Neurology Grand Rounds

This program is specifically designed for:

• Practicing physicians seeking up-to-date knowledge in neurology
• Neurology residents and fellows building a strong foundation in clinical and academic neurology
• Allied healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with neurological conditions (e.g., nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinical pharmacists)

Sessions feature a combination of:

• Expert-led lectures on emerging topics
• Case presentations for practical application
• Interactive Q&A discussions to engage participants and encourage collaborative learning

Participants will be able to:

• Apply current research and clinical guidelines to patient care
• Recognize and manage complex neurological conditions more effectively
• Integrate multidisciplinary approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders

Participants are required to complete a brief online evaluation after each session. Your feedback helps ensure the continued relevance, quality, and effectiveness of the series.

For more information, please contact:
Catherine March
catherine.march@bcm.edu

• Sept. 9, 2024: Investigating Motor Neuron Degeneration in Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Type 1, presented by James Orengo, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Sept. 16, 2024: Exploring the Effects of Sleep Deprivation Among Healthcare Professionals, presented by Annise Wilson, M.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
• Sept. 23, 2024: Drug Approval Controversies: Ethical Concerns and Lessons Learned presented by Mary A. Majumder, J.D., Ph.D., Dalton Tomlin Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
• Sept. 30, 2024: Deciphering COMA and Composing a Path to Recovery, presented by Chethan Venkatasubba Rao, M.D., FNCS, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery Faculty, Baylor College of Medicine
• Oct. 14, 2024: Carotid Stenosis - Past and Present, presented by Rahul Damani, M.D., MPH, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine
• Oct. 21, 2024: Modulating Neuromodulators to Enhance Cognition presented by Matthew J. McGinley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
• Oct. 28, 2024: Actigraphy 101: A Translational Biomarker of Neuropsychiatric Wellbeing, presented by Vaishnav Krishnan, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Nov. 4, 2024: Neurocysticercosis presented by Eva Clark, M.D., Ph.D., CTrop Med, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Pediatrics (Tropical Medicine), Baylor College of Medicine
• Nov. 11, 2024: Why Do Patients Develop Gliomas? Examining Risk Factors and Prevalence of Pathogenic Germline Variants in Adult-type Diffuse Glioma presented by Jacob Mandel, M.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine
• Nov. 18, 2024: Advances in Immunological Treatment of Alzheimer Disease, presented by Alireza Faridar, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurology, Academic Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital
• Nov. 25, 2024: Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Epilepsy presented by Lu Lin, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Dec. 2, 2024: New and Emerging Treatments in Parkinson’s Disease presented by Joseph Jankovic, M.D., Professor of Neurology Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders, Baylor College of Medicine
• Dec. 9, 2024: Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Cognitive Effects of Cerebrovascular Disease presented by Joseph S. Kass, M.D., J.D., FAAN, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Medical Ethics, Baylor College of Medicine
• Dec. 16, 2024: Teaching Clinical Reasoning presented by Corey Goldsmith, M.D., FAAN, Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurology Residency Program Director Baylor College of Medicine

