American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
76^th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo. (April 13-18, 2024)

• The fragility index of randomized controlled trials for early blood pressure management of intracerebral hemorrhage.
  

  Escamilla-Ocanas C, Morales N, Damani R, Bershad E, Hirzallah M, Siddiqui K, et al.

• Simulation-based brain death determination training for neurology residents.
  

  Escamilla-Ocanas C, Torrealba-Acosta G, Morales-Cardona N, Ramachandran L, Garcia C, Hirzallah M

• Fulminant paraneoplastic neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) with triple-negative aquaporin-4-positive breast cancer.
  

  Patel H, Cuascut F, Noorbhai I, Kass J

• A case of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) use in multiple sclerosis.
  

  Patel H, Hutton G

• The history of the term "catatonia" in cases of encephalopathy.
  

  Perera V, Lenka A, Espay A, Okun M

• Racial disparities in status epilepticus outcomes.
  

  Ramachandran L, Javed F, Khilan MH, Rivera Fullana A, Damani R

American Stroke Association
2024 International Stroke Conference in Phoenix, Ariz. (Feb. 7-9, 2024)

• Stroke metrics reporting to hospital leadership advances thrombolysis and thrombectomy rates in a competitive region: Analysis of SETRAC registry.
  

  Venkatasubba CP, Farquhar G, Ramachandran L, SETRAC Stroke Committee

American Epilepsy Society (AES)
77^th Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. (Dec. 1-5, 2023)

• Sexually dimorphic behavioral and metabolomic consequences of prenatal valproic acid exposure.
  

  Karedia S, Mazumder AG, Kamen J, Krishnan V

• Clinicopathologic dissociation: Robust age-dependent Lafora body accumulation in Malin-KO mice without observable changes in home-cage behavior.
  

  Krishnan V, Wu J, Mazumder AG, Kamen J, Bass III J, Maheshwari A, et al.

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
27^th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Copenhagen, Denmark (Aug. 27-31, 2023)

• Apathy and Parkinson?s disease motor phenotypes: A preliminary study.
  

  Lenka A, Gazes Y, Vanegas-Arroyave N

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
21^st Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. (Aug. 15-18, 2023)

• High hypoperfusion index on CT perfusion is associated with an unfavorable discharge disposition on patients with large core infarct.
  

  Escamilla-Ocanas CE, Morales-Cardona NC, Siddiqui K, Venkatasubba Rao CP, Bershad E, Hirzallah M, et al.

• Effects of balanced versus unbalanced hypertonic saline on renal function in neurocritical care.
  

  McGlennon MR, Tucker B, Escamilla-Ocanas CE, Morales NC, Steele EJ, Venkatasubba Rao CP, et al.

• High hypoperfusion intensity ratio associated with prolonged ICU-stay and unfavorable discharge disposition in patients who undergo mechanical thrombectomy.
  

  Morales-Cardona NC, Escamilla-Ocanas CE, Siddiqui K, Venkatasubba Rao CP, Bershad E, Hirzallah M, et al.

• Hypoperfusion index and early ischemic changes.
  

  Ramachandran L, Ahmad A, Damani R, Rao C, Siddiqui K, Bershad E, et al.

• Deep venous thrombosis after four factor prothrombin complex concentrate in a neurocritical care unit.
  

  Sanchez Mas E, Ramachandran L, Ahmad A, Achuo E, Damani R, Rao C, et al.

• Correlation of personalized and standard blood pressure thresholds with mortality in patients with intracranial hemorrhage and intraventricular hemorrhage.
  

  Siddiqui K, Ramachandran L, Shrestha B, Atwood H, D'Avignon S, Zuniga E, et al.

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
75^th Annual Meeting in Boston, Mass. (April 22-28, 2023)

• Apathy and Parkinson's disease motor phenotypes: A preliminary study.
  

  Lenka A, Gazes Y, Vanegas-Arroyave N

Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS)
Annual Forum in San Diego, Calif. (Feb. 23-25, 2023)

• Flurry of neurologic symptoms - KLHL11 paraneoplastic rhombencephalitis.
  

  Patel HY, Pérez CA

American Stroke Association
2023 International Stroke Conference in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 8-10, 2023)

• Predictors of occlusion after flow diversion of aneurysms in the internal carotid artery: Pooled analysis of 2 large studies.
  

  Vivanco-Suarez J, Farooqui M, Singer J, Rodriguez Calienes A, Bekelis K, Javed K, et al.

