Hereditary Neuromuscular Diseases | Neuromuscular |
June 30 | Hooman Kamel, MD Associate Professor of Neurology, Chief of Neurocritical Care, Weill Cornell Medicine | Atrial Cardiopathy and Secondary Stroke Prevention | NH/Stroke |
July 7 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
July 14 | Christopher M. Filley, MD Professor of Neurology | White Matter and Cognition: New Perspectives in Treatment and Recovery | Behavioral |
July 21 | Marius Birlea, MD Associate Professor of Neurology
Andrew Callen, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology
Wouter Schievink, MD Professor of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Spontaneous Spinal CSF Leak: Diagnosis and Treatment. A Case-Based Discussion | Headache |
July 28 | Brian Rothberg, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Marius Birlea, MD Associate Professor of Neurology
Katy Alpogianis, PA-C Instructor of Neurology | Holding it Together - Wellness and Mental Health: A Collaborative Approach | Wellness/Mental Health |
August 4 | Danielle McDermott, MD Associate Professor of Neurology | Brain Responsive Neurostimulation and Medication Strategies in the Treatment of Epilepsy Related to Neurocutaneous Syndromes | Epilepsy |
August 11 | Diego Restrepo, PhD Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Co-Director for the Center of Neuroscience (CNS) | What Do Olfaction, Viral Infection, and Alzheimer's Have in Common? | Research |
August 18 | Steven Lowenstein, MD Professor of Emergency Medicine Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs | Tuesdays to Write: Time Management in Academic Medicine | Professional Development |
August 25 | Emily Forbes, DO Assistant Professor of Neurology | Genetics of Movement Disorders | Movement Disorders |
September 1 | Brenda L. Banwell, MD Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania | Multiple Sclerosis and MOGAD in Children: Clinical and MRI Distinctions | MS |
September 8 | Divyanshu Dubey, MBBS Assistant Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic | Autoimmune Neurology: Clinical and Diagnostic Update | NH/Stroke |
September 15 | Joshua Bear, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Neurology | Functional Networks in Epilepsy | Child Neurology |
September 22 | Cancelled due to Zoom Outage
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September 29 | Avindra Nath, MD Director, Translational Neuroscience Center Chief, Section of Infections of the Nervous System National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH | Pandemics in the Evolution and Destruction of the Human Brain | Gilden Lecturer |
October 6 | Lesley Kaye, MD Director, Translational Neuroscience Center | Outcomes After Failed Epilepsy Surgery | Epilepsy |
October 13 | Anjail Z. Sharrief, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center
| Stroke as a Social Disease: Exploring the Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health and Stroke Outcomes | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
October 20 | Anastasia Zekeridou, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology & Pathology, Mayo Clinic | Neurological Autoimmunity with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Cancer Immunotherapy | |
October 27 | Jennifer Simpson, MD Associate Professor of Neurology Maxwell Shaw, MBA Manager of Patient Experience Windie Her, MA, BSN Manager of Patient Experience | Quality Case Reviews: Are You Listening? | Quality Improvement |
November 3 | Jessica Solomon Sanders, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – Developmental Pediatrics CU Alzheimer’s and Cognition Center | Adults with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in the Adult Neurology Setting – Practical Tips | Behavioral |
November 10 | James Morley, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania | Exercise is Medicine: How Do We Get Patients To Take It? | Movement Disorders |
November 17 (re-scheduled) | Mary Reilly, MD Professor of Neurology UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology | Inherited Neuropathies: New Insights | Neuromuscular |
November 24 | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled | |
December 1 | Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled | |
December 8 | William Jones, MD Associate Professor of Neurology | University of Colorado Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit The BEST-MSU Study | NH/Stroke |
December 15 | Nitish Harid, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Naveed Chaudhry, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Laura Strom, MD Associate Professor of Neurology | Updates in Epilepsy and NES | Epilepsy |
December 22 | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled | |
December 29 | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled |
Grand Rounds will be held in Hensel Phelps Auditorium WEST
Wednesdays, 12pm–1pm - Lunch provided to Department of Neurology faculty and staff only
To view the streaming video of Neurology Grand Rounds, please go to this link:
https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/321789461
* Recorded Grand Rounds video available upon request for Neurology faculty or trainees only.
