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.
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