Neurology® Podcast

1) Featured Article: Quality improvement in neurology: Child neurology quality measure set2) Lesson of the Week: Update on chronic migraine risk factors, management, and treatmentThis Neurology® Podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the January 9, 2018, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Adam Numis talks with Dr. Jeffrey Buchhalter and Dr. Anup Patel about their quality measure set executive summary article regarding child neurology. For the “Lesson of the Week” segment, Dr. Tesha Monteith speaks with Dr. Stephen Silberstein about chronic migraine.DISCLOSURES:Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section; has received speaker honorarium from LivaNova; and has received research support from American Academy of Neurology, Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Epilepsy, 2017-2019, and American Epilepsy Society, Research and Training Fellowships for Clinicians, 2017-2018.Dr. Bucchalter ha

1) Featured Article: Clinical biomarkers differentiate myelitis from vascular and other causes of myelopathy 2) What’s Trending: Clinical Trials in Alzheimer Disease This Neurology® Podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Carlos Pardo about his paper on clinical biomarkers and differential diagnosis of myelitis. For the “What’s Trending” segment, Dr. Ted Burns speaks with journalist Damian Garde about the recent Clinical Trials in Alzheimer Disease conference. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Clardy has received research support from Western Institute for Biomedical Research (WIBR). Dr. Pardo has served on scientific advisory board for the Transverse Myelitis Association; has received research support from Accorda Pharmaceuticals, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. LTD, Medimmune, NIH/NINDS (R21NS076381, R01NS055628, R21TW0009741, P30MH075673, 1R01HL130649-01), and the Bart McLean

Patient Perspectives, Part II (January 2018)This month’s Delayed Recall episode is the second part of our feature including interviews that focus on the patient perspective. The first part of this feature aired as the Delayed Recall episode for December 2017. We feature four interviews in this second installment; the first is Dr. Alberto Espay’s interview with Dr. Ted Burns in the Sept. 3, 2013 episode, in which they discuss Dr. Burns’ cancer diagnosis and his subsequent experience as a patient. In the second interview, with Dr. Lara Marcuse, Dr. Marcuse responds to Dr. Espay’s Sept. 2013 interview with Dr. Burns, and remarks briefly on her own time as a patient. This interview was part of the October 29, 2013 episode. The third interview features Dr. Espay and Dr. Burns once more; they discuss Dr. Burns’ cancer recurrence, as well as Dr. Burns’ view about the kind of care that he believes is important for healthcare providers to focus on. This interview first appeared in the August 1, 2017 episode. Last, we

1) Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation: Cryptogenic NORSE: Its distinctive clinical features and response to immunotherapy 2) What’s Trending: R&F section update with Dr. Roy StrowdThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the December 12, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Takahiro Iizuka about his paper on diagnosis and treatment of new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE). In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jeff Ratliff focuses his interview with Dr. Roy Strowd on a highlighted Clinical Reasoning case from the new “Resident & Fellow Rounds” feature debuting in 2018.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Clardy has received research support from Western Institute for Biomedical Research (WIBR). Dr. Langer-Gould has received research support from Biogen, Roche, NIH, PCORI, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Dr. Iizuka serves on editorial boards for Current Treatment Opt

Show description/summary:1) Long-term benefit of enzyme-replacement therapy in Pompe disease: A 5-year prospective study2) What’s Trending: ACTH or prednisolone for infantile ataxiaThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the December 5, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Kelly Gwathmey talks with Dr. Nadine van der Beek about her paper on enzyme-replacement therapy in Pompe disease. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Ted Burns focuses his interview with Dr. John Mytinger on the topic of ACTH or prednisolone for infantile ataxia. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Gwathmey reports no disclosures.Dr. van der Beek has received speaker honoraria from Sanofi-Genzyme (paid to to Erasmus MC for further research purposes); and has received research support from Sanofi-Genzyme, Colciencias, ZonMW - the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, the Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds, SSWO – Sophia Children’s Hospital Foundation, a

This month’s Delayed Recall episode is the first in a duo of episodes featuring interviews that focus on the patient perspective. The second part of this feature will appear as the Delayed Recall episode for January 2018. As the first of the three interviews included in December’s episode, we feature an interview by Dr. Ted Burns with Dr. Oliver Sacks regarding Dr. Sacks’ experience with ocular melanoma. This interview originally aired in January 2011, and appeared again as part of a Delayed Recall episode in 2015, which was aired as a tribute to Dr. Sacks following his passing. In the second interview of this episode, from February 19, 2013, Dr. Burns speaks with Dr. Bob Holloway on communicating prognosis for patients with serious neurological diseases. In the third and final interview in this episode, Dr. Burns speaks with Dr. Richard Morton about his essay regarding his experience as a patient. This interview was part of the July 25, 2017 podcast episode.

