ANA 2022 will feature AINA Members is the various interactive lunch panels in October - Learn more & Register here.

Advancing the Science in Autoimmune Encephalitis
Speakers:
Jenny Linnoila, MD, PhD, BS
Avindra Nath, MD, FANA
Marianna Spatola, MD, PhD

Neurological Complications of Covid; Part 1
Speakers:
Avindra Nath, MD, FANA
Serena Spudich, MD, MA, FANA
Kiran Thakur, MD

AUPN-ANA Meet the Chairs
Moderator:
L. John Greenfield, MD, FANA
Panelists:
L. John Greenfield, MD, FANA
Frances E. Jensen, MD, FANA
Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD, FANA, FAAN, FAES
Sanjay Singh, MD, FANA

Updates on Functional Neurological Disorder
Chair: Seemant Chaturvedi, MD
Speakers:
Sara Finkelstein, MD, MsC
Mark Hallett, MD, FANA
Stephen G. Reich, MD, FANA

Early Career & Early to Mid-Career Level Course 2A: early Career Development for International Graduates
Co-Chair: Dr. Jayant Acharya
Speakers:
Abhimanyu Mahajan, MD, MHS
Neha Dangayach, MD

Dr. B.J. Hicks talks with Dr. Prachi Mehndiratta about the differences in multiple risk factors between Black and White individuals with young-onset ischemic stroke. Read the full article in Neurology.

Listen to the podcast here.

Dr. Sonika Agarwal is an attending physician/Assistant Professor  in the Division of Neurology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Originally trained and faculty in India (IMS/BHU, AIIMS) and then child neurology training at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital.

Recognitions:

• Elected to the Board Of Directors at the Child Neurology Foundation October 2021 – current.

• Director of the Resident Fellow Board of the Journal of Child Neurology/Child Neurology Open – selected Jan. 2022.

• Associate Editor of the Fetal Neonatal Neurology Section 2021- current. She has also developed a series of podcasts on fetal neonatal neurology with the Journal of Child Neurology/CNO for education.

• Selected for the prestigious American Academy of Neurology Transforming Leadership Program (2021) and has led the development of a Fetal Neurology Consortium for facilitating collaborations among fetal-neonatal neurology programs across the US.

• This leadership role in forming the collaborative network at the Fetal Neurology Consortium further led to development of a Child Neurology Society Fetal Neurology Special Interest Group in June 2022 to foster a collaborative network of pediatric neurology specialists and expand the work of the consortium on a national and global platform.

• Selected in the advocacy/health policy initiative  of the American Academy of Neurology-Neurology on the Hill 2022.

Congratulations to AINA Member Dr. Bijoy Menon for leading the AcT study published in Lancet!

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01054-6/fulltext

Congratulations to Dr. Shri Mishra on being honored with the ANA Award for Excellence for his exceptional and important contributions to the field of neurology and neuroscience!

Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Sheth on his contributions to the new AHA/ASA Guideline for Intracerebral Hemorrhage!

Learn more here!

Past President, Dr. Sanjay Singh will speak at the ANA Annual Meeting in October.
Sessions include: 

AUPN-ANA Meet the Chairs
Interactive Lunch Workshop: AUPN/Career Development
Date/Time: Monday, October 24, 2022 - 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Track: Interactive Lunch Workshop

Course 2: Neuroscience Service Line: What’s the Best Model?
Professional Development Course: AUPN Chair Career Level
Date/Time: Monday, October 24, 2022 - 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Track: Professional Development Course

Learn More & Register for the Meeting Here

The AcT trial was a large RCT that sought to find if intravenous tenecteplase can replace alteplase in the treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke presenting early after stroke onset. The findings were presented by Bijoy K Menon MBBS, M.D, D.M, MSc, FRCPC at the European Stroke Conference in Lyon, France.

The Association of Indian Neurologists in America is deeply offended by the views expressed by Prof. Amy Wax, Law Professor at University of Pennsylvania. During a recent news interview on April 8^th 2022, she disparaged physicians of Indian origin at University of Pennsylvania for speaking up about racism in this country. She went on to insult India and its rich cultural heritage using abominable words.

India’s enviable education system has produced brilliant scientists, physicians, and computer engineers who have enriched healthcare, education and the high-tech industry in the United States and across the world. Physicians of Indian origin are a major segment of the healthcare workforce in the US.

We call upon the University of Pennsylvania to take appropriate action against Dr. Wax. We also urge the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Neurology to take formally denounce Dr. Wax and take strong action to counter racist attitudes against physicians of Indian origin.

Prakash Kotagal, M.D.
President, Association of Indian Neurologists in America

Nirmal Surya, MD, DNB, FIAN, FRCP

Epilepsy Foundation India

Mumbai, India

WHY THE RECIPIENT WAS CHOSEN: The Kenneth M. Viste, Jr., MD, Patient Advocacy Award recognizes one neurologist who exemplifies Dr. Viste’s leadership and commitment to advocating for the patient community. Dr. Nirmal Surya has dedicated his career to epilepsy patients in India, offering free weekly clinics and Epilepsy Camps to those below the poverty line across the country. Dr. Surya also founded the Epilepsy Foundation of India and is an active advocate for patients at the state and national government.

THANK YOU STATEMENT: It is indeed an honor to be selected as the recipient of this prestigious award! I deeply thank Dr. Sanjay P. Singh and Dr. Vinita Acharya who nominated me for this award. Thank you to my parents for their support, encouragement, and guidance, and for lighting the lamp of patient service very early in my life. And thank you to all my patients who have kept their faith in me, followed all advice given to them, and supported all my efforts over the years.