Really curious to see how this plays out and what the future of Qbanks look like for USMLE prep🤔 #MedTwitter

PGY4, Dr. Samara will join Cleveland Clinic MS fellowship to study MS clinical trials and neuorimaging biomarkers. Also accepted to the CWRU School of Medicine Clinical Research MS degree program and awarded competitive Sylvia Lawry Physician Scholarship from NMSS #Neurology #MedEd #ProudPD

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I love this essay. Every paragraph. My medical colleagues should also read it. We are doctors, and that is all.

Congratulations to Allyson Zazulia, MD, and Christine McIntosh who were honored by medical students at this year's Distinguished Service Teaching Awards event! Zazulia — Glenn Conroy Module Leader of the Year McIntosh — Clerkship Administrator of the Year bit.ly/3SsoUJ7

Great article on 3D maps of the LSA territory stroke. First-order (especially when multiple) LSA territory stroke should raise suspicion of ICAD! neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN…

The Stroke Council's Early Career Committee is hosting a series of Professional and Career Development webinars in May. #StrokeMonth How to be a Good Mentor and Mentee 12PM CT on May 23, 2025 To register and view upcoming webinars, visit: ahajrnls.org/3RvCU4v

Impressive is the current administration’s choice of ⁦Jay Bhattacharya⁩ ⁦Marty Makary MD, MPH⁩ and ⁦Vinay Prasad MD MPH⁩ to be in key healthcare leadership roles. US health, especially non-communicable disease, is in need of sweeping change. thefp.com/p/ahead-of-the…

Please join us tomorrow in this AHA Science #stroke awareness month webinar about roles and responsibilities of a stroke center director; how to find meaning in this role. Registration QR code below 👇

🚨Time for the stroke world to drop recertification & retraining requirements for NIHSS & mRS! Our systematic review found NO evidence of benefit from this endess exercise doi.org/10.1017/cjn.20… Led by Davis Maclean UCalgaryMedicine w/ Diana Kim ShelaghCouttsMD Rick Swartz Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Just published in The Lancet Neurology and presented at #ESOC2025 The DAYLIGHT RCT showing improved detection of cardiac thrombi without delay in IVT by extended CT angiography including the heart. Great effort by Luciano Sposato 🇦🇷🇨🇦 & Rodrigo Bagur 🇦🇷🇨🇦 and team 👏👏👏 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

News from the Swiss Stroke Registry by ⁦Martina Göldlin: DWI-lesions in ICH are frequent, already on admission before any intervention; associationbwith CAA and SVD burden. Suitable surrogate outcome in trials?Stroke Research Center Bern⁩ ⁦Neurology Journal⁩ neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN…

Having an APOε4 allele may be risk factor for brain hemorrhage with apixiban, a commonly used blood thinner for atrial fibrillation jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Soon we will ALL be giving IV TNK to stroke patients on DOACS. The drumbeats are pounding. Here is yet another comparative effectiveness study showing lower ICH and better mRS outcomes among DOAC pts given lytics compared to those who did not. ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

#MondayTip 🧬#Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)⬆️ stroke risk due to sickled RBCs causing vessel blockage, hemolysis, and inflammation 🧠 IS are more common in children w/SCD; HS are rarer but deadlier in young adults 🩸TCD screening+regular blood transfusions or hydroxyurea⬇️stroke risk

Pleased to have our Viewpoint article in JAMA Neurology on distal and medium vessel occlusion strokes. Strong work by H.Alvin Chen, MD MHSc and coauthors European Stroke Org World Stroke Org jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Atrial fibrillation patients can still suffer a stoke while on DOACs. 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 VKA, 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐎𝐀𝐂, 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞? A thread on our meta-analysis, out now in Neurology Journal neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN…

Paging all neurologists, med students, and game lovers: I’m giving away 20 FREE copies of Circle of Willis! It’s the hottest new, stroke-themed board game that anyone can play. See the form below to enter a random drawing for your chance to win!

Viewpoint: Empowering primary care practitioners to manage common neurological conditions may improve access, reduce delays, and enhance care quality. ja.ma/4gn8GMJ Shuvro Roy, MD

Could the Parkinson’s drug levodopa prime the brain to respond better to intensive rehabilitation following a stroke or injury? Enter the idea: Let’s give dopamine pills after a stroke? Spoiler alert: This new large, randomized trial published in JAMA revealed no added benefit in