• Jan. 6, 2025: Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-associated Disease: A Clinical Update presented by Michael Z. Moore, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Jan. 13, 2025: Molecular Regulators of Nerve Conduction presented by Jun Li, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Neurology, Houston Methodist Hospital
• Jan. 27, 2025: Genetic Testing in the Adult Epilepsy Clinic: Who, What, and Why presented by Elizabeth E. Gerard, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
• Feb. 3, 2025: Clinical Use of Biomarkers in the Era of Disease-Modifying Treatments for Alzheimer Disease presented by Suzanne E. Schindler, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University, School of Medicine
• Feb. 10, 2025: Channels in Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disease 2025: From Precision Diagnosis to Precision Care presented by Edward C. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
• Feb. 17, 2025: Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders presented by George J. Hutton, M.D., FAAN Professor of Neurology, Linda and John Griffn Endowed Chair in Multiple Sclerosis, Baylor College of Medicine
• Feb. 24, 2025: Neuromodulation for Parkinson Disease Beyond Tremor, Rigidity and Bradykinesia presented by Nora Vanegas, M.D., Associate Professor, Director of Neuromodulation Research, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• March 3, 2025: Parkinson’s Disease and the Lysosome: From Mechanisms to Genomic Medicine presented by Joshua M. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
• March 17, 2025: Cell Therapy Approaches to Treat Multiple Sclerosis presented by Jeffrey A. Cohen, MD, Hazel Prior Hostetler Professor of Neurology Mellen Center, Cleveland Clinic
• March 24, 2025: The Role of Regional Nerve Blocks and Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain presented by Everton Edmondson, M.D., Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• March 31, 2025: Identification of Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Inherited Peripheral Neuropathies presented by Sarah Berth, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• April 14, 2025: Teaching Neurology in the Clinical Moment: An Evidence-Based Approach presented by Atul Maheshwari, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology Baylor College of Medicine
• April 21, 2025: Intracerebral Hemorrhage: New Approaches to an Old Disease presented by J. Claude Hemphill III, M.D., MAS Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Neurology UCSF School of Medicine
• April 28, 2025: Therapy Development in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): New Approaches and Discoveries presented by  Merit Cudkowicz, M.D., MSc, Executive Director of Science Institute, Mass General Brigham
• May 5, 2025: Botulinum Toxin in Tremor presented by Steven Bellows, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• May 12, 2025: Recruitment of Inhibitory Neurons in Seizures presented by Barna Dudok, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• May 19, 2025: Unlocking Affective Neurobiology Using Intracranial Recording and Stimulation presented by Kelly Bijanki, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
• June 2, 2025: Lightning in the Fog: Linking Late-Onset Epilepsy with Alzheimer Disease presented by Alice D. Lam, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
• June 9, 2025: Defining Death — or Redefining It in the Era of Modern Medicine presented Khwaja A. Siddiqui, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• June 16, 2025: Mind the Gap: Dementia, Disparity, and Divestment of Health presented by Dona Kim Murphey, M.D., Physician Scientist Founder, PrognosUs, Area Planning Advisory Council, Harris County Area Agency on Aging, Chief Scientific Officer, Synthesys Brain Health
• June 23, 2025: Commercial Spaceflight Research: Optimizing Brain Performance and Mitigating Neurological Risks for the Next Generation of Space Travelers presented by Eric Bershad, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty, Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

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• Sept. 8, 2025: Multimodal Mapping of Hyperexcitability in Glioma presented by Jochen Meyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Sept. 15, 2025: Coma Care Reimagined: Frin Clinical Uncertainty to Opportunity presented by Chethan Venkatasubba Rao, M.D., FNCS, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery Faculty, Baylor College of Medicine
• Sept. 22, 2025: Advanced Amino Acid PET Imaging in Adult Neuro-Oncology: Clinical Experience with an FDA Expanded Access IND for C-11 Methionine presented by Arash Kardan, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology and Medicine Chief, Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Sept. 29, 2025: Exploring the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Cognition presented by Annise Wilson, M.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
• Oct. 6, 2025: When White Matter Turns Grey: Recognizing Adult-Onset Leukodystrophy presented by Lisa Emrick, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neurogenetics, Baylor College of Medicine
• Oct. 13, 2025: Towards Understanding the Genomic Determinants of the Diffusely Infiltrative Gliomatosis Cerebri Phenotype presented by Pushan Dasgupta, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Oct. 20, 2025: GD2-CAR T Cell Therapy for H3K27-Altered Diffuse Midline Gliomas: presented by Jasia Mahdi, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Oct. 20, 2025: Autonomic Neuropathies: From Amyloid to Zebras presented by Amanda C. Peltier, M.D., M.S., Professor of Neurology and Medicine, Chief, Division of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Nov. 3, 2025: Huntington Disease Therapeutic Approaches and Clinical Trials presented by Jee Bang, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Nov. 10, 2025: Advances in Genetic Testing of Neuromuscular Disorders, presented by James Orengo, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Nov. 17, 2025: Tics and Tourette Syndrome presented by Joseph Jankovic, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders, Director, Parkinson’s Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine. 
• Nov. 24, 2025: Updates in the Evaluation and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease presented by Christine Rizk, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Dec. 1, 2025: The Prevalence of Pathogenic Germline Variants in Adult-Type Diffuse Glioma presented by Jacob Mandel, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, member of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine.
• Dec. 15, 2025: Unusual Cases in Neurology presented by Corey Goldsmith, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine

