DESCRIPTION
This activity occurs weekly on Friday, 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Kern lecture hall unless otherwise noted in the session. Visit the online series if you wish to participate by watching a pre-recorded session instead.

The Neurology subspecialty conference is a weekly conference presented by various subspecialists in a rotating fashion from within Department of Neurology, residents and fellows.  The areas encompassed include sleep, multiple sclerosis/autoimmune neurology, neurologic education, child neurology, speech pathology, neuro-ophthalmology, behavioral neurology, movement disorders, epilepsy, neuro-oncology, muscle disorders and peripheral nervous systems diseases.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for physicians, mid-level health care providers, nurses, and medical students.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Identify and implement treatment of migraine and related headache.
• Review how to correctly segregate multiple sclerosis patients into appropriate treatments.
• Recognize the differences between different forms of myopathy.
• Interpret paraneoplastic antibody test results.
• Describe the molecular pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.
• Identify epilepsy patients who are surgical candidates.
• Recognize how new advances in molecular neurosciences have changed ideas about how the brain works.
• Identify which patients are eligible for brain tumor protocols.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s):

AMA
The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Summary
As a provider accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities.  All who are in a position to control the content are required to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company.   Faculty will also identify any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their content for FDA compliance.

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed...

Claudia Lucchinetti, M.D. – Grant/Research Support – Biogen, NMSS, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH 
Eric Sorenson, MD – Grant/Research Support – Biogen, Inc.; Cytokinetics, Inc.
Elaine Wirrell, MD  – Grant/Research Support – Marinus, GW Pharma, Zogenix. Honorarium – DSMB Acadia, Neurocrine, Encoded Therapeutics

All relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies:
Drs. Allen Aksamit, Sarah Berini, Christopher Boes, Sherri Braksick, David Burkholder, Jeremy Cutsforth-Gregory, Lyell Jones, Neeraj Kumar, Ruple Laughlin, Margherita Milone, Michel Toledano, Lily Wong-Kisiel, Mses. Shari Eversman, Janice Klaassen, Kim Klauer, DeAnna Shones, Mr. Bryan Hunt, and Dr. Rodolfo Savica (added 5/23/2022)

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here.

ATTENDANCE/CREDIT
Text the session code (provided only at the session) to 507-200-3010 within 48 hours of the live presentation to record attendance.  All learners are encouraged to text attendance regardless of credit needs.  This number is only used for receiving text messages related to tracking attendance.  Additional tasks to obtain credit may be required based on the specific activity requirements and will be announced accordingly. Swiping your badge will not provide credit; that process is only applicable to meet GME requirements for Residents & Fellows. 

TRANSCRIPT
Any credit or attendance awarded from this series will appear on your Transcript.

DEPARTMENT WEBSITE
Visit the department's website for additional information.

COURSE DIRECTORS
Rodolfo Savica, M.D., Ph.D. and Christopher Boes, MD. Anhar Hassan, MB,BCh (left 5/2022)

QUESTIONS?
Contact Bryan C. Hunt, Department Coordinator, at ph. 2-2926.

*Required Information for Accreditation is sent in an email Invitation and shown via slides.