Neurology® Podcast

This special Delayed Recall episode is the second installment of our new Practice Current segment. In this episode, Dr. Luca Bartolini speaks with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) experts Dr. Tarso Adoni and Dr. Michael Levy. They discuss the results of a recent Practice Current (a section of Neurology® Clinical Practice) survey regarding NMO treatment, and share their thoughts on best practices. This is the first appearance of this interview in the podcast.

Show description/summary:1) Neurology® Genetics: ExACtly zero or once: A clinically helpful guide to assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies 2) What’s Trending: Orphan drug pricingThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 26, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jim Kiely talks with Dr. Samuel Berkovic about his Neurology® Genetics paper on assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Gordon Smith on orphan drug pricing. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Kiely is employed at InTouch Health Physician Services as a teleneurologist, and holds stock with InTouch Health. Dr. Berkovic serves on scientific advisory board for UCB Pharma and Eisai Australia; has served on editorial boards for Brain, Epileptic Disorders, and Lancet Neurology; is an investor listed on a Bionomics Inc patent on diagnostic testing using SCN1A gene (WO2006/133508), and is an investor on a pending patent for a therapeutic compound related to a genetic cause of familial epilepsy with mental retardation in females (WO61/010176); receives research support from UCB, SciGen, and Eisai Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Program Grant #1091593; 2016-2020), and NINDS (U01 NS077367-01; 2011-2014).Dr. Smith serves on the Celegene data monitoring committee; serves as editor for NeuroLearn; has consulted for Regenesis, Allergan, and Viromed; and receives research support from Impeto Medical, and NIDDK (DK064814), NINDS (U10NS077305 and U10NS086606).Dr. Crowell reports no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Medication-overuse headache: An entrenched idea in need of scrutiny 2) What’s Trending: DAWN TrialThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 19th, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Alex Menze talks with Dr. Elizabeth Loder about her paper on medication overuse headache. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Kevin Barrett focuses his interview with Dr. Tudor Jovin on the DAWN trial on Trevo thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Menze reports no disclosures.Dr. Loder has received travel funding from the American Headache Society and American Migraine Foundation and The British Medical Journal; has served on the editorial boards of The British Medical Journal, Cephalalgia, and Headache; receives publishing royalties from Cambridge University Press; and has received research support from Harvard Medical School.Dr. Barrett serves on the editorial boards of Neurology and Neurohospitalist; receives publishing royalties from Wiley-Blackwell; and has received research support from NINDS.Dr. Jovin has served on the Codman Neurovascular Data Safety Monitoring Board; has received travel funding from Stryker Neurovascular and Fundacio Ictus; and holds stock/stock options in Silk Road Medical, Anaconda, and Blockade Medical.

Show description/summary:1) National randomized controlled trial of virtual house calls for Parkinson disease2) Neurology Today: Interview with Joseph Safdieh, the new Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Today®This podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 12, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Ray Dorsey about his paper on virtual house calls for Parkinson disease. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Joseph Safdieh about Dr. Safdieh’s new position as Editor in Chief of Neurology Today. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Ratliff has received a speaker honorarium from Haverford College.Dr. Dorsey has served on the scientific advisory boards of Shire Pharmaceuticals and Huntington's Disease Society of America; has received travel funding and/or honoraria from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association; has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Huntington's Disease, HD Insights, and Digital Biomarkers; has been a consultant for 23andMe, Abbott Nutrition, Abbvie, Amgen, Biogen, Clintrex, GlaxoSmithKline, Grand Rounds, Lundbeck MC10, MedAvante, Medico Legal services, NIH/NINDS Optio, Shire, Sunovion Pharma, Teva, UCB, Voyager Therapeutics, State of Georgia, Mednick Associates, and Putnam Associates; has performed clinical practice, including telemedicine, as a movement disorder neurologist; has received research support from Abbvie, AMC Health, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, BioMarin, GlaxoSmithKline, Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Lundbeck, Medtronic, Prana Biotechnology, Raptor Pharmaceuticals, Roche, Teva Pharmaceuticals, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, University of California Irvine, Duke University, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Davis Phinney Foundation, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Safra Foundation, Greater Rochester Health Foundation, Huntington Study Group, and National Science Foundation; holds Grand Rounds and BlackFlynn stock options; and has received compensation for expert testimony.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology; receives research support from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Health Resources Services Administration and the NIH; has a provisional patent application titled: “Method, system and computer readable medium for improving treatment times for rapid evaluation of acute stroke via mobile telemedicine;” and gave legal expert review.Dr. Safdieh has served on the scientific advisory board for Upsher Smith; is the Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Today, has received publishing royalties from Elsevier, and has performed consultant work regarding legal proceedings.

