Lectureships
Department of Neurology
The Department of Neurology is honored to host a number of distinguished guest speakers for our named lectureships.
The Department of Neurology is honored to host a number of distinguished guest speakers for our named lectureships.
Distinguished lecturers, by invitation from the Chair of Neurology, presented Grand Rounds and collaborated with Neurology and University faculty members.
Year | Guest Lecturer |
2014 | David M. Holtzman, MD Washington University |
2014 | Barbara G. Vickrey, MD, MPH University of California, Los Angeles |
2015 | Michael D. Geschwind, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco |
2015 | Robert G. Holloway, Jr., MD, MPH University of Rochester Medical Center |
2015 | Frances E. Jensen, MD University of Pennsylvania |
2016 | Gregory D. Cascino, MD Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |
2016 | Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD University of Rochester Medical Center |
2016 | Stefan M. Pulst, MD University of Utah |
The Christopher M. Filley Lectureship in Behavioral Neurology was established in 2024 to highlight the importance of Behavioral Neurology as a discipline devoted to the study of brain-behavior relationships in disease and health. After coming to the University of Colorado in 1984 as the first Behavioral Neurologist in its history, Dr. Filley founded the Behavioral Neurology Section in 1991 and served as its Director until 2024.
Year | Guest Lecturer |
| 2024 | Bruce L. Miller, MD University of California, San Francisco |
| 2025 | Victor W. Henderson, MD, MS Stanford University |
The Gilden Lectureship was established on the 2009 occasion marking Dr. Don Gilden’s years as Chair of Neurology (1985-2009), at which time he stepped down from the Chairship and remained a full-time, active faculty member until his passing in 2016. The lectureship highlights individuals with a strong science background translating to clinical applications.
Year | Guest Lecturer |
2011 | Stephen L. Galetta, MD The University of Pennsylvania |
2012 | W. Ian Lipkin, MD Columbia University |
2013 | Howard L. Lipton, MD University of Illinois at Chicago |
2014 | Brice R. Ranson, MD, PhD University of Washington |
2015 | Tamir Ben-Hur, MD, PhD The Hebrew University |
2016 | David Pleasure, MD University of California Davis |
2017 | David M. Holtzman, MD Washington University |
2018 | Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD University of Barcelona |
2019 | Anne Cross, MD Washington University |
| 2020 | Merit E. Cudkowicz, MD, MSc Harvard Medical School |
| 2021 | Avindra Nath, MD National Institutes of Neurological Disorders, NIH |
| 2022 | Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH |
| 2023 | John A. Kessler, MD Northwestern University |
| 2024 | Igor J. Koralnik, MD Northwestern University |
The Frederick A. Horner, MD Visiting Professorship and Lectureship in Pediatric Neurology was established in 2022 by Mrs. Marjorie Horner, in memory of her husband. Dr. Horner served as Assistant Chief of Pediatrics at Fitzsimons Army Hospital (1951-1953), located on our current campus. At the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, he was a trainee in Neurology and Instructor in Pediatrics from 1954-1956, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology) from 1956-1961. Dr. Horner was then Founder and Chief of Pediatric Neurology and Professor and Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Neurology at the University of Rochester (1968-1985).
| Date | Guest Lecturer |
| 2022 | Erika F. Augustine MD, MS |
| 2023 | Amy R. Brooks-Kayal, MD University of California, Davis |
| 2024 | Kevin C. Ess, MD, PhD Children's Hospital Colorado |
| 2025 | Kevin J. Staley, MD Harvard University |
James Stephens, MD, served as the Head of Neurology, under the Department of Medicine, from 1953 until his passing in 1966. The Stephens Lectureship, established in his honor, features a visiting guest who teaches Neurology residents and delivers a Grand Rounds presentation.