1) Midlife systemic inflammatory markers are associated with late-life brain volume: The ARIC study2) What’s Trending: Neurology paper on breast feeding, ovulatory years, and risk of multiple sclerosisThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 28, 2017 issue of Neurology In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Burns talks with Dr. Keenan Walker about his paper on the association between systemic inflammation and brain volume over time. For our What’s Trending segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy focuses her interview with Dr. Annette Langer-Gould about her recent Neurology article on breast feeding, ovulatory years, and risk of multiple sclerosis.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Burns has served on the DSMB for NIH-funded trials (non-profit entities); serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; has consulted for Grifols, USA; has served on Eli Lilly Amyvid Speaker's Bureau; and has received research support from Eli Lilly, Avid Radiophar

Show description/summary:1) Multiparametric MRI changes persist beyond recovery in concussed adolescent hockey players 2) Neurology Today® paper on the increase in gabapentinoid prescriptionThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 21, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Ted Burns talks with Dr. Kathryn Manning and Dr. Ravi Menon about their paper regarding the effects of concussion on adolescent hockey players. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Burns focuses his interview with Dr. Christopher Goodman about a recent Neurology Today article discussing the increase in gabapentinoid prescriptions. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Burns is the deputy section editor of the Neurology® podcast; has served on scientific advisory boards for Argenx, UCB, and CSL Behring; has received travel funding/speaker honoraria from Argenx and Alexion; and has received support for consulting activiti

Show description/summary:1) Infliximab for the treatment of central nervous system sarcoidosis: A multi-institutional series2) What’s Trending: Sonic traumatic brain injuryThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 14, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Siddharama Pawate and Dr. Jeff Gelfand about their paper on infliximab for treatment of central nervous system sarcoidosis. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Alex Menze focuses his interview with Dr. Jeffrey Kim on the recent speculation around sonic traumatic brain injury.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Gelfand has served on scientific advisory boards for Genentech; has received compensation for consulting with Genentech; has received research support from Quest Diagnostics, Genentech, MedDay, and NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (KL2TR000143); and has received compensation for serving as expert witness in medical-le

Show description/summary:1) This variant alters protein function, but is it pathogenic? (Neurology® Genetics)2) What’s Trending: PFO UpdatesThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the November 7, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Michelle Mauermann talks with Dr. Massimo Pandolfo about his recent Neurology® Genetics editorial, entitled “This variant alters protein function, but is it pathogenic?”. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Nicole Chiota focuses her interview with Dr. Steven Messe on recent PFO/stroke updates. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Mauermann serves on the editorial board of Mayo Clinic Proceedings; receives publishing royalties from Oxford, and has received research support from Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Pandolfo has served on the scientific advisory boards of Apopharma and Voyager Therapeutics; has served on the editorial boards of Act

This month’s Delayed Recall episode features Dr. Stacey Clardy’s Lesson of the Week interviews on the topic of immunotherapy, which originally aired in July 2017. In the first interview, Dr. Clardy speaks with Dr. Dennis Bourdette about new immunotherapies in neurology. This interview first appeared in the July 4 episode. In the interview from July 11, Dr. Clardy continues the discussion about new immunotherapies with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen. The third interview, from the July 18 episode, features Dr. Clardy speaking with Dr. Emmanuelle Waubant about immunotherapy as it applies to multiple sclerosis patients. To conclude this episode, we offer Dr. Clardy’s interview with Dr. Anne Cross, in which they talk about immunosuppressants in Neurology; this interview was part of the July 25 episode.

