Ninth annual Neurology Update

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center faculty will host the ninth annual Greater MidSouth Pediatric Neurology Update April 24-25 at The Westin Memphis, Beale Street.

The seminar has been designed to encompass state-of-the-art practices and trends in treating pediatric neurology patients. Faculty who are both clinically and academically oriented will address relevant issues and provide valuable information and insight into situations commonly presented to subspecialists in pediatric neurology. This will be performed using case-based learning and didactic lectures with time for questions and answers.

The event will include the annual Kayden R. Vinson Distinguished Scholar Lecture by Shlomo Shinnar, MD, PhD, professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Population Health at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, N.Y. Gagan Joshi, MD, director of the Autism Spectrum Disorders Program in the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinical and Research Program and medical director of the Bressler Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, will also serve as a guest lecturer.

Topics include:

• Consequences and treatment options of prolonged febrile seizures
• Utility of advanced MRI techniques
• Psychopathology in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder
• Current standards in evaluation and treatment of neuromuscular disorders
• Common sleep disorders in pediatric neurology patients
• Case review of neurology cases with neuro-radiologic findings
• New seizure medications and formulations in epilepsy treatment

For more information or to register, visit www.methodistmd.org or call 901-516-8933.