Neurosciences Grand Rounds

Time: Fridays, 8:30–9:30 a.m. PST

Location: UCSD School of Medicine, Center for Neuro Circuits and Behaviors (CNCB), Large Conference Room/Marilyn Farquhar Seminar Room

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Meeting ID: 884 6326 5379

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Schedules

Schedule is subject to change.

2026

Date	Topic	Speaker
01/02/2026	No Grand Rounds	N/A
01/09/2026	Thrombolysis at 30: from Bench to Bedside and Beyond (lecture will not be recorded)	Patrick Lyden, MD, FAAN, FAHA, FANA Professor of Physiology & Neuroscience and Neurology Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute Keck School of Medicine at University Southern California
01/16/2026	Professor Rounds	Kathryn Curtis, MD Resident at UC San Diego
01/23/2026	Neural Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury	Mark H. Tuszynski, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences Director, UCSD Translational Neurosciences Institute University of California San Diego
01/30/2026	ESCAPE-MeVO Trial - EVT for Medium Vessel Occlusions	Michael Hill, MD, MSc, FRCPC Medical Director-Neurosciences Care Alberta, Acute Care Alberta President, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation Professor, Department Clinical Neuroscience & Hotchkiss Brain Institute Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary & Foohills Medical Center
02/06/2026	Neurohospitalist Effect on Resident Education and Best Practice Updates for a Neurohospitalist Service	Jana Wold, MD Vice Chair of Education and Professor Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency Department of Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine
02/13/2026	No Grand Rounds	N/A
02/20/2026	Understanding CSF and Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease	Douglas Galasko, MD Neurologist Professor of Neurosciences University of California San Diego
02/27/2026	Dentate Network Mechanisms for Memory and their Early Dysfunction in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy	Jill K. Leutgeb, PhD Walter F. Heiligenberg Professor of Neuroethology Professor of Neurobiology Neurobiology Department, School of Biological Sciences Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind University of California San Diego
03/06/2026	Identifying the Mechanistic Target of Lithium in Both Bipolar Disorder & Alzheimer's Disease May Offer Insight into a Neural Circuit Dysfunction that Could Underlie Some Cognitive Impairments	Evan Y. Snyder, MD, PhD Professor, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Director, Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Co-Director, Stem Cells Training Program Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program UC San Diego Physician, Rady Children's Hospital
03/13/2026	A Medley of Research on HIV, Aging, Inflammation, and the Brain	Ronald Ellis, MD, PhD Professor of Neurosciences University of California San Diego
03/20/2026	Professor Rounds	Nick Baltar, MD Resident at UC San Diego
03/27/2026	No Grand Rounds	N/A
04/03/2026	Potential New Approaches for Optimizing Stem Cell Mediated Neuroprotection in ALS	Evan Y. Snyder, MD, PhD Professor, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Director, Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Co-Director, Stem Cells Training Program Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program UC San Diego Physician, Rady Children's Hospital
04/10/2026	Headache and Stroke: Artificial Intelligence- Enhanced Vascular Risk Prediction and Precision Migraine Treatment	Chia-Chung Chiang, MD Associate Professor of Neurology Division of Headache & Cerebrovascular Neurology Mayo Clinic
04/17/2026	Code Redefined: Everything You Need to Know About the 2026 Stroke Guidelines	Thomas Hemmen, MD, PhD Professor of Neurosciences Vascular Neurologist Director, Stroke Center University of California San Diego
04/24/2026	Updates in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: Lessons Learned from Clinical Databases	Ali Mahta, MD Associate Professor of Neurosciences and Anesthesiology Neurocritcal Care Attending Physician Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program University of California San Diego
05/01/2026	From Narrative to Numbers: Resident Satisfaction with a Neurohospitalist Practice Model	Carly Pappo, MD Resident at UC San Diego
05/08/2026	Building a Modern Neuropathy Program: Connecting Clinic to Discovery	Anasheh Halabi, MD, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor Founding Director, UCLA Neuropathy Program Department of Neurology Neuromuscular Division Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles
05/15/2026	Studies of Latino Neurocognitive Aging and Dementia: SOL-INCA	Hector Gonzalez, PhD Professor of Neurosciences & Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center University of California San Diego
05/22/2026	TBD	Jamie LaBuzetta, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Neurosciences Muriel Jeannette Whitehill Chair of Biomedical Ethics Division of Neurocritical Care Neurology Clerkship Director University of California San Diego
05/29/2026	Creating Virtual Stroke Networks: Telehealth and Technology in the Treatment of Stroke	Amy Guzik, MD Associate Professor, Neurology Vice Chair of System Operations Division Head, Vascular Neurology Director of Stroke and Telestroke Services, Wake Forest Network Vascular Neurology Fellowship Director Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Past Schedules

