RSS Coordinator(s):
  • Melissa Christy
  • Cole Butschke
Series date: 
01/01/2026 - 12:00am CST to 12/31/2026 - 11:59am CST

Series Overview

One hour didactic session where speakers deliver clinical, basic science and translational neurology and neuroscience related topics. Speakers include UW neurology department members, including neuropsychologists, researchers, clinical faculty, neurology residents. We also invite other UW clinicians and researchers or invited speakers from outside UW. 

Global Objectives

As a result of participation in this educational series, members of the healthcare team will be able to:

  • Enhance comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines.
  • Evaluate neuroscience research that may be implemented in their clinical or research practice.
  • Identify implicit biases through self-reflection and address ways to counteract bias in clinical settings that align with shared values.
  • Reduce health care disparities in neurology by identifying opportunites for change. 

Intended Audience

MD/DO, RN, APRN, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, and Students.

Planning Committee

  • Yunis Mayasi, MD, Chair
  • Melissa Christy, Coordinator
  • Cole Butschke, Coordinator
  • Mihaela Bazalakova, MD, PhD
  • Corinna Burger, PhD
  • Joy White

Accreditation

Accreditation LogoAccreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Designation LogosCredit Designation Statements

 

American Medical Association (AMA)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Continuing Education Units

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.1 continuing education units (CEUs) or 1 hour.

Policy on Faculty and Sponsor Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence the content of this accredited continuing education (CE).  In addition, speakers, presenters and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation. For this accredited continuing education activity, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.

* Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be ineligible companies.

Detailed disclosures will be available prior to the start of the activity.

Disclosures for Planning Committee (Opens in new window)

Competencies

ACGME/NURSING

  • Patient Care and Procedural Skills
  • Medical Knowledge
  • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
  • Systems-Based Practice

INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE 

  • Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice

SOCIAL IMPACT & BELONGING

  • Engage in Self-Reflection
  • Address Differences in Health Outcomes
  • Value Culturally Centered Care

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY GOALS

  • None

IP — COMPETENCE

Series location: 
In-person and Virtually
1685 Highland Ave
MFCB-Room 1220
Madison, WI 53705
United States
RSS Format: 
Grand Rounds
Live Stream Available: 
Yes
Global Objectives: 

See above

Interprofessional RSS: 
No
Intended Audience: 
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Physician
Physician Assistant
Student
Other Health Professional
Specialty: 
Neurology
Psychiatry
Sleep Medicine
Surgery
Credits Available: 
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours

Sessions

Session Date
4/13/2026, Ala Shaban "A Congested Brain: Historical evolution from the era of de mens postapoplexy to the current definitional framework of vascular dementia" 04/13/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
4/27/2026, Annie Szmanda, "Patent Foramen Ovale and Stroke: From Diagnosis to Device - Who to Close and What to Expect" 04/27/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
5/4/2026, Melissa Johnson "Updates in Pediatric Stroke Care" 05/04/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
5/11/2026, Neel Jani "Selected Topics in Advancing Stroke/Neurocritical Care Management using Engineering and Machine Learning" 05/11/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
5/18/2026, Travis Koomia "Autoimmune Nodopathy/Paranodopathy-A Review" & Brandon Nidea "History of AI and its application in Epilepsy" 05/18/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
6/8/2026, Robert D. Ebbe "Medical Expert Witness: Information and Requirements for SMPH Faculty" 06/08/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
6/15/2026, Ditte Primdahl, MD & Shailee Shah, MD "Cancer Related Neurological Autoimmunity: Paraneoplastic Neurological Diseases, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor and CAR-T Toxicities and Future Directions" 06/15/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
6/22/2026, James Riviello, MD "NORSE/FIRES: The Evolution of Treatment for Refractory Status Epilepticus: From the Symptomatic Treatment of Seizures to the Targeted Treatment of Immune Dysfunction" 06/22/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
9/28/2026, Melinda S. Kavanaugh, "title" 09/28/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CDT
Neurology Grand Rounds (2026) - Planning Committee Disclosure 02/28/2027 - 11:00pm to 11:59pm CST

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