2026 AAN Annual Meeting: Top Interviews and Expert Perspectives

The 2026 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, held April 18-22, in Chicago, Illinois, brought together thousands of clinicians, researchers, trainees, and industry leaders for one of the field’s premier neurology conferences. This year’s meeting featured plenary sessions focused on ongoing controversies in neurology, presentations highlighting advances in translational science, late-breaking clinical data, award lectures, and discussions spanning nearly every subspecialty in neurology.

Throughout the meeting, NeurologyLive^® provided onsite coverage from the convention floor, capturing key scientific updates and conversations shaping the future of neurologic care. In addition to reporting on emerging data and presentations, the team conducted a multitude of interviews with experts across the field, from early-career investigators and leading clinicians to notable science educators such as Bill Nye. 

As coverage from the meeting winds down, the NeurologyLive team looked back on some of the standout interviews and discussions from AAN 2026. Featured interviews included the following clinicians:

Bill Nye, science educator

Jaime Imitola, MD, professor of neurology, vice-chair of research, and director of the UConn Health Comprehensive MS Center

Rodolfo Savica, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic Rochester

Edith Graham, MD, assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine,

Amy Waldman, MD, associate professor of neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Michael Levy, MD, PhD, associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

Karen Lynch, MD, MRCPI, senior global medical director at Sanofi

Amanda Rodrigues, MS, medical student at Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences in Brazil

Click through the slides below to see and read more from each expert’s exclusive conversation with NeurologyLive:

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