2025

Date	Topic	Speaker

01/10/2025	Effects of Blood Pressure on Cognition and Cerebral Oxygenation in Parkinson’s Disease	Katherine Longardner, MD Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego
01/17/2025	Professor Rounds	Daanish Unwalla, MD Resident Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego
01/24/2025	Neurosurgery Grand Rounds 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. PST https://uchealth.zoom.us/j/84052610408?from=addon	Special Guest Lecture Rusty Gage, PhD Professor Laboratory of Genetics Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
01/31/2025	Motor Aging and Parkinsonism: Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Health?	Ludy C. Shih, MD, MMSc, FAAN, FANA Associate Professor of Neurology Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Center Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School
02/07/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
02/14/2025	Neurocognitive Deficits of Multiple Sclerosis	James F. Sumowski, PhD Associate Professor of Neurology Mount Sinai New York Clinical Neuropsychologist Corrine Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis
02/21/2025	Professor Rounds	Daniel Micheli, MD Resident Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego
02/28/2025	Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease	Tuhin Virmani, MD, PhD, FAAN Associate Professor Chief Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders and Vice Chair for Education Department of Neurology University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
03/07/2025	From Surviving to Thriving: Best Practices in Wellbeing	Ami Doshi, MD Clinical Professor of Pediatrics & Vice Chair of Faculty Development & Director of Pediatric Wellness Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego Galinson Family Endowed Chair in Palliative Care Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
03/14/2025	Personalized Precision Therapeutics: Individualized Antisense Oligonucleotide for Rare Pediatric Genetic Disease/Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathy	Olivia Kim McManus, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Neurosciences Department of Neurosciences, UC San Diego Investigator, Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine & Pediatric Neurology Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology
03/21/2025	Professor Rounds	Dominic Tran, MD Resident at UC San Diego
03/28/2025	No Grand Rounds	Ceasar Chavez Day
04/04/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
04/11/2025	Enhancing Drug Delivery Past the Blood-Brain Barrier Through Activated Endothelium	Praveen Raju, MD Nathan Gordon Chair in Neuro-Oncology Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Associate Professor of Neurosciences Rady Children's Hospital & University of California, San Diego
04/18/2025	Professor Rounds	Elita Delbruck, MD Resident at UC San Diego
04/25/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
05/02/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
05/09/2025	AAV-Induced Toxicity & DNA Damage: Implications for Neurological Disease and the future of Gene Therapy	Matthew Shtrahman, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego
05/16/2025	Professor Rounds	Andrea Sandri, MD Resident at UC San Diego
05/23/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
05/30/2025	Interoception in Parkinson's Disease: A Review and Framework for Translational Research	Katherine Longardner, MD Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
06/06/2025	Specialized Care for AYA Neuro-Oncology Patients	Jessica Schulte, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Clinical Director of UC San Diego Neurosciences Neurofibromatosis Program Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego
06/13/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
06/20/2025	Professor Rounds	Sophia Raefsky, MD Resident at UC San Diego
06/27/2025	A Translational Program of Neural Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury	Mark H. Tuszynski, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences Director, UCSD Translational Neuroscience Institute University of California, San Diego
07/04/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
07/11/2025	Biomarker Discovery and Preclinical Validation at ATRI	Robert Rissman, PhD Professor Physiology and Neurosciences and the W.M. Keck Endowed Profesor in Medicine Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
07/18/2025	Professor Rounds	Nidhila Masha, MD Resident at UC San Diego
07/25/2025	Deciphering How the Endolysosomal Pathway is Dysregulated in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease; Towards Effective Treatments	William Mobley, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences Associate Dean Neurosciences Initiatives Director, Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion University of California, San Diego
