Podcast appearances and mentions of mark keegan

In this episode, we start off with a 5 second box breath, and then dive into an absolutely epic conversation with the truly one and only Mark Keegan. He is an actor, electrifier, professional speed talker, 2011 NASA Student Artist Contest Champion, and a fellow Heavy Hitter. In this conversation, Mark shares about his upbringing and how he stepped into landing his first Series as a lead in Heavy Hitters, his connection with his faith, and how he is truly one of the most powerful manifestors I've ever met. Also, our full 2 hour conversation was split into two episodes, so if you want more Mark Keegan, make sure to check out Part II. Please make sure to follow and support this man on all the platforms: IMDb: Mark Keegan IG: @marktkeegan1 & @markkeeganacting TikTok: @markkeeganacting One love.

Instead of creating one podcast of 2 hours, we split this conversation up in two. In this segment, we have a bit of fun. We dive into Mark's Letterbox reviews. So, if you're a lover of cinema, go on this journey with us. You won't regret it. One love.

The Delayed Recall episode for June takes a look at recent guidelines and developments in the field of multiple sclerosis treatment. In the first interview, Dr. Stacey Clardy and Dr. Alexander Rae-Grant discuss recent practice guidelines for multiple sclerosis, and talk about Dr. Rae-Grant’s paper regarding these guidelines. This interview first aired on April 24, 2018. The second interview, from the May 15, 2018 episode, features Dr. Clardy speaking with Dr. Riley Bove about her recent paper on rituximab treatment during pregnancy. Next, hear Dr. Clardy speak with Dr. Raed Alroughani about relapse occurrence of MS during pregnancy, in an interview that appeared in the March 6, 2018 episode. In the conclusion to this month’s episode, Dr. Mark Keegan and Dr. Gavin Giovannoni discuss the topic of alemtuzumab treatment for multiple sclerosis patients. This interview first appeared on April 18, 2017.

1. Featured Article: Atrial fibrillation detected after stroke is related to a low risk of ischemic stroke recurrence2. What’s Trending: Evaluation of idiopathic transverse myelitis revealing specific myelopathy diagnosesThis Neurology® Podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Mark McAllister talks with Dr. Luciano Sposato about their paper on the relationship between atrial fibrillation detection and ischemic stroke recurrence. For the “What’s Trending” segment, Dr. Ted Burns speaks with Dr. Mark Keegan and Dr. Nick Zalewski about their paper on idiopathic transverse myelitis and myelopathy diagnoses.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Sposato has received travel or speaker honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer; serves on the Editorial Board for Neurology; and has received research support from Kathleen & Dr Henry Barnett Research Chair in Stroke Research, Boehringer Ingelheim (salary support for a fellow), Edward and Alma Saraydar Neurosciences Fund, Opportunities Fund of the Academic Health Sciences Centre Alternative Funding Plan of the Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario, and Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr. Keegan serves on the editorial board for Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; receives publishing royalties for Common Pitfalls in Multiple Sclerosis and CNS Demyelinating Diseases: Case-Based Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2016); has consulted for Novartis, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and Bionest; and has received research support from Biogen (ARISE study). Dr. Burns is the deputy section editor of the Neurology® podcast; has served on scientific advisory boards for Argenx, UCB, and CSL Behring; has received travel funding/speaker honoraria from Argenx and Alexion; and has received support for consulting activities from UCB Pharma and CSL Behring. Dr. McAllister and Dr. Zalewski report no disclosures.