American Epilepsy Society (AES)
76^th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn. (Dec. 2-6, 2022)

• Encephalopathy in kv1.1 KO mice is associated with hippocampal BDNF and EGR3.
  

  Mazumder AG, Kamen J, Bass J, Schirmer C, Krishnan V

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
74^th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Wash. (April 2-7, 2022)

• NeuroLytes: Developing clinical reasoning for medical students on the neurology clerkship.
  

  Qasim MS, Moore MZ, Sellers A, Garcia CR, Manchanda R, Noorbhai I, et al.

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
44^th Annual Carrell-Krusen Neuromuscular Symposium in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 24-25, 2022)

• Impaired large fiber sensory exam with normal NCS.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Komal F, Sharp L, Abid F

American Society of Neuroimaging / NeuroNet Pro (ASN/NNP)
Joint Annual Meeting 2022 in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Jan. 13-16, 2022)

• Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis masquerading as acute arterial ischemic stroke.
  

  Hafeez MU, Hafeez K, Qasim S, Shastri R

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)
Virtual Neuropsychology Grand Rounds in Houston, Texas (Dec. 9, 2021)

• The Neuropsychology of SARS-CoV2.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Hollman CM, Henry SK

American Epilepsy Society (AES)
75^th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill. (Dec. 3-7, 2021)

• System xc: Friend or foe in KCNA1-null mice?
  

  Aloi M, Noebels J

• On the mental status of Stargazer mice.
  

  Krishnan V, Abboud M, Lee S, Bass J, Schirmer C, Mazumder A

• On the digital psychopharmacology of antiseizure medications.
  

  Mazumder A, Bass J, Lee S, Schirmer C, Krishnan V

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
19^th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill. (Oct. 26-29, 2021)

• The use of point of care compression ultrasound as a screening tool for lower extremity deep vein thrombosis in the neurocritical care unit.
  

  Cuesta Isabel IJ, Damani R, Bershad E, Venkatasubba Rao CP, Hirzallah M, Desai A, et al.

• Spontaneous spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage with simultaneous intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage: A case report.
  

  Moore S, Hafeez M, Siddiqui K, Venkatasubba Rao C

Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
Virtual International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. (Sept. 17-22, 2021)

• Whole-exome sequencing in a movement disorders clinic.
  

  Shah C, Robak L, Hill EJ, Jankovic J

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
Virtual 2021 Annual Meeting (April 17-22, 2021)

• Diagnostic outcome of genetic testing on neuromuscular disorders in a tertiary center.
  

  Al Sultani H, Komal F, Shaibani A

• Acute bilateral optic neuritis due to Borrelia Burgdorferi in a patient with multiple sclerosis on ocrelizumab.
  

  Gill S, Wyrostek SL, Whiting C, Zand R, Esch M

• Adverse neurological events amongst patients undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).
  

  Hafeez MU, Siddiqui K, Ahmad A, Bershad E, Hirzallah MI, Venkatasubba Rao CP, et al.

• Patient preference in virtual versus in-person visits in neuromuscular clinical practice, a multicenter survey.
  

  Komal F, Al Sultani H, Habib A, Siddiqi Z, LaBoy S, Biliciler S, et al.

• NeuroLytes as a novel, virtual, case-based didactics targeted at medical students undergoing Neurology clerkship.
  

  Nascimento F, Moore M, Qasim M, Kung D

• EEG findings in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
  

  Siddiqui K, Hafeez MU, Ahmad A, Bershad E, Hirzallah MI, Venkatasubba Rao CP, et al.

• Resident lumbar puncture clinic at Geisinger Health System: A single program needs assessment for quality improvement.
  

  Wyrostek SL, Whiting C, Houtz C, Avila JD

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
43^rd Annual Carrell-Krusen Neuromuscular Symposium in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 18-19, 2021)

• Outcomes in neuromuscular genetic testing.
  

  Al Sultani H, Hafeez K, Shaibani A

• Clinicians preference of virtual vs. physical visit.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Hafeez K, Al Sultani H, Shaibani A

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
Virtual 18^th Annual Meeting (Sept. 22-25, 2020)

• Early systolic blood pressure variability and hyponatremia are associated with cerebral vasospasm in aSAH patients.
  

  Venkatasubba Rao C, Escamilla-Ocanas CE, Torrealba-Acosta G, Qasim M, Hafeez M, Gutierrez-Flores B, et al.

• Early systolic blood pressure variability is associated with a poor neurological outcome at discharge in aSAH patients.
  

  Venkatasubba Rao C, Escamilla-Ocanas CE, Torrealba-Acosta G, Qasim M, Hafeez M, Gutierrez-Flores B, et al.

