Samuels Comprehensive Review of Neurology
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Advance Knowledge and Skills with Neurology CME
Strengthen your clinical know-how with Samuels Comprehensive Review of Neurology, an essential continuing medical education program designed to deepen your understanding of complex, uncommon, and commonly encountered neurologic disorders. Through 60+ expert-led lectures, you’ll explore interdisciplinary approaches to diagnosis, localization, differential development, therapeutic management, and follow-up.
This online video CME program builds on the legacy of Dr. Martin A. Samuels by equipping you to navigate the challenges of neurologic evaluation — where direct examination is limited and diagnostic precision is critical. Sharpen skills in clinical reasoning, prognostication, treatment planning, and coordinated care to better meet the rising burden of neurologic disability and mortality. Whether you’re refreshing core knowledge or aiming to elevate daily practice, you’ll gain practical insights you can apply immediately.
Looking for the previous edition? The 2023 edition of Samuels Comprehensive Review of Neurology is available here.
Topics / Speakers
Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Evaluation of Cognitive Disorders and Dementia - Kirk R. Daffner, MD
Alzheimer's Disease - Alireza Atri, MD, PhD
Rapidly Progressive Dementias and Encephalopathies - Scott McGinnis, MD
Neuropsychiatry Essentials – Bridging Brain and Behavior - Haythum Tayeb, MBChB
Preventive Brain Care and Brain Health - Jonathan Rosand, MD, PhD
Movement Disorders
Parkinson's Disease: Medical Treatment - Albert Hung, MD, PhD
Neurosurgical Management of Parkinson's Disease - Vishad Sukul, MD
Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Edison K. Miyawaki, MD
Functional Movement Disorders - Shilpa Chitnis, MD
Ataxia - Vikram Shakkottai, MD, PhD
The Differential Diagnosis of Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders - Katherine Amodeo, MD
Stroke
Prevention of Stroke - Steven K. Feske, MD
Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke - Gurmeer Kaur, MD
Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke - Matthew B. Bevers, MD, PhD
Challenging Neurovascular Cases – from PFO Closure to Complex Decision-Making - Ji Chong, MD
Redefining Stroke Intervention – Late-Window Thrombectomy and Future Innovations - Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD
Neurorecovery After Stroke – Virtual Reality, Robotics, and Neuromodulation - Tomoko Kitago, MD
Hospital Neurology
Acute Neurology in the Hospital Setting – from Bedside to Discharge - Adam Karp, MD
Principles of Neurointensive Care - Stephan Mayer, MD
Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest - David Greer, MD, MA
Neuromuscular Disorders
ALS – Diagnosis and Treatment - Laura Rosow, MD
Approach to Neuropathy - Christopher Doughty, MD
Entrapment Neuropathies - David C. Preston, MD
Myopathies and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders - Anthony A. Amato, MD
Gene Therapy and RNA-Based Treatments in Neuromuscular Diseases - Vijay Ganesh, MD
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis - Stephanie Gandelman, MD
NMO and MOG – Everything a Neurologist Needs to Know - Michael Levy, MD, PhD
Emerging Autoimmune and Systemic Inflammatory Neurologic Disorders - Giovanna Manzano, MD
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Disorders - Michael H. Silber, MBChB
Epilepsy
Medical Treatment of Epilepsy - Manish Holmes, MD
Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Epilepsy - Ellen J. Bubrick, MD, FAES
Status Epilepticus - Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) - Daniel Friedman, MD, MSc
Epilepsy in the Older Adult - Alice Lam, MD
Neuro-Ophthalmology
Disorders of Vision - Daniel Schwartz, MD
Disorders of Pupils and Eye Movements - Sashank Prasad, MD
Neuro-Otology
Evaluation and Management of Dizziness and Vertigo - Katrina Stidham, MD
Pain
Headache - Angeliki Vgontzas, MD
Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain - Lauren Levi, DMD
Local Nerve Blocks for Pain - Nitin Sekhri, MD
Low Back Pain - Nitin Sekhri, MD
Neurology of Systemic Diseases
Autoimmune Encephalitis and Paraneoplastic Syndromes - Sarah Parauda, MD
Neurological Manifestations of Electrolyte Disorders - Robert Laureno, MD
Frightened to Death – The Modern Lessons of Neurocardiology - Martin A. Samuels, MD
Cancer Neurology
Primary Brain Tumors - Luis Nicolas Gonzalez-Castro, MD, PhD
Metasteses to the Nervous System - J. Ricardo McFaline-Figueroa, MD, PhD
Neurological Aspects of Systemic Cancer - Amy A. Pruitt, MD
Catch-22 – Neurotoxicity from Checkpoint Inhibition and CAR-T - Alec Friedman, MD
Neurological Infectious Disease
Neurological Infectious Diseases - Karen L. Roos, MD
Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
Coma and Disorders of Consciousness - Brian L. Edlow, MD
Autonomic Neurology
Autonomic Disorders - Christopher Gibbons, MD, MMSc
Special Topics
Neurology of Alcohol - Michael E. Charness, MD
Neurology of Substance Use Disorders - Lauren Augello, MD
Palliative Care of the Neurological Patient - Mara Lugassy, MD
Contemporary Issues in Women’s Neurology - Mary A. O’Neal, MD, FAAN
Sports Neurology – Concussion Care and Beyond - Claus Reinsberger, MD, PhD
Step-by-Step Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Neurological Disorders – Seizures/Attacks - Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD
Global Neurology – Challenges and Innovations Across Borders - Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
Neurology at the Intersection of Law and Policy – Capacity, Driving, and Decision Making - Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, HEC-C, FAAN, FAES
How Neurologists Think – What My Mistakes Taught Me - Martin A. Samuels, MD
Structural and Social Determinants of Neurological Disorders - Mill Etienne, MD
