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Didactics, Conferences, and Educational Opportunities

Neuroimmunology division meeting

Weekly 1 hour meeting. The fellow is an integral part of the NI team and is expected to join the weekly division meeting to discuss topics that are relevant to patient care and clinic workflow. The meeting is also used for discussing interesting/challenging cases, journal club, and external speaker presentations on topics relevant to the multidisciplinary care for our patients (e.g. urology, sleep, PMR, psychiatry, neuroradiology, pathology, etc.).

Meeting with the fellowship program director

Weekly check-in on cases, logistics, and career development.

Neuroimmunology research meeting

Weekly 1 hour meeting. This meeting includes research coordinators, research nursing, and neuroimmunology faculty and fellows. We discuss scholarly projects including current and upcoming studies and trials, biorepository development, and research journal club. We also host guest speakers / collaborators to present on their research.

Neuroimmunology conference for the residents

Recurring neuroimmunology presentations for residents. Usually presented by one of the NI faculty or fellow, providing an opportunity to develop teaching skills and material in neuroimmunology.

Joint Neuroradiology conference

Monthly 1 hour session. Attended by various faculty from Neuroradiology and Neurology, NR fellows and neurology residents, this conference is a great forum to discuss interesting cases with great neuroradiological findings, most of which are autoimmune or infectious causes. This is an outstanding educational opportunity for the NI fellow to lead and moderate the discussion on neuroimmunology cases.

Neurology Grand Rounds

Weekly every Tuesday 12:00 – 1:00 PM.

Morning report

Weekly every Friday 7-7:30 AM. This is a case discussion presented by residents of complicated inpatients, many of which are are challenging neuroimmunology cases.

Interdisciplinary Conferences

We are developing recurring conferences to discuss cases from an interdisciplinary perspective in joint meetings with Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, and Neuro-Ophthalmology

The fellow will be expected to maintain the role of a clinical teacher as they will regularly work with medical students, residents, and fellows from other medical disciplines.