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Neurology for Non-Neurologists

Neurology for Non-Neurologists

This comprehensive update is designed to help non-neurologist clinicians diagnose and treat common neurological symptoms and disorders. Earn CME credit now.
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Overview

Convenient and Comprehensive Online CME

The Neurology for Non-Neurologists online CME course covers the full scope of clinical neurology: commonly encountered patient complaints such as dizziness, back pain, seizures, and movement disorders, as well as special, common topics that can be mis- or underdiagnosed. Speakers in this continuing medical education program are highly skilled with vast experience educating non-neurologists.

 

As new neurological therapeutics become available, it can be difficult for the non-neurologist to stay abreast. It is important that these clinicians — often the first a patient consults — are familiar with the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and prognosis associated with neurological conditions.

Topics / Speakers

Patient Complaints

Numbness and Spells
David M. Pilgrim, MD


Approach to the Dizzy Patient
Martin A. Samuels, MD


Treating the Dizzy Patient
Martin A. Samuels, MD


Tremors
Abby Olsen, MD, PhD


Gait Disorders
Abby Olsen, MD, PhD

Behavioral Neurology

Neuropsychological Evaluation
Doreen M. Rentz, PsyD


Behavioral Abnormalities
Scott McGinnis, MD


New Treatments for Dementia
Gad A. Marshall, MD


Delirium and Confusion
Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD, FANA, FASN, FAAN


Disorders of Attention and Executive Function
Kirk R. Daffner, MD


Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
David K. Urion, MD, FAAN

Epilepsy and Seizures

Epilepsy
Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS


Seizures as a Symptom of Systemic Disease
Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN


How to Choose the Initial Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs)
Jong Woo Lee, MD


Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy
Ellen J. Bubrick, MD


Functional Seizures
Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD


Clinical Neurophysiology of the Nervous System
Shahram Khoshbin, MD

Movement Disorders

Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
Edison K. Miyawaki, MD


Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
Edison K. Miyawaki, MD


Parkinsonism
Jordan D. Paulson, MD


Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Movement Disorders
Michael T. Hayes, MD

Nerve and Muscle Disorders

Neuropathy: What You Should Know
Christopher Doughty, MD


Myopathy: What You Should Know
Christopher Doughty, MD

Stroke

Stroke: Primary and Secondary Prevention and Treatment
Galen V. Henderson, MD


Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Galen V. Henderson, MD, FNCS


Hemorrhagic Strokes
Matthew Bevers, MD, PhD

Neurological Infections

Meningitis
Steven K. Feske, MD


Infectious Encephalitis
Steven K. Feske, MD


HIV Neurology
Nagagopal Venna, MD

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Window to the Brain: Neurological Causes of Visual Loss
Sashank Prasad, MD


Eye Movement Disorders
Robert M. Mallery, MD

Multiple Sclerosis

Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
James Stankiewicz, MD


Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
James Stankiewicz, MD

Neuro-Oncology

Update on Primary CNS Lymphoma
Tracy Batchelor, MD, MPH


Primary Brain Tumors
Lakshmi Nayak, MD


Neurological Problems in Systemic Cancer
Eudocia Quant Lee, MD

Pain

Managing Chronic Pain
Victor Wang, MD


Use of Injections to Treat Pain Syndromes
Victor Wang, MD


Complementary and Integrative Medicine for Pain and Headache
Carolyn A. Bernstein, MD, FAHS


Neck and Arm Pain
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD


Low Back Pain
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD


Primary Headaches Syndromes
Rebecca C. Burch, MD


Headache as a Symptom of Systemic Disease
Rebecca C. Burch, MD

Sleep Disturbances

Recognizing and Diagnosing Sleep Disorders
Milena Pavlova, MD, FAASM

 

Treatment of Sleep Disorders
Milena Pavlova, MD, FAASM

Neurology Below the Belt

Neurology Below the Belt: Neurogenic Bladder
Tamara B. Kaplan, MD


Sexual Dysfunction in Neurologic Disease
Tamara B. Kaplan, MD

Special Topics

Principles of Neuro-Imaging
Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD, FANA, FASN, FAAN

 

Principles of Hospital Neurology
Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD, FANA, FASN, FAAN


The Neurology of Alcohol
Michael E. Charness, MD


Neurological Complications of Substance Use Disorder
Nagagopal Venna, MD


Neurology of Vitamin Deficiency – Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Martin A. Samuels, MD


Neurology of Vitamin Deficiency – Water-Soluble Vitamins
Martin A. Samuels, MD


Autoimmune Disorders in Neurology
Henrikas Vaitkevicius, MD


Concussion
William J. Mullally, MD


Functional Neurological Disorders
Mary Angela O’Neal, MD


Women’s Neurology
Mary Angela O’Neal, MD


Spinal Cord Disorders
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD


Principles of the Use of Autonomic Testing in Neurology
Peter Novak, MD, PhD


Neurological Complications of COVID-19
Henrikas Vaitkevicius, MD

Faculty

Course Director

Martin A. Samuels, MD

Chair Emeritus, Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Miriam Joseph Sydney Distinguished Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Speakers