• Positive fluid balance during NICU stay is associated with decreased survival after aSAH.
  

  Venkatasubba Rao C, Torrealba-Acosta G, Escamilla-Ocanas CE, Qasim M, Hafeez M, Gutierrez-Flores B, et al.

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
72^nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (April 25 - May 1, 2020)

• Treatment patterns in patients with essential tremor.
  

  Shah C, Jamal F, Jackson G, Sarwar A

American Society on Aging (ASA)
Virtual Annual Conference in Atlanta, Ga. (March 24-27, 2020)

• Integrating service learning opportunities into traditional geropsychology curriculum.
  

  Elick E, Scholz M, Longenecker H, Tseng L, Kutnar S, Espinoza-Mendoza R, et al.

American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)
66^th Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas (Oct. 16-19, 2019)

• Incorporation of electrodiagnostic case reviews to the morning report in a neurology residency program.
  

  Wyrostek SL, Avila JD

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
17^th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Oct. 15-18, 2019)

• Characteristics of Patients with Deep Venous Thrombosis after Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
  

  Escamilla-Ocañas CE, Amna Ramzan, Ali Ahmad, Gutiérrez-Flores BL, Jobe E, Venkatasubba Rao CP, et al.

• Rates of Infections and Clinical Outcomes after Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
  

  Escamilla-Ocañas CE, Gutiérrez-Flores BL, Jobe E, Bershad EM, Venkatasubba Rao CP, Saleem Y, et al.

• Low serum calcium levels are associated with a worse clinical outcome in ICH.
  

  Escamilla-Ocañas CE, Naveed A, Gutiérrez-Flores BL, Jobe E, Bershad EM, Venkatasubba Rao CP, et al.

• Clinical seizures associated with a worse clinical outcome at hospital discharge in ICH patients.
  

  Escamilla-Ocañas CE, Sorge S, Komal G, Gutiérrez-Flores BL, Jobe E, Bershad EM, et al.

• Clinical seizures associated with a worse clinical outcomes at hospital discharge in aSAH patients.
  

  Escamilla-Ocañas CE, Torrealba-Acosta G, Naveed A, Parekh MA, Gutiérrez-Flores BL, Jobe E, et al.

• Factors Affecting the Development of Acute Renal Failure after Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
  

  Gutiérrez-Flores ML, Hafeez M, Escamilla-Ocañas CE, Jobe E, Damani R, Bershad EM, et al.

Psychiatric Associations of Puerto Rico
Second Summit in Río Grande, Puerto Rico (May 2019)

• Conditioned fear extinction, neuropsychological, and psychological aspects of OCD in Latinos.
  

  Santiago-Mejías S, Martinez K

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
41^st Annual Carrell-Krusen Neuromuscular Symposium in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 21-22, 2019)

• Nuclear gene mutation producing muscle weakness.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Komal F, Moretti PM, Shaibani AI

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
16^th Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. (Sept. 25-28, 2018)

• Rates of reintubation in neurocritical care.
  

  Ahmad A, Kazmi SO, Butt B, Parekh M, Venkatasubba Rao C, Bershad E, et al.

• Neuro-ECMO: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and cerebral blood flow.
  

  Kazmi SO, Hafeez MU, Sivakumar S, Damani R, Saatee S, Chatterjee S, et al.

American Psychological Association (APA)
126^th Annual Convention in San Francisco, Calif. (Aug. 9-12, 2018)

• Moral injury in relational context: Future directions in treatment model and intervention strategy.
  

  Chen AY, Scholz M, McConnell J, Koster M, Malzahn C, Michaels M

San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Symposium: Resiliency upon disaster in Caguas, Puerto Rico (April 7, 2018)

• Evidence based treatments for anxiety in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Santiago-Mejías S, Martinez K

Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN)
10^th Annual Meeting in Boston, Mass. (Nov. 8-11, 2017)

• Outcomes of endovascular coiling versus surgical clipping of unruptured cerebral aneurysms in a large cohort.
  

  Komal F, Vahidy FS, Daileda TA, Chen PR, Liang CW, Sheth SA

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
15^th Annual Meeting in Waikoloa, Hawaii (Oct. 10-13, 2017)

• Rates of tract hemorrhages after external ventricular drain placement.
  

  Kazmi SO, Desai K, Gutierrez-Flores B, Venkatasubba Rao C

American Psychological Association (APA)
125^th Annual Convention in Washington, DC (Aug. 3-6, 2017)

• Facing the invisible wounds of war: A holistic review of current moral injury research.
  

