June 2025 President Spotlight: Advocacy in Neurology

In part one of this three-part series, Dr. Justin Abbatemarco and Drs. John Chen and Smathorn Thakolwiboon discuss the outcomes following plasma exchange in MOGAD and explore how the findings from this study can inform patient care. 

Dr. Dan Ackerman and Drs. Luuk Dekker and Jasper D. Daems discuss the analysis of various aLVO stroke detection scales to determine which one is the most useful for prehospital triage. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000213570 

In this episode of the Neurology Minute, Dr. Alison Christy delves into another women's history minute to discuss Mary Lasker. 

In the final episode of this three-part series, Dr. Andy Southerland and Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi discuss the PINGS-2 Trial, which was presented at the 2025 European Stroke Organization Conference. Show reference:  https://eso-stroke.org/wp-content/uploads/Curtain-Raiser-2-1.pdf 

In part two of this three-part series, Dr. Andy Southerland and Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi discuss the OPTIMISTmain Trial, which was presented at the 2025 European Stroke Organization Conference. Show reference:  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00549-5/abstract 

In part one of this three-part series, Dr. Andy Southerland and Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi discuss the BRIDGE-TNK Trial, which was presented at the 2025 European Stroke Organization Conference. Show reference:  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2503867   

Dr. Elizabeth Coon and Dr. Peter Novak discuss how central sensitization plays a role in the autonomic symptoms-sings dichotomy and the importance of addressing both conditions for optimal treatment. Show references:  https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200463 

In this episode of the Neurology Minute, Dr. Alison Christy delves into another women's history minute to discuss Jean Holowach-Thurston. 

In the second installment of this two-part series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Brin E. Freund discuss clinical guidance for managing patients who may experience neurotoxicity from CAR T-cell, with a specific focus on seizure risk.  Show reference:  https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000213535 

In the June episode of the President's Spotlight, Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Natalia Rost discuss advocacy opportunities.  Show reference:  https://www.aan.com/about-the-aan/presidents-spotlight