Show description/summary:1) Epidemiology and Prognosis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Returning Soldiers: A Cohort Study2) What's Trending: Alemtuzumab treatment and multiple sclerosisThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the April 18, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Michael Jaffee talks with Dr. Karen Schwab about her paper on mild traumatic brain injury in returning soldiers. For our “What's Trending” feature of the week, Dr. Mark Keegan talks with Dr. Gavin Giovannoni about his paper on alemtuzumab treatment and multiple sclerosis. For more information on traumatic brain injury services for active duty military and veterans, please visit the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center website at http://dvbic.dcoe.mil. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Jaffee serves on the scientific advisory board for Neurohabitation, Inc., and has received research support from the Florida State Department of Elderly Affairs.Dr. Schwab receives research support from Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (Grant #W81XWH-08-2-0105).Dr. Keegan serves on the editorial board for Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; served as eMedicine Chief Editor from 2009 to 2015; receives publishing royalties for Common Pitfalls in Multiple Sclerosis and CNS Demyelinating Diseases: Case-Based Learning (Cambridge University Press 2016); consults for Novartis, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and Bionest; and received research support from Biogen for the ARISE study.Dr. Giovannoni consulted and served on scientific advisory boards for Biogen-Idec, Fiveprime, Genzyme, GW Pharma, Ironwood, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Synthon BV, Teva, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Abbvie, and Canbex; receives speaker honoraria from Biogen-Idec, Genzyme, GW Pharma, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, and Teva Pharmaceuticals; serves as an editor for Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; served on speaker's bureaus for Novartis and Teva; and received research support from Genzyme and Merck.

1) Pure autonomic failure: Predictors of conversion to clinical CNS involvement2) What's Trending: ocrelizumab in multiple sclerosis 3) Topic of the Month: neuro-oncologyThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the March 21, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff interviews Dr. Wolfgang Singer about his paper on pure autonomic failure. For our “What's Trending” feature of the week, Dr. Mark Keegan talks with Dr. Stephen Hauser about his paper on ocrelizumab in multiple sclerosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Kait Nevel focuses her interview with Dr. Lisa DeAngelis on metastatic disease. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES:Dr. Singer serves as Associate Editor for Clinical Autonomic Research; serves on the Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical editorial board; holds a patent for use of 3,4 diaminopyridine in the treatment of orthostatic hypotension and postural tachycardia syndrome; received research support from NH, FDA, Cure MSA Foundation, Dysautonomia International, and American Dysautonomia Institute. Dr. Keegan serves on editorial boards for eMedicine (Chief Editor 2009-2015) and Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; receives publishing royalties from Common Pitfalls in Multiple Sclerosis and CNS Demyelinating Diseases: Case-Based Learning Cambridge University Press 2016; consulted for Novartis, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and Bionest Partners; and received research support from Terumo Corporation and BCT International Ltd.Dr. Hauser serves on scientific advisory boards for Bionure, Annexon, Symbiotix, Neurona, and Molecular Telescope; receives publishing royalties from Harrison's Principles of Intervnal Medicine (McGraw Hill 1994); holds stock options in Bionure, Annexon, Symbtiotix, all of which were transferred to University of California – San Francisco; and received funding from NIH, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and the Conrad Hilton Foundation.Dr. DeAngelis serves on scientific advisory board for Celgene and CarThera; serves on editorial boards for Neurology, Neuro-Oncology, Journal of Neuro-oncology, and Neuro-Oncology Practice; receives publishing royalties from The Neurologic Complications of Cancer (Oxford University Press 2008); and receives research support from NIH.All other participants report no disclosures.

On this podcast, Dr. Mark Keegan discusses multiple sclerosis.

1) Reducing costs while enhancing quality of care in MS2) What's Trending: Interview with Lyell Jones about the topic of the Axon Registry and how it interfaces with practice and reimbursement this is part 2 with part 1 appearing last month 3) Topic of the month: Neurology Today story on the AAN Guideline published in Neurology on the topic of recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovaleThis podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Ilya Kister about his paper on the various approaches neurologists may contribute to cost containment while maintaining and enhancing the quality of MS care. Dr. Andy Southerland is interviewing Dr. Lyell Jones for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about the topic of the Axon Registry and how it interfaces with practice and reimbursement. This is part 2 with part 1 appearing last month. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Bryan Eckerle interviews Dr. Steven Messe about a Neurology Today story on the AAN Guideline published in Neurology on the topic of recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovale.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Keegan serves as an editorial board member of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; served as Chief Editor of eMedicine; receives royalties from the publication of the book: Common Pitfalls in Multiple Sclerosis and CNS Demyelinating Diseases: Case-Based Learning; is a consultant for Novartis, Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Bionest; receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Kister serves on the MS Franchise Data Generation advisory board for Biogen Idec and advisory board for Genentech, Inc.; received a one-time consulting fee from Biogen Idec; received research support from Biogen-Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Genzyme Corporation; Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation and National Multiple Sclerosis Society.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Deputy Editor for Neurology; receives research support from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Health Resources Services Administration and the NIH; has a provisional patent application titled: “Method, system and computer readable medium for improving treatment times for rapid evaluation of acute stroke via mobile telemedicine;” and gave legal expert review. Dr. Messe received publishing royalties from UpToDate; received compensation from GlaxoSmithKline for consulting on protocol development for a trial of a neuroprotectant in high risk surgery; received research support from GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer Schering Pharma, WL Gore and the NIH.

