Department of Neurosurgery

UofL Neuroscience Grand Rounds Schedule - Fall 2012

UofL Neuroscience Grand Rounds take place every Friday (except as noted) from 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM in the UofL School of Nursing's 4th floor Auditorium (Room 4003). Physicians earn 1.0 hour of CME credit (AMA PRA Category 1) for each session attended. Neuroscience Grand Rounds are jointly presented by the UofL Neurology dept. and the UofL Neurosurgery dept. For additional information, please e-mail neuro@louisville.edu

The following Grand Rounds have already taken place. For a list of upcoming Grand Rounds, Click Here.

Thursday, 5/16/13  - “Proton Therapy & The Neurosurgeon Were Walking Down The Street . . .”
Jeffrey Buchsbaum, MD, PhD, AM, Associate Professor, Depts. Of Radiation Oncology, Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Health Proton Therapy Center (formerly Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute), Bloomington, Indiana
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Thursday, 5/9/13  - “Myasthenia Gravis – Overview and Updates”
Vijayamala Bondugula, MD, UofL Dept. of Neurlogy, Neurophysiology Fellow
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Thursday, 5/2/13  - “Robotics For Rehabilitation Of Neurological Impairment: Promises Unfulfilled”
Zev Rymer, Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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Thursday, 4/25/13  - “The New Guidelines for Sports Concussion”
Michael Haboubi, DO; Co-Chief Resident and PGY-4, UofL Dept. of Neurology

Thursday, 4/18/13  - “The Neurophysiology & Neuroanatomy Of Sleep & Its Clinical Application”
Adam Fisch, MD, Dept. of Neurology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Thursday, 4/11/13  - “Hemicraniectomy For Malignant Infarction: I Am Become Life . . .”
Ralph Rahme, MD, Instructor, UofL Dept. of Neurosurgery
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Thursday, 4/4/13  - “Mechanisms & Challenges For Translational Stroke Research”
Eng H. Lo, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Radiology, Dept. of Neuroscience, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Friday, 3/29/13  - “Phenotypic Screening To Identify Genes & Compounds That Promote Axon Regeneration”
Vance Lemmon, PhD, Walter G. Ross Distinguished Chair in Developmental Neuroscience and Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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Thursday, 3/21/13  - “Care Of The Potential Organ Donor”
Matthew Benns, MD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, University of Louisville
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Thursday, 3/14/13  - “Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis”
Karen Skjei, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology, University of Louisville and Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Kosair Children's Hospital
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Thursday, 3/7/13  - “A Primary Care Doc's Take on Primary Care for People with Spinal Cord Injuries”
Michael Stillman, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville
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Thursday, 2/28/13  - “Recent Advances In Muscular Dystrophy”
Kathryn A. Wagner, MD, Medical Director of the Breast Cancer Program at the Texas Cancer Clinic
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Friday, 2/22/13  - “Enhancing Axon Regeneration In Peripheral Nerves With Exercise”
Arthur W. English, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology, Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, Druid Hills, Georgia

Thursday, 2/14/13  - “Sports Related Concussion - Pathophysiology & Recent Updates”
Ross D. Zafonte, MD, Co-Director, Boston Rehabilitation Outcomes Center; Vice President of Medical Affairs, Spalding Rehabilitation Network; Chair, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Thursday, 2/7/13  - “Glioblastoma - Novel Insights and Therapies - 2013”
Renato V. LaRocca, MD, Norton Cancer Institute
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Thursday, 1/31/13  - “Cancer Rehabilitation: What, Why, Where, When?”
Megan B. Nelson, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville
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Thursday, 1/24/13  - “Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: Experiments with Truth”
Anand G. Vaishnav, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and Vice Chairman, University of Louisville Dept. of Neurology; Associate Director and Director of Clinical Research, University of Louisville Stroke Program
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Thursday, 1/17/13  - “Convection Enhanced Delivery to Treat Neurological Disorders”
Russell R. Lonser, MD, Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio; Former Chief of Neurological Surgery, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Thursday, 1/10/13  - “Central Nervous System Malformations”
Vinay Puri, MD, Professor, UofL Dept. of Neurology and Dept. of Pediatrics; Director of UofL Division of Child Neurology; Neurologist-In-Chief, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
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1/3/13  - “The State of Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Surgery in China”
Tie Fang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Beijing Institute of Neurosurgery at Capital Medical University in Beijing, China
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12/28/12 – No Grand Rounds due to Christmas Holiday

12/21/12 – "Rational Polypharmacy in the Treatment of Status Epilepticus"
M. Steven Evans, MD,  Professor and Director, Epilepsy Division of UofL Neurology dept.

