The Neurotransmitters: Clinical Neurology Education Michael Kentris

Send us a Text Message.Dr. Derrick Cheng joins us today for an approach to acute onset weakness!Join us as on our treatment journey from onset to treatment, and think about what you might do if encountering the same clinical situation.Important points we discuss in this episode:The tempo of the disease onsetWhere can we localize the symptoms?Fatigue vs weaknessTriaging patients with acute onset weaknessStabilization and management of acute weaknessFollow Dr. Cheng at x.com/dlchengmdThe Neurot...

Send us a Text Message.Meet the Neurotransmitters! In this episode, we go behind the scenes with The Neurotransmitters team: Drs. Tirtha Sawant, Rida Farhan, and Ricardo Vivanco. They reflect on their personal journeys as international medical graduates (IMGs) seeking mentorship and pursuing residency in the US. Struggling to find mentors? Not sure about the dynamics between a mentor-mentee relationship? Learning to navigate the virtual world of networking?Trying to overcome s...

Send us a Text Message.Hello and welcome back to our ongoing internal medicine - neurology board review series!Today we are covering multiple sclerosis (MS).Tune in to learn more about What signs & symptoms should prompt concern for MS?What goes into the diagnosis of MS?What does the clinical course of MS look like?What kind of treatments are out there for MS?And this just scratches the surface!The Neurotransmitters is starting live case based discussions beginning in June 2024.!If y...

Send us a Text Message.On popular demand, we invited Dr. Andreas Charidimou once again, to discuss amyloid spells or Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-related Transient Focal Neurological Episodes (CAA-TFNEs)What are CAA-TFNEs and its suggested pathophysiology? What are some of its differentials?Clinical features of TIA vs TFNE How many TIAs are really CAA-TFNEs? Who to start on anti-seizure meds and how long do you continue?Neuroimaging findings and when to repeat imaging?Poss...

Send us a Text Message.Welcome back to our IM Board Prep series, that is designed to help internal medicine residents ace the neurology section of their board exams! This episode is on movement disorders, categorized into hyperkinetic and hypokinetic. In hypokinetic, we cover Parkinsonism vs Parkinson’s disease vs “Parkinson’s plus” syndromes. In hyperkinetic, we focus on tremors, dystonia, choreiform disorders, myoclonus, sleep-related disorders, tardive dyskinesia and neuroleptic malig...

Send us a Text Message.Join us as Dr. Michael P.H. Stanley, our distinguished guest from Brigham and Women's Hospital, shares an intimate portrait of his fascination with cognitive and behavioral neurology. We discuss the philosophical terrains of the mind-brain dichotomy and cognitive phenomenology, revealing the profound importance of context in the evaluation of symptoms. We touch upon the challenges of managing cognitive impairment and the need for compassionate care.Finally, we cele...