Date | Speaker | Presentation Title |
Jan 1 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Holiday Week | Grand Rounds cancelled |
Jan 8 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Cancelled | Grand Rounds cancelled |
Jan 15 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Headache Danielle Wilhour, MD | Inpatient Management of Headache |
Jan 22 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Behavioral Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry University of California San Francisco Weill Insitute for Neurosciences | Primary Progressive Aphasia: From Behavior to Molecules |
Jan 29 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Neuro-Ophthalmology Yosbelkys Martin-Paez, MD Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellow | MOG IgG Optic Neuritis |
Feb 5 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Neuro-Laryngology Mona M. Abaza, MD, MS Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Diversity | Neurolaryngology, Voice, Swallowing and Airway Disorders |
Feb 12 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Epilepsy
Cornelia N. Drees, MD | SUDEP and Seizure Detection Devices |
Feb 19 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Movement Disorders Caroline Goldin, MD Movement Disorders Fellow Teresa Lee, MD Movement Disorders Fellow | Parkinson's Disease Etiology and Risk Factors |
Feb 26 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Neuro-Muscular Stacy Dixon, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Melissa Gibbons, MS, CGC Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Genetic Testing Review and Interpreting Variants of Unknown Significance |
Mar 4 Hensel Phelps West (178712) | Neuro-Oncology Denise Damek, MD Associate Professor of Neurology | Breaking Bad News |
Mar 11 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Child Neurology Jennifer Hranilovich, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurology | Headache in Women |
Mar 18 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Mar 25 Bruce Schroffel Auditorium | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Apr 1 Hensel Phelps West (178712) | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Apr 8 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | David Beckham, MD Associate Professor of Medicine - Infectious Disease | An update on the SARS-CoV2 Pandemic |
Apr 15 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Apr 22 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Neuro-Palliative Care Christina Vaughan, MD Associate Professor of Neurology & Internal Medicine | Neuropalliative Care and the Covid-19 Crisis |
Apr 29 Hensel Phelps West (178712) | Robert H. Gross, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology | What's New in MS |
May 6 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Xuan Kang, MD Neuromuscular Fellow
Amanda Kennedy, MD PGY-4 Neurology Resident | Establishing Practice Guidelines For the Use of Corticosteroids and Oral Immunosupressants in Neurological Patients |
May 13 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | MS/Neuro-Immunology Anna Shah, MD MS Fellow | Immune Mediated Myelopathies |
May 20 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Neuro-ID Ronak Kapadia, MD FRCPC Neuro-Infectious & Autoimmune Neurology Fellow | Updates in Autoimmune Neurology |
May 27 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Kenneth L. Tyler, MD Louise Baum Endowed Chair and Chairman of Neurology; Professor of Medicine and Imminology-Microbiology | Emerging Neurology of COVID-19/SARS-CoV2 |
June 3 Hensel Phelps West (178712) | Cancelled due to Research Retreat | Cancelled |
June 10 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Child Neurology Dylan Brock, MD, Ryan Kammeyer, MD; Laurel McGarry Child Neurology PGY-5 Pediatric Neurology Residents | What's all the VUS About? A Retrospective Look at Genetic Panels for Pediatric-Onset Epilepsies |
June 17 Hensel Phelps West (103253) | Cancelled | Cancelled |
June 24 Hensel Phelps West (103253​) | Alexandra Atwood, MD Robert Hamilton, MD Epilepsy Fellows | Deep Brain Stimulation in Epilepsy: A New Consideration for Treatment of Refractive Epilepsy |
July 1 Zoom | Holiday Week | Grand Rounds Cancelled |