1) Switching from natalizumab to fingolimod in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2015. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Ludwig Kappos about his paper on switching from natalizumab to fingolimod in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about dopamine-responsive dystonia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Timothy Pedley about his Presidential Lecture at the AAN Meeting about the topics of neurologists' burnout, cost and quality of healthcare, value of neurology to congress and payers along with maintenance of certification. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Kappos, Wesley, Espay and Pedley.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine; serves as an editorial board member of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; is a consultant for Novartis, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Bionest Partners and receives research support from Terumo BCT and Caridian BCT.Dr. Kappos serves as an editorial board member of Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders and Journal of Neurology; receives research support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Addex, Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Biotica, CSL Behring, Genzyme Corporation, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck Serono, Mitsubishi, Novartis, Ono Pharma, Pfizer Inc, Receptos, Roche, Sanofi-aventis, Santhera, Siemens, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., UCB, Xenoport, Swiss National Research Foundation and the European Union and The Swiss MS Society; honoraria and other payments for all these activities have been exclusively used for funding of research of his department.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Pedley serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology and Nature Reviews Neurology and as Editor-in-Chief (Neurology) for UpToDate; serves as President for the American Academy of Neurology; receives royalties form the publication of the books Current Practice of Clinical Electroencephalography, Epilepsy: A comprehensive Textbook and Merritt's Neurology.

1) Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis: The 2013 revisions and 2) Topic of the month: Plenary sessions AAN Meeting April 2014. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Fred Lublin about his paper on defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis: The 2013 revisions. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about familial fatal insomnia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. David Eidelberg about his Hot Topics Lecture at the AAN Meeting about functional connectivity and functional imaging in movement disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Lublin, Addington, Espay and Eidelberg.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Lublin serves as co-Chief Editor of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; serves on the scientific advisory boards and as a consultant for Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Sanofi-aventis, Acorda Therapeutics Inc, Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Roche, Genentech, Inc., Celgene, Johnson & Johnson, Revalesio Corporation, Coronado Bioscience, Genzyme Corporation, MedImmune, Bristol-Myers Squibb, XenoPort, Inc., Receptos Inc, Forward Pharma, to- BBB technologies; receives research support from Biogen Idec, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Acorda Therapeutics Inc, Novartis, Genzyme Corporation, Sanofi-aventis, Celgene, National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the NIH; holds financial interests/stock options in Cognition Pharmaceuticals. Inc. and may discuss unapproved agents that are in the MS developmental pipeline with any recommendations on their use.Dr. Addington serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Espay serves as an Associate Editor of Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Movement Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and from Cambridge University Press; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax Pharmaceuticals, Merz, Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, US WorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie); serves on the speakers' bureaus of Novartis, UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from CleveMed/Great Lakes Neurotechnologies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Eidelberg serves as an Associate Editor of Journal of Neuroscience; serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Current Opinion in Neurology, Annals of Neurology and NeuroImage; serves on the scientific advisory board for the Michael J. Fox Foundation, ; co-inventor of United States Patent No. 5, 632,276 and No. 5,873,823 without financial gain; receives research support from the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.

1) Factors associated with recovery from acute optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Neuro-infectious diseases. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Tanuja Chitnis about her paper on factors associated with recovery from acute optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about tanycytic ependymal tumors. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chenjie Xia interviews Dr. Karen Roos about neurology and infectious diseases: Bacterial meningoencephalitides. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Jen, Tedeschi, Numis and Roos.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Chitnis is a consultant for Biogen Idec, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Novartis, Sanofi-aventis; receives research support from Merck Serono and Novartis in the form of Independent Investigator Awards, National Multiple Sclerosis Society. the Peabody Foundation and the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Roos receives royalties for five published books.