Show description/summary:1) Change in multimodal MRI markers predicts dementia risk in cerebral small vessel disease2) What’s Trending: dabigatran reversal in patients with uncontrolled bleeding This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 31, 2017, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Matthew Elliot talks with Dr. Hugh Markus about his paper multimodal MRI markers and dementia risk in cerebral small vessel disease. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Bryan Eckerle focuses his interview with Dr. Charles Pollack on dabigatran reversal in patients with uncontrolled bleeding or receiving surgery. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Markus serves as section editor of International Journal of Stroke; serves on the editorial board for Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, and BMC Medicine; serves as Associate Editor for Fronteirs in Neurology; receives publishing royalties from Stroke Medicine (OUP 2016); has consulted and led a teaching ses

Show description/summary:1) Persistent focal enhancement of the cisternal segment of oculomotor nerve in ophthalmoplegic migraine (Neurology® Clinical Practice)2) What’s Trending: Tenecteplase for acute ischemic strokeThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 24, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Heather Harle talks with Dr. Ihtesham Qureshi about his Neurology® Clinical Practice paper on ophthalmoplegic migraine. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Justin Sattin focuses his interview with Dr. Nicola Logalio on using tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: All participants report no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Qualitative study of burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being among US neurologists in 20162) What’s Trending: gene editing in human embryosThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 17, 2017, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Pearce Korb talks with Dr. Janis Miyasaki about her paper on burnout, career satisfaction and well-being among US neurologists. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov on gene editing in human embryos for correction of a pathogenic mutation.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Miyasaki has received honoraria from Davis Phinny Foundation, Sunovion, and NINDS; receives publishing royalties from “Up to Date: Psychogenic Movement Disorders;” has consulted for Cynapsus and GE; has served on a scientific advisory board for Parkinson Society Canada; and has received research support from Allergan, PCORI, and Parkinson Alber

Show description/summary:1) Quality improvement in neurology: Stroke and stroke rehabilitation quality measurement set update2) Neurology Today® paper on Parkinson disease and autoimmunityIn the first segment, Dr. Dan Ackerman talks with Dr. Gene Latorre about his paper on the updated quality measurement set for stroke and stroke rehabilitation. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Alberto Espay focuses his interview with Dr. David Sulzer on Parkinson disease and autoimmunity. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Espay serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax, Merz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, Eli Lilly and Company, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Show description/summary:1) Functional impairments for outcomes in a randomized trial of of unruptured brain AVMs2) What’s Trending: Hurricane Harvey and patient care in TexasThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 3, 2017, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. JP Mohr about his paper on functional impairment outcome measurements in a randomized trial of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Aziz Shaibani on Hurricane Harvey and its effect on patient care in Texas. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology; receives research support from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Health Resources Ser

This special Delayed Recall episode is the second installment of our new Practice Current segment. In this episode, Dr. Luca Bartolini speaks with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) experts Dr. Tarso Adoni and Dr. Michael Levy. They discuss the results of a recent Practice Current (a section of Neurology® Clinical Practice) survey regarding NMO treatment, and share their thoughts on best practices. This is the first appearance of this interview in the podcast.

Show description/summary:1) Neurology® Genetics: ExACtly zero or once: A clinically helpful guide to assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies 2) What’s Trending: Orphan drug pricingThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 26, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jim Kiely talks with Dr. Samuel Berkovic about his Neurology® Genetics paper on assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Gordon Smith on orphan drug pricing. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Kiely is employed at InTouch Health Physician Services as a teleneurologist, and holds stock with InTouch Health. Dr. Berkovic serves on scientific advisory board for UCB Pharma and Eisai Australia; has served on editorial boards for Brain, Epileptic Disorders, and Lancet Neurology; is an investor listed on a Bionomics Inc patent on diagnostic

Show description/summary:1) Medication-overuse headache: An entrenched idea in need of scrutiny 2) What’s Trending: DAWN TrialThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 19th, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Alex Menze talks with Dr. Elizabeth Loder about her paper on medication overuse headache. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Kevin Barrett focuses his interview with Dr. Tudor Jovin on the DAWN trial on Trevo thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Menze reports no disclosures.Dr. Loder has received travel funding from the American Headache Society and American Migraine Foundation and The British Medical Journal; has served on the editorial boards of The British Medical Journal, Cephalalgia, and Headache; receives publishing royalties from Cambridge University Press; and has received research support from Harvard Medical School.Dr. Barrett

Show description/summary:1) National randomized controlled trial of virtual house calls for Parkinson disease2) Neurology Today: Interview with Joseph Safdieh, the new Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Today®This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 12, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Ray Dorsey about his paper on virtual house calls for Parkinson disease. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Joseph Safdieh about Dr. Safdieh’s new position as Editor in Chief of Neurology Today. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Ratliff has received a speaker honorarium from Haverford College.Dr. Dorsey has served on the scientific advisory boards of Shire Pharmaceuticals and Huntington's Disease Society of America; has received travel funding and/or honoraria from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association;