July 8 Zoom | Grand Rounds Cancelled | Grand Rounds Cancelled |
July 15 Zoom | Behavioral Peter Pressman, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology | Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementias: An Overview |
July 22 Zoom | NH/Stroke Karen Orjuela, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology | Using the Lens of Covid-19 to Address Inequity of Hospital Neurology |
July 29 Zoom | Professional Excellence Abigail Lara, MD Co-Director of the Office of Professional Excellence | Office of Professional Excellence: Who, What, Why & How |
Aug. 5 Zoom | Epilepsy Mesha-Gay Brown, MD Associate Professor of Neurology | Treatment of Drug Resistant Epilepsy: Ketogenic Diet Therapies in Adults |
Aug. 12 Zoom | Research Ravi Mahalingam, PhD Research Professor of Neurology | Varicella Virus, Latency and Reactivation in an Animal Model |
Aug. 19 Zoom | Neuro-Laryngology Carol Foster, MD Associate Professor of Otolaryngology | The Clinical Spectrum of Dizziness in Sleep Apnea |
Aug. 26 Zoom |
Movement Disorders Drew Kern, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology
| Current and Future Research in the Field of Deep Brain Stimulation at the University of Colorado |
Sep. 2 Zoom | MS Teri Schreiner, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology Kenneth Tyler, MD Professor and Chair of Neurology Daniel Pastula, MD Associate Professor of Neurology | Understanding Acute
Flaccid Myelitis in 3 Dimensions: Clinical Features, Epidemiology and a Mouse
Model of Disease |
Sep. 9 (DOM Grand Rounds) Zoom | Quality Improvement/M&M with DOM & Neurology Jennifer Simpson, MD Associate Professor of Neurology Tyler Miller, MD Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine | It Takes a Village in Diagnosis and Management: A Case of Multidisciplinary Care |
Sep. 16 Zoom | Aaron M. Carlson, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology | Big Data, Algorithms, and Neurological Disease |
Sep. 23 Zoom | Neuromuscular Anthony A. Amato, MD BWH Distinguished Chair in Neurology Chief, Neuromuscular Division Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School | Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies |
Sep. 30 Zoom | Epilepsy Jacob Pellinen, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology | Delayed Diagnosis of Focal Epilepsy: Causes, Consequences, and Possible Solutions |
Oct. 7 Zoom | Various Neurology Faculty | You've Got Nerve! A Neurology Trivia Competition |
Oct. 14 Zoom | Child Neurology Abigail Collins, MD Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology | Genetic Syndromes with Movement Disorders and Epilepsy |
Oct. 21 Zoom | Movement Disorders Maureen Leehey, MD Professor of Neurology | Challenges of Cannabis Research: Parkinson Disease as a Case in Point |
Oct. 28 Zoom | Veterinary Neurology Stephanie McGrath, DVM, MS Assistant Professor & Clinical Instructor Neurology Department Colorado State University | Veterinary Neurology |
Nov. 4 Zoom | Behavioral Brice McConnell, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology | The Sleeping Brain: Decoding Neural Circuits to Understand How Sleep Protects our Brains from Neurodegeneration |
Nov. 11 Zoom | Gilden Lecturer Merit E. Cudkowicz, MD, MSc Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School | What's New in ALS Therapeutics |
Nov. 18 Zoom | MS Professor of Neurology | Multiple Sclerosis: We Have Come a Long Way, But Where Are We Going? |
Nov. 25 Zoom | Cancelled for Holiday week | Cancelled |
Dec. 2 Zoom | Movement Disorders Deborah Hall, MD Professor and Endowed Chair of Neurology, Rush Medical College | Fragile X-Associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome |
Dec. 9 Zoom | NH/Stroke Jose Biller, MD Professor and Chair of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch SOM | How to Think Like a Neurologist |
Dec. 16 Zoom | Epilepsy Katie Bullinger, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology, Emory University | Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Drug Resistant Epilepsy |
Dec. 23 Zoom | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled |
Dec. 30 Zoom | Cancelled for Holiday Week | Cancelled |
The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.