08/01/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
08/08/2025	Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease	Stewart Factor, DO Professor of Neurology Director of Movement Disorders Program Vance Lanier Chair of Neurology Emory University School of Medicine
08/15/2025	Cognitive Neurology: A Case of an Echo from the Past with Modern Allusions, and Ordering the New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease of Lecanemab at the VA	Neal Nathan, MD Resident at UC San Diego
08/22/2025	Neurocinema: Neurology in Movies	Neal Nathan, MD Resident at UC San Diego
08/29/2025	Professor Rounds	Kelsey Ladt, MD Resident at UC San Diego
09/05/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
09/12/2025	2nd Neurosciences Human Research Day & Al Tarkington Endowed Lecture Garren Auditorium, UCSD School of Medicine, West Campus Biomedical Sciences Building (1st floor) 8:00 AM-1:30 PM	Endowed Lecturer John Ravits, MD Professor of Clinical Neurosciences Head, ALS Program Department of Neurosciences University of California San Diego
09/19/2025	Professor Rounds	Megan Walsh, MD Resident at UC San Diego
09/26/2025	Innate Neuroimmunology as a Driver of Mitochondrial Neurodegeneration	Nicole Coufal, MD, PhD Associate Professor Pediatric Critical Care Department of Pediatrics University of California San Diego
10/03/2025	Leveraging Model Organism Genetics to Inform Tau Targeted Neurotherapeutics Development	Brian Kraemer, PhD Research Professor Department of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Psychiatry & Behavorial Sciences University of Washington School of Medicine
10/10/2025	Single Neurons in Human Speech, Language, and Beyond	Arujun Khanna, MD Assistant Professor Department of Neurological Surgery University of California San Diego
10/17/2025	Professor Rounds	Evan Lum, MD Resident at UC San Diego
10/24/2025	What can the Resting Brain Reveal? Functional MRI in Epilepsy and Treatment	Taha Gholipour, MD Associate Professor Department of Neurosciences University of California San Diego
10/31/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
11/07/2025	Medical Education Faculty Development (Faculty In-Person only)	Charles Goldberg, MD Professor of Medicine University of California San Diego VA Medical Center
11/14/2025	Understanding How the Newborn Brain Responds to Injury Suggests a Stem Cell-Based Intervention for Perinatal HIE- Lecture 1 of 2	Evan Snyder, MD, PhD Professor, Center for Neurologic Disease Director, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Associate Physician of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego
11/21/2025	Professor Rounds	Michaela Tsuha, MD Resident at UC San Diego
11/28/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A
12/05/2025	Revisiting Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease	Marwan Noel Sabbagh, MD, FAAN, FANA Moreno Family Chair for Alzheimer's Research Vice Chairman for Research and Professor Department of Neurology Barrow Neurological Institute
12/12/2005	Genetic and Modifiable Risk Factors for Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease	Emilie Reas, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurosciences University of California San Diego
12/19/2025	Professor Rounds	Elita Delbruck, MD Resident at UC San Diego
12/26/2025	No Grand Rounds	N/A

2023

Date	Topic	Speaker
04/21/2023	n-Lorem: A novel non-profit solution for treatment of nano-rare patients	Stanley Crooke, MD, PhD Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer n-Lorem Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus Ionis Pharmaceuticals

2021

Date	Topic	Speaker
07/23/2021		Paula Desplats University of California, San Diego
07/30/2021	Professor Rounds	Adam Kalawi University of California, San Diego
08/13/2021		Benzi Kluger Rochester University School of Medicine
09/17/2021		Robert Rissman, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego

10/01/2021	Emerging Targeted Gene Therapies in ALS and New Paradigms	John Ravits, M.D. Professor of Clinical Neuroscience Head of ALS and Translational Research University of California, San Diego
10/08/2021	UC San Diego Neurology Education Track	Victoria Wu, M.D. Resident Physician Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego
10/15/2021		Ann Poduri, M.D. Professor Department of Neurology Harvard Medical School Director of the Epilepsy Genetics Program Boston Children’s Hospital
10/22/2021	Professor Rounds	Christopher Goyne, M.D. Resident Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego
10/29/2021		Juan Pascual, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Physiology Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development Director of the Rare Brain Disorders Program University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center