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Samuels Comprehensive Review of Neurology

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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.

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

Faculty

Course Directors

Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA

Professor and Chair

Department of Neurology

New York Medical College

Director of Neurology

Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Valhalla, NY

Martin A. Samuels, MD

Miriam Sydney Joseph Distinguished

Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Founding Chair, Emeritus

Department of Neurology

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Faculty

Katherine Amodeo, MD

Movement Disorder Specialist

Department of Neurology

Westchester Medical Center – MidHudson Regional Hospital

Poughkeepsie, NY

Assistant Professor of Neurology

School of Medicine at New York Medical Collage

Valhalla, NY

Gaston Baslet, MD

Chief, Division of Neuropsychiatry

Director, Medical Student Education in Psychiatry

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Neurology

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

San Francisco, CA

Matthew Bevers, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Director, Neurosciences ICU

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

José Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FANA, FAHA

Professor and Chair

Department of Neurology

Stritch School of Medicine – Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, IL

Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Kate Brizzi, MD

Department of Neurology

Division of Palliative Care

Department of Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Ellen J. Bubrick, MD

Associate Chair of Neurology, Quality and Safety

Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Michael E. Charness, MD

Chief of Staff

VA Boston Healthcare System

Professor of Neurology and Faculty Associate Dean for Veterans Hospital Program

Harvard Medical School and Boston University

Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Boston, MA

Kirk R. Daffner, MD

Chief, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Director, Center for Brain/Mind Medicine

Stephen Muss Clinical Director

Alzheimer Center

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

J. David and Virginia Wimberly Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Amar Dhand, MD, DPhil

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Christopher Doughty, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Clinical Director

Division of Neuromuscular Disorders

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD

Chief, Epilepsy

Edward B. Bromfield Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

Medical Director, EEG Laboratory

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Brian L. Edlow, MD

Neurocritical Care Faculty

Associate Director, MGH Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery

Affiliated Faculty, MGH Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

Massachusetts General Hospital

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACEP, FACMT

Department of Emergency Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Division of Medical Toxicology

Mass General Brigham

Harvard Humanitarian Institute

Boston, MA

Mill Etienne, MD, MPH, FAAN, FANA, FAES

Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion

New York Medical College

Associate Professor of Neurology

New York Medical College, School of Medicine

Valhalla, NY

Chief of Neurology

WMCHealth’s Good Samaritan Hospital

Suffern, NY

Steven K. Feske, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Boston University School of Medicine

Vice-Chair of Education

Chief, Stroke Division

Department of Neurology

Boston Medical Center

Boston, MA

Daniel Friedman, MD, MS

Professor of Neurology

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Associate Director, NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

New York, NY

Seth Gale, MD

Co-Director

Brain Health Program

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Neurologist

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Stephanie Gandelman, MD

Attending Physician

MS/Neuroimmunology

Department of Neurology

Westchester Medical Center

Valhalla, NY

Christopher Gibbons, MD, MMSc

Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Director, BIDMC Neurocutaneous Laboratory

Associate Director, BIDMC Autonomic Laboratory

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, MA

L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, MD

Center for Neuro-Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Department of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

David Greer, MD, MA

Professor and Chair of Neurology

Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine

Boston Medical Center

Boston, MA

Mark Hallett, MD

Past President

Functional Neurological Disorder Society

Distinguished NIH Investigator Emeritus, NINDS, NIH

Bethesda, MD

Galen V. Henderson, MD, FNCS

Divisions of Neurocritical Care and Stroke

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD, FAAN, FANA, FACNS, FAES

Professor of Neurology

Chief, Division of Epilepsy and EEG

Co-Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Co-Director, Critical Care EEG Monitoring Program and Fellowship

Director, Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Fellowship Program

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

Albert Hung, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Clinical Director

Massachusetts General Hospital Movement Disorders Division

Center Director, MGH Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Hospital Neurology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Lauren Krupp, MD

Director

NYU Langone MS Comprehensive Care Center

Professor of Neurology

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

New York, NY

Robert Laureno, MD

Professor

Department of Neurology

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Washington, DC

Jong Woo Lee, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

The Edward B. Bromfield Epilepsy Program

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Michael Levy, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology

Massachusetts General Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Robert M. Mallery, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Giovanna S. Manzano, MD

Neuroimmunologist/MS Specialist

Massachusetts General Hospital

Neuroimmunologist and Neurohospitalist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Stephan A. Mayer, MD

Director of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurological Services

Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

J. Ricardo McFaline-Figueroa, MD, PhD

Physician

Center for Neuro-Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Instructor in Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Scott McGinnis, MD

Associate Neurologist

Center for Brain/Mind Medicine

Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Investigator, BWH Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment

MGH Frontotemporal Disorders Unit

Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Edison K. Miyawaki, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Lakshmi Nayak, MD

Director, Center for Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Lymphoma, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Mary Angela O’Neal, MD

Chief of General Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD

Emeritus Professor of Neurology

Indiana University School of Medicine

Indiana University Health

Indianapolis, IN

Sashank Prasad, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

David C. Preston, MD

Professor of Neurology

Vice Chairman

Program Director

University Hospitals of Cleveland

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Amy A. Pruitt, MD

William N. Kelley Professor of Neurology

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Vice Chair for Education

Department of Neurology

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Colin Quinn, MD

Director

Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center Interdisciplinary ALS Clinic

Director, Neuromuscular Clinical Trials

Associate Professor of Neurology

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Claus Reinsberger, MD, PhD

Chief

Division of Sports Neurology & Neurosciences

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Karen L. Roos, MD

John and Nancy Nelson Professor of Neurology Emerita

Department of Neurology

University of Indiana School of Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Jeremy D. Schmahmann, MD, FAAN, FANA, FANPA

Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Founding Director, Ataxia Center

Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Unit

Laboratory for Neuroanatomy and Cerebellar Neurobiology

Senior Clinical Neurologist

Department of Neurology

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Nitin K. Sekhri, MD

Medical Director, Pain Management

WMC Health Network

Department of Anesthesiology

Brain and Spine Institute

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

Michael H. Silber, MBChB

Professor of Neurology

Elliott and Marlys Badzin Neuro-Degenerative Sleep Disorder Professor

Department of Neurology and Center for Sleep Medicine

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Rochester, MN

Vishad Sukul, MD, FAANS

Section Chief

Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery

Westchester Medical Center

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

Haythum O. Tayeb, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry

King Abdulaziz University

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Westchester Medical Center

Valhalla, NY

Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, HEC-C, FAAN, FAES

Associate Professor of Neurology

Yale University School of Medicine

Director

Yale New Haven Health Center for Clinical Ethics

New Haven, CT

Shahed Toossi, MD

Director

Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program

Assistant Professor, Neurocritical Care

Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Angeliki Vgontzas, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Synphen Wu, MD, PhD

Neuro-Oncologist

Department of Neurology

Westchester Medical Center

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

Accreditation / Pass Guarantee

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 59 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Date of Original Release: December 31, 2023
Date Series Expires: December 30, 2026

 

CME credit is obtained upon successful completion of an evaluation.

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.

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a CMEinfo video production

Provider: Oakstone Publishing

Course Directors:
Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA
Martin A. Samuels, MD

Credits: Earn a maximum of 59 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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