  Koster ML, Cordial T, Scholz M, Malzahn C, McConnell JM

• Beyond combat veterans: Future directions in moral injury research with diverse populations.
  

  Scholz M, Cordial T, Malzahn C, Koster ML, McConnell JM

Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU)
13^th Annual Scientific Conference in Ponce, Puerto Rico (May 13, 2017)

• Evaluating physiological, cognitive, and psychological measures in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
  [Previously Presented]
  

  Santiago-Mejías S, Martinez K

International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)
23^rd Annual OCD Conference in Chicago, Ill. (July 29-31, 2016)

• Evaluating physiological, cognitive, and psychological measures in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
  

  Santiago-Mejías S, Martinez K

University of Puerto Rico
Department of Students with Disabilities in Bayamón, Puerto Rico (September 2015)

• Managing stress and anxiety.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Santiago-Mejías S, Dávila D, Haddock RY, Roque L

American Stroke Association
Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions in Baltimore, Md. (April 29 - May 1, 2015)

• The use of thrombolysis among acute ischemic stroke patients with limited English proficiency.
  

  Mejia N, Siddiqui KA, Erfe B, Schwamm LH

• Increased frequency of early dispensed but unused tPA shortens door to needle times in potentially eligible thrombolysis patients presenting to a tertiary stroke center.
  

  Siddiqui KA, Ali SF, Anderson CD, Rost N, Schwamm LH

• Patient characteristics and outcomes among early-arriving acute stroke patients for whom alteplase was dispensed but not administered.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Siddiqui KA, Syed FA, Anderson CD, Rost N, Schwamm LH

Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
2015 Annual Conference in Miami, Fla. (April 9-12, 2015)

• Using research-domain criteria (R-Doc) to understand biological markers of anxiety.
  

  Gonzalez P, Bidot F, Santiago S, Merced K, Carrillo N, Rolon P, et al.

American Stroke Association
2015 International Stroke Conference in Nashville, Tenn. (Feb. 11-13, 2015)

• Baseline clinical and infarct characteristics as predictors of poor outcomes in patients not thrombolysed due to mild or resolving symptoms ("too good to treat").
  

  Ali SF, Siddiqui KA, Cohen AS, Ay H, Singhal AB, Schwamm LH

• Admission hemoglobin and sodium values are important factors associated with good outcome after acute ischemic stroke.
  

  Cohen AS, Siddiqui KA, Ali SF, Anderson CD, Silverman SB, Schwamm LH

• Early improvement in NIHSS is common during inter-hospital transfer and is associated with lower in-hospital mortality.
  

  Siddiqui KA, Cohen AS, Ali SF, Schwamm LH

Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill. (August 2013)

• Race and resting-state fMRI.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Santiago S, Chiao J

University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico (February 2013)

• Neuroscience research opportunities to increase diversity program orientation.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Santiago S, Negron C, Berrios I, Cintron R, Cepeda K, Qui ñones, et al.

University of Puerto Rico
21^st Annual Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (Dec. 1, 2012)

• Genetic variation of the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) in human fear conditioning and extinction.
  

  Santiago S, Amador F, Martinez K

University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico (August 2012)

• Using genetic polymorphisms to predict fear and the development of anxiety disorders.
  [Oral Presentation]
  

  Santiago S, Amador F, Martinez K

University of Pittsburgh
Undergraduate Honors Research Fair in Pittsburgh, Penn. (April 2012)

• The protection of dopamine neurons in dissociated midbrain cultures with neurotrophic factor combinations from MPP+ toxicity.
  [Previously Presented]
  

  Wyrostek SL, Jaumotte JD, Zigmond MJ

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
41^st Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (Nov. 12-16, 2011)

• Protection of cultured dopamine neurons from MPP+ requires presence of several neurotrophic factors.
  

  Jaumotte JD, Wyrostek SL, Zigmond MJ

University of Pittsburgh
Science 2011: Next Gen Conference in Pittsburgh, Penn. (Oct. 6-7, 2011)

• The protection of dopamine neurons in dissociated midbrain cultures with neurotrophic factor combinations from MPP+ toxicity.
  

  Wyrostek SL, Jaumotte JD, Zigmond MJ

Aga Khan University
Annual Research Assembly in Karachi, Pakistan (2011)

• A mechanistic study on the medicinal use of mint in diarrhea.
  

  Siddiqui KA, Mahmood H, Khawja A

• Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use Mentha Arvensis in airway disorders.
  

  Siddiqui KA, Mahmood H, Khawja A