Northwestern Medicine Neurology at AAN 2026

We are proud to highlight our faculty, staff and students presenting at the 2026 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, taking place April 18 through 22 in Chicago, Illinois. Explore our presentations below. 

SESSION

PRESENTER(s)

DATE and TIME
Tele Neuro-ophthalmology and Neuro-otology Evaluation for Trainees
Nicholas Hac, MD
Hospital Neurology and Comprehensive Neurology
Saturday, April 18
7:00 – 9:00 am
Neurology Education: Clerkship and Program Directors Conference
Stephen VanHaerents, MD
Epilepsy, Neuro-infections Disease and Global Neurology 
Saturday, April 18
7:00 – 11:30 am
Women's Neurology: Menopause and Neurological Disorders
MerryJean Losso, MD
Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Saturday, April 18
Noon – 2:00 pm
Working with Your Research Office
Paulina Gonzalez Latapi, MD
Movement Disorders
Saturday, April 18
3:00 – 3:55 pm
Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors (CNCD) Business Meeting
Stephen VanHaerents, MD
Epilepsy, Neuro-infections Disease and Global Neurology ​
Saturday, April 18
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Wearable EEG and Machine-learning for Delirium Detection in Hospitalized Patients
Karen Mao
MD Student
Dillan Prasad
​MD Student
Sunday, April 19
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Predicting Clinical and Cognitive Outcomes in Acutely Hospitalized Patients using Wearable EEG
Joseph Choi
MD Student
Sunday, April 19
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Feasibility of a Smartphone-based EEG Recording System for Neurological Evaluation in Kenya​
Nomin Enkhtsetseg​
Research Coordinator 
Sunday, April 19
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
A Rare Presentation of hATTR-related Axonal Polyradiculoneuropathy with Cranial Neuropathy in An African American with p.Ile127Val Mutation
Li Zhang, MD
Neuromuscular Disease
Sunday, April 19
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Translational Delirium Models: Impact of Aging and Alzheimer's Pathology on Behavior and Neurophysiological Responses to Systemic Inflammation
Tushya Mehta
​PhD Student
Sunday, April 19
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Updates on Motor Neuron and Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD
Neuromuscular Disease
Sunday, April 19
1:00 – 3:00 pm
First-line Induction Therapy for Hospitalized Patients with Primary CNS Vasculitis
Edith Graham, MD
MS/Neuroimmunology and Hospital Neurology
Sunday, April 19
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Treatment Experiences with Anti-seizure Medications (ASMs): Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Titration Burden, Quality of Life, and No-Titration Options
Michael Macken, MD
Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology
Sunday, April 19
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Young-Adulthood Onset Chronic Cough as a Three Decades Prodrome of RFC1-related Autonomic and Sensory Neuropathy
Kyle Marden, MD
Comprehensive Neurology
Sunday, April 19
5:00 – 6:00 pm
​How to Get Faculty to Complete Resident Evaluations
Alex Gough
​Neurology Residency Coordinator
Monday, April 20
8:00 – 8:45 am
Strategies for Addressing Health Care Disparities in Neurology: From Research to Action
Lesli Skolarus, MD
Stroke and Vascular Neurology ​
Monday, April 20
8:00 – 8:45 am
Frontiers in Neuroscience Plenary Session
Gemma Carvill, PhD
Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology
Monday, April 20
9:15 – 11:30 am
Neurology Education (Reverse) Shark Tank
Lucy Morse, MD
Movement Disorders Fellow
Monday, April 20
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Professional Coaching Live Demonstration (Wellness Hub)
Yara Mikhaeil-Demo, MD
Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology
Monday, April 20
2:15 – 3:00 pm
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-associated Diencephalic-brainstem Encephalitis and PDE10A Autoimmunity
Hannah Kim, MD
​Neurology Resident
Monday, April 20
5:00 – 6:00 pm
PPP2R5D-Related Disorder in Patients Diagnosed With Parkinson’s Disease
Ignacio Juan Keller Sarmiento, MD
Movement Disorders
Monday, April 20
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Essentials of Diagnosis and Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Ayush Batra, MD
​Neurocritical Care and Pathology
​Tuesday, April 21
7:00 – 9:00 am
Sports Neurology Beyond the Brain
Kyle Marden, MD
Comprehensive Neurology
Tuesday, April 21
7:00 – 9:00 am
Succeeding on Sub-I's and Away Rotations: Practical Advice I Wish I'd Known
Stephen VanHaerents, MD
Epilepsy, Neuro-infections Disease and Global Neurology ​
Tuesday, April 21
8:00 – 8:45 am
Sharing the Diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder: Multi-center Implementation of a Simulation Curriculum
Lucy Morse, MD
Movement Disorders Fellow
Tuesday, April 21
2:00 – 2:12 pm
Neurocritical Care
Minjee Kim, MD
Neurocritical Care
Tuesday, April 21
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Autoimmune Neurology: Clinical CNS Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders
Shailee Shah, MD
MS/Neuroimmunology
Tuesday, April 21
3:30 – 5:30 pm
A Case of MOGAD-NMDA Overlap Syndrome Initially Mistaken as Infectious Meningitis
Adriana Sari, MD
Neurology Resident
Tuesday, April 21
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Challenging Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Case in an Immunocompetent-Appearing Patient: A Case Report
Nydia Kung, MD
Neurology Resident
Tuesday, April 21
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Improving Recruitment of Underepresented Groups in the PD GENEration study
Rebecca Jules, MD
Movement Disorders Fellow
Tuesday, April 21
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Musical Museum: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Integrative Life Enrichment for Individuals with Neurocognitive Disorders and their Care Partners
Borna Bonakdarpour, MD
Behavioral Neurology
Tuesday, April 21
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Health Equity for Neurologists
Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD
MS/Neuroimmunology
Wednesday, April 22
7:00 – 9:00 am
Detection of Delirium in Hospitalized Patients Using Video-monitoring
Justin Min
Student
Wednesday, April 22
8:00 – 9:00 am
Evaluating Human Pose Estimation Models in Hospitalized Patients
Erika Juarez Martinez, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Trainee
Wednesday, April 22
8:00 – 9:00 am
Contemporary Clinical Issues Plenary Session
Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD
MS/Neuroimmunology
Wednesday, April 22
9:15 – 11:00 am
Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort
​Nomin Enkhtsetseg
Research Coordinator 
Wednesday, April 22
11:15 am – 11:27 pm
Fatal Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Encephalitis Cases in Elderly Immunocompromised Patients in Chicago, IL, Summer 2025
Adriana Sari, MD
Neurology Resident
Wednesday, April 22
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Levodopa-responsive Early-onset Parkinsonism in a Patient with PPP2R5D-related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Ignacio Keller Sarmiento, MD
Movement Disorders
Wednesday, April 22
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Neuroscience in the Clinic: Circadian Neuroscience: Biological Timing Matters in Neurology
Phyllis Zee, MD
​Sleep Medicine 
Wednesday, April 22
1:00 – 3:00 pm

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