Every Wednesday, NeurologyLive®'s NeuroVoices series features in-depth, exclusive conversations with a wide variety of experts in the care and management of patients with neurologic diseases about a range of topics in clinical care and therapeutic development.
NeuroVoices: Eric Leuthardt, MD, on Expanding and Streamlining the IpsiHand System
June 2nd 2021The founder and chief scientific officer of Neurolutions discussed other populations that may benefit from the IpsiHand Upper Extremity Rehabilitation System by building on its current capabilities.
NeuroVoices: Stephanie J. Nahas, MD, on Migraine Treatment Gaps and Optimization
May 19th 2021The associate professor and director of the Headache Medicine Fellowship Program at Thomas Jefferson University discussed treatment optimization for patients with migraine and raising overall awareness for preventive treatments.
NeuroVoices: Vineet Punia, MD, MS, on Responsive Neurostimulation in Older Adults
May 5th 2021The neurologist from Cleveland Clinic discussed his study presented at AAN 2021 involving the use of responsive neurostimulation in older adults with drug-resistant focal epilepsy and further expanding research in this space.
NeuroVoices: Neal Parikh, MD, MS, on Racial Disparities in Post-Stroke Smoking Cessation
April 28th 2021The assistant professor of neurology at the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center discussed his presentation at AAN 2021 evaluating racial disparities in smoking cessation among stroke survivors.
NeuroVoices: Ralph Sacco, MD, MS, on Improving Disparities and Expanding Research in Stroke Care
April 14th 2021The chair of neurology and Olemberg Family Chair of Neurological Disorders at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discussed solutions to improve disparities in stroke care and the need for future research on social determinants of health.
NeuroVoices: Ralph Sacco, MD, MS, on Florida Stroke Registry, Advancing Stroke Knowledge
March 31st 2021The chair of neurology and Olemberg Family Chair of Neurological Disorders at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discussed the abundance of research from the Florida Stroke Registry presented at ISC 2021.
NeuroVoices: XinQi Dong, MD, MPH, on Assessing Evidence for Dementia Care Interventions
March 10th 2021The director of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University discussed a recently published report on meeting the challenge of caring for persons with dementia and their care partners and caregivers.
NeuroVoices: Marwan Sabbagh, MD, on Assessing a Cancer Drug in Alzheimer Disease
February 17th 2021The director of the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and neurologist at Cleveland Clinic discussed a recently initiated study that will look at the FDA-approved cancer drug lenalidomide for the treatment of Alzheimer disease.
NeuroVoices: Lea Davis, PhD, and Slavina Goleva, on Epidemiology of Functional Seizures
February 10th 2021The duo from Vanderbilt University shared background on their recently published study that found novel associations between functional seizures, cerebrovascular disease, and other psychiatric disorders.
NeuroVoices: Brian Wainger, MD, PhD, on Ezogabine and Stem Cells in ALS
December 23rd 2020The assistant professor of neurology and anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School detailed the findings of a phase 2 trial using ezogabine, a drug once FDA-approved to treat epilepsy, in patients with ALS.
NeuroVoices: Christian Meisel, MD, PhD, on Forecasting Seizures
December 9th 2020Christian Meisel, MD, PhD, department of neurology, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, discussed the landscape for devices that forecast seizures, including the use of multi-modal wristband sensors.
NeuroVoices: Michael Okun, MD, on Reforming the Device Approval Process
November 25th 2020Michael Okun, MD, executive director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases sat down to discuss his viewpoint paper on changing the approval system for neurotechnological devices in rare diseases.