Neurology Grand Rounds

Kinne Auditorium

Monday February 15, 2016 at 12:15 PM

Video-conferenced to Nemours 1 North & Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross

Allen J. Aksamit, Jr., M.D., presents “Neurosarcoidosis”  at Neurology Grand Rounds 12:15 PM on February 15, 2016

Dr. Allen Aksamit has been on the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota staff since 1986.  He is a professor of Neurology and consultant in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic.  He is Education Division head for the Department of Neurology and has responsibilities for neurological education of neurology residents. He also teaches the first year neuroscience course at Mayo Medical School.  His clinical and research interests center around neuro-infectious diseases.  He was formally trained in a neurovirology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, NINDS in  Bethesda, Maryland.  His principal publications center around progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, neurosarcoidosis, and varied various viral infections of the human brain.  Recent publications include articles in Neurology, Continuum, Journal of Neurovirology, Archives of Neurology, and Annals of Neurology.

Dr. Aksamit is board certified in neurology.  His childhood was spent in Chicago, and he went to medical school at Loyola University, Maywood IL.  He did his neurology residency at Mayo Clinic.  He is a founding chair of the Neuro-infectious Disease section of the American Academy of Neurology.  He also presently sits on the Education Committee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Learning Objectives:

Define areas of new neuroscience knowledge and research

Understand Clinicopathologic (CPC) correlations of neurologic disease

Illuminate areas of practice-based improvement within the neurosciences based on advancing scientific research or Practice-based improvement projects.

The speaker does not have a relevant financial relationship, and does not intend to discuss off label/investigative use of a commercial product or device.

College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^RM .  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This program is supported in part by an educational grant from the following companies in accordance with ACCME Standards:  NONE