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Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds 2007

2008 Grand Rounds

Friday, Dec. 14 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Gotman

Jean Gotman, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University

Title: A New View of Epileptic Discharges: Combining EEG and fMRI

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Dec. 7 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Goodman

J. Clay Goodman, M.D. FAAN

Walter Henrick Moursand Chair in Pathology (Neuropathology)
Professor of Pathology and Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Brain Biopsy

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Nov. 30 at 8 a.m.
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Thomas A. Kent, M.D.

Chief of Neurology, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC
Director of Stroke Research and Education
Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Neurobiology and Treatment of Impulsive Aggression

Location: Scurlock Tower, Conference Room 410

Friday, Nov. 16 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Hutton

George J. Hutton, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Neuromyelitis Optica

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Nov. 2 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Rivera

Victor M. Rivera, M.D.

Professor of Neurology
Medical Director, Maxine Mesinger MS Clinic
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Conversations on Baylor, MS, and the New Paradigms

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Oct. 19 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Geschwind

Daniel H. Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D.

Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair, Human Genetics
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director, Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART)
Co-Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles

Title: Gene Expression in Health and Disease, A Systems Biology Approach

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Oct. 12 at 8 a.m.
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Thomas A. Kent, M.D.

Chief of Neurology, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC
Director of Stroke Research and Education
Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: A New Look at Lacunar Stroke

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Sep. 28 at 8 a.m.
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Pitchaiah Mandava, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Addressing the Failure of Clinical Trials in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Sep. 21 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Rountree

Susan Rountree, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Mild Cognitive Impairment

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Sep. 14 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Kwan

Justin Kwan, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Usual Presentation of a Muscular Dystrophy

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Aug. 24 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Joohi Jimenez-Shahed

Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Deep Brain Stimulation in Refractory Tourette Syndrome

Location: Scurlock Tower, Room 410

Friday, Aug. 17 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Szigeti

Kinga Szigeti, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Molecular Diagnostics in Peripheral Neuropathies

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Aug. 10 at 8 a.m.
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Weidong Le, M.D., Ph.D.

Co-Director, Parkinson's Disease Research Laboratory
Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Protein Degradation Failure is a Key Pathological Process Leading to Parkinson's Disease

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, Aug. 3 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Moretti

Paolo Moretti, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Molecular & Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Rice University

Title: Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, July 27 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Jose I. Suarez

Jose I. Suarez, M.D.

Director of Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Human Albumin and Neuroprotection

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, July 20 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Lai

Eugene C. Lai, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Traumatic Brain Injury: A Not So "Silent Epidemic" Anymore

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Friday, July 13 at 8 a.m.
Dr. Barnwell

Lyndon F. Barnwell, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurophysiology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: The Basic Science of Epilepsy and Aging

Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium

Monday, June 25 at Noon
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Ian Lance Goldsmith, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurophysiology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Neurostimulation in the Treatment of Epilepsy

Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137

Thursday, June 21 at Noon
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Christopher Kenney, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Deep Brain Stimulation and the Pedunculopontine Nucleus

Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137

Monday, June 11 at Noon
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Corey Goldsmith, M.D.

Neurology Residency Program
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Histone Modification and Polyglutamine Diseases

Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137

Monday, June 4 at Noon
Dr. Ubogu

Eroboghene E. Ubogu, M.D.

Co-Director, Electromyography Laboratory
Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Case Western Reserve University

Title: Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Expression in Immune-mediated Polyradiculoneuropathies: Future Specific Therapeutic Targets?

Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137

Monday, May 21 at Noon
Dr. Traynor

Bryan J. Traynor, M.D.

Clinical Fellow, NIMH
Adjunct faculty, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Title: Genetics of ALS and FTD

Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137

Monday, May 14 at Noon
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Noor Sachdev, M.D.

Neurology Residency Program
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: NOGO or Not to Grow: That is the Question

Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137