Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast

Ali Christy, Alizah Patterson and Sam Mackenzie
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A irreverent podcast about child neurology with child neurologists Ali Christy and Sam Mackenzie and child neurologist/neurodevelopmental specialist Alizah Patterson. Interviews, history, science updates, Dungeons and Dragons and swearing. Music by Zach London

  1. Teaser

    Season 2 Trailer

    Teaser

    Just a snippet of episode 2 from season 1 :)

    13 sec
  2. Episode 1: Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Hans Berger & Sleep

    Jun 26

    Episode 1: Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Hans Berger & Sleep

    Welcome back! Sam and Ali talk with Alizah Patterson - 10 days before she finishes her neurodevelopmental disabilities residency! - about NDD, the training pathway, and the joys of cursing. Alizah presents a fascinating case and we discuss the development of EEG.

    52 min
  3. BONUS EPISODE: The Child Neurology Foundation Pledge Drive

    Apr 17

    BONUS EPISODE: The Child Neurology Foundation Pledge Drive

    Sam and Ali talk to Kim Hindery about the many benefits and services of the advocacy group Child Neurology Foundation, the upcoming Pigabilities fundraiser, the yearly Beauty of Neurology gala, and whether it is better to fight 1 horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses.

    46 min

  4. Mar 15

    Episode 10: Neurogenetics, Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke, & alternating hemiplegia of childhood

    Sam and Ali talk neurogenetics and philosophy with Kuntal Sen, recount the life and times of Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke, and review the natural history of alternating hemiplegia of childhood.

    59 min

  5. Feb 8

    Episode 9: Minneapolis, Jean Cady Solis, and febrile seizures

    Ali and Sam interview Jess Goldstein, MD about her first-hand experience with the ICE presence in Minneapolis and its effects on patients and families. Jeanne Cady Solis gets her (long overdue) due, and we learn about new work using metabolomics in febrile seizures.

    49 min

  6. Jan 3

    Episode 8: International medical graduates, Oliver Sacks, a bio-psycho-social approach to headache

    Ali and Sam chat with Dhanalakshmi Angappan about her path from pediatrics in India to child neurology in the United States. Ali questions myth versus reality, and Sam reviews a generalist model for addressing chronic daily headache.

    49 min

  7. 12/13/2025

    Episode 7: Social media, Abraham Jacobi, myostatin inhibitor for spinal muscular atrophy

    Sam and Ali interview the mysterious Amy G Dala before delving into Communism and new clinical trial data for spinal muscular atrophy.

    57 min

  8. 11/10/2025

    Episode 6: LIVE SHOW at CNS in Charlotte, hot ones with Yasmin Khakoo

    In this episode, we eat spicy chicken wings and talk to people about their research at the Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting. We also sit down with newly installed CNS president Yasmin Khakoo to discuss her journey in neurology and her plans for CNS over the next two years. Editor's note: Some of the audio is echoey at times, but this is thankfully short-lived.

    52 min
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A irreverent podcast about child neurology with child neurologists Ali Christy and Sam Mackenzie and child neurologist/neurodevelopmental specialist Alizah Patterson. Interviews, history, science updates, Dungeons and Dragons and swearing. Music by Zach London

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