Advanced Neurologic Examination Pearls – Beyond Textbooks - Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA
Artificial Intelligence in Neurology – Promise and Pitfalls - Erik Tarula, MD
Neuroimaging for the Clinician – Practical Applications Across Neurology - Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD
Updates in Neurotherapeutics – What's New and What's Next - Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA
Myopathies and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders - Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD
Faculty
Course Director
Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
New York Medical College
Director of Neurology
Westchester Medical Center Health Network
Valhalla, NY
Faculty
Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology
Director, Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Anthony A. Amato, MD
Professor
Harvard Medical School
Endowed Chair in Neurology
Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Katherine Amodeo, MD
Movement Disorder Specialist
Department of Neurology
Westchester Medical Center – MidHudson Regional Hospital
Poughkeepsie, NY
Assistant Professor of Neurology
School of Medicine at New York Medical Collage
Valhalla, NY
Alireza Atri, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer
Banner Research
Director
Banner Sun Health Research Institute
Sun City, AZ
Lauren Augello, MD
Psychiatrist
Westchester Medical Center
Poughkeesie, NY
Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Neurology
University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineSan Francisco, CA
Matthew Bevers, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Neurosciences ICU
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Ellen J. Bubrick, MD
Associate Chair of Neurology, Quality and Safety
Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Michael E. Charness, MD
Chief of Staff
VA Boston Healthcare System
Professor of Neurology and Faculty Associate Dean for Veterans Hospital Program
Harvard Medical School and Boston University
Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Shilpa Chitnis, MD
Professor of Neurology
UT Tyler School of Medicine
Tyler, TX
Ji Chong, MD
Assistant Professor
Chief, Cerebrovascular Neurology Section
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Kirk R. Daffner, MD
Chief, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Director, Center for Brain/Mind Medicine
Stephen Muss Clinical Director
Alzheimer Center
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
J. David and Virginia Wimberly Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Christopher Doughty, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director
Division of Neuromuscular Disorders
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD
Chief, Epilepsy
Edward B. Bromfield Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
Medical Director, EEG Laboratory
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Brian L. Edlow, MD
Neurocritical Care Faculty
Associate Director, MGH Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery
Affiliated Faculty, MGH Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Mill Etienne, MD, MPH, FAAN, FANA, FAES
Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion
New York Medical College
Associate Professor of Neurology
New York Medical College, School of Medicine
Valhalla, NY
Chief of Neurology
WMCHealth’s Good Samaritan Hospital
Suffern, NY
Steven K. Feske, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Boston University School of Medicine
Vice-Chair of Education
Chief, Stroke Division
Department of Neurology
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Alec Friedman, MD
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Daniel Friedman, MD, MSc
Professor of Neurology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Associate Director, NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
New York, NY
Stephanie Gandelman, MD
Attending Physician
MS/Neuroimmunology
Department of Neurology
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Vijay Ganesh, MD
Instructor
Harvard Medical School
Neurologist
Neuromuscular Division, Department of Neurology
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Christopher Gibbons, MD, MMSc
Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Director, BIDMC Neurocutaneous Laboratory
Associate Director, BIDMC Autonomic Laboratory
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, MD
Center for Neuro-Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
David Greer, MD, MA
Professor and Chair of Neurology
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Manisha Holmes, MD
Associate Professor
New York Medical College
Section Chief of Epilepsy
Westchester Medical Center
Dobbs Ferry, NY
Albert Hung, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director
Massachusetts General Hospital Movement Disorders Division
Center Director, MGH Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence
Associate Neurologist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Adam Karp, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
New York Medical College
Vascular Neurologist and Neurohospitalist
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Gurmeen Kuar, MD
Neuroendovascular Surgeion
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Tomoko Kitago, MD
Assistant Professor
Weil Cornell Medicine
Attending Physician
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Hospital Neurology
Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Alice Lam, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Neurologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Robert Laureno, MD
Professor of Neurology
Georgetown University
Chair, Department of Neurology
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, D.C.
