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Great summary of #Neurology #neuromatch fellowships by Joshua Budhu. A short and worthwhile read for all neuro residents. insidethematch.com/residency-tips…

Another CPEM year complete: congrats CPEM 2022! We have planted a seed... now you make it grow to further develop emergency care systems and EM in Pakistan and Bangladesh! Thank you to Indus Hospital & Health Network #DhakaMedicalCollege Center for Global Health #BangladeshSocietyofEM and all of our faculty/sponsors!

One year, >35 faculty from 5 continents, >300 hours of virtual content (not to mention self-directed learning!), >150 virtual cases/simulations, and >15 weeks of in person workshops (with more cases and sims as well as procedural training) across two countries - amazing!

Academic life is full of opportunities. There are ones you seek, and ones that fall into your lap. For the most part, the ones you seek are almost always better. But when one falls into your lap, ask yourself 3 questions before responding... #AcademicTwitter #medtwitter 1/4

As a very wise program director once told me, "just remember, you are comparing your insides to everyone else's outsides" Some more awesome advice for combating imposter syndrome 👇

This is the best demonstration of how neuronal synapses work that I’ve ever seen 🤯 Via Helix Animations The Innovation | Medicine #MedTwitter

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#MRgFUS #thalamotomy is typically performed unilaterally for the #tremor of the dominant side. Patients often ask if their head/voice and non-dominant hand will also improve. We looked into this and found that it happens in a subset with a slightly different targeting. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

It makes no difference whether you start levodopa vs. a dopamine agonist in time to deep brain stimulation surgery. Tony Lang and colleagues 'blow up' another myth. Treat your folks with what they need. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36057433/ DBS Think Tank Lead-DBS

Absolutely required reading for all practitioners in the ICU. #braindeath is #death. 👉Historically and legally, how did we get here? 📝Whats going on with the UDDA? ✅What are the steps to make the determination 🛎Do you know where the term “Saved by the Bell” comes from?

#MDSCongress off to a great start in Madrid - managing PD motor and nonmotor symptoms, and atypical Parkinsonism #mds2022 MDS University of Pennsylvania Neurology

Medication and stimulation interact to affect beta power in #dbs for #Parkinsons disease - great to see old friends Dr. Lauren Hammer at #MDSCongress Mass General Brigham/HMS Neurology Residency UC San Francisco

Wonderful reflection on path to academics by my friend and colleague Sam Burden (he/him). Sam is always intentional and thoughtful about his words, goals, and impact-its worth a read. He also shares his faculty & tenure application materials (!!) - nice example for anyone in academia.

Very excited to work with Dr. Cajigas on deep brain stimulation for our patients with movement disorders University of Pennsylvania Neurology!

Excited to see this work out! Reduction in the sense of smell can be seen years before developing PD. Retesting smell a second time may better identify people at risk for PD and exclude transient causes of impaired sense of smell. authors.elsevier.com/a/1frWp_Uo2et9…

Interesting: Pavan Vaswani & PARS study colleagues assessed 186 individuals who were initially hyposmic, during ~10 yr follow up 28% reverted & only 2% of these 'reverters' developed #Parkinsons, vs 20% of those with persistent hyposmia who developed PD sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

For the best (and free) neurological examination tutorial, check out: accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?b… These videos are by Dr. Marty Samuels, chairman emeritus at Brigham and Women's Neurology. A true master clinician and the most amazing teacher and mentor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A.…

Focused ultrasound can be an amazing therapy for people with tremor - the pictures below are worth a thousand words!

Would you choose mindfulness or escitalopram (Lexapro) to treat your anxiety. Randomized study showed they surprisingly performed about the same. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders ja.ma/3hpwzsC