Show description/summary:1) Longitudinal diffusion changes following postoperative delirium in older people without dementia2) What’s Trending: Poor sleep is associated with CSF biomarkers of amyloid pathology in cognitively normal adultsThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the September 5, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Pearce Korb talks with Dr. Michele Cavallari and Dr. David Alsop about their paper on longitudinal diffusion changes following postoperative delirium in people without dementia. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jeff Burns focuses his interview with Dr. Barbara Bendlin on poor sleep and biomarkers of amyloid pathology in cognitively normal adults. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Alsop serves as associate editor for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; has received research support from GE Healthcare Technologies, NIH (P01 AG031720, R01 MH080729, R01 NS047029, R21 EB014471, R01 CA169470, P20 DK108276, R44 DK111260); and receives royalty payments for Patent 7,545,142 (arterial spin labeling with pulsed radio frequency sequences) and from GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, Siemens Medical, Hitachi Medical, and Animage Technology.Dr. Cavallari has received research support from NIA (P01AG03172).Dr. Burns has served on the DSMB for NIH-funded trials (non-profit entities); serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; has consulted for Grifols, USA; has served on Eli Lilly Amyvid Speaker's Bureau; and has received research support from Eli Lilly, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Toyama Chemical Company, Merck, Biogen, AbbVie, Novartis, vTv Therapeutics, Janssen, and NIH (R01AG058557, R01AG053312, R01AG034614, R01AG03367, R01AG043962, P30AG035982, U10NS077356, UL1TR000001). Dr. Bendlin serves as associate editor for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; and has received research support from NIH/NIA (Alzheimer's Disease Connectome Project, U01AG051216, P50 AG033514, R01AG037639, R56AG052698, R21AG053738, P50 AG033514, 1U54AI117924).Dr. Korb reports no disclosures.

The first interview in this month’s Delayed Recall episode is from March 17, 2015; in this interview, Dr. Howard Goodkin and Dr. Robert Stern discuss the effect that age of first exposure to football has on later-life cognitive impairment in former NFL players. The second interview, from August 29, 2017, is a discussion between Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Jesse Mez about a July 2017 JAMA paper on occurrence of CTE in American football players. In the third interview, Dr. Christopher Giza speaks with Dr. John Hart about Dr. Hart’s paper regarding depressive symptoms and white matter dysfunction in retired NFL players with concussion history. This interview originally appeared in the July 1, 2013 episode. The fourth and final interview is a discussion between Dr. Ted Burns and former NFL player Ben Utecht, regarding Mr. Utecht’s Sept 23, 2014 editorial, “Concussed.”

