32nd Update in Neurology - 2026
- Continuing Education
Master evidence-based, state-of-the-art practices in outpatient and inpatient neurology through a comprehensive review of the latest guidelines, diagnostic strategies, imaging and genetic testing applications, and emerging treatments across a wide range of neurological disorders.
- In Person
This course is taught in person.
Additionally, all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 30 days after the end of the course.
Mass General Brigham at Assembly Row-Markell Conference Room ABC | 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville, MA
$985 Save with early registration
This is the standard price, for a full list of profession pricing see below.
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Fee increases to $1,085 after
Continuing Education
Earn up to:
19.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™ (16.25 for two days with 3.00 for Optional Session)
19.25 ACCN contact hours
19.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits
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2 Days + Optional 1 Day Workshop
Please view the Schedule for a full description of the program.
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Overview
This program provides a comprehensive, evidence-based review of state-of-the-art practices for outpatient, and inpatient neurology. Education covers the latest guidelines, clinical strategies, and recent advances, including the use of genetic tests, optimal use of imaging, new approaches for diagnosis, and expanded options for treatment for a wide array of neurological diseases.
Education is practical and focused on patient outcomes. Led by the foremost authorities in neurology subspecialties, the program provides tools to improve your care of patients with common, complex, and rare neurological conditions. As updates are presented, they are paired with specific practice recommendations to help you optimize patient care and outcomes.
Learning Objectives
- Enhance the neurological exam skills through the instruction of Master Clinicians.
- Identify the most common causes of cognitive error in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases.
- Define common and uncommon presentation of neurological disorders.
- Develop strategies for diagnosing and treating complicated neurologic problems in the outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Recognize and treat common and uncommon vascular, epilepsy, neuroimmunology, memory and behavioral, movement, headache, neuromuscular, neuro-oncology, and sleep disorders.
- Summarize how to effectively prevent disease and enhance brain health.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered and developed by Mass General Brigham Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Institute.
Who Should Participate
General and Subspecialty Neurologists, Neurology Residents and Fellows, Internists, Psychiatrists, Physician Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
October 1, 2026 (Optional Workshop)
Mastering the Neurological Examination: An Interactive Workshop
Enhance your clinical examination skills in this optional workshop, available for an additional fee.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Mastering the Neurological Examination: An Interactive Optional Workshop
1:00-4:00 pm
Friday, October 2, 2026
Breakfast
7:30-8:00 am
Key Note: 2026 State of the Neurosciences
8:00-8:30 am
Acute Ischemic Stroke & Systems of Stroke Care
8:30-9:00 am
ICH & SAH Management
9:00-9:30 am
Panel Q&A
9:30-9:40 am
Drug-Resistant Epilepsy & Surgical Approaches
9:40-10:10 am
Status Epilepticus
10:10-10:40 am
Panel Q&A
10:40-10:50 am
Break
10:50-11:05 am
Multiple Sclerosis-Biomarker & Treatment Advances
11:05-11:35 am
NMOSD, MOGAD & Autoimmune Encephalitis
11:35 am-12:05 pm
Panel Q&A
12:05-12:15 pm
Lunch & Clinical/Education Research Poster Session
12:15-1:15 pm
Multidisciplinary Dementia Care & Emerging Diagnostics
1:15-1:45 pm
Alzheimer's Disease-Current and Future Modifying Therapies
1:45-2:15 pm
Panel Q&A
2:15-2:25 pm
Parkinson's Disease & Atypical Parkinsonism
2:25-2:55 pm
DBS & Advanced Therapeutics
2:55-3:25 pm
Panel Q&A
3:25-3:35 pm
Advances in Migraine & Secondary Headache Management
3:35-4:05 pm
Autonomic Disorders
4:05-4:35 pm
Panel Q&A
4:35-4:45 pm
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Breakfast
7:30-8:00 am
Updates in Myasthenia Gravis
8:00-8:30 am
ALS: Emerging Treatments
8:30-9:00 am
Panel Q&A
9:00-9:10 am
Targeted Therapies for Nervous System Tumors: The New Age of Precision Neuro-Oncology
9:10-9:30 am
The Latest Updates on Glioblastoma
9:30-9:50 am
Neurologic Complications of Cancer
9:50-10:10 am
Panel Q&A
10:10-10:20 am
Break
10:20-10:35 am
Functional Neurological Disorder
10:35-11:05 am
Sports Neurology
11:05-11:35 am
Panel Q&A
11:35-11:45 am
Sleep Disorders: Practical Screening and Management Strategies
11:45 am-12:15 pm
Q&A
12:15-12:25 pm
Break
12:25-12:40 pm
Lunch & Neuroscience Institute Poster Session
12:40-1:25 pm
Neurologic Disease in Pregnancy & Postpartum
1:25-1:55 pm
Q&A
1:55-2:05 pm
AI and Quality Outcomes in Neurology
2:05-2:35 pm
Access, Digital Neurology & Teleneurology
2:35-3:05 pm
Panel Q&A
3:05-3:15 pm
Brain-Computer Interfaces
3:15-3:45 pm
Covert Consciousness
3:45-4:15 pm
Genetic Therapies & Precision Neurology
4:15-4:45 pm
Closing Keynote-The Future of Brain Health
4:45-5:15 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
Marcelo Matiello
MD, MSc, FAAN | Course Director
- Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Tracy Batchelor
MD, MPH | Course Director
- Martin A. Samuels Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Isabel Arrillaga-Romany
MD, PhD | Course Director
- Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Shamik Bhattacharyya
MD, MS | Course Director
- Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Merit Cudkowicz
MD, MSc | Course Director
- Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School
Christopher Anderson, MD, MSC
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical Schook, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sydney Cash, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Tanuja Chitnis, MD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brian Edlow, MD
Associate Professor of Neurolgy, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Fox, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Teresa Gomez-Isla, MD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Amanda Guidon, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Andrea Harriott, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Doreen Ho, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Maria Houtchens, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Albert Hung, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Walter Koroshetz, MD
Professor of Neurology
David Lin, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Bradley Molyneaux, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lidia Moura, MD, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Milena Pavlova, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
David Perez, MD, MSC
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Claus Reinsberger, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Natalia Rost, MD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dennis Selkoe, MD
Vincent and Stella Coates Professor of Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Melissa Walker, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Patrick Wen, MD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Erika Williams, MD, PhD
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sahar Zafar, MBBS
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ghalina Gheiman, MD
Andrea Thurler, DNP, CNP
Margareth Naclerio, PA-C
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Course Fees
Registration Details
You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Electronic syllabus and access to select recordings for 30 days after the course are included.
At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
Early Registration Deadline:
| Role | Course Fee | Early Registration Course Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $1,085 | $985 |
| Nurse (RN/APRN) | $785 | $685 |
| PA | $785 | $685 |
| Psychologist | $785 | $685 |
| Resident/Fellow | $200 | $100 |
| Social Worker | $785 | $685 |
| Allied Health Professional / Other | $785 | $685 |
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved for 19.25 contact hours.
Harvard Medical School has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 19.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the Union of European Medical Specialists website.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.