Neurology & Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds
Welcome to Grand Rounds for the Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences. Attendance at Grand Rounds is restricted to Stanford internal personnel only including our academic and clinical faculty, fellows, residents, medical students, and nurses. All Grand Rounds video recordings are available on our password protected Internal Portal.
Jul July 05 Fri 2024
New Start of Academic Year
Jul July 12 Fri 2024
The Gendered Brain: Gender Identity in Neurology
Mackenzie P L’Erario, MD, LMSW
Greenburgh Pride & Triska Psychotherapy
Jul July 19 Fri 2024
The Shape of Things to Come: Advances in Ischemic Stroke Management After the Reperfusion Revolution
Jeffrey L. Saver, MD, FAHA, FAAN, FANA
Professor and SA Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Carol and James Collins Chair, Department of Neurology
UCLA
Jul July 26 Fri 2024
Clinical Pathology Case
The “Cutting” Edge of Neurology: A Case connecting Neurogenetics & Epilepsy surgery
Natasha Abadilla Glenn, MD
PGY-4 Child Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Aug August 02 Fri 2024
Applying the Goldilocks Principle to Brain Tumor Therapeutics: Fine Tuning Rather than Eradication
Lawrence Recht, MD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Aug August 09 Fri 2024
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A New Frontier
Jinsy A. Andrews, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director of Neuromuscular Clinical Trials
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Aug August 16 Fri 2024
Clinical Pathology Case
“A Diagnostic Doublet: When Epilepsy Becomes Something More….”
Benjamin Africk, MD
PGY-4 Child Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Aug August 23 Fri 2024
Selective vulnerability in FTD and ALS: emerging tools and concepts
William W. Seeley, MD
Zander Family Distinguished Professor in Neurology
Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Director, UCSF Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank
Aug August 30 Fri 2024
Quality Assurance
Advance Care Planning in Neurodegenerative Disorders
(Open only to Neuroscience SHC faculty & professional staff)
Jessica Wang Shen, MD
PGY-3 Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Sep September 06 Fri 2024
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: from genes to therapies
Heather Christy Mefford, MD, PhD
Member, Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sep September 13 Fri 2024
Everythig We Thought We Knew About Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension is (Probably) Wrong
Kyle Michael Fargen, MD, MPH, FAANS, FACS
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology
Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health
Sep September 20 Fri 2024
Hyperacute decision-making in Pediatric Stroke: Past, Present, andn Future
Sarah Lee, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Sep September 27 Fri 2024
Clinical Pathology Case
"Infectious, Immune, or both?"
Dylan Kirschenbaum, MD
PGY-3 Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Oct October 04 Fri 2024
Next-Generation Devices and Ecosystem for Epilepsy
Gregory Worrell, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Oct October 11 Fri 2024
Stem Cell Clinical Trials in Parkinson's Disease: A Critical Look at an Early Stage
Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil, FAAN, FANA
Chair and Stanley van den Noort Professor of Neurology
University of California, Irvine
Oct October 18 Fri 2024
Quality Assurance
It's all "mareo" to me: The Impact of Language Barriers on the Care of Dizzy Patients in the Emergency Department
(Open to Neuroscience SHC faculty & professional staff)
Jin Kyung Kim, MD
PGY-3 Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Oct October 25 Fri 2024
Epilepsy & Pregnancy
Kimford Meador, MD
Professor
Stanford Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Nov November 01 Fri 2024
Clinical Pathology Case
"Advancements in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: From Splicing to Somersaults"
Julia Bassell-Hawkins, MD
PGY-4 Child Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Nov November 08 Fri 2024
Ethical Challenges in Neural Device Research
Michelle T. Pham, MD
Assistant Professor
Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of Medicine
Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
*Room LK130 at LKSC (Li-Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center).
Nov November 15 Fri 2024
13th Annual Breakthroughs in Neurological Care
Nov November 22 Fri 2024
Quality Assurance
Hidden Signals: Advances in the Detection of Covert Consciousness
(Open to Neuroscience SHC faculty & professional staff)
Cameron Schmidt, MD
PGY-3 Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Nov November 29 Fri 2024
No Grand Rounds
Dec December 06 Fri 2024
Narcolepsy and Hypersomnia: Waking Up to Orexins
Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD
Craig Reynolds Professor of Sleep Medicine
Stanford University
Dec December 13 Fri 2024
Pathway to preventing neurodegenerative diseases: First Steps or Science Fiction?
