2008 Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds
.gif)
Stelios Manolis Smirnakis, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Systems-Level Neural Repair: The Case of Vision
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
J. Clay Goodman, M.D. FAAN
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Walter Henrick Moursund Endowed Chair in Pathology
Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology) and Neurology
Neuropathology Program Director
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Clinical Microdialysis: Neurochemical Window into the Brain
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Frances E. Jensen, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Director of Epilepsy Research
Department of Neurology
Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Peter Kellaway, Ph.D.
Endowed Lectureship in Epilepsy
Title: Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis: Understanding the Epilepsy Spectrum Disorder
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
George J. Hutton, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Monoclonal Antibody Therapies and Neurologic Disorders
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Susan Rountree, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
David E. Friedman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Managing Patients with Epilepsy: More than Just Seizure Control?
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Alberto Albanese, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
National Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta"
Milan, Italy
Title: Deep Brain Stimulation or Drug Infusion in Advanced Parkinson's Disease?
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Yadollah Harati, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Limb-Girdle Weakness: Simple and Not So Simple
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Frederick E. Munschauer, M.D.
Smith Professor and Chair, Neurology
Chair, Jacobs Neurological Institute
University of New York at Buffalo
Title: MRI: A Surrogate Measure of Pathology and Activity
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
.gif)
William G. Ondo, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Sleep/Wake Disorders in Parkinson's Disease
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Thomas A Kent, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Chief of Neurology, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Aphasia and Its Recovery Following Stroke
Location: Mary Gibbs Jones 2nd Floor Assembly Hall
.gif)
Zoltan Mari, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Title: Event-Related Desynchronization (ERD) in Functional Myoclonus (FM)
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Paul E. Schulz, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: The Evaluation and Treatment of Dementia Symptoms: Insights from the VA Dementia Interest Group
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
.gif)
Dennis R. Mosier, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Case Studies in Neuromuscular Medicine
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Kinga Szigeti, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Genetics of Dementia
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Weidong Le, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Etiopathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease: A New Beginning?
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Jose I. Suarez, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Neurocritical Care: Past, Present, and Future
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Paolo Moretti, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Dysregulation and Therapeutic Modification of the Epigenome in Brain Disorders
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Eugene C. Lai, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Title: Perspectives on Deep Brain Stimulation in Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
L. Forbes Barnwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Getting to the Heart of SUDEP
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
.gif)
Roderic H. Fabian, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Cerebral Vascular Endothelium in Hypoxic-Hyperoxic Injury
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Ryan McDonald, M.D.
Neurology Residency Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Frontotemporal Dementia: Genetic and Medical Associations
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
.gif)
Mark Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania
Title: Sleepless in Philly: Genetic Analysis of Sleep in Drosophila
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Joseph S. Kass, M.D., J.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Medical Ethics
Baylor College of Medicine
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
.gif)
Christopher King, M.D.
Neurology Residency Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: A Review of Tuberculous Meningitis in an Urban County Hospital
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Elissa Wible, M.D.
Neurology Residency Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Cold-Hearted: Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
.gif)
Adam Blanchette, M.D.
Neurology Residency Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Pankaj Satija, M.D.
Neurology Residency Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Michael V. Abene, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Evaluation of the Insomnias and Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium
James M. Killian, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Chronic Immune Demyelinating Polyneuropathies: Approach to Diagnosis
Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium
Tianhong Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Autophagy: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Parkinson's Disease
Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium
.gif)
Ian Goldsmith, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurophysiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Mechanisms of Pharmacoresistance in Epilepsy
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137

Ming Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology
Brain Research Institute
UCLA School of Medicine
Title: Studying Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Drosophila as a Model
Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium
Baruch A. Brody, Ph.D.
Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Intellectual Property and Pharmaceuticals
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Translational Discoveries in Diagnosing, Treating, and Predicting Epilepsy
Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium
Alica Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurophysiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Neurocardiology: Classical Concept with a Genetic Twist
Location: Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137
Nicolas M. Nammour, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Headache Disorders
Location: M. D. Anderson – Onstead Auditorium