Thanks to all who attended Neurology in 2024: Advances and Innovations.
See you next year!
Maimonides Neurosciences Institute, Brooklyn Neuroscience Center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Department of Neurology proudly presented the 2024 Maimonides Neurology Symposium.
A free, virtual and in-person symposium featuring new research and clinical paradigms related to the diagnosis and management of complex neurological conditions and science.
- Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024
- CME Credit: Maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- Location:
Maimonides Medical Center
Schreiber Auditorium, Administration Building, 2nd Fl.
4802 Tenth Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11219 - Virtual Symposium: via Webex
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Symposium Objectives
- Identify new treatments for neuromuscular disorders including Myasthenia Gravis and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
- Describe how neuromodulators can be useful in the treatment of multiple neurologic conditions including Epilepsy and Migraines.
- Evaluate the benefits and risks of new treatment options for Alzheimer’s Disease.
- Describe the diagnostic approach for multiple neurologic disorders including Parkinson’s Disease and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
- Discuss how new treatment options for Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica have changed the treatment paradigm for these disorders.
Who Should Attend
- Physicians, including neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurointerventionalists, radiologists, intensivists, hospitalists, cardiologists, vascular specialists, emergency, and critical care specialists, as well as medicine, primary care, and other physicians.
- Healthcare professionals, including first responders/EMTs, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, rehabilitation specialists, and others.
- Interested members of the public.
Neurology in 2024: Advances and Innovations
7:30 - 8:00 am
Breakfast & Registration
Schreiber Auditorium
Sponsor Exhibits
Conference room 2C, second floor
8:00 - 8:05 am - Welcome Remarks
Daniel M. Rosenbaum, MD – Welcome Remarks
Distinguished Service Professor & Chair of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Regional Chair of Neurology
Maimonides Medical Center
8:05 - 8:15 am - Introduction
Nuri Jacoby, MD FAAN – Introduction
Vice-Chair of Neurology
Maimonides Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology& Co-Clerkship Director
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
8:15 - 9:00 am - Updates in Headache Medicine
Murray Choueka, MD – Updates in Headache Medicine
Director, Headache Medicine
Maimonides Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
9:00 - 9:45 am - Updates in Neuro-Immunology
Jamie Nichols, MD – Updates in Neuro-Immunology
Attending Physician, Department of Neurology
Maimonides Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
9:45 - 10:30 am - Updates in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Cristiano Oliveira, MD – Updates in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
Weill Cornell Medical College
10:30 - 10:45 am - Break / Q&A
10:45 - 11:30 am - Updates in Peripheral Nerve and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
Nuri Jacoby, MD FAAN – Updates in Peripheral Nerve and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
Vice-Chair of Neurology
Maimonides Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology & Co-Clerkship Director
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
11:30 am -12:15 pm - Updates in Myopathies and Motor Neuron Disease
Yaacov Anziska, MD – Updates in Myopathies and Motor Neuron Disease
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Neuromuscular Division Chief
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
12:15 - 1:15 pm - Lunch Break / Q&A
1:15 - 2:00 pm - Mapping Seizure Semiology to Anatomy and Beyond!
Arthur Grant, MD, PhD – Mapping Seizure Semiology to Anatomy and Beyond!
Professor of Neurology and Director,
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center,
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
2:00 - 2:45 pm - The One Third Problem: Drug Resistant Epilepsy and Updates in Epilepsy Surgical Therapies
Benjamin Cunningham, MD – The One Third Problem: Drug Resistant Epilepsy and Updates in Epilepsy Surgical Therapies
Director of Epilepsy
Maimonides Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
2:45 - 3:00 pm - Break / Q&A
3:00 - 3:45 pm - Updates in Movement Disorders and Functional Neurologic Disorder
Christian Amlang, MD – Updates in Movement Disorders and Functional Neurologic Disorder
Attending Physician, Department of Neurology
Maimonides Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
3:45 - 4:30 pm - Updates in Dementia
Radhika Jagannathan, MD – Updates in Dementia
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Division of Aging and Dementia
Neurological Institute of New York
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
4:30 - 4:45 pm - Q&A and Closing Remarks
Nuri Jacoby, MD FAAN – Q&A and Closing Remarks
Vice-Chair of Neurology
Maimonides Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology & Co-Clerkship Director
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Symposium Presented by
Maimonides Neurosciences Institute is recognized for clinical excellence and is a leading center for neurosciences research and medical education. The Institute is comprised of the Divisions of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, Neurocritical Care, and the Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Maimonides Neurology Department offers some of the most advanced and comprehensive neurology services in the country. Our neurologists treat all brain and nervous system conditions and use the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies.
The Brooklyn Neuroscience Center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County is the first neuroscience center at a public hospital in New York City. It provides outstanding compassionate patient care, research, and education for conditions that affect the nervous system at all stages of life. With an interdisciplinary approach, HH Kings County links specialists in Adult Neurology, Epilepsy, Movement Disorders, Neuro-Critical Care, Neuroendovascular, Neuro-immunology, Neuroradiology, Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Stroke, and Traumatic Brain Injury. The robust neuroscience research program features investigator-initiated research along with numerous NIH funded clinical trials.
HH Kings County is a teaching affiliate of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center and trains residents, fellows, and medical students in adult neurology, pediatric neurology, stroke, and clinical neurophysiology.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Department of Neurology is recognized for providing highest standards of care for the diagnosis and management of neurology patients in Brooklyn. SUNY Downstate is the first and leading university hospital and clinical research center in Brooklyn, and one of the leading neurology and cerebrovascular research centers in the state (in combination with HH Kings County Hospital’s Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center and the Jaffe Comprehensive Stroke Center at Maimonides Medical Center). It also supports an NAEC-accredited level 3 Epilepsy Center.
CONTINUING EDUCATION ACCREDITATION & DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Maimonides Medical Center is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Maimonides Medical Center designates this LIVE educational activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s).™ Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Policies and standards of the Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any financial relationships they may have with ineligible companies whose products, devices or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.
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