36th Annual McEwan-Jones Lecture: Dr Peter Calabresi

Visiting Professor Speaker: Dr Peter A Calabresi
Director, Division of Neuroimmunology
Director, The Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis Center
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Topic: Is Synaptic Pathology the Prodrome of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis?

Learning Objectives:

1. The audience will become familiar with the neuropathology of progressive MS and evidence for early synaptic dysfunction both in MS and the animal model EAE.
2. The audience will become familiar with MRI, OCT and PET imaging evidence for synaptic dysfunction in MS.
3. The audience will learn about mechanisms of synaptic pruning and strategies to limit this process

Featuring faculty speakers: 
Dr Peter Carlen - "Your Brain in a Dish: Human Cerebral Organoids for the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Epileptic Encephalopathies"
Dr Charles Kassardjian, Dr Houman Khosravani, Dr Sara Mitchell - "To zoom or not to zoom - determining appropriateness of virtual care in a  post  - pandemic world"
Dr Gabor Kovacs - "Human neuropathology-based research of neurodegenerative proteinopathies"
Dr Raphael Schneider - "Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein levels correlate with unfavourable imaging measures in people with Radiologically Isolated Syndrome"
Dr Amy Yu - "Telemedicine for stroke prevention after TIA"

DIVISION OF NEUROLOGY PUBLICATION AWARDS
Awardee (Category 1) Clinician Research Pub
Clinical epidemiology, clinical research, education and quality Improvement papers

Awardee (Category 2) Basic Research Pub
Reports of research projects

This event is generously supported by McEwan-Jones Annual Neurological Lecture Fund and formal partnership with the Division of Neurology; Alexion, Amylyx, Biogen, EMD Serono, Grifols, Novartis, Paladin Labs, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme and Teva.