1) Fingolimod after natalizumab and the risk of short-term relapse and 2) Topic of the month: Therapeutics in epilepsy. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Vilija Jokubaitis about her paper on fingolimod after natalizumab and the risk of short-term relapse. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about cardiac cephalgia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Lara Marcuse interviews Dr. Madeline Fields about epilepsy therapeutics: Clobazam. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Jokubaitis and Numis.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Jokubaitis received funding for travel to speak at a conference from Novartis, receives research support from MSBase Foundation and National Health and Medical Research Council.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.

1) Guideline on assessment and management of psychiatric disorders in individuals with multiple sclerosis and 2) Topic of the month: Parkinson's and parkinsonism disorders. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Sarah Minden about AAN paper on assessment and management of psychiatric disorders in individuals with multiple sclerosis. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about airplane headache. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Binit Shah interviews Dr. Melissa Armstrong about diagnosis, management and prognosis of atypical parkinsonian disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Minden, Numis and Armstrong.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Minden received honoraria and travel reimbursement for meetings from Pfizer Inc, Merck Serono, Genentech, Inc., Novartis, and Avanir Pharmaceuticals; received research support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Center for Mental Health Services, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; holds stock options in Merck Serono, Schering-Plough Corp, and GlaxoSmithKline.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Armstrong serves on the Level of Evidence Review Team for Neurology®; is an evidence-based guideline methodology consultant for the AAN; receives research support from Abbvie as local sub-investigator; received a 2011 Movement Disorders Society travel Scholarship to the MDS International Congress; and in 2010-2011 was partially funded by a Edmond J. Safra Fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital.

1) Pretreatment cognitive deficits and treatment effects in childhood epilepsy and 2) Topic of the month: Multiple sclerosis therapy and treatment. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Nick Brenton interviews Dr. Tracy Glauser about his paper on pretreatment cognitive deficits and treatment effects in childhood epilepsy. Lara Marcuse talks about being diagnosed with cancer after listening to Ted Burns discuss his diagnosis in our September 3 podcast. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about ophthalmologic findings in neurocysticercosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Douglas Goodin about interferons and copaxone in multiple sclerosis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Glauser, Numis, Keegan, and Goodin.Dr. Glauser serves on the scientific advisory board for AssureRx Health, Inc.; serves on the speakers' bureau and receives honoraria from Supernus Pharmaceuticals; receives royalties from the publication of the book Pediatric Epilepsy; receives royalty payments for optimization of drug selection software algorithms, AssureRx Health, Inc.; holds stock options in AssureRx Health, Inc.; has patents for optimization of drug selection software algorithms, neurocognitive computing algorithms and suicide prediction algorithms; is a consultant for Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eisai, Inc., UCB, Lundbeck Inc., Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Upsher-Smith, AssureRx Health, Inc.; receives license fees from AssureRx Health, Inc. for optimization of drug selection software algorithms and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Goodin receives research support from Novartis; had travel costs reimbursed for occasional community lectures, symposia and/or academic talks sponsored by Bayer Schering Pharma, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Merck Serono. Genzyme and Novartis.

1) Dementia management quality measures and 2) Topic of the month: Multiple sclerosis therapy and treatment. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns interviews Dr. Amy Sanders about her paper on dementia management quality measures. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Alasdair Coles about alemtuzumab treatment of multiple sclerosis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Sanders, Numis, Keegan, and Coles.Dr. Jeff Burns serves on the editorial board for Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; receives royalties for the publications of Early diagnosis and treatment of mild cognitive impairment and Dementia: An atlas of investigation and diagnosis; is a consultant for PRA International and receives research support from the NIH, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, Elan, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Wyeth, Pfizer Inc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Danone, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Merck Serono and for clinical trials.Dr. Sanders is a member of a federal advisory committee (MEDCAC); received honoraria for serving on peer-review panels from the CMMI and PCORI; and research support from the Einstein CTSA Grant from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the NIH and NIH roadmap for Medical Research; loan repayment support from LRP/NIA. Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Coles is a co-editor of Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation; serves on the scientific advisory board for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of GB & NI, International Society for Neuroimmunology, Genzyme Corporation steering committee, UK Advisory Board, Merck Serono; is a consultant and receives speakers' honoraria from Nil, Merck Serono, Genzyme Corporation, Bayer Schering Pharma; and has a patent for IL-21 as a marker of autoimmunity after alemtuzumab treatment.

1) Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy and 2) Topic of the month: Multiple sclerosis therapy and treatment. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Antel Patel interviews Dr. George Morris about his paper on vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about vitamin B6 and epilepsy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Robert Fox about dimethylfumarate for multiple sclerosis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Patel, Morris, Numis, Keegan, and Fox.Dr. Patel serves as Book editor for the Journal of Child Neurology; receives research support from UCB and Eisai Inc.Dr. Morris performs clinical care involving vagus nerve stimulation (5% effort) in his practice; serves on the speakers' bureaus of UCB, Cyberonics, Lundbeck, Inc.; is a consultant for UCB, Cyberonics, Lundbeck, Inc.; receives honoraria from UCB, Cyberonics, Lundbeck. Inc; receives research support from UCB, Cyberonics, Lundbeck. Inc.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Fox serves as an editorial board member of Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis Journal; serves on the scientific advisory board for Biogen Idec, Novartis; is a consultant for Allozyne, Avanir, Biogen Idec, Novartis, Questcor, EMD Serono, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; receives research support from Novartis, National MS Society and NIH.

1) Cognitive speed of processing training in Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Multiple sclerosis therapy and treatment. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Binit Shah interviews Dr. Jerri Edwards about her paper on cognitive speed of processing training in Parkinson disease. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about stiff person syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Jeffrey Cohen about fingolimod therapy for multiple sclerosis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Edwards, Numis, Keegan, and Cohen.Dr. Edwards receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Cohen received consulting fees from Novartis and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; receives royalties from the publication of the book Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, 4th edition; received research support from the Department of Defense and the NIH.

1) Migraine and structural changes in the brain and 2) Topic of the month: Multiple sclerosis therapy and treatment. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jennifer Bickel interviews Dr. Messoud Ashina about his paper on migraine and structural changes in the brain. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about manganese neurotoxicity. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Paul O' Connor about teriflunomide for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Ashima, Numis, Keegan, and O'Connor.Dr. Ashina serves as an Associate Editor of Cephalalgia; serves on the scientific advisory board for The Journal of Headache and Pain; is a consultant for ATI, Allergan, Inc., Amgen and Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.; received honoraria for lecturing from Allergan Inc.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. O'Connor serves on the scientific advisory boards of Novartis Fingolimod Steering Committee, Sanofi-aventis Teriflunomide Steering Committee, BRAVO (laquinimod) study DMC-chairman, Genetech, Inc. Roche, Acetelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Receptos, Inc; received honoraria for attending two Advisory board meetings; served on the editorial advisory board for the MS Journal; serves as a consultant for Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, is currently a consultant for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Sanofi-aventis, Novartis; receives research support from Novartis, Sanofi-aventis, Roche, Biogen Idec, and from the MS Society of Canada as National Scientific and Clinical Advisor.

1) NMO spectrum and MS brain lesion and 2) Topic of the month: Stroke trials. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Lucy Matthews about her paper on seropositive NMO spectrum disorder and MS brain lesion distribution. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about intravascular B-cell lymphoma. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Brett Kissela interviews Dr. Joseph Broderick about IMS III trial. All the participants have disclosures.Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor for eMedicine; is a consultant for Bionest and Novartis. Dr. Matthews receives research support from UK Medical Research Council and is funded by the Clinical Research Training Fellow ship.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Kissela serves on scientific advisory board for Allergan, Inc.; has received funding for travel and speaker honoraria from Allergan, Inc.; has received research support from the NIH, will receive compensation from Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for serving on the Event Adjudication Committee for the BEACON study, which they are sponsoring. and provides medico-legal reviews.Dr. Broderick has served as a consultant for PhotoThera-DSMB for NEST III study and Genentech, Inc.; receives funding for travel to NIH study section and NIH-sponsored meetings, TST meeting and national meeting by Covidien and RISS Summit by Genentech and as part as invited Visiting Professor; has received research support from Boehringer Ingelheim, Concentric, EKOS, Genentech, Inc, Johnson & Johnson, Novo Nordisk, Schering-Plough Corp, Merck, and the NIH as part of NINDS funded clinical trials.

