Neurology® Podcast

1. Brain death, the determination of brain death, and member guidance for brain death accommodation requests: AAN position statement. 2. [What's Trending]: On tau protein and Alzheimer dementia symptoms. In the first segment, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. James Russell about his paper on brain death, the determination of brain death, and member guidance for brain death accommodation requests. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jeff Burns focuses his interview with Dr. Matthew Brier on tau protein and Alzheimer dementia symptoms.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Jason Crowell reports no disclosures. Dr. James Russell has served on Scientific Advisory Boards for Cytokinetics - Data Monitoring Board PROTOCOL CY 5022 A PHASE 2, MULTI-CENTER, DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, DOSE- RANGING, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY, SAFETY, AND TOLERABILITY OF CK-2127107 IN PATIENTS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS). Dr. James Russell received travel funding from 1) Non-profit - Mexican Academy of Neurology - Funded travel and lodging to speak at Annual Meeting Nov 2018 - no honorarium (2) Non-profit - ALS Association - funded travel and lodging to do site visit for ALSA certification of UVA ALS Clinic. Dr. James Russell has publishing royalties from (1) Neuromuscular Disorders, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition published 2015, with subsequent royalities 2) Honorarium for published article in Continuum: Approach to peripheral neuropathy. Continuum: Peripheral Nervous System Disorders. Fall 2017. Dr. James Russell has done consultancies with compensation for market research interviews regarding ALS therapeutics and is currently being compensated for expert opinion in two medical legal cases, one in support of the defendant and one in support of the plaintiff. Dr. Matthew Brier has received funding for Biogen, travel and accommodation and received research support for Medical Scientist Training Program Grant to WUSTL (5T32GM007200-37.

1. Aspirin Reduces Long Term Stroke Risk in Women with Prior Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy 2. [What's Trending]: Top-selling drug price hikes and patients bearing the cost. In the first segment, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. Eliza Miller about her paper on aspirin reducing the long term stroke risk in women with prior hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Ted Burns focuses his talk with Casey Ross on makers of top-selling drugs hiking prices and patients bearing the costs.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Eliza Miller has served on Editorial Boards for Stroke, Assistant Editor, InterSECT, 2017-2018. Dr. Eliza Miller Research Support, Government Entities including (1) NIH NINDS 5U10NS086728-05, Fellow, 2017-2018 (2) NIH NINDS U01 NS095869, Subsite PI, 2018 (3) NIH NCATS 5KL2TR001874-02, KL2 Scholar, 2018-2020 and she has received research support from Foundations and Societies including American Medical Association Foundation and Louis V. Gerstner Foundation. Casey Ross reports no disclosures.

1. Development and validation of a score to detect paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after stroke. 2. [What's Trending]: Drug pricing and the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review framework. In the first segment, Dr. Andy Southerland talks with Dr. Timo Uphaus about his paper on the development and validation of a score to detect paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after stroke. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Gordon Smith focuses his interview with Dr. Steve Pearson on the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review and drug pricing. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Southerland has severed on editorial boards for the Journal Neurology and is Section Editor for the Neurology Podcast. Dr. Timo Uphaus reports no disclosures. Dr. A. Gordon Smith has served on the scientific advisory board of the Regenesis Data Monitoring Committee; has served on the editorial boards for Continuum and Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology; has served as a consultant for Regenesis; has served on the speakers' bureau for Alexion; has received commercial research support from Impeto Medical SAS; and has received governmental research support from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Dr. Steve Pearson's Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has received membership dues from Aetna, Alnylam, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Anthem, AstraZeneca, Blue Shield of CA, Cambia Health Solution, CVS, Caremark, Editas, Express Scripts, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), HealthPartners, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC), Novartis, Premera Blue Cross, Prime Therapeutics, Regeneron, Sanofi, and United Healthcare; and has received foundation/society research support from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the California Health Care Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Kaiser, East Bay Community Foundation, and the Commonwealth Fund.