• Jan. 5, 2026: Re-Evaluating the Dizziness Approach presented by Vitor Pacheco, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Jan. 12, 2026: Cognitive Resilience and Brain Health: Building a Better Brain presented by James E. Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., Endowed Chair in Memory Disorders, Professor in Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• Feb. 2, 2026: Tau Seeding Dynamics as Driver of Cognitive Decline in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease presented by Cristian Lasagna-Reeves, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Feb. 9, 2026: Update on Brain Death presented by David M. Greer, M.D., M.A., Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Boston University Medical School
• Feb. 16, 2026: Autonomic Medicine: Past, Present and Future presented by David S. GoldStien, M.D. Ph.D., Scientist Emeritus, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Feb. 23, 2026: Updates on Deep Brain Stimulation and Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Parkinson Disease, presented by Nora Vanegas-Aroyave, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
• March 6, 2026: Resolving Alzheimer Disease Heterogeneity Through Functional Genomics presented by Joshua M. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
• March 9, 2026: Spring Break Holiday – No Grand Rounds
• March 16, 2026: IDH Mutations in Glioma Patients: From Discovery to Translation to Treatment and Back to Discovery presented by Kathy Peters, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine
• March 23, 2026: Diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome presented by Everton Edmondson, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.
• March 30, 2026: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Clinical Advances and New Biological Insights, presented by Sarah Berth, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.
• April 10, 2026: Tickling the Brain: The Pathophysiology of Pathological Laughter presented by Atul Maheshwari, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Adalaide Lackner Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Executive Director, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, University of Florida.
• April 13, 2026: The Parkinson’s Plan presented by Michael S. Okun, M.D., Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.
• April 27, 2026: Reimagining the Human Cerebellum: Network Insights from Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, and Cerebellar Ataxia presented by Chi-Ying (Roy) Lin M.D., M.P.H., FAAN, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.
• May 8, 2026: Medicolegal Issues in Neurology presented by Joseph Kass, M.D., J.D., Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine.
• May 11, 2026: Health Disparities in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis presented by Lilyana Amezcua, M.D., M.S., Professor of Neurology, Chief of the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Division, Kack School of Medicine, University of Southern California
• May 18, 2026: Ethological Investigations of the Neurophysiology Underlying Psychiatric Disorders presented by Nicole R. Provenza, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and McNair Scholar, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine. 
• June 1, 2026: Carotid Stenosis: Past, Present, and Future presented by Rahul Damani, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine. 
• June 8, 2026: Looking into the Crystal Ball: Neuroprognostication presented by Khwaja A. Siddiqui, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine. 
• June 12, 2026: Epilepsy Source Localization: Bridging EMU, HDEEG, and MEG presented by Susan T. Herman, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute. 
• June 15, 2026: Brain Dead and Pregnant: Questions, Controversies and Approaches Raised by the Adriana Smith Case presented by Adam Omelianchuk, Ph.D., M.A., HEC-C, Assistant Professor, Center of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine. 
• June 22, 2026: Brain Health Across the Life Span: The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Preventative Neurology presented by Kamkashi Patel, M.D., M.P.H., Dip ACLM, FAAN, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine. 
• June 29, 2026: Why Animals Matter for SIDS/SUID Research presented by Russel S. Ray, PhD, Associate Professor and McNair Scholar, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine. 

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• Sept. 14, 2026: Consciousness as a Memory System: Implications for Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders presented by Andrew E. Budson, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. 
• Sept. 21, 2026: The Heart-Brain Axis in ADRD: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Clinical Implications presented by Ihab Hajjar, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.
• Sept. 28, 2026: Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Probe Brain Network Function in Health and Disease presented by Moushin Shafi, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School.
• Oct. 5, 2026: The Secret of Glymph: Exploring the Relationship Between Neuroinflammation and Sleep presented by Annise Wilson, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.
• Oct. 12, 2026: Optimizing Communication and Conflict Resolution presented by Stacey Rose, M.D., FACP, FISDA, Associate Dean of Professionalism, Director of the Center for Professionalism, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine.
• Oct. 19, 2026: Re-imagining Parkinson’s disease: Integrating Biomarkers into Research and Clinical Practice presented by David Coughlin, M.D., MTR, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego.
• Oct. 26, 2026: Adolescent and Young Adult Neuro-oncology: A New Frontier presented by Jessica Schulte, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology, Medicine, and Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine.