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

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