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NJNI Grand Rounds and Basic Research Seminars, Fall 2001 and Spring 2002 Schedule:

Other years schedules: Fall 2002 & Spring 2003 | Fall 2001 & Spring 2002 | Fall 2000 & Spring 2001 | Fall 1999 & Spring 2000

September 12
Clinco-Pathologic Correlation - CPC
Clinical Science Presentations from the NJ Neuroscience Institute
Host: Dr. John Donahue
(JDonahue@solarishs.org)
September 19
"Dementia: A 10-Year Video Case History"
Daniel Christensen, MD
Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Utah
Host: Dr. Martin Gizzi
(MGizzi@solarishs.org)
September 26
"Behavioral Neurology"
Branch Cosslett, MD
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Dr. Souvik Sen
(SSen@solarishs.org)
October 3
Cajal-Galvani Club
Basic Science Presentations from the NJ Neuroscience Institute
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu)
October 17
Clinico-Pathologic Correlation - CPC
Clinical Science Presentations from the NJ Neuroscience Institute
Host: Dr. John Donahue
(JDonahue@solarishs.org)
October 24
"Cardiac Dysrhythmias in Stroke"
Stepheni Oppenheimer, MD
Pharmanet and
NJ Neuroscience Institute, Seton Hall University
Host: Dr. Souvik Sen
(SSen@solarishs.org)
October 31
"Mutations in the Sarcoglycan Genes in Patients with LGMD 2C-2F: Tricks & Treats"
Katherine Stolle, MD
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Dr. Phillip Kramer
(PKramer@solarishs.org)
November 14
"Pain Relief in the Single Neuron: Studies on the Mechanisms of Opioid Desensitization in DRG Neurons"
Robert Gross, MD
Department of Neurology, University of Rochester
Host: Dr. ABM Salahuddin
(Auddin@solarishs.org)
November 21
Clinico-Pathologic Correlation - CPC
Clinical Science Presentations from the NJ Neuroscience Institute
Host: Dr. John Donahue
(JDonahue@solarishs.org)
November 28
"Developmental Neuropathology"
Edward Stopa, MD
Department of Pathology, Brown University
Host: Dr. John Donahue
(JDonahue@solarishs.org)
December 5
Cajal-Galvani Club
"Functional Brain Activity, Autonomic Arousal and Behavioral Performance During Processing of Social Linguistic Threat in Autism."
Nancy Isenberg, MD, MPH
NJ Neuroscience Institute
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu)
December 12
"Neural Plasticity: From Stem Cells to Synapses"
Ira Black, MD
Rutgers University Department of Neuroscience
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu)
December 19
Clinico-Pathologic Correlation - CPC
Clinical Science Presentations from the NJ Neuroscience Institute
Host: Dr. John Donahue
(JDonahue@solarishs.org)
January 9
"Deep-Brain Stimulation in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease"
Martin Zonenshayn, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Cornell Medical College
Host: Dr. Philip Hanna
(PHanna@solarishs.org)
January 23
"Advances in the Standard of Care and New Risk-Reduction Measures in Stroke Patients"
Ralph Sacco, MD
Neurological Institute, Columbia University
Host: Dr. Souvik Sen
(SSen@solarishs.org)
January 30
"An Update in Neuroimaging in Epilepsy"
Manzar Ashtari, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Host: Dr. Abuhuziefa Abubakr
(Aabubakr@solarishs.org
February 6
Cajal-Galvani Club
"NR1 knockdown reduces seizure activity in the juvenile rat."
Jaspreet Kaur, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, Seton Hall University
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu
February 13
"Central Nervous System Infections in Infants and Children"
Robert W. Tolan, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist Program - Capital Health System
Host: Dr. Okechukwu Anene 
(OAnene@solarishs.org
February 27
"Inherited Metabolic Disorders"
Marc Patterson, MD
Neurological Institute, Columbia University
Host: Dr. Raji Grewal
(RGrewal@solarishs.org)
March 13
"Dopa Responsive Dystonia (DRD)"
Neeta Garg, MD
Chief Resident in Neurology
NJ Neuroscience Institute
Host: Dr. S. Hariharan
(SHariharan@solarishs.org)
April 3
"Diabetes and Obesity: Neurological Disorders?... or ... Glucose Sensing: It's almost all in your head!"
Vanessa H. Routh, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) 
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu
April 10
"Treating Parkinson's Disease with Exercise: A Role for GDNF."
Michael J. Zigmond, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu
April 24
"Functional Implications of Seizure-Induced Neurogenesis in Hippocampus."
Helen Scharfman, PhD
Dept. of Pharmacology & Neurology - Helen Hayes Hospital
Host: Dr. Linda Friedman
(Friedmli@shu.edu
May 8
"The Kv3 Subtype of K+ Channel and its Potential Importance in Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders."
Bernardo Rudy MD, PhD
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience and Biochemistry
New York University School of Medicine
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu)
May 15
"Reaching Movements in Health and Neurological Disease"
John Krakauer, MD
Columbia University
Host: Dr. Nancy Isenberg, MPH
(NIsenberg@shu.edu
May 22
Clinco-Pathologic Correlation-CPC
Clinical Science Presentations from the NJ Neuroscience Institute
Host: Dr. John Donahue
(JDonahue@solarishs.org
May 29
"Update in Malignant Brain Tumor Management"
Kevin D. Judy, MD
Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurosurgery
Host: Dr. S. Hariharan
(SHariharan@solarishs.org
June 5
"Amino Acid Neurotransmitters in Taste-Oromotor Processing"
Zhixiong Chen, MD
Section of Oral Biology
Ohio State University College of Dentistry
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu 
June 12
Cajal-Galvani Club
"Hippocampal neurogenesis during development is inhibited by perinatal seizures"
Hongguang Liu, PhD
New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, Seton Hall University
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu 
June 26
"Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: From Disease Mechanism to Therapeutics."
Lucie I. Bruijn, PhD
Science Director and Vice President
ALS Association
Host: Dr. Ronald B. Langdon
(langdoro@shu.edu)


All conferences are held from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm in the main Neuroscience Conference Room at the JFK Medical Center (http://www.njneuro.org/aboutus/directions.asp).   For additional information, please contact Jennifer Cotter (JCotter@solarishs.org).