Neurology® Podcast

1) Pitfalls in electronic health records and 2) Topic of the month: Cerebellar ataxias. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mike Brogan interviews Dr. Jim Bernat about his paper on pitfalls in electronic health records. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Susan Perlman and Jeremy Schmahmann about the topic of other acquired cerebellar ataxias. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs Bernat, Clardy, Burns, Perlman and Schmahmann.Dr. Bernat serves as an editorial board member of Neurocritical Care, Neurology Today and Multiple Sclerosis and Related Diseases, receives compensation for serving on the editorial board of The Physician's Index for Ethics and Medicine and receives royalties from the publication of the book Ethical issu

1) Intravenous thrombolysis and 2) Topic of the month: Cerebellar ataxias. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Brett Kissela interviews Dr. Henrik Gensicke about his paper on stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about brachial plexopathy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Susan Perlman and Jeremy Schmahmann about the topic of immune-mediated cerebellar ataxias. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs Kissela, Gensicke, Clardy, Burns, Perlman and Schmahmann.Dr. Kissela serves on scientific advisory board for Allergan, Inc.; has received funding for travel and speaker honoraria from Allergan, Inc.; has received research support from the NIH, will receive compensation from Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for serving on the Event Adjudication Commit

Encephalopathies caused by endocrine, electrolyte and organ dysfunction

1) Spinal ischemic stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Child neurology topics. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Pearce Korb interviews Dr. Ronen Leker about his paper on spinal ischemic stroke following dialysis. Dr. Chafic Karam is reading our e-Pearl of the week about adrenomyeloneuropathy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Jeff Waugh interviews Dr. Jonathan Mink about the topic of pediatric movement disorders. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Leker, Karam and Mink.Dr. Leker serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, Current Neurovascular Research and Journal of the Israeli Neurological Association.Dr. Karam served on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Sec

1) Advanced neurologic disease applications and 2) Topic of the month: Child neurology topics. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Robert Holloway about his paper on advanced neurologic disease. Dr. Chafic Karam is reading our e-Pearl of the week about exploding head syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Jeff Waugh interviews Dr. Blaise Bourgeois about the topic of pediatric epilepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Holloway, Karam and Bourgeois.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Holloway serves as an Associate Editor of Neurology Today; is a consultant for Milliman Guidelines Inc.; and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Karam served on the editorial team for

1) AAN paper on teleneurology applications and 2) Topic of the month: Child neurology topics. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Nina Solenski interviews Dr. Lawrence Wechsler about this AAN paper on teleneurology applications. Dr. Chafic Karam is reading our e-Pearl of the week about tactile mitgehen. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Jeff Waugh interviews Dr. Gabrielle deVeber about the topic of pediatric stroke. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Wechsler and Karam.Dr. Wechsler serves on the scientific advisory boards for Lundbeck Inc., Neurointerventions Therapeutics, Inc and Silk Road Medical, Inc; receives research support from the NIH (for patient clinical trials), provides telestroke services to hospitals in Pennsylvania and Maryland; holds stock options in Neurointerventions Therapeutics, Inc.Dr. Karam served on the edit

1) Depression in epilepsy and 2) Topic of the month: Child neurology topics. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Chenjie Xia interviews Ms. Kirsten Fiest about her paper on depression in epilepsy. Dr. Chafic Karam is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the art of memory revisited. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Jeff Waugh interviews Dr. Mark Gorman about the topic of autoimmune disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Karam.Dr. Karam served on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.

Topics in biostatistics

1) Prolonged anoxic vegetative state and 2) Topic of the month: Headaches. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Matt Flaherty interviews Prof. Luigi Trojano and Dr. Anna Estraneo about their paper on prolonged anoxic vegetative state. Dr. Jen Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about myokymia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mike Sowell interviews Dr. Beau Bruce about the topic of pseudotumor cerebri. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Flaherty, Fugate, Bruce and Prof. Trojano.Dr. Flahery serves on the scientific advisory board for CSL Behring; is a consultant for CSL Behring; has a patent pending for non-invasive CNS monitor; receives research support from the NIH and the Principal Investigator of a phase II NINDS-funded trial (STOP-IT) with study drug supplied by Novo Nordisk.Prof. Trojano receives royalties from the publ

1) Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome and 2) Topic of the month: Headaches. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Thos Cochrane interviews Dr. Boris Kotchoubey about his paper on unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. Dr. Jen Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about periodic alternating nystagmus. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mike Sowell interviews Dr. Andrew Hershey about the topic of pediatric headache. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Cochrane, Kotchovsky, Fugate and Hershey.Dr. Cochrane receives royalties from the publication of the book First Aid for the Boards: Neurology.Dr. Kotchoubey receives research support from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Hershey serves as an Associate Editor for Headache and Cephalagia; serves on the