12/14/12  - “Chronic Pelvic Pain”
Resad Pasic, MD, PhD, Professor, UofL Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, and Director, Operative Gynecologic Endoscopy in the Division of General Gynecology
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12/7/12 – "Skull Base Neurosurgery - Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Complex Problem"
Jonathan Hodes, MD, FACS, Chair, UofL Neurosurgery dept.
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11/30/12 – "Recent Advances in the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia"
Michael K. Sowell, MD, FAHS, Associate Professor of UofL Neurology and Pediatrics, Director, UofL Comprehensive Headache Program, Co-Director, Clinical Neurosciences Course, Director, University of Louisville Child Neurology Residency Program

11/23/12 – No Grand Rounds due to Thanksgiving Holiday

11/16/12 – ROTH Endowment Lecture: "Alterations in Clearance Pathways in the Toxicity and Propagation of Aggregated Proteins in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease"
Eliezer Masliah, MD, Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Pathology, University of California, San Diego
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11/9/12 – "Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery: Current and Future Applications"
Thomas Altstadt, MD, FAANS, Assistant Professor, UofL Neurosurgery dept.
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11/2/12 – "Targeting Calcium Channel Interactions for the Development of Therapeutics for Chronic Pain: Preclinical Studies"
Raj Khanna, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University

10/26/12 – "Listen When The Muscles Speak"
Mathula Thangarajh, MD, Ph.D., Neuromuscular Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

10/19/12 – "Glioblastom Update"
Shiao Y. Woo, MD, MBBS, FACR, Chairman and Endowed Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Louisville

10/12/12 – CANCELLED

10/5/12 – “Rehabilitation Lessons Learned: The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars”
David Cifu, MD, PM&R Chair for Virginia Commonwealth University and National Director for U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs’ PM&R program
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9/28/12 – “SAMMPRIS Trial & Intracranial Stenting: A Failed Study Does Not A Failed Technique Make”
Alex Abou-Chebl, MD, Associate Professor and Director of Neurointerventional Services, UofL Neurology dept.

9/21/12 – "Autonomic Storming Following Traumatic Brain Injury"
Kimberly Meyer, APRN, CNRN, Nurse Practitioner, UofL Neurosurgery dept.
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9/14/12 – "New Discoveries in the Pathobiology and Treatment of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury"
W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery; Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology and Cell Biology & Anatomy; Scientific Director, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis; Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

9/7/12 –"Spinal Cord Injury - What We Can Learn From Outcomes Research"
Maxwell Boakye, MD, FACS, Associate Professor and the Ole A., Mabel Wise & Wilma Wise Nelson Endowed Research Chair, UofL Dept. of Neurosurgery; Director of Outcomes and Translational Research at the Center for Advanced Neurosurgery
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8/31/12 – “What’s the Status With Status Epilepticus?”
Rohit R. Das, MD, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Dept. of Neurology
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8/24/12  - "Creating the Division of Spinal Cord Medicine and Translational Research at the University of Louisville"
Steve Williams, MD, Associate Professor, Division of PM&R, Chair, Division of Spinal Cord Medicine and Translational Research, UofL Neurosurgery dept.
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8/17/12 – “Templated Misfolding of Neuronal Proteins in Neurodegeneration”
Robert P. Friedland, MD, Chair, UofL Neurology dept.
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8/10/12 - “Advances in Epilepsy Surgery”
Nicholas Barbaro, MD, Chair of Neurosurgery, Indiana University, and Medical Director of the IU Health Neuroscience Center
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8/3/12 – “Cervicogenic Headache: Fact or Fantasy”
Michael Sowell, MD, Associate Professor, UofL Neurology and Pediatrics depts.


Target Audience: University of Louisville attendings, residents, fellows, medical students, community physicians and other professional medical staff.  

Designation Statement: The University of Louisville School of Medicine designates each of these "Live Activitys" for a maximum of  1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ each. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation Statement: The University Of Louisville School Of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Disability Arrangements: To request disability arrangements, contact the UofL Neurosurgery Dept. at neuro@louisville.edu at least 10 days prior to the program. The UofL School Of Medicine fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.