Kathleen Poston, MD, MS
Edward F. and Irene Thiele Pimley Professor of Neurology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dec December 20 Fri 2024
Clinical Pathology Case
"Rethinking Parkinsonism: Limitaion in the Clinical Diagnoses"
Shoeb Lallani, MD
PGY-3 Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dec December 27 Fri 2024
No Grand Rounds
Jan January 03 Fri 2025
No Grand Rounds
Jan January 10 Fri 2025
Clinical Pathology Case
"Diagnostic Challenges in a Shifting Exam: Beyond The LP"
Shreya Louis, MD, MS
PGY-3 Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Jan January 17 Fri 2025
Deep learning and AI in neuro-opthalmology: what is the clinical utility?
Heather Moss, MD PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and of Neuorlogy and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Jan January 24 Fri 2025
Neurodiagnostic Advances in Synuclein Disorders
Christopher H. Gibbons, MD
Co-Director of the Autonomic & Peripheral Nerve Laboratory
Director of Neurocutaneous Skin Biopsy Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
Jan January 31 Fri 2025
Quality Assurance
Functional Neurologic Disorder: Pathophysiology and Emerging Treatments
Jonathan Zia, MD, PhD
PGY-3 Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Feb February 07 Fri 2025
Division Presentations
Snapshots of the Epilepsy Division
Robert S. Fisher, MD, PhD
Maslah Saul MD Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Karen G. Hirsch, MD
Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Feb February 14 Fri 2025
Reducing Diagnostic Noise in Neurology: Lessons from Epilepsy
M. Brandon Westover, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Feb February 21 Fri 2025
Quality Assurance
Delivering Novel Gene Therapies to Rural and Underserved Communities
Jackson Toth, MD
PGY-4 Child Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Feb February 28 Fri 2025
An Eye on Nociplastic Pain
Lindsey B. De Lott, MD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Section Lead, Neuro-Ophthalmology
University of Michigam
Mar March 07 Fri 2025
Measuring What Matters: Clinical Impact and Trial Design in the Age of Genetic Treatments
Tina Duong, MPT, PhD
Director of Clinical Outcomes Research and Development
Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
*LKSC (Room LK 130)
Mar March 14 Fri 2025
Clinical Pathology Case
"Immune-Mediated Enigma"
Aditya Srivatsan, MD
PGY-3 Child Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Mar March 21 Fri 2025
Pediatric Neurology - Movement Disorders
Jeffrey Lazarus, MD
Jeff Lazarus, MD, FAAP Medical Hypnosis
Mar March 28 Fri 2025
New Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Multiple Sclerosis
Dorlan Kimbrough, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Duke University School of Medicine
Apr April 04 Fri 2025
Quality Assurance
(Open to Neuroscience SHC faculty & professional staff)
Cory Dodson, MD
PGY-3 Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
Apr April 11 Fri 2025
No Grand Rounds
American Academy of Neurology Meeting
Apr April 18 Fri 2025
Neurogenetics and brain development
Joseph Gleeson, MD PhD
Rady Professor, University of California San Diego Neuroscience
Director of Neuroscience Research, Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine
Apr April 25 Fri 2025
Clinical Pathology Case
Cynthia Peng, MD
PGY-3 Child Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
May May 02 Fri 2025
Palliative Care in Neuro-Oncology
Akanksha Sharma, MD
Pacific Neuroscience Institute
May May 09 Fri 2025
TBD
May May 16 Fri 2025
No Grand Rounds
8th Annual Diversity & Inclusion Forum
May May 23 Fri 2025
TBD
May May 30 Fri 2025
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Headache: BLOCK-SAH Trial
Carolina Maciel, MD and Katharina Busl, MD
University of Florida
Jun June 06 Fri 2025
Clinical Pathology Case
Jaclyn Nguyen, MD
PGY-3 Child Neurology Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine