Harvard Neurology for the Non-Neurologist 2023

Harvard Neurology for the Non-Neurologist (Course 2023)

Harvard Neurology for the Non-Neurologist 2023  is a comprehensive live streamed lecture series that is intended to increase participants’ knowledge, abilities, and performance in the various key specialties of modern clinical neurology. Through interactive sessions, question and answer exercises, and direct interaction with medical professionals in the field, this course provides important information and new updates regarding the dynamic field of clinical neurology.

• By receiving new knowledge and improving their skills, learners will have a greater capacity to accurately identify and effectively manage patients with neurological symptoms and disorders.

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Target audience

This training is beneficial to healthcare professionals including:

• Physician’s assistants
• Nurse Practitioners
• Primary Care Physicians
• Psychologists
• Experts in specialty medicine

Learning Goals

After the course is complete, participants will have achieved the following learning goals:

• Distinguish and accurately identify the common neurological disorders like headaches and dementia.
• Discuss common neurological symptoms like tremors and dizziness in order to assess effectively.
• Use the most effective care strategies for patients with neurological issues that do not require a referral to a neurologist.
• Use self-management techniques to help patients with chronic neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis.
• Skilfully identify and effectively communicate the diagnosis of functional neurological disorders.

Agenda

All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.

MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2023

• 9:00-9:10 AM
• Introduction
  Sashank Prasad, MD; Tamara Kaplan, MD
• 9:10-10:00 AM
• Clinical Neuroanatomy for Non-Neurologists
  Sashank Prasad, MD
• 10:00-10:50 AM
• The Neurological Exam
  Tamara Kaplan, MD
• 10:50-11:40 AM
• Headache
  Angeliki Vgontzas, MD
• 11:40 AM- 12:00 PM
• Case Presentation and Discussion
  Sashank Prasad, MD;  Tamara Kaplan, MD; Angeliki Vgontzas, MD
• 12:00-1:00 PM
• Lunch
• 1:00-1:50 PM
• Neuroimaging for the Non-Neurologist: What to Order and When
  Joshua Klein, MD, PhD
• 1:50-2:40 PM
• Sports Neurology
  Claus Reinsberger, MD
• 2:40-3:20 PM
• Neuropathies and Radiculopathies
  Meabh O’Hare, MD
• 3:20-3:25 PM
• Q&A
• 3:25-4:10 PM
• Myasthenia Gravis and Muscle Disease
  Joome Suh, MD
• 4:10-4:15 PM
• Q&A with Course Directors
• 4:15-4:30 PM
• Case Presentation and Discussion
  Sashank Prasad, MD; Tamara Kaplan, MD;  Meabh O’Hare, MD;  Joome Suh, MD
• TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023
• 9:00-9:50 AM
• Stroke Prevention
  Alexis Roy, MD
• 9:50-10:25 AM
• Recognizing and Managing Acute Stroke
  Samuel Snider, MD
• 10:25-10:35 AM
• Case Presentation and Discussion
  Sashank Prasad, MD;  Tamara Kaplan, MD; Samuel Snider, MD; Alexis Roy, MD
• 10:35-11:25 AM
• The Dizzy Patient
  Martin Samuels, MD
• It is with great sadness that we announce Dr. Martin A. Samuels, M.D. passed away June 6 at the age of 77. The lectures by Dr. Samuels are recorded. Dr. Samuels was deeply devoted to neurology, his family, patients, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He will be dearly missed.
• 11:25 AM-12:00 PM
• Epilepsy
  Ellen Bubrick, MD
• 12:00-1:00 PM
• Lunch
• 1:00-1:50 PM
• Window to the Brain: Neurologic Causes of Visual Loss
  Sashank Prasad, MD
• 1:50-2:40 PM
• When to Suspect Multiple Sclerosis and Other Neuroinflammatory Disorders
  Sarah Conway, MD
• 2:40-3:30 PM
• Below the Belt Neurology
  Tamara Kaplan, MD
• 3:30-4:20 PM
• Women’s Neurology
  Mary Angela O’Neal, MD
• 4:20-4:30 PM
• Case Presentation and Discussion
  Sashank Prasad, MD; Tamara Kaplan, MD;  Mary Angela O’Neal, MD
• WEDNESDAY JUNE 21, 2023
• 9:00-9:45 AM
• Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders
  Emily Ferenczi, MD, PhD
• 9:45-10:30 AM
• Cognitive Disorders and Dementia
  Seth Gale, MD
• 10:30-10:40 AM
• Case Presentation and Discussion
  Sashank Prasad, MD; Tamara Kaplan, MD; Seth Gale, MD
• 10:40-11:25 AM
• Functional Neurologic Disorders
  Barbara Dworetzky, MD
• 11:25 AM-12:00 PM
• Neurological Impacts of Cancer
  L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, MD, PhD
• 12:00-1:00 PM
• Lunch
• 1:00-1:50 PM
• Neuro-Cardiology
  Martin Samuels, MD
• 1:50-2:40 PM
• Neurologic Infections for the Non-Neurologist
  George Kyle Harrold, MD
• 2:40-3:30 PM
• Back and Neck Pain
  Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD
• 3:30-3:50 PM
• Case Presentation and Discussion
  Sashank Prasad, MD;  Tamara Kaplan, MD;  Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD
• 3:50-4:00 PM
• Concluding remarks/Course adjourns