NeuroFrontiers

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Don Iverson, MD Nationwide there are an estimated several hundred thousand licensed drivers with Alzheimer's disease. A new study shows that more than half can still pass a road test, leaving physicians to help patients and caregivers decide when it's time to stop driving. Dr. Donald Iverson, lead author of the American Academy of Neurology's most recent guidelines...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Mill Etienne, MD, MPH, CPH Host Dr. Anthony Alessi interviews neurologist Lt. Cmdr. Mill Etienne, MD, at St. Damien's Pediatric Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Hati. Dr. Etienne is a Hatian-American physician in the United States military, stationed on the USNS Comfort. They discuss Dr. Etienne's work providing medical care, in addition to translation services and cultu...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: James Sejvar, MD How is the CDC monitoring neurological complications from the H1N1 vaccine as it relates to the risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome? Dr. James Sejvar, neuroepidemiologist in the division of viral and rickettsial diseases at the National Center for Infectious Diseases and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, outlines for host Dr. Anthony Alessi...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Ralph Sacco, MD Dr. Ralph Sacco, neurologist-in-chief at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Miller Professor of Neurology, Epidemiology and Human Genetics at the Univeristy of Miami, joins host Dr. Anthony Alessi to discuss the FDA-approved treatment approaches for acute ischemic stroke, and what proportion of stokes each year are now treated with IV rTPA. Additional...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Bruce Miller, MD Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. What advancements and treatments are available to help our patients through both the diagnosis, and prevent the onset? Dr. Bruce Miller, the A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and director of the Memory and Aging Center at th...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Kevin Kerber, MD Among the most baffling and often frustrating complaints that confront a physician is dizziness. What is the best approach for the dizzy patient and where is treatment today? Dr. Kevin Kerber, director of the Department of Neurology Dizziness Clinic and co-director of the Balance Disorders Clinical and Research Program in the department of neurology...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Jeffrey Kutcher, MD, FAAN There are two causes of death in sports: cardiac and neurological. Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher joins host Dr. Anthony Alessi to explore the neurological causes of sudden death in sports. Dr. Kutcher is associate professor of neurology at the University of Michigan, director of Michigan NeuroSport, a multidisciplinary center dedicated to the evaluat...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Lily Jung, MD What's new in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis? Dr. Lily Jung, medical director of the Neurology Clinic and chief of neurology at Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Seattle, joins host Dr. Anthony Alessi to discuss the current state and future technologies available for the treatment of patients with MS.

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: John England, MD What is the best method to diagnose and treat patients with suspected neuropathies? Dr. John D. England, professor and head of the department of neurology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, joins host Dr. Anthony Alessi to discuss the latest treatments for chronic neuropathic pain and peripheral neuropathy. Additionally, Dr. Engla...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Don Lewis, MD How does a pediatric migraine differ from an adult migraine and what does the latest research in the treatment of pediatric migraine tell us? Dr. Don Lewis, professor of pediatrics and neurology at Eastern Virginia Medical School and pediatric neurologist at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, joins host Dr. Anthony Alessi to discuss both the...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Stephen Silberstein, MD While the prevalence of migraine amongst Americans has remained fairly constant over the last fifteen years, our knowledge of migraine and the treatment options have grown significantly. What have we learned most recently about migraine and about vascular risks associated with migraine? Dr. Stephen Silberstein, professor of neurology and dire...

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Jacqueline A. French, MD Should special consideration be given to the substitution of antiepileptic drugs, and should antiepileptic prescriptions change for pregnant women? Dr. Jacqueline French, a professor in the department of neurology at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at New York University, joins host Dr. Anthony Alessi to discuss how to help determine which...