1. Continuous EEG is Associated with Favorable Hospitalization Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients. 2. [What's Trending]: Investigation of "generic" cartel. In the first segment, Dr. Andy Schomer talks with Dr. Chloe Hill on the association between continuous EEG and favorable hospitalization outcomes for critically ill patients. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Ted Burns focuses his interview with Christopher Rowland of the Washington Post on the investigation into a generic drug "cartel." Dr. Chloe Hill has served as an epileptologist for clinical procedures or imaging studies; and has received governmental research support from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Dr. Ted Burns has served on the scientific advisory boards for Argenx and Momenta; has received funding for travel or speaker honoraria from Argenx and Alexion; has served on editorial boards as the Section Editor for Neurology Podcast and as Section Deputy Editor, Neurology Podcast; and has received support for consulting activities from UCB Pharma, CSL Behring, Momenta, and Argenx. Christopher Rowland is employed as a full-time reporter for the Washington Post.

1. The ethical and philosophical implications of gene editing. 2. [What's Trending]: Scientific and societal impact gene editing , Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Josephine Johnston of the Hastings Center on the ethical and philosophical implications of gene editing. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Stacey Clardy focuses her interview with Dr. Stefan Pulst on the scientific and societal impact of the recent first reported gene editing using the CRISPR technology. Dr. Jason Crowell reports no disclosures. Dr. Josephine M. Johnston has received honoraria for speaking or travel from The Hastings Center, the University of Toronto, Danbury Hospital, World Science festival, the Yale School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the Royal Society of New Zealand, McGill University, Dalhousie University, and Queensland University of Technology; and has received foundation/society research support from the John Templeton Foundation. Dr. Clardy serves as the Podcast Section Editor for Neurology and has received research support from Western Institute for Biomedical Research (WIBR). Dr. Stefan Pulst has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Cerebellum, NeuroMolecular Medicine, Experimental Neurology, Neurogenetics, Nature Clinical Practice, Neurology, and as the Editor-in-Chief of Neurology: Genetics; holds numerous patents (for the following: Nucleic acids encoding ataxin-2 binding proteins; Nucleic acid encoding Schwannomin-binding-proteins and products related thereto; Transgenic mouse expressing a polynucleotide encoding a human ataxin-2 polypeptide; Methods of detecting spinocerebellar ataxia-2 nucleic acids; Nucleic acid encoding spinocerebellar ataxia-2 and products related thereto; Shwannomin-binding-proteins; Compositions and methods for spinocerebellar ataxia); has received publishing royalties from The Ataxias (Churchill Livingston, 2007), Genetics in Neurology (ANN Press, 2005), Genetics of Movement Disorders (Academic Press, 2003), Neurogenetics (Oxford University Press, 2000), Molecular Genetic Testing in Neurology, 2nd - 5th (AAN Press, 1996); has served as a consultant for Ataxion Therapeutics; has served on the speakers' bureau for Athena Diagnostics, Inc.; has received governmental research support from National Institutes of Health and the Clinical Research Consortium for Spincerebellar Ataxias; has received foundation/society research support for serving as a fellowship award mentor from National Ataxia Foundation; and has received license fee payments for technology or inventions from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

1. Body mass index, but not vitamin D status, is associated with brain volume change in MS. 2. [What's Trending]: preventing firearm injury. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Ellen Mowry about her paper on the associations between body mass index and brain volume change in MS. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Ted Burns focuses his interview with Dr. Christine Laine on preventing firearm injury. Dr. Clardy serves as the Podcast Section Editor for Neurology and has received research support from Western Institute for Biomedical Research (WIBR). Dr. Ellen Mowry has served on a liothyronine study Data and Safety Monitoring Board; serves on the editorial board of Frontiers in Neuroepidemiomology; has received royalties as an UptoDate chapter editor; has received commercial research support from Teva Neuroscience, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, and Sun Pharma; has received governmental research support from the Department of Defense; and has received foundation/society research support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Dr. Christine Laine serves on the editorial board of Annals of Internal Medicine; has served as the Senior Vice President of American College of Physicians; and has received foundation/society research support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

