Samuels Comprehensive Review of Neurology 2024

The Samuels Comprehensive Review of Neurology includes 65 one-hour lectures and offers a broad, evidence-based look at common and uncommonly seen disorders, as well as best practices in diagnosis and management. Authoritative and clinically experienced faculty share pearls, pitfalls, and practical continuing medical education updates.

• Named for the late Dr. Marty Samuels, long-time Oakstone CME contributor, beloved educator, inspirational mentor, and legend in the field of neurology, this online video CME program provides important strategies — including judicious use of imaging and lab testing — that will help you treat patients with neurological disorders and achieve the best clinical outcomes.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the distinguishing features of delirium and rapidly progressive dementia
• List treatment options for early Parkinson disease
• Explain how to make the diagnosis of a functional movement disorder
• Differentiate between primary intraparenchymal hemorrhage and secondary intraparenchymal hemorrhage
• Identify “red flags” in patients with neuropathy
• Discuss the principles regarding when to start and when to stop antiepileptic drug therapy
• Name the four types of dizziness
• Distinguish between the neurological side effects of hypercalcemia and of hypocalcemia
• Recognize syndromes of brain, spine, and meningeal involvement with cancer and with which primary neoplasms to anticipate
• these complications
• Review the unique palliative care needs of neurology patients
• Recognize the interaction between specific social determinants of health and neurologic disease
• Describe a multi-modality approach to neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for neurologists, senior neurology residents, and neurology fellows.

TOPICS / SPEAKERS

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

• • Evaluation of Cognitive Disorders and Dementia – Kirk R. Daffner, MD
  • Alzheimer’s Disease – Seth Gale, MD
  • Rapidly Progressive Dementias and Encephalopathies – Scott McGinnis, MD
  • Neuropsychiatry: An Introduction – Gaston Baslet, MD
  • Preventive Brain Health – Haythum Tayeb, MBChB

Sensory Complaints

• • Headache – Angeliki Vgontzas, MD
  • Fatigue – Lauren Krupp, MD

Movement Disorders

• • Parkinson’s Disease: Medical Treatment – Albert Hung, MD, PhD
  • Parkinson’s Disease: Surgical Treatment – Vishad Sukul, MD
  • Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders – Edison K. Miyawaki, MD
  • Functional Movement Disorders – Mark Hallett, MD
  • Ataxia – Jeremy Schmahmann, MD
  • Atypical Parkinsonism, Multiple System Atrophy, Lewy Body Disease, and Corticobasal Syndrome – Katherine Amodeo, MD

Stroke

• • Prevention of Stroke – Steven K. Feske, MD
  • Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke – Galen V. Henderson, MD
  • Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke – Matthew B. Bevers, MD, PhD

Neurocritical Care

• • Principles of Neurointensive Care – Stephan Mayer, MD
  • Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest – David Greer, MD

Neuromuscular Disorders

• • ALS – Diagnosis and Treatment – Colin Quinn, MD
  • Approach to Neuropathy – Christopher Doughty, MD
  • Entrapment Neuropathies – David C. Preston, MD
  • Myopathies and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders – Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD
  • Neuromuscular Ultrasound – David C. Preston, MD

Multiple Sclerosis

• • Multiple Sclerosis – Stephanie Gandelman, MD
  • Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder and MOG Antibody Disease – Michael Levy, MD, PhD

Sleep Disorders

• • Sleep Disorders – Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA

Epilepsy

• • Medical Treatment of Epilepsy – Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA
  • Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Epilepsy – Ellen J. Bubrick, MD
  • Status Epilepticus – Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD
  • Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) – Daniel Friedman, MD
  • Critical Care EEG Monitoring – Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD, FAAN, FANA, FACNS, FAES

Neuro-Ophthalmology

• • Disorders of Vision – Robert M. Mallery, MD
  • Disorders of Pupils and Eye Movements – Sashank Prasad, MD

Neuro-Otology

• • Dizziness and Imbalance – Martin A. Samuels, MD
  • Spinal Cord Disorders
    Spinal Cord Disorders – Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS

Pain

• • Local Nerve Blocks for Pain – Nitin Sekhri, MD
  • Back and Neck Pain – Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS

Neurology of Systemic Diseases

• • Autoimmune Encephalitis and Paraneoplastic Syndromes – Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS
  • Principles and Practice of Hospital Neurology – Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD
  • Neuro-Rheumatology – Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS
  • Neurological Manifestations of Electrolyte Disorders – Robert Laureno, MD
  • Frightened to Death – The Modern Lessons of Neurocardiology – Martin A. Samuels, MD

Cancer Neurology

• • Principles of Diagnosis and Management of Gliomas – Luis Nicolas Gonzalez-Castro, MD, PhD
  • Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma – Lakshmi Nayak, MD
  • Metasteses to the Nervous System – J. Ricardo McFaline-Figueroa, MD, PhD
  • Neurological Aspects of Systemic Cancer – Amy A. Pruitt, MD
  • Neurological Complications of Checkpoint Inhibitor and CAR-T Cell Therapies – Synphen Wu, MD

Neurological Infectious Disease

• • Neurological Infectious Diseases – Karen L. Roos, MD
  • Neurology of COVID-19 Infection – Giovanna Manzano, MD
  • Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
    Coma and Disorders of Consciousness – Brian Edlow, MD
  • Autonomic Neurology
    Autonomic Disorders – Christopher Gibbons, MD, MMSc

Special Topics

• • Neurology of Alcohol – Michael E. Charness, MD
  • Neurology of Substance Use Disorders – Shahed Toossi, MD
  • Neurotoxicology – Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACEP, FACMT
  • Palliative Care of the Neurological Patient – Kate Brizzi, MD
  • Contemporary Issues in Women’s Neurology – Mary A. O’Neal, MD, FAAN
  • Sports Neurology – Concussion Care and Beyond – Claus Reinsberger, MD
  • Functional Neurological Disorders – Seizures/Attacks – Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD
  • Social Networks in Neurology – Amar Dhand, MD, DPhil
  • Neurology in Global Context – Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
  • Review of Clinical Neuroanatomy – Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
  • Iatrogenic Neurology – José Biller, MD
  • How Neurologists Think – What My Mistakes Taught Me – Martin A. Samuels, MD
  • Structural and Social Determinants of Neurological Disorders – Mill Etienne, MD
  • Ethical Issues in Neurology – Benjamin Tolchin, MD