Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 25, 2024 — The inaugural Maimonides Neurology Symposium was held on Nov. 14 at Maimonides Medical Center, bringing together more than 200 attendees in person and virtually to learn about the latest groundbreaking therapies and treatment options available in the rapidly advancing field of neurology.
Presented by Maimonides Neurosciences Institute in partnership with the Brooklyn Neuroscience Center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Department of Neurology, the symposium spotlighted advances in neurologic patient care in Brooklyn through clinicians’ combined clinical expertise, research efforts, and educational impact.
Throughout the symposium, speakers discussed treating both common and complex neurological conditions, including epilepsy, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, spinal muscular atrophy, neuromyelitis optica, migraines, and more. Specific topics included the shift toward early consideration for surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy; emerging medical therapies that significantly reduce MS relapse rates; biomarker-based diagnostics and new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease; and groundbreaking new targeted treatments for neuromuscular diseases that extend life expectancy and improve quality of life.
Nuri Jacoby, MD, Vice Chair of Neurology at Maimonides Medical Center and Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, spearheaded the symposium. His goal was to create a setting in which the region’s neurology specialists could come together with each other, providers of other specialties, and the broader community to share knowledge and research on how to care for complex neurological conditions. According to Dr. Jacoby, this inaugural event was timed to highlight recent US Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments across the field.
“When I first began my training in neurology, there were limited treatment options for many neurological conditions,” said Nuri Jacoby, MD, Vice Chair of Neurology of Maimonides Medical Center. “Today, the field is advancing rapidly, with truly groundbreaking therapies. Our teams are passionate about being part of these breakthroughs at the provider and academic levels, delivering these life-changing treatments to our patients every day. This symposium is an opportunity to make access to these therapies more widespread for patients across the region.”
Plans are in place for a second annual symposium in November 2025. As the event evolves, Dr. Jacoby and other symposium organizers envision a unique theme and expanded speaker lineup each year.
Maimonides Neurosciences Institute is nationally recognized for clinical excellence and is a leading center for neurosciences research and medical education. The Institute comprises the Divisions of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, Neurocritical Care, and the Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center. Maimonides Neurology Department offers some of the country’s most advanced and comprehensive neurology services and diagnostics and treatment technologies to treat all brain and nervous system conditions. In addition to the Neurology Symposium, Maimonides Health also hosted its fourth annual Brooklyn Stroke Symposium earlier this year.
For more information on the symposium and the full list of presenters, visit https://maimo.org/treatments-care/stroke-and-neurosciences/1st-annual-maimonides-neurology-symposium/.
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Maimonides Health is Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 320,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1,800+ physicians and more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties and Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital and only pediatric trauma center.
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