1. Patient-reported outcomes across cerebrovascular event types - more similar than different 2. [What's Trending]: Genetic landscape of pediatric movement disorders and management implications.In the first segment, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. Irene Katzan about her paper on patient-reported outcomes across cerebrovascular event types. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jeff Waugh focuses his interview with Dr. Saadet Andrews on the genetic landscape of pediatric movement disorders and management implications. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Southerland has severed on editorial boards for the Journal Neurology and is Section Editor for the Neurology Podcast. Dr. Katzan served on editorial boards for Stroke (American Stroke Association) and Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes (American Heart Association). Dr. Katzan has received funding for research support from Novartis Pharmaceuticals and research support from the Ohio Department of Health - Physician Lead for the Ohio Paul Coverdell Stroke Registry, 2007-2020. Dr. Waugh was employed by Children's Hospital Boston, Resident in Pediatric Neurology, 2009-2015. Dr.Saadet Andrews served on a scientific advisory board for non-profit data safety board member for a research study at The Hospital for Sick Children (2015-2017), a Commercial: Epileptic encephalopathy scientific board meeting attended in December 2017, organized by BioMarin, and a Commercial: Advisor cost effectiveness of ERT (March 2018) Commercial: Advisory board and speaker for homocysteine and betaine treatment (December 2017). Dr. Andrews received funding for travel from BioMarin (Epileptic encephalopathy scientific board meeting attended as invited speaker in December 2017) and was paid honorarium and travel-expenses. Dr. Andrews served on editorial boards for Non-profit: Journal of Pediatric Genetics Editorial Board Member (2015-present) and received research support from industry funding (2015-2016) for prevalence of mucopolysaccharidosis if rheumatology and NCV patients.

1. Early predictors of mortality in parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease: a population-based study 2. [What's Trending]: Data from the Largest Natural History Study of Stiff Person Syndrome. In the first segment, Dr. Jeffery Ratliff talks with Dr. David Bäckström about his paper on Early predictors of mortality in parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jeffery Ratliff focuses his interview with Marinos Dalakas on Stiff Person Syndrome. DISCLOSURES:Dr. Jeff Ratliff has received speaker honoraria from Teva and US WorldMeds LLC; is the deputy editor for the Neurology Podcast; has been a consultant for UCB Pharmaceuticals, US WorldMeds LLC, Medscape, and Retrophin Inc; and has served on speakers' bureaus for Teva and US WorldMeds LLC. Dr. David C Bäckström holds patents for chemical compounds that may be developed as treatments for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, but has not received any personal compensation for the patents. Dr. David C Bäckström has received Research Support from Swedish Medical Research Council, grant number (K2013- 62X-15224-10-4) and unrestricted grant for Parkinson's disease research and has received foundation and societies research support from Erling Persson Foundation, Umeå University, Västerbotten County Council, King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria Freemason Foundation, Swedish Parkinson Foundation, Kempe Foundation, and Swedish Parkinson's Disease Association. Dr. Marinos Dalakas serves the CIDP steering committee for Novartis and on DSMB for Baxalta and Octapharma, has received funding or served as a travel speaker honoraria for Merck/Serono, OCTAPHARMA, PFIZER AG. Dr. Marinos Dalakas has served on editorial board including Neurology, editorial board (5 years, not compensated), BMC Neurology (Section Editor, 5 years not compensated), Acta Myologica, editorial board (5 years, not compensated), Acta Neurologica Scandinavica editorial board (5 years, not compensated), and Therapeutic Advances in Neurology (Associate Editor; 4 years, compensated). Dr. Marinos Dalakas consultancies include work with Therapath, Baxter, Octapharma, CSL, Dysimmune Diseases Foundation and he has received research and institutional support from Thomas Jefferson University Neurology department or to Neuroimmunology Unit, University of Athens Medical School for research and education from: Merck-Serono, Genzyme, Novartis, Guillain-Barre/CIDP Foundation, Dysimmune diseases Foundation, CSL, Biogen and Newfactor.

1. Devastating neurological injuries in the Syrian War 2. [What's Trending]: Standards for Neurologic Critical Care Units: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from The Neurocritical Care Society. In the first segment, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Maher Saqqur and Yasmeen El Hajj Abdallah about neurological injuries in the Syrian War. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andrew Schomer focuses his interview with Dr. Asma Moheet on Standards for Neurologic Critical Care Units. DISCLOSURES: Drs. Jason Crowell, Maher Saqqur, Asma Moheet, and Andrew Schomer report no disclosures. Yasmeen El Hajj Abdallah reports employment with Shoppers Drugmart Pharmacy as pharmacy student for less than one year.

Dr. Alex Menze focuses his interview with Claudia Angeli on recovery of over-ground walking after chronic motor complete spinal cord injury.