Schedule
This program is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses.
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Please note that program changes/substitutions may be made without notice.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Welcome and Introduction
Joshua Goldstein
7:50-8:00 am
Keynote Presentation: Cerebral Aneurysms: 2025 Update
8:00-9:15 am
Neuroimaging 101
9:15-10:15 am
Back Pain 2025: Red Flags and Beyond
10:15-11:00 am
Break
11:00-11:15am
Neuroimaging of the Spine: What to Order and How to Read and How to Read
11:15 am-12:00 pm
Updates in Urgent Management of Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina Disorders
12:00-12:45 pm
Break
12:45-1:45 pm
Your Choice of Concurrent Breakouts
Each session includes a 30-minute lecture followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A. Both sessions will be recorded as they are live streamed and will be available for viewing in the course video archive for 60 days.
1:45 - 2:30 pm
A. Neuroimaging in Stroke
William A. Copen, MD
B. Altered Mental Status: Case Studies
Maura Kennedy, MD and Eyal Y. Kimchi, MD, PhD
Your Choice of Concurrent Breakouts
Each session includes a 30-minute lecture followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A. Both sessions will be recorded as they are live streamed and will be available for viewing in the course video archive for 60 days.
2:30 - 3:15 pm
A. Acute Pregnancy- Related Neurological Disorders
Andrea G. Edlow, MD, MSc
B. Recognizing and Managing Complications of Parkinson's Disease
Ludy Shih, MD, MMSc
Your Choice of Concurrent Breakouts
Each session includes a 30-minute lecture followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A. Both sessions will be recorded as they are live streamed and will be available for viewing in the course video archive for 60 days.
3:15 - 4:00 pm
A. Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Joshua N. Goldstein, MD, PhD
B. Recognizing and Managing Complications of Parkinson's Disease
Ludy Shih, MD, MMSc
Break
4:00-4:15 pm
Functional Neurological Disorders: How to Diagnose and How to Treat
Sara Finkelstein
4:15-5:00 pm
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Keynote Presentation: State of the Art in Endovascular Therapy
Thanh Nguyen
8:00-9:00 am
Acute Stroke 2025: IV Thrombolytics
Joshua Goldstein
9:00-9:45 am
TIA in 2025: What to do and when to do it
Matthew Siket
9:45-10:30 am
Break
10:30 - 10:45 am
Diagnosing Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Who to Image? Who to LP?
Nicole Dubosh
10:45-11:30 am
SAH Management
Nicole Dubosh
11:30 am-12:15 pm
Lunch
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Acute Vision Loss
1:15-2:00 pm
Stroke Management: Beyond Revascularization
Sandeep Kumar
1:15-2:00 pm
Seizures and Epilepsy: Updates in Treatment
Evie Marcolini
2:00-2:45 pm
Carotid Stenosis: When to Intervene and How
Sandeep Kumar
2:00-2:45 pm
Meningitis and Encephalitis
Evie Marcolini
2:45-3:30 pm
Managing Difficult Headaches
Rebecca Burch
2:45-3:30 pm
Break
3:30 - 3:45 pm
Headache: Causes You Cannot Miss: Red Flags and How to Use Them
Jonathan Edlow
3:45-5:00 pm
Friday, October 24, 2025
Keynote Presentation: Neuroprognostication after Cardiac Arrest, and Brain Death
David Greer
8:15-9:30 am
Dizziness 2025: The Evidence-Based Approach - with Video Evaluations of Real Patients
Jonathan Edlow
9:30-10:30 am
Break
10:30 - 10:45 am
Diagnosing & Treating BPPV: Have More Fun in Your Practice!
Jonathan Edlow
10:45-11:45 am
Concussions
Rebekah Mannix
11:45 am-12:30 pm
Lunch Break
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Acute Generalized Weakness
Jonathan Edlow
1:30-2:15 pm
Arterial Dissections
MingMing Ning
1:30-2:15 pm
POCUS on the Brain: Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Neurologic Evaluation
Onyinyechi Eke
2:15-3:00 pm
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Updates and new 2025 Guidelines
ANEESH SINGHAL
2:15-3:00 pm
Traumatic Brain Injury
3:00-3:45 pm
Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome: How to diagnose and treat this underdiagnosed cause of acute severe headache
3:00-3:45 pm
Break
3:30 - 3:45 pm
The Psychology of Diagnostic Errors: A Clinician’s Perspective
Jonathan Edlow
3:45-4:45 pm
Course Wrap-Up and Q&A
4:45-5:00 pm