Department of Neurological Sciences

  

Education and Training

 

Introduction

 

CONFERENCES:

 

GRAND ROUNDS

2008-2009 Grand Rounds Begin October 2008 

 

March Grand Rounds

March 5, 2009 "Patient Oriented: 79 year old Female presenting with Bilateral Facial Weakness" Speaker: Arun Antony, MD Advisor: Dr. Thaisetthawatkul

March 12, 2009 "Myasthenia Gravis" Speaker: j. Americo Fernandes, MD, Assistant Professor, Neurological Sciences, Director, Myopathy and Myathenia Gravis Program, Director, Neurology WI-NE VAMC

March 19, 2009 "Mind:  A Journey to the Center of the Brain" Speaker: Sanjay Singh, MD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurological Sciences, Director, The Nebraska Epilepsy Center, Director of the Neurology Residency Program

March 26, 2009 "Peripheral nerve Lymphoma" Speaker: Vahid Taghavi, MD, Assistant Professor, Neurological Sciences, Direcotr, ALS & Motor Neuron Disease Program, Helen Freytag Assistant, Professor of ALS Research, Dept. of Neurological Sciences.

 

February Grand Rounds

February 5, 2009 "Multifocal Motor neuropathy with Conduction Block (MMNCB) Speaker: Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul, MD, Assistant Professor, Director Peripheral nerve Program, Department of Neurological Sciences

February 12, 2009 "17 year old Male with Intractable Epilepsy Speaker: Neelima Thakur, MD Advisor: Dr. Sanjay Singh

February 19, 2009 "A Primer of Psychiatry for Neurologists" Speaker: Prasad R. Padala, MD, Program Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Staff Psychiatrist, Omaha VA Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UNMC

February 26, 2009 "Introduction to MEG Research Applications: Functional Brain Mapping and More" Speaker: Tony Wilson, PhD, Assistant Professor & MEG Scientist, Department of Neurological Sciences 

 

January Grand Rounds

 January 8, 2009 "Dural-Based Fistula" Speaker Daniel Surdell, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery-Section of Neurosurgery

January 15, 2009 "55 year old male with rapidly Progressive Short-term Memory Deficits Speaker: Sharique Ansari, Advisor Dr. Thaisetthawatkul

January 22, 2009  "MS Therapies: Eclectic Immunomodulation Versus Immunosuppression" Speaker: Rana Zabad, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurological sciences, Director of Multiple Sclerosis Program

January 29, 2009 "Movement Disorders of the Abdomen and Trunk" Speaker:  Bryan Klassen, MD, Fellow, Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale.

 

December Grand Rounds

December 4, 2008 "Magnetoencephalography: A New Era-The Basics"

Speaker:  Sanjay Singh, MD Associate Professor, Dept of Neurological Sciences, Director of The Nebraska Epilepsy Center, Director Residency Program

December 11, 2008 "Clinical & Research Application of Magnetoencephalography (MEG)"

Speaker:  Deepak Madhavan, MD Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurological Sciences, Associate Director of The Nebraska Epilepsy Center

December 18, 2008 "Patient Oriented: 30 year old Male with Leg Stiffnes & Difficult Speech"

Speaker:  Kanishk Makhija, MD HO III   Advisor: Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul, MD  Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurological Sciences

December 25, 2008 - No Conferences

November Grand Rounds

November 6th:  "Patient-oriented Grand Rounds: 62 year-old Male with Weakness"    Speaker: Utku Uysal, M.D. HO IV; Advisor: Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences

November 13th: "The Search for Value in Alzheimer's Disease Treatments"    Speaker:  Daniel Murman, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences

November 20th: "Endovascular Treatment for Acute ischemic Stroke"    Speaker:  Adnan I. Qureshi, M.D. Executive Director, Minnesota Stroke Initiative, Associate Head, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota; Executive Director, Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center

October Conferences

October 2nd:  "Stroke: A Year in Review"   Speaker:  Pierre Fayad, M.D.  Reynolds Centennial Professor & Chairman; Director, Nebraska Stroke Center; Department of Neurological Sciences

October 9th: "Dystonia & Spasticity"  Speaker:  Diego Torres-Russotto, M.D. Washington University, Movement Disorder Fellow

October 16th: "Partial Epilepsy: Old Myths & New Hopes" Speaker: Sanjay Singh, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences; Director, The Nebraska Epilepsy Center; Director of the Neurology Residency Program

October 23rd: "Patient-oriented Grand Rounds: A 43 year old female with dizziness, diplopia & unsteady gait"   Speaker: Najib Murr, M.D. HO III, Advisor: Daniel Murman, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences

-  October 30th:  "Women with Epilepsy"  Speaker: Sona Shah, M.D.  Neurology Associates of Great Plains  *In honoring the request of the speaker, this conference is not available on line or for reproduction.

 

2007-2008 Grand Rounds 

 

2006-2007 Grand Rounds

 

Neurology Residency Program

 

Medical Student Clerkships

 

Visiting Scholars

 

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