Grand Rounds Speakers

• 2023

  January 25, 2023 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Satish Agadi, MD, MBBS, FAES Professor of Pediatric and Neurology Director, Pediatric Neurology University of Texas Medical Branch		“The Changing Landscape of Pediatric Epilepsy”
  January 18, 2023 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Tian Wang, MD Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology Professor, Department of Pathology Director, NIAID T35 Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorder Training Program University of Texas Medical Branch		“Pathogenesis of Neurotropic RNA Viruses Infection in Animal Models”
  January 11, 2023 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Peter Kan, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FAANS Professor and Chairman Department of Neurosurgery Robert L. Moody, Sr. Distinguished University Chair Jennie Sealy Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience UTMB		“From Surgery to Endovascular Therapy and Now Hybrid Approaches: Evolution and Innovation in the Treatment of Carotid Cavernous Fistulas”
  January 4, 2023 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Ann Tsung, MD MPH SANS Deputy Clinical Lead - CNS Space and Occupational Medicine Branch (SD3) Nasa Johnson Space Center		“What is Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS) and the CNS Implications”

• 2022

  December 21, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Elvis Cuevas, PhD Assistant Professor Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders Department of Neurology UTMB		“Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease Linked with Blood-Brain Barrier Responses”
  December 14, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Daniel Yoshor, MD Associate Professor Chair, Department of Neurosurgery Charles Harrison Frazier Professor of Neurosurgery Penn Medicine		“Visual Cortical Prosthetics: The Next Generation”
  December 7, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Tomoko Makishima, MD, PhD, FACS Associate Professor Department of Otolaryngology The University of Texas Medical Branch		“Lassa Fever Induced Sensorineural Hearing Loss”
  November 30, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Gary D. Clark, MD Blue Bird Circle Chair for Section Chief of Neurology Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine		“Genetics in Neurology”
  November 23, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Kelly T. Dineley, BA, MS, PhD Professor Brigadier General and Mrs. Donald B. Wagner Professor in Neurodegenerative Research Director, Rodent in Vivo Assessment Care Departments of Neurology & Neuroscience Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Center for Addiction Research UTMB		“Role of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Neuroinflammation-Mediated Cognitive Impairment”
  November 16, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair UT Southwestern Department of Neurological Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center		“Developing Neuromodulation Strategies: From Parkinson Disease to Depression to Blindness”
  November 9, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Yanis Amrani, MD "Implementing Advanced Care Planning in the NCCU" Aimalohi Esechie, MD "Optimizing EMR to reduce click-fatigue and physician burnout" Ahmed Harazeen, MD "Effort to improve the Resident in Training Examination (RITE) scores of Neurology Residents at UTMB" Nelitza Rivera Vega, MD "Implementation of a lab-draw policy to reduce off-hour blood work in the Neurology floor" Zacharia Shebani, MD (Fellow) "Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: Improving healthcare services to patients diagnosed with PNES during admission at EMU at UTMB Healthcare-Galveston"		Resident Quality Improvement Project
  November 2, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Partha S. Sarkar, PhD Associate Professor Charlotte Warmoth Professor in Neurology Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders University of Texas Medical Branch		“Loss of Neuronal Genome Integrity Triggers Neurodegeneration”
  October 26, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Laura Wu, MD, PhD Associate Professor Director, Movement Disorders Program Associate Director, Neurology Clerkship Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch		“Parkinsonism Beyond Parkinson's Disease”
  October 19, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD, MSc Director of Endovascular Research and Innovation Schroeder Chair in Advanced Neuroendovascular Interventions Lead Scientist / RADIS lab / Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Division of Neurosurgery - Department of Surgery St. Michael's Hospital - Unity Health Toronto Professor of Surgery and Medical Imaging - University of Toronto		“Neuroendovascular Robotics: Updates and Perspectives”
  October 12, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		David B. Clifford, MD Melba and Forest Seay Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology in Neurology Department of Neurology Washington University, St. Louis		“Challenges of Neurosarcoidosis”
  October 5, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Kathryn A. Cunningham, PhD Chauncey Leake Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology Director, Center for Addiction Research Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology		“Changing CMC E/M Guidelines: Exploring Opportunities to Reduce Clinician Documentation Burden”
  September 28, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Jorge Rodríguez-Fernández, MD Assistant Professor Associate Chief Medical Information Officer Department of Neurology, UTMB		“Changing CMC E/M Guidelines: Exploring Opportunities to Reduce Clinician Documentation Burden”
  September 21, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Jason H. Huang, MD, FACS Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple Texas Professor of Surgery Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine		“Surgical Treatment of Brachial Plexus and Other Lesions”
  September 14, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Olugbenga B. Ojo, MD, MBA, FACP, FHM Chief Medical Officer / Chief Physician Executive TDCJ Hospital & Clinics Associate Professor of Medicine UTMB Department of Internal Medicine		“Beyond the Nuts and Bolts: Changing the Paradigm in a New Age of Health Care Delivery”
  September 7, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Ashok Chopra, PhD, CSc Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology John S. Dunn Distinguished Chair in Global Health Assistant Director, Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Program University of Texas Medical Branch		“A Double-edged Sword Regulatory Molecule in Inflammatory Diseases and Neurodegenerative Disorders”
  August 31, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Pablo Valdes Quevedo, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Medical Branch		“How to "see" brain tumors better: from the macroscale to the nanoscale”
  August 24, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Aditya S. Pandey, MD Chair and Julian T. Hoff, M.D. Professor Professor, Neurological Surgery, Radiology, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Surgical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center Director, Strategic Vision, and Outside Collaborations - Neurosurgery University of Michigan Medicine		“Hemorrhagic Stroke - Neurocognitive Outcomes in SAH and Innovations in ICH Evacuation”
  August 17, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Jianli Dong, MD, PhD, FACMG Professor, Department of Pathology Director, Molecular Diagnostics Division University of Texas Medical Branch		“Chromosome 22qll.2 Deletions and Duplications”
  August 10, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Erin L. Hommel, MD Associate Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care University of Texas Medical Branch		“Opioid Management in the Neurosciences”
  August 3, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Melinda Sheffield-Moore, Ph.D. Senior Vice President and Dean Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Lawrence E. Etheridge Jr. Distinguished Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch		“Follow Your Gut, Your Brain Fog May Depend On It!”
  July		No Grand Rounds scheduled for July		Grand Rounds will resume in August
  June 29, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Brian T. Oliver, MD Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Medical Branch		“Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Review of Current Management”
  June 22, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Brian Walter, DO, MS Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow Department of Neurology University of Texas Medical Branch		“Cefepime and Seizures”
  June 15, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Neurology Graduating Resident Research Presentations		Gil Guevara, MD “A Case of Covid-19 with Multiple Cranial Neuropathies” Dimitri Kovalev, MD “Does Covid-19 Trigger Demyelinating Disorders? Our case report of new onset Neuromyelitis Optica spectrum disorder and case series analysis” Mauricio Perez Davila, MD “Myasthenia Gravis Exacerbation in a Patient with Hepatic Thymoma” Neeharika Thottempudi, MD “Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome following Exposure to Oleoresin Capsicum “Pepper Spray””
  June 8, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Neurology Resident and Fellow Improvement Projects		Gil Guevara, MD “Improving Antiepileptic Drugs Administration Time in Status Epilepticus” Dimitri Kovalev, MD “Impact of Patient Education on Smoking Cessation in Stroke Patients Using Tobacco Products” Mauricio Perez Davila, MD “Improving the Resident In-Training Exam (RITE) Scores: An Academic Effort to Enhance the Knowledge of Neurology Residents at UTMB” Neeharika Thottempudi, M Implementing ED Stroke Triage Scale in UTMB: Expanding the Standard of Care“ Brian Walters. MD Increase Benzodiazepine Use in Drug Resistant Epilepsy Patients
  June 1, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Kim Herbert Manwaring, MD, FAANS, FAAP Chief Medical Officer, Mu Implant Technologies LLC Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital		“The Brain Stethoscope and the Sonic Window: New Technologies for Longitudinal Management of Neurosurgical Disease”
  May 25, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Agenor Limon, PhD Assistant Professor Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases UTMB Department of Neurology		“Synaptic Bases of Cognitive Impairment in the Continuum of Alzheimer's Disease Type of Dementia”
  May 18, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Ruiqing "Linda" Sun, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neurology University of Texas Medical Branch		“Seizures and Epilepsy: Current Concepts and Updates in Evaluation and Management”
  May 11, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Joseph Jankovic, MD Professor of Neurology Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders Director, Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine		“New and Emerging Treatments for Parkinson's Disease”
  May 4, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Muhammad Zeeshan Memon, MD Assistant Professor Department of Neurology University of Texas Medical Branch		“Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease: Current Concepts and Updates in Medical and Endovascular Management”
  April 27, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Xiang Fang, MD, PhD, FAAN, FANA Professor of Neurology John Sealy Distinguished Chair for Clinical Research in Alzheimer's Disease Medical Director, UHC and TDC Neurology Clinic Department of Neurology & Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases UTMB		“Revised Amyloid Hypothesis and Emerging Treatment in Alzheimer's Disease”
  April 20, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Timothy E. Lotze, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology Baylor College of Medicine		“Pediatric Neuromuscular Disease - Next Generation Evaluation and Therapeutics”
  April 13, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Patrick J. Karas, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Medical Branch		“Deep Brain Stimulation: An overview of indications, patient selection, and modern techniques”
  April 6, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Arun Chhabra, M.D. Assistant Professor Institutional Effectiveness and the Health Education Center Department of Neurology University of Texas Medical Branch		“Telestroke: Extending the Reach of Specialized Stroke Care”
  March 30, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Janet H. Southerland, DDS, MPH, PhD Vice President of Interprofessional Education Institutional Effectiveness and the Health Education Center Professor, Department of Nutrition, Metabolism and Rehab Science University of Texas Medical Branch		“Interprofessional Education and Simulation: Transforming Education and Training”
  March 23, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Preston D'Souza, M.D. Neurosurgery Resident PGY-1 Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Medical Branch		“Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury”
  March 16, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Preston D'Souza, M.D. Neurosurgery Resident PGY-1 Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Medical Branch		“Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury”
  March 9, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Bashar Zleik, M.D. Assistant Professor, Neurology Chief of Neurology, League City Campus University of Texas Medical Branch		“Sleep Medicine and Neurology”
  March 2, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Gracie Vargas, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair for Strategic Planning and Operations Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Anatomy Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience and Cell Biology UTMB Department of Neurology		“Intravital Microscopy to Study Glial and Vascular Responses in Neuroinflammation in Small Animal Models”
  February 23, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Monica E. Loghin, MD Professor, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center		“CAR T Cell Therapy Associated Neurotoxicity: Navigating the Journey”
  February 16, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Charles Matouk, MD Associate Professor Vice Chair (Clinical Affairs), Department of Neurosurgery Chief, Section of Neurovascular Surgery Director, NPH & Disorders of CSF Dynamics Program Associate Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Yale University / Yale-New Haven Hospital		“Trans-Carotid Access for Neuro-Intervention: What's Old is New Again ”
  February 9, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Alok Dabi, MD Associate Professor Director, Neurosciences Critical Care Program University of Texas Medical Branch		“Machine Learning in Neurology - An Overview ”
  February 2, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Robert McKendall, MD, FANA Associate Professor of Neurology Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch		“Selected Milestones in the Understanding of the Pathogenesis and the Development of Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis”
  January 26, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Kamakshi Patel, MD, MPH Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology Program Director, UTMB Neurology Residency Training Program Director, Clear Lake/League City Campus Neurology Clinics University of Texas Medical Branch		“Non-Convulsive Seizure/Status: Why, What and How to treat”
  January 19, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Nitin Tandon, MD, FAANS Professor and Chair Ad Interim Department of Neurosurgery UT Health Science Center		“Insights into Language from Intracranial recordings and simulation”
  January 12, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Rebecca Harrison, MD Clinical Associate Professor Departments of Medical Oncology The University of British Columbia		“Patient-Centered Outcomes in Neuro-Oncology”
  January 5, 2022 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Kinjal Desai MD, MPH Neurologist, Vascular & Critical Care Clear Lake Specialties		“Target Temperature Management”

• 2021

  December 15, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Benjamin Gelman, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Pathology, Neuroscience and Cell Biology UTMB		“HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment in virally suppressed patients”
  December 8, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Todd Masel, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurology Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs MD Anderson Cancer Center Epilepsy Program Director< UTMB Department of Neurology		“Epilepsy in Pregnancy: What to Expect When Your Epileptic Patient's Expecting”
  December 1, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Karin Woodman, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine MD Anderson Cancer Center		“Peripheral neurologic immune related adverse effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors: Approaches to diagnosis and management”
  November 17, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Andrea Gil Guevara, M.D. "Improvement of administration time of antiepileptic drugs in status epilepticus" Dmitri Kovalev, M.D. "Impact of patient education on smoking cessation; a survey of stroke patients using tobacco products" Mauricio Perez Davila, M.D. "Improving the Neurology Resident In Training Examination (RITE) scores; An academic effort to expand the knowledge of Neurology residents" Neeharika Thottempudi, M.D. "Implementing ED Stroke Triage Scale in UTMB: Expanding the Standard of Care" Sandeep Bhatt, M.D. "Streamlining ordering daily labs by Neurology residents: A time saving initiative" Brian Walter, D.O. "Increase use of rescue medications for seizure clusters in patients with drug resistant epilepsy"		Resident Quality Improvement Project
  November 10, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Elena Shanina, M.D., Ph.D., FANA Associate Professor John R. Calverley, M.D. Professorship in Neurology Director, Neurology Clerkship Program Director, EMG Laboratory UTMB		“The Current Landscape of Chronic Immune-mediated Neuropathies”
  November 3, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Douglas S. DeWitt, Ph.D. Laura B. McDaniel Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology Director, Charles R. Allen Research Laboratories UTMB		“Non-invasive Therapy for Blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury”
  October 27, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Ken Maynard, M.D. Department of Neurosurgery UTMB		“Adult Scoliosis”
  October 20, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Brian McKinnon, M.D. J.M. Robinson Distinguished Associate Professor & Vice Chair (Clinical Operations) Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery UTMB		“Establishing Best Practices, Clinical Practice Guidelines, and Meniere's Disease”
  October 13, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Xiangping Li, M.D., M.P.A. Assistant Professor Director of Quality Management Associate Director, Neurophysiology Fellowship Program Department of Neurology UTMB		“An Update on Seizure Rescue Therapy and Selective New Anti-Epileptic Drugs”
  October 6, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Everton A. Edmondson, M.D. Professor of Neurology Baylor College of Medicine		“The Recognition and Treatment Options of Neuralgiform Disorders Affecting the Craniofacial Region”
  September 29, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Brian T. Oliver, M.D. Department of Neurosurgery UTMB		“Occipital Neuralgia: A Neurosurgical Perspective”
  September 22, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Chilvana Patel, MD Clinical Associate Professor Director, Neurophysiology Fellowship Training Program Department of Neurology UTMB		“Neuromuscular Complications of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI)”
  September 15, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Massoud Motamedi, PhD Associate Chief Research Officer Chief Engineering and Biotechnology Innovations Officer Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Charles H. and Mary Campbell Professor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences UTMB		“Building Translational Neuroscience Research Ecosystem at UTMB”
  September 8, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Arjun Tarakad, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Director of Brain Stimulation Program Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic Baylor College of Medicine		“Emerging Treatments in Parkinson's Disease”
  September 1, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Gina Fullen Southwest Transplant Alliance Michael Kueht, M.D. Assistant Professor UTMB - Transplant Surgery		“Organ donation after cardiac death, essential information for physicians”
  August 4, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Peter Kan, M.D., MPH, FRCSC, FAANS Robert L. Moody, Sr. Distinguished University Chair and Professor Department of Neurosurgery UTMB		“Intraarterial Biologic Therapy for Malignant Brain Tumors”
  June 30, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Todd Swanson, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Radiation Oncology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center		“The Interface of Radiation Oncology with Neurology and Neurosurgery - A Primer”
  June 23, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Leticia Castillo, MD, MHCM, FAAP, FCCM Professor of Pediatrics Co-Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Department of Pediatrics UTMB		“Patient Engagement: Partners in Care”
  June 16, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Hibatullah Abu El-Haija, M.D. “Small Fiber Neuropathy Mimicking Stroke” Yousaf Ajam, M.D. “Dementia as a Poor Prognostic Factor for Severe COVID-19 Infection” Lalitha Battineni, M.D. “Unilateral Persistent Ptosis and Ophthalmoplegia and Elevated Antiganglioside Antibodies in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis” Bhanu Gogia, M.D. “Ambiguity of Vascular Dementia in Clinical Practice” Ayush Singh, M.D. “Super Refractory Status Epilepticus Complicated by Fatal Cerebral Edema after Suspected Synthetic Marijuana Use”		“GRADUATING RESIDENTS’ RESEARCH PRESENTATION DAY”
  June 9, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Arpitha Komaragiri, M.D. Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow Department of Neurology UTMB		“Neuromuscular Complications in COVID Patients”
  June 2, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Joel T. Patterson, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurosurgery UTMB		“Institutional Review Board: How We Got Here?”
  May 26, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Hibatullah Abu El-Haija, M.D. “Improving Glycemic Control in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke” Yousaf Ajam, M.D. “To Improve Communication Between Residents and Day-Shift Nursing Staff on Jennie Sealy 11B” Lalitha Battineni, M.D. “Improving Quality While Reducing Costs – Emphasis on Choosing Right Test and Financial Responsibility” Bhanu Gogia, M.D. “Optimizing the Use of Neuroimaging in Neurology Patients: A Cost Containment Initiative” Ayush Singh, M.D. “Loading Doses of Anti-Epileptics in Status Epilepticus: Selection to Administration” Arpitha Komaragiri, M.D. “Impact of Introducing Rapid EEG on Resident and Technician Satisfaction” Sandeep Bhatt, M.D., Ph.D. “Quality Improvement Initiative to Optimize Heparin Infusion Protocol in the Neurocritical Care Unit”		“Quality Improvement Projects Residents/Fellows”
  May 19, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Sandeep Bhatt, M.D., Ph.D. Fellow, Neurocritical Care Department of Neurology UTMB		“Biome and Stroke”
  May 12, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		William J. Winslade, Ph.D. James Wade Rockwell Professor of Philosophy in Medicine Institute for the Medical Humanities and Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health UTMB		“Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury: Dealing with Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) and Defining Brain Death”
  May 5, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Ken Maynard, M.D. PGY-6 Resident Department of Neurosurgery UTMB		“Tumors of the Spine”
  April 28, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Kuang-Chun Jim Hsieh, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Radiology UTMB		“NeuroQuant: UTMB Experience and Literature Review”
  April 21, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Prashant Rai, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurologyy UTMB		“Electrographic Findings of COVID-19 and Effect of Altered Mental Status in COVID: What We Studied at UTMB”
  April 14, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Miquel A. Pappolla, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Neurology UTMB		“Understanding Central Pain is an Essential Step for Managing Chronic Pain. A New Clinical Approach ”
  April 7, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Thomas Frank, M.D. PGY-5 Resident Department of Neurosurgery UTMB		“Cerebellopontine Angle (CPA) Tumors”
  March 31, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Randall J. Urban, M.D. Vice President and Chief Research Officer Vice Dean, Clinical Research in the School of Medicine Director, Institute for Translational Sciences Department of Internal Medicine UTMB		“Brain Injury Associated Fatigue and Altered Cognition (BIAFAC)”
  March 24, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Agenor Limon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Department of Neurology UTMB		“Synaptic Imbalance Across Cortical Brain Regions in Alzheimer’s Disease”
  March 17, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Mukaila Raji, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P. Professor and Director, Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine Edgar Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor of Aging Professor of Internal Medicine & Neurology Professor of Preventive Medicine & Community Health Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing UTMB		“Evidence-Informed Pharmacotherapy of Neuropsychiatric Comorbidities of Alzheimer’s/related Dementias and Parkinson’s Diseases”
  March 10, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		William J. Ray, Ph.D. Director, The Neurodegeneration Consortium Executive Director, Neuroscience University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center		“Developing RIPK1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neurological Disease”
  March 3, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Michael S. Miller, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry UTMB		“Grey Areas: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders”
  February 24, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		John Heyman, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Radiology UTMB		“Imaging Stewardship”
  February 17, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Canceled due to Winter Storm
  February 10, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Jun-Ho La, DVM, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Anatomy UTMB		“Nociplastic pain: Investigating pain chronification using an animal model”
  February 3, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Adam Carlton, M.D. PGY-2 Resident Department of Neurosurgery UTMB		“The Cervical Spine in the Adult and Pediatric Patients”
  January 27, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Nikos Vasilakis, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Pathology Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Center for Tropical Diseases Institute for Human Infection and Immunity UTMB		“Neurologic Involvement of Emerging Flaviviruses in the Neotropics”
  January 20, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Partha Sarkar, Ph.D. Associate Professor Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Anatomy Charlotte Warmoth Professor in Neurology Department of Neurology Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders UTMB		“Maintenance of Genome Integrity and Mechanism of Neurodegeneration”
  January 13, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Shelly A. Buffington, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Anatomy UTMB		“Microbiota in Neurodevelopment and Neurodysfunction”
  January 6, 2021 Microsoft Teams Attendance Only		Aaron Mohanty, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurosurgery/Pediatric Neurosurgery UTMB		“Controversies in Management of Lumbar Lipomyelomeningoceles in Infants and Children”