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.

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Day 1

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Welcome and Introduction

Joshua Goldstein

7:50-8:00 am

Keynote Presentation: Cerebral Aneurysms: 2025 Update

Christopher Ogilvy

8:00-9:15 am

Neuroimaging 101

William Copen

9:15-10:15 am

Back Pain 2025: Red Flags and Beyond

Jonathan Edlow

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

William Copen

11:15 am-12:00 pm

Updates in Urgent Management of Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina Disorders

Ganesh Shankar

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

Day 2

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

Day 3

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

Brian L. Edlow

3:00-3:45 pm

Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome: How to diagnose and treat this underdiagnosed cause of acute severe headache

ANEESH SINGHAL

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

Joshua Goldstein

4:45-5:00 pm