Neurosciences Grand Rounds

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Unless otherwise stated, all Grand Rounds are held at 11am in the Storm Eye Institute Auditorium, 8th Floor, Rm. 809.

"Surgical Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy"
Dr. Sandeep Mittal

"Alternative Treatments of Epilepsy"
Dr. Jeff Politzky

"Epilepsy - title TBA"
Dr. Cormac O'Donovan

"Factors Associated with Mortality after Spinal Cord Injury "
James S. Krause, Ph.D
Professor, College of Health Professions
Associate Dean for Clinical Research
Scientific Director, South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Fund
Director, Program for Movement, Exercise, and Rehab Research
Medical University of South Carolina

"Neuronal damage in temporal lobe epilepsy"
Dr. Leonard Bohilha

"Neuro-oncology - title TBA"
Dr. Lode Swinnen

"HIV Dementia"
William R. Tyor, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Chief of VA Medical Center Neurology Service
Medical University of SC

L.W. Preston Church, M.D.
Associate Professor of Infectious Disease
Cheif of Infectious Diseases - VA Medical Center
Medical University of SC

"Immuno-Chemotherapy for CNS Lymphomas "
Eric T. Wong, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

"Neuros"
Dr. Jeff Marx

"Diagnosis and Prognosis of Transverse Myelitis Syndrome "
Thomas F. Scott, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Allegheny Campus
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

"Molecular Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease: Facts and Fictions"
Mark A. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

"Development of Novel Therapy for Inflammation-related Neurodegenerative Diseases"
Jau-Shyong Hong, Ph.D.
Head, Neuropharmacology and Chemistry
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC

"New Concepts in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Migraine"
Leslie Kelman, M.D.
Headache Center of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

"Intracerebral Hemorrhage: The Potential for Treatment"
Kenneth J. Gaines, BA, MBA, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt Medical School
Medical Director, Neurology Clinic, The Vanderbilt Clinic
Associate Professor, Neurology, Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN

"Direct Brain Stimulation for Brain Disease:
Experience in Epilepsy and Future Directions"
Martha J. Morrell, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Sanford University
Stanford, CA

"Challenges in Developing a Retinal Prothesis to Restore Vision to the Blind"
Joseph F. Rizzo, III, M.D.
Associate Professor Ophthalmology
Associate Surgeon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Massachusetts General Hospital

"Emerging Techniques in Peripheral Nerve Surgery"
Rajiv Midha, MD, MSc, FRCS
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Division Head, Division of Neurosurgery
Department of Clinical Neurosciences

"The Genetics of Epilepsy"
David A. Griesemer, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrrics
Division Head, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Department of Neurosciences