In April, NYU Langone Health’s experts joined colleagues from around the world at the American Academy of Neurology’s 2023 annual meeting in Boston. View full conference information and abstract titles.

Below are notable sessions featuring our faculty and trainees this year (see a full listing of NYU Langone presenters here).

Sunday, April 23

Oral
Walk Your Dizzy Patients! Gait Assessment as a Screening Tool for Posterior Circulation Stroke
Session: S3 – Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Population Health
NYU Langone Authors: Jose L. Torres, MD, Albert S. Favate, Kara R. Melmed, MD
Time: 1 pm

Oral
Use of Simulation to Develop Telestroke Skills in Trainees
Session: S10 – Utilizing Varied Modalities to Impact Learning and Make Curricular Changes
Authors: Kaitlyn Lillemoe, MD, Arielle M. Kurzweil, MD, Sakinah B. Sabadia, MD, Perrin A. Pleninger, MD, Brandon Giglio, MD, Tyler E. Smith, MD, Elina Zakin, MD, Ariane Lewis, MD, Sondra R. Zabar, MD
Time: 5:06 pm

Oral
A Prospective Study of Optimal Dosing Strategies of Levetiracetam for Seizure Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients
Session: S4 – Neurocritical Care
NYU Langone Author: Jennifer A. Frontera, MD
Time: 1–3 pm

Poster
Teaching Neurology Trainees to Provide a Terminal Diagnosis Using Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OCSE)
Session: P1 – Education, Research and Methodology: Resident Education 1
Authors: Mordechai Smith, MD; Ariane Lewis, MD, Perrin A. Pleninger, MD, Kaitlyn Lillemoe, MD, Sakinah B. Sabadia, MD, Brandon Giglio, MD, Sondra R. Zabar, MD, Elina Zakin, MD, Arielle M. Kurzweil, MD
Time: 8–9 am

Monday, April 24

Oral
Facing the challenges of chief resident year: A standardized experiential simulation leadership curriculum
Session: S13 – Evaluating Diversity, Mitigating Bias, and Overcoming Challenges in Residency
NYU Langone Author: Elina Zakin, MD, Nada G. Abou-Fayssal, MD, Aaron S. Lord, MD, Aaron Nelson, MD, Sara K. Rostanski, MD, Cen Zhang, MD, Sondra R. Zabar, MD, Steven L. Galetta, MD, Arielle M. Kurzweil, MD
Time: 11:27 am

Tuesday, April 25

Oral
Longitudinal Cognitive Screening Findings in Pediatric MS vs. Pediatric Controls and Adult MS in a Multi-center Cohort
Session: S31 – MS Clinical Decision Making and Special Populations
NYU Langone Authors: Kimberly A. O’Neill, MD, Leigh E. Charvet, PhD, Lauren B. Krupp, MD, Allan George, MA
Time: 3:30–5:30 pm

Oral
Is Fatigue Response to tDCS Mediated by Change in Affect? An Open-label tDCS-MRI Study
Session: S27 – MS Neuroimaging
NYU Langone Authors: Giuseppina Pilloni, PhD, Lauren B. Krupp, MD, Leigh E. Charvet, PhD
Time: 2:48–3 pm

Poster
Remotely Supervised tDCS for Persistent Post-Traumatic Headache in Veterans (ReStore)
Session: P7 – Neuro Trauma and Sports Neurology: Symptoms and Therapies
NYU Langone Author: Leigh E. Charvet, PhD
Time: 8–9 am

Poster
Symptom stability throughout Ocrelizumab infusion cycle in patients with Multiple Sclerosis: final results of SYMptom Burden on Ocrelizumab, a Longitudinal Study (SYMBOLS)
Session: P7 – MS Therapeutics 1
NYU Langone Author: Ilya Kister, MD, Cheongeun Oh, PhD, Tamar Bacon
Time: 8–9 am

Poster
African-Americans with Multiple Sclerosis Have a Higher Proportion of B-Cell Lineage Cells in Their Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Than White Patients
Session: P9 – MS Special Populations
NYU Langone Author: Ilya Kister, MD
Time: 5:30–6:30 pm

Wednesday, April 26

Oral
Vigilance Improves in People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Fatigue following Repeated Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Sessions Paired with Cognitive Training Delivered at Home
Session: S38 -Neuro-Rehabilitation
NYU Langone Authors: Giuseppina Pilloni, PhD, Catherine Cho, MD, Lauren B. Krupp, MD, Leigh E. Charvet, PhD
Time: 3:54–4:02 pm

Poster
Longitudinal Brain Volume Findings in an Outpatient Practice of Young People with MS
Session: P11 – MS Neuroimaging 2
NYU Langone Authors: Kimberly A. O’Neill, MD, Lauren B. Krupp, MD
Time: 11:45 am–12:45 pm

Thursday, April 27

Scientific Session
One year follow-up of neurologic symptoms in non-hospitalized neurology outpatients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)
Session: S49 – General Neurology
NYU Langone Authors: Jennifer A. Frontera, MD, Steven L. Galetta, MD, Sujata P. Thawani, MD, MPH, Laura J. Balcer, MD
Time: 5:06 pm

Seminar Session
Brain Fog Post-COVID and Intersection with Neurodegeneration
Session: C195 – Sequelae of COVID-19
NYU Langone Author: Jennifer A. Frontera, MD
Time: 1–3 pm