2024 Virtual Series:
The Unified Brain: At the Interface of Neurology and Psychiatry
About this Series:
Neurology and Psychiatry focus on different aspects of the nervous system, but the same organ is at the heart of both disciplines: the brain. Join IPS as we explore areas of overlap between neurology and psychiatry. We’ll cover the latest findings and best treatment practices for Conversion Disorder, PANDAS, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Let’s explore the cutting edge of neuropsychiatry together!
This is a 4-part series with sessions falling on the last Thursday of the month between January and April 2024. (1/25, 2/29, 3/28, 4/25) Sessions will run from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Session 1:
Functional neurological symptom disorder/conversion disorder: From pathophysiology to treatment approaches
January 25, 2024 | 6:30-7:30 PM (CST)
Guest Speaker: Kathrin LaFaver, MD, FAAN
This talk will review epidemiology, current concepts in pathophysiology, clinical presentation and treatment approaches to functional neurological symptom disorder/conversion disorder.
Kathrin LaFaver, MD, FAAN, is a movement disorder specialist with board certifications in neurology and lifestyle medicine. After her residency at Mayo Clinic, she completed a movement disorder fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and a research fellowship at the NIH. She served as director of the movement division and Raymond Lee Lebby endowed professor for neurology at University of Louisville in Kentucky for six years. During her time in Louisville, she built a multidisciplinary clinic and treatment program for functional movement disorders that attracted referrals from throughout the US. In 2019, she joined Northwestern University in Chicago as Associate Professor of Neurology and collaborated with colleagues at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab to offer multidisciplinary treatment for functional movement disorders. During the pandemic, she changed career paths and is now working in a movement disorder focused community based practice in Saratoga Springs, NY. Dr. LaFaver is a founding member of the Functional Neurological Disorder Society. She is also a co-founder of the Women Neurologists Group (WNG) and has served on the AAN task force for gender disparity.
Session 2: TBD
Session 3: A New Era in Dementia Research and Care
March 28, 2024 | 6:30-7:30 PM (CST)
Guest Speaker: Zoe Arvanitakis, MD, MS, EMBA, Cognitive Neurologist and Professor at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Session 4: Whole Brain Recovery: Traumatic Brain Injury & Behavioral Health
April 25, 2024 | 6:30-7:30 PM (CST)
Guest Speaker: Jennifer M Erickson, DO FAPA FACLP, Assistant Professor
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