1) Simultaneous PML-IRIS in MS and 2) Topic of the month: Diagnosis of MCI and AD. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Igor Koralnik about his paper on simultaneous PML-IRIS in an MS patient. Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about traumatic brain injury. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Jeff Burns interviews Dr. John Morris about clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. Over the upcoming weeks they will discuss a number of topics related to mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease. All participants have disclosures.Dr. Keegan serves as eMedicine Chief Editor and is a consultant for Bionest and Novartis. Dr. Koralnik serves on the editorial board of the Journal of NeuroVirology; served on the scientific advisory boards for Hoffman-La Roche Inc., GlaxoSmithKline and Merck Serono; receives royalties from UpToDate, Inc.; has served as a consultant for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ono Pharmaceuticals Co. LTD., Merck Serone, Hoffman-La Roche Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Perseid Therapeutic LLC; Vertex Pharmaceuticals; and Johnson & Johnson; receives research support from NIH; and has received research support from Biogen Idec and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Jeff Burns serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; has served on a scientific advisory board for the American Academy of Physician Education; has received publishing royalties for Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment (Wiley Press, 2008) and Dementia: An Atlas of Investigation and Diagnosis (Clinical Publishing, 2007); serves on the speakers' bureau for Novartis; has served as a consultant for Medacorp Consulting, Johnson County Clinical Trials, and PRA International; receives research support from Elan Corporation, Janssen, Wyeth, Pfizer Inc, Danone, and the Dana Foundation; and has served as an expert witness in legal proceedings regarding competency.Dr. Morris serves on scientific advisory boards for Eisai Inc., Esteve, Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy Program, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., and Pfizer Inc; serves on the editorial advisory board of Annals of Neurology; receives royalties from the publications of the books Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Handbook of Dementing Illnesses, 2nd edition and for an editorial in Lancet Neurology; and receives research support from Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy Program and Pfizer Inc.

1) Fingolimod-associated macular edema and 2) Topic of the month: Paraneoplastic syndromes in neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. M. Tariq Bhatti about his paper on fingolimod-associated macular edema. Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about omega 3 fatty acids: Good for the brain. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chafic Karam interviews Dr. Josep Dalmau about disease specific paraneoplastic disorders. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Bhatti, Fugate, Karam and Dalmau.Dr. Keegan serves as a Section Editor for Neurology® and as Chief Editor for eMedicine and has served as a consultant for Novartis, Bionest Parners, and the FDA.Dr. Bhatti has received consultancy fees, speaker fees or honoraria from Pfizer Inc, EMD Serono, Inc., Novartis and Bayer Schering Pharma.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Karam serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Dalmau serves on the editorial board of Neurology®; receives royalties from the editorial board of Up-To-Date; has filed a patent application for the use of LGI1 as a diagnostic test; has received royalties from Athena Diagnostics, Inc. for a patent re: Ma2 autoantibody test and has patents pending re: NMDA and GABAB receptor autoantibody tests (license fee payments received from EUROIMMUN AG); and receives research support from funding from EUROIMMUN AG, the NIH/NCI, and a McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders award.

1) Spinal cord lymphoma and 2) Topic of the month: Stroke and stroke care. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jennie Taylor interviews Drs. Mark Keegan and Eoin Flanagan about their paper on spinal cord lymphoma. In the next segment, Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about palatal myoclonus. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Brett Kissela interviews Dr. Mark Eckman about new anticoagulants. Next week, Dr. Kissela will interview Dr. Tom Brott about CREST. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Fugate, Kissela and Eckman.Dr. Keegan serves as Clinical Pathological Conference Section Co-Editor for Neurology® and neurology podcast Panel and Chief Editor for eMedicine; and has served as a consultant for Novartis.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Kissela has served on the scientific advisory board for for Allergan, Inc.; receives honoraria from Allergan, Inc; receives research support from the NIH; and gave expert testimony in medico legal cases related to stroke. Dr. Eckman has served as an editorial board member of the American College of Physicians PIER chapter, is a consultant for Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., receives research support from the NIH, Merck Serono, Gilead Sciences, Inc., and The Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making.