Year | Guest Lecturer | Year | Guest Lecturer |
1973 | Fred Plum, MD Cornell University | 1999 | Kathleen M. Foley, MD |
1974 | Robert A. Fishman, MD University of California, San Francisco | 2000 | Timothy A. Pedley, MD Columbia University
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1975 | Robert J. Joynt, MD, PhD University of Rochester | 2001 | M. Flint Beal, MD Cornell University |
1976 | C. Miller Fisher, MD Harvard University | 2002 | Kenneth M. Heilman, MD |
1977 | Norman Geschwind, MD Harvard University | 2003 | Johan A. Aarli, MD University of Bergen |
1978 | David A. Drachman, MD Northwestern University | 2004 | Roger N. Rosenberg, MD University of Texas Southwestern |
1979 | Christopher A. Pallis, MD University of London | 2005 | Austin J. Sumner, MD
Louisiana State University |
1980 | Peritz Scheinberg, MD University of Miami | 2006 | Joseph Jankovic, MD Baylor College of Medicine |
1981 | Arthur K. Asbury, MD University of Pennsylvania | 2007 | J. Richard Baringer, MD University of Utah School of Medicine |
1982 | Joseph M. Foley, MD Case Western Reserve University | 2008 | Klaus V. Toyka, MD University of Würzburg |
1983 | James W. Lance, MD University of New South Wales | 2009 | Stephen G. Reich, MD
University of Maryland |
1984 | Jerome B. Posner, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering | 2010 | Symposium in honor of Don Gilden, MD University of Colorado |
1985 | Lewis P. Rowland, MD Neurologic Institute of New York | 2011 | John D. England, MD Louisiana State University |
1986 | Peter J. Dyck, MD Mayo Clinic | 2012 | Martin A. Samuels, MD
Harvard University |
1987 | Louis R. Caplan, MD Tufts University | 2013 | Stephen L. Hauser, MD
University of California, San Francisco |
1988 | Guy M. McKhann II, MD Johns Hopkins University | 2014 | Stanley Fahn, MD |
1989 | Robert P. Lisak, MD Wayne State University | 2015 | Allan H. Ropper, MD |
1990 | John N. Whitaker, MD University of Alabama | 2016 | Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
1991 | M. Marsel Mesulam, MD Harvard University | 2017 | Walter J. Koroshetz, MD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
1992 | H. Richard Tyler, MD Harvard University | 2018 | Mark Hallett, MD National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
1993 | Richard J. Thompson, MD Johns Hopkins University | 2019 | Lisa M. Shulman, MD |
1994 | Peter G.E. Kennedy, MD University of Glasgow | 2021 | S. Andrew Josephson, MD University of California, San Francisco |
1995 | Kenneth P. Johnson, MD University of Maryland | 2023 | Deborah A. Hall, MD, PhD |
1996 | William M. Landau, MD Washington University | 2024 | Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD |
| 1997 | Nicholas A. Vick, MD Northwestern University | 2025 | Steven L. Galetta, MD New York University |
| 1998 | Eric C. Raps, MD University of Pennsylvania |
The Ringel Lectureship was established to honor Dr. Steven Ringel, Professor Emeritus, upon his retirement from the University of Colorado in July, 2017. Dr. Ringel directed the Department of Neurology’s Neuromuscular Division from 1976-2017.
Year | Guest Lecturer |
| 2017 | Steven P. Ringel Symposium: The Future Practice of Neurology |
2019
| John H. Noseworthy, MD Mayo Clinic |
| 2022 | S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD The University of Texas at Austin |
| 2023 | Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD University of Michigan |
| 2024 | Robert G. Holloway, Jr., MD, MPH University of Rochester |
| 2025 | Marinos C. Dalakas, MD Thomas Jefferson University |
The lectureship was named for William L. Halseth, MD (1935-1991). Dr. Halseth graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1962, and from Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery Residency in 1968. He was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado.
Year | Guest Lecturer | Year | Guest Lecturer |
1995 | Lewis P. Rowland, MD Columbia University | 2006 | Michael Swash, MD The London Royal Hospital |
1996 | Walter G. Bradley, MD University of Miami | 2007 | Kenneth H. Fischbeck, MD National Institute of Neurological Disorders |
1997 | Robert H. Brown, Jr., MD, DPhil Harvard University | 2008 | David W. Cleveland, PhD University of California, San Diego |
1998 | Robert G. Miller, MD California Pacific Medical Center | 2009 | Michael G. Benatar, MD, PhD Emory University |
1999 | Hiorshi Mitsumoto, MD Columbia University | 2009 | John M. Ravits, MD Virginia Mason Medical Center |
2000 | Benjamin R. Brooks, MD University of Wisconsin | 2010 | Bruce L. Miller, MD University of California, San Francisco |
2001 | Jeffery D. Rothstein, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins University | 2011 | Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD University of Michigan |
2002 | Teepu Siddique, MD Northwestern University | 2012 | Merit E. Cudkowitz, MD, MSc Harvard Medical School |
2003 | Michael J. Strong, MD University of Western Ontario | 2013 | Richard J. Barohn, MD University of Kansas Medical School |
2004 | Lewis P. Rowland, MD Columbia University | 2014 | Jeremy M. Shefner, MD, PhD Barrow Neurological Institute |
2005 | Stanley H. Appel, MD Baylor College of Medicine | | |
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