Show description/summary:1) Prognostic relevance of MOG antibodies in children with an acquired demyelinating syndrome2) What’s Trending: CTE and American football playersThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the August 29, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Nicholas Brenton talks with Dr. Kevin Rostásy about his paper on the prognostic relevance of MOG antibodies in children with an acquired demyelinating syndrome. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Jesse Mez on chronic traumatic encephalopathy and American football players. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Rostásy serves on a scientific advisory board for Novartis regarding a fingolimod project, and has received speaker honoraria for Merck-Serono.Dr. Smith serves on the Celegene data monitoring committee; serves as editor for NeuroLearn; has consulted for Regenesis, Allergan, and Viromed; and receives research support from Impeto Medical, and NIDDK (DK064814), NINDS (U10NS077305 and U10NS086606).All other participants report no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Oral fluoroquinolones and risk of secondary pseudotumor cerebri syndrome2) Neurology Today: FDA Approves Edaravone for ALS: Phase 3 Trial Finds It Slows ProgressionThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the August 22, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Mr. Mohit Sodhi about his paper on oral fluoroquinolones and risk of secondary pseudotumor cerebri syndrome. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Kelly Gwathmey focuses her interview with Dr. Terry Heiman-Patterson on a Neurology Today® story about the FDA-approval of edaravone for the treatment of ALS. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: All participants report no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Quality improvement in neurology: Inpatient and emergency care quality measure set executive summary 2) Neurology Today: Incidental findings and normal variants on MRI of the brain in adults for primary headachesIn the first segment, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Paul Vespa about his paper on quality improvement in inpatient and emergency neurologic care. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Teshamae Monteith focuses her interview with Dr. Randolph Evans on a Neurology Today® story about incidental findings and normal variants on brain MRI for primary headache in adults. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Vespa serves on scientific advisory boards for Intouch Health, Edge Pharmaceuticals, and Sage Pharmaceuticals; serves on editorial boards for Critical Care Medicine, Neurocritical Care, and Surgical Neurology International; has consulted for General Electric and Neuren; receives research support from NINDS; holds stock in Intouch Health and stock options in Pfizer; and gave expert testimony about brain trauma.Dr. Monteith serves as an editorial advisory board member for Neurology Now and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Crowell and Dr. Evans report no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Neurology® Clinical Practice: Barriers and Facilitators to ER Physician Use of the Test and Treatment for BPPV2) What’s Trending: New crowd-funding research initiative from ABFIn the first segment, Dr. Jim Siegler talks with Dr. Kevin Kerber and Dr. William Meurer about their Neurology® Clinical Practice article on ER physician use of the test and treatment for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andy Southerland focuses his interview with Dr. Robert Griggs and Jane Ransom on the new crowd-funding research initiative from the American Brain Foundation. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Siegler serves on the Resident and Fellow Section Team for Neurology, and has received research support from NIH (U10 StrokeNet grant, 2017-2018).Jane Ransom is Executive Director of the American Brain Foundation.Dr. Kerber received funding for travel from Elsevier Inc. and the American Academy of Neurology; receives royalties from the publication of the book Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System, 4th edition; is a consultant for the American Academy of Neurology, University of California San Francisco (including work on a project funded by AstraZeneca), and Best Doctors, Inc.; receives research support from the NIH; received speaker honoraria from American Academy of Neurology and University of California San Francisco and loan repayment award from the NIH; reviewed legal records of Phil Pearsons, MD, JD and National Medical Consultants.Dr. Meurer serves as Decision Editor for the Annals of Emergency Medicine; serves as Methodology Statistics Reviewer for Academic Emergency Medicine; and has received research support from the Massey Foundation for TBI research. Dr. Griggs has served on scientific advisory boards for National Hospital Queen Square, Marathon Pharmaceuticals, Taro Pharmaceuticals, and Sarepta Pharmaceuticals; has served on the data monitoring and safety board for PTC Therapeutics, Inc.; serves on the editorial board for NeuroTherapeutics and Current Treatment Opinions in Neurology; serves as Correspondence Editor for Neurology; receives publishing royalties from Andreoli and Carpenter’s Cecil Essentials of Medicine (Eighth Edition, Elsevier), Cecil Textbook of Medicine (multiple editions, Elsevier), and Evaluation and Treatment of Myopathies (2014, Oxford); has consulted for Marathon, PTC Therapeutics, Sarepta, Taro Pharmaceuticals, Idera Pharmaceuticals, and Strongbridge Pharmaceuticals; receives data royalties and research support from Taro Pharmaceuticals and Marathon Pharmaceuticals; has received research support from NINDS (T32 NS07338, 5U01NS061799, 1R13NS084687), the FDA (R01 FD003923), Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, Inc., and the Muscular Dystrophy Association; and is the recent past Chair of Executive Committee of the Muscle Study Group.