Jong Woo Lee, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
The Edward B. Bromfield Epilepsy Program
Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Lauren Levi, DMD
Assistant Professor of Dental Medicine, Orofacial Pain
Director of Orofacial Pain, Headache and Sleep
Touro College of Dental Medicine
Hawthorne, NY
Michael Levy, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Mara Lugassy, MD
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Department of Medicine
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Giovanna S. Manzano, MD
Neuroimmunologist/MS Specialist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Neuroimmunologist and Neurohospitalist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Stephan A. Mayer, MD
Director of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurological Services
Westchester Medical Center Health Network
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
J. Ricardo McFaline-Figueroa, MD, PhD
Physician
Center for Neuro-Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Scott McGinnis, MD
Associate Neurologist
Center for Brain/Mind Medicine
Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Investigator, BWH Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment
MGH Frontotemporal Disorders Unit
Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Edison K. Miyawaki, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Neurologist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Mary Angela O’Neal, MD
Chief of General Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Sarah Parauda, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
New York Medical College
Attending Neurologist
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD
Emeritus Professor of Neurology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN
Sashank Prasad, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
David C. Preston, MD
Professor of Neurology
Vice Chairman
Program Director
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Amy A. Pruitt, MD
William N. Kelley Professor of Neurology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chair for Education
Department of Neurology
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Claus Reinsberger, MD, PhD
Chief
Division of Sports Neurology & Neurosciences
Mass General Brigham
Boston, MA
Karen L. Roos, MD
John and Nancy Nelson Professor of Neurology Emerita
Department of Neurology
University of Indiana School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Jonathan Rosand, MD, MsC
Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
JP Kistler Endowed Chair in Neurology
Mass General Hospital
Boston, MA
Laura Rosow, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Daniel Schwartz, MD
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Attending Physician
Ophthalmology and Neurology
Westchester Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Nitin K. Sekhri, MD
Medical Director, Pain Management
WMC Health Network
Department of Anesthesiology
Brain and Spine Institute
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
Vikram Shakkottai, MD, PhD
Professor
Dedman Family Distinguished Chair in Neurological Disease
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Michael H. Silber, MBChB
Professor of Neurology
Elliott and Marlys Badzin Neuro-Degenerative Sleep Disorder Professor
Department of Neurology and Center for Sleep Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, MN
Katrina Stidham, MD
Vishad Sukul, MD, FAANS
Section Chief
Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery
Westchester Medical Center
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
Erik Tarula, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery
University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Neurocritical Care Attending
UW Health
Madison, WI
Haythum O. Tayeb, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, HEC-C, FAAN, FAES
Associate Professor of Neurology
Yale University School of Medicine
Director
Yale New Haven Health Center for Clinical Ethics
New Haven, CT
Angeliki Vgontzas, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Neurologist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
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Learning Objectives
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Identify the key considerations in the initial assessment of cognitive disorders with acute and subacute onset
- Discuss preventive strategies in relation to cognitive aging and dementia
- Summarize new acute migraine medications and update on commonly used acute medications
- Name treatment options for early Parkinson’s disease
- Describe the major therapies for stroke prevention
- Identify the “red flags” in patients with neuropathy
- Recognize which tests are useful in the diagnostic process for multiple sclerosis
- Explain the importance of identifying patients with drug-resistant epilepsy earlier in the disorder with regard to risks of ongoing seizures
- Recognize the presentations of metastases to the nervous system
- Explain how the structural and social determinants of neurological disorders contribute to neurodisparities
- Outline how to choose appropriate treatments for women with neurologic disorders
- Identify the signs and symptoms of sports-related concussion
Intended Audience
This educational activity is designed for neurologists, neurology residents and fellows, and neurosurgery residents.
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Course Director:
Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
New York Medical College
Director of Neurology
Westchester Medical Center Health Network
Valhalla, NY
Credits: Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
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