October 2026 President Spotlight: One AAN Community

In the sixth episode of this nine-part series, Dr. Christine Cliatt-Brown discusses Cotard syndrome. 

Dr. Shuvro Roy and Dr. Daniel Daneshvar discussed the prevalence of CTE at death among NFL players and the association between CTE severity and the risk of dementia.  Show citation:  Daneshvar DH, Nowinski CJ, Abdolmohammadi B, et al. Prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at death in National Football League players: retrospective population based cohort study, 2008-21. BMJ. 2026;394:e100418. Published 2026 Aug 25. doi:10.1136/bmj-2026-100418 

Dr. Kait Nevel and Dr. Katharina Schmidbauer discuss primary CNS T-cell lymphoma, highlighting diagnostic challenges, imaging characteristics, and treatment approaches for this rare disease.  Show citation: Schmidbauer KJ, Karschnia P, Kaulen LD, et al. Clinical Manifestations of Primary CNS T-Cell Lymphoma: A Retrospective Study of Histopathologic, Molecular, and Neuroimaging Features. Neurol. 2026;106(7):e214744. Published 2026 Mar 17. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214744

In the October episode of the President's Spotlight, Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Natalia Rost discuss updates on membership options that will help more neurology professionals connect with the AAN.  Stay informed by watching the President's Spotlight video.  

In part two of this series, Dr. Dara Albert and Dr. Bruce Cohen highlight the most important takeaways from the task force findings.  Show citation:  Cohen BH, Gilbert DL, Xixis K, et al. Education Research: The Future of Child Neurology Residency Training: The Perspective of a Child Neurology Society Task Force. Neurol Educ. 2026;5(2):e200331. Published 2026 Jun 12. doi:10.1212/NE9.0000000000200331 

In the second episode of this two-part series, Dr. Tesha Monteith and Dr. Tamara Pringsheim discuss key take-home messages from the guideline recommendations and share insights on integrating them into clinical practice.  Show citation:  Potrebic S, Tanveer S, Becker WJ, et al. Pharmacologic Treatment for Migraine Prevention in Adults Practice Guideline Recommendations: Report of the AAN Guidelines Subcommittee and the American Headache Society. Headache. Published online August 31, 2026. doi:10.1111/head.70199 

In part one of this series, Dr. Dara Albert and Dr. Bruce Cohen discuss why the Child Neurology Society felt it was important to establish a task force to examine child neurology training at this point in time.  Show citation:  Cohen BH, Gilbert DL, Xixis K, et al. Education Research: The Future of Child Neurology Residency Training: The Perspective of a Child Neurology Society Task Force. Neurol Educ. 2026;5(2):e200331. Published 2026 Jun 12. doi:10.1212/NE9.0000000000200331 

In the first part of this two-part series, Dr. Tesha Monteith and Dr. Tamara Pringsheim provide a brief overview of the guideline recommendations for pharmacologic treatment of migraine prevention in adults.  Show citation:  Potrebic S, Tanveer S, Becker WJ, et al. Pharmacologic Treatment for Migraine Prevention in Adults Practice Guideline Recommendations: Report of the AAN Guidelines Subcommittee and the American Headache Society. Headache. Published online August 31, 2026. doi:10.1111/head.70199 

In the fifth episode of this nine-part series, Dr. Christine Cliatt-Brown discusses  syndrome of subjective doubles. 

In the fourth episode of this nine-part series, Dr. Christine Cliatt-Brown discusses mirrored self-misidentification syndrome.