1) Incident Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Headaches. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Morgan interviews Dr. Tien Khoo about his paper on incident Parkinson disease. Dr. Jen Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about paroxysmal dysarthria and ataxia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mike Sowell interviews Dr. Alan Finkel about the topic of post-traumatic headache. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Morgan, Khoo, Fugate and Finkel.Dr. Morgan has served on the speakers' bureau of GE Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., and UCB Pharma; has performed CME for Oakstone Publishing, LLC; is a consultant for Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Chelsea Therapeutics, and Impax Laboratories, Inc.; receives research support from NIH as a sub-investigator and received compensation for review of med

1) Pre-hospital thrombolysis and 2) Topic of the month: Headaches. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Joachim Weber about his paper on pre-hosptial thrombolysis. Dr. Jen Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Ondine's curse. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Jen Bickel interviews Dr. Todd Rozen about the topic of cluster headaches. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Audebert and Fugate.Dr. Audebert serves as Associate Editor for Frontiers of Teleneurology; is a consultant for Lundbeck Inc.; receives speaker honoraria from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Boehringer Ingelheim, Lundbeck Inc., Bayer Vital, UCB, Sanofi-Syntelabo Inc and Pfizer Inc; receives research support from Center for Stroke Research Berlin funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and funding

Polyneuropathy

1) Active multiple sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Headaches. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Michelle Johansen interviews Dr. Jack Ratchford about his paper on active multiple sclerosis. Dr. Jen Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about nummular headache. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Jen Bickel interviews Dr. Gretchen Tietjen about the topic of women and migraine. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Ratchford, Fugate and Tietjen.Dr. Ratchford serves as a consultant for Biogen Idec, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Diogenix, Inc.; and receives research support from Biogen Idec, Novartis, and Sun Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Tietjen serves as an Associate Editor of Headache; serves on the scientific advisory board for MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc.

1) Multiple cranial nerve impairment and 2) Topic of the month: Encephalopathy caused by systemic disease. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Stephen Donahue interviews Dr. Vincent Roubeau about his paper on multiple cranial nerve impairment. Dr. Chafic Karam is reading our e-Pearl of the week about neurosyphilis presenting as mesial temporal encephalitis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Steven Lewis and Allison Weathers about vitamin deficiency, infection and autoimmunity. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Karam, Burns, Lewis and Weathers.Dr. Karam serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (35% effort); and has received research support for consulting activities wit

1) Orexin receptor antagonism and 2) Topic of the month: Encephalopathy caused by systemic disease. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Tom Roth and Joe Herring about their paper on orexin receptor antagonism for treatment of insomnia.Dr. Chafic Karam is reading our e-Pearl of the week about central fourth nerve palsies. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Steven Lewis and Allison Weathers about drugs that can cause encephalopathy. All participants have disclosures.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (35% effort); and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Roth serves on the scientific advisory boards for Merck, Jazz and Transcept; serves as an editorial board member fo

Neuro-Opthamology Topics

1) Bell's palsy and 2) Topic of the month: Encephalopathy caused by systemic disease. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Elliot Dimberg interviews Dr. Gary Gronseth about the guideline update on Bell's palsy. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about catathrenia (sleep related groaning). In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Steven Lewis and Allison Weathers about encephalopathy caused by other organ failure. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Gronseth, Clardy, Burns, Lewis and Weathers.Dr. Gronseth serves on the editorial board of Neurology Now; received speakers' fees from Boehringer Ingelheim (resigned December 2011) and receives research support from the American Academy

1) Paroxysmal dyskinesia and hemiplegic migraine and 2) Topic of the month: Encephalopathy caused by systemic disease. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Waugh interviews Drs. Renzo Guerrini and Alice Gardiner about their papers on paroxysmal dyskinesia and hemiplegic migraine. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about plus-minus lid syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Steven Lewis and Allison Weathers about encephalopathy caused by liver and kidney dysfunction. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Waugh, Guerrini, Gardiner, Clardy, Burns, Lewis and Weathers.Dr. Waugh serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry.Dr. Guerrini serves as an Associate Editor for Epilepsia, serves on the editorial boards for Seizure, BMC Medical Genetics, Topics in Epileps

1) Parkinson disease and driving and 2) Topic of the month: Encephalopathy caused by systemic disease. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Morgan interviews Dr. Alex Crizzle about his paper on Parkinson disease and driving. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about tumarkin attacks-the otolithic catastrophe. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Steven Lewis and Allison Weathers about electrolytes and other metabolic disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Morgan, Crizzle, Clardy, Burns, Lewis and Weathers.Dr. Morgan has served as a consultant or received speaking honoraria for work with Chelsea Therapeutics, GlaxoSmithKline, Oakstone, Teva Pharmaceuticals, UCB Pharma, GE Healthcare, Impax Laboratories and Veloxis; has received compensation for review of medical records and expert