1) Cost-effectiveness of disease-modifying therapy and 2) Topic of the month: Mononeuropathies. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan with Dr. Katia Noyes about her paper on disease-modifying therapy for multiple sclerosis. In the next segment, Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about numb chin syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. John Stewart about peroneal neuropathy. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Noyes, Fugate and Burns.Dr. Noyes serves on the scientific review panel for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) and has received research support from Biogen Idec, Boston Scientific, the NIH, and the NMSS.Dr. Keegan serves as a Section Editor for Neurology® and as Chief Editor for eMedicine; and has served as a consultant for Novartis and the FDA.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort); and has received research support from the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America and Knopp Neurosciences Inc..

1) Multiple sclerosis: A meta-analytic approach 2) Ultrasound of peripheral nerves (Part 2). This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Maria Pia Sormani about her paper on multiple sclerosis: A meta-analytic approach. In the next segment, Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Terson syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mary Lussier interviews Dr. Michael Cartwright for part two on peripheral nerve ultrasound for our Lesson of the Week. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Sormani, Keegan, Fugate, and Cartwright.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interview Dr. Massimo Filippi about his paper on oral vs. intravenous methyprednisolone in MS. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about pseudo-myasthenic ptosis. The next part of the podcast is Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Josep Dalmau for our Lesson of the week toolbox about NMDAR encephalitis. The participants had nothing to disclosure except Drs. Keegan, Filippi, Espay and Dalmau. Dr. Keegan serves as Section Co-Editor for Neurology and the Neurology Podcast Panel.Dr. Filippi serves on scientific advisory boards for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Genmab A/S; has received funding for travel from Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Dompè AG, Genmab A/S, Merck Serono, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; serves on editorial boards of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Erciyes Medical Journal, Journal of Neuroimaging, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Journal of Neurovirology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Multiple Sclerosis, and Neurological Sciences ; serves as a consultant to Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Dompè AG, Genmab A/S, Merck Serono, Pepgen Corporation, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; serves on speakers' bureaus for Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Dompè AG, Genmab A/S, Merck Serono, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; and receives research support from Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Dompè AG, Genmab A/S, Merck Serono, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, and Fondazione Mariani. Dr. Espay has received personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.Dr. Dalmau has received honoraria for lectures not funded by industry; receives research support from EUROIMMUN and the NIH/NCI [RO1CA107192 (PI) and RO1CA89054-06A2 (PI)]; has received license fee payments from EUROIMMUN for an NMDA receptor autoantibody test (patent pending PCT/US07/18092, filed: August 15, 2007); and has received royalty payments and may accrue revenue for US Patent 6,387,639;, issued: May 14th, 2002: Patent for Ma2 autoantibody test.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Interim Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan interview Dr. Murali Ramanathan about his paper on how smoking is associated with multiple sclerosis. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about myoclonic status epilepticus. The podcast concludes where Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Emmanuel Mignot for the Lesson of the Week (Disease) segment about narcolepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Drs. Ramanathan and Mignot.Dr. Ramanathan received research funding from EMD Serono, Pfizer, Novartis, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. He received compensation for serving as an Editor from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. These are unrelated to the research presented in this report.Dr. Mignot receives research support from the NIH [#23724 (PI), #MH080957 (PI) and #NS062798 (PI)]. He is also funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and has received research gifts from Respironics; Cephalon, Inc.; Resmed; Elli Lilly and Company and Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Mark Keegan and Dr. Myla Goldman interview Dr. Douglas Goodin about his paper on the use of natalizumab (tysabri) for treatment of multiple sclerosis. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week. The podcast concludes with Dr. Alexandra Degenhardt interviewing Dr. Neil Lava about practical aspects of natalizumab administration for the Lesson of the Week segment. The participants had nothing to disclose except for Dr. Goodin and Dr. Lava.Dr. Goodin has received honoraria for lectures or as a consultant (directly or indirectly) from Teva Neuroscience, Biogen/Idec, Merck-Serono, Bayer-Schering Healthcare and Berlex Laboratories. Dr. Goodin has received research support from Biogen-Idec, Bayer-Schering and Novartis. Dr. Lava received grants for research in the Sentinel Study.