Tracy Batchelor, MD, MPH

Neurologist-in-Chief

Chair, Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Carolyn Bernstein, MD, FAHS

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Matthew Bevers, Md, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Divisions of Stroke, Cerebrovascular and Critical Care Neurology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD

Neurologist, Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Ellen J. Bubrick, MD

Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program

Division of Epilepsy

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Rebecca C. Burch, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Neurologist, Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Staff Neurologist

John R. Graham Headache Center

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Boston, MA

Michael E. Charness, MD

Chief of Staff, VA Boston Healthcare System

Senior Physician, Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Faculty Associate Dean, Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Dean, Professor of Neurology

Boston University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

Kirk R. Daffner, MD

Chief, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Stephen Muss Clinical Director of the Alzheimer Center

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

J. David and Virginia Wimberly Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Christopher Doughty, MD

Clinical Director, Division of Neuromuscular Disorders

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Instructor in Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD

Chief, Division of Epilepsy

Director, The Edward B. Bromfield Epilepsy Program

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Steven K. Feske, MD

Chief, Cerebrovascular Division

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Michael T. Hayes, MD

Vice Chair of Community Affairs

Co-Director of Functional Neurosurgery Program for Movement Disorders

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston,MA

Chief of Neurology

South Shore Hospital

Weymouth, MA

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Galen V. Henderson, MD, FNCS

Divisions of Neurocritical Care and Stroke

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Tamara B. Kaplan, MD

Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Partners MS Center

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Shahram Khoshbin, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD, FANA, FASN, FAAN

Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs

Chief, Division of Hospital Neurology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Eudocia Quant Lee, MD

Center for Neuro-Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Division of Cancer Neurology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

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

Robert M. Mallery, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Gad A. Marshall, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Medical Director of Clinical Trials

Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Massachusetts General 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, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Investigator, MGH Frontotemporal Disorders Unit

Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN

Vice Chair for Education

Distinguished Clinician

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Edison K. Miyawaki, MD

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

William J. Mullally, MD

Associate Chief of Clinical Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Director of Sports Neurology and Concussion

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Lakshmi Nayak, MD

Director, Center for Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Senior Physician, Center for Neuro-Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Neuro-Oncologist, Division of Neuro-Oncology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Peter Novak, MD, PhD

Director, Autonomic Laboratory

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Abby L. Olsen, MD, PhD

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Instructor in Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Mary A. O’Neal, MD

Director of the Women’s Neurology Program

Clinical Director of the Neurosciences Clinic

Ambulatory Director of Neurology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jordan D. Paulson, MD

Instructor in Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Milena Pavlova, MD, FAASM

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Medical Director

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital EEG and Sleep Testing Center

Boston, MA

David Pilgrim, MD

Chief, The Thomas Moorecroft Walshe III, MD

Division of General Neurology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Chief, Clinical Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Boston, MA

Sashank Prasad, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Chief, Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Doreen Rentz, PsyD

Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Departments of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

James Stankiewicz, MD

Clinical Director

Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

David K. Urion, MD, FAAN

Director of Education and Residency Training Program

Charles F. Barlow Chair

Department of Neurology

Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Henrikas Vaitkevicius, MD

Neurocritical Care Unit

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Nagagopal Venna, MD

Chief, Division of Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious Diseases

Director, Neuroinfectious Diseases Clinic

Massachusetts General Hospital

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Victor Wang, MD

Division Chief, Pain Neurology

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Medical Director

Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Milford

Center for Pain Medicine

Milford, MA

Accreditation

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

 

Oakstone Publishing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 35.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 35.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

 

Date of Original Release: June 15, 2020
Date Credits Expire: June 15, 2023
Contact Hours: 35.25
Estimated Time to Complete: 35.25 hours

 

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

  • Identify the cause of dizziness in a patient in order to manage the condition effectively
  • Recognize sleep disorders and formulate appropriate treatments
  • Identify serious illnesses that result in back and neck pain
  • Differentiate between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes
  • Recognize the signs and symptoms of multiple sclerosis
  • Explain the current methods of evaluating and treating seizures
  • Differentiate between primary headaches and headaches that result from systemic disorders
  • Describe the neurological complications that result from systemic cancers
  • Discuss the methods of recognizing and treating neuropathies
  • Describe distinguishing characteristics of cognitive and behavioral disorders
  • Identify the differences between hyperkinetic and hypokinetic movement disorders
  • Explain methods of treating acute and chronic pain
  • Summarize the neurological complications of vitamin deficiencies

Intended Audience

The activity was designed for internists, family physicians, emergency physicians, psychiatrists, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, obstetricians/gynecologists (who act as primary care physicians), adolescent medicine physicians, geriatricians, resident and fellows in the above specialties and nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the above specialties.

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a CMEinfo video production

Provider: Oakstone CME

Course Director:
Martin A. Samuels, MD
Chair Emeritus

Department of Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Miriam Joseph Sydney Distinguished Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Credits: Earn a maximum of 35.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and 35.25 MOC points

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