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Available until the end of March:

Neuromodulation for Psychiatric Disorders

Sameer Sheth, MD, PhD

Dr. Sameer Sheth is currently Associate Professor, Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair, Vice-Chair of Research, and McNair Scholar in the Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. He also holds joint appointments in the Department of Neuroscience and Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Baylor, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at… Read More

Presentation Synopsis

Dr. Sheth will review the history and development of neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders, focusing on neuromodulation therapies like DBS. In particular, he will discuss DBS for severe, treatment resistant depression and will cover the current state of this therapy and future directions of research.

Emily Severance, PhD

Autoimmune Phenotypes in Psychiatric Disorders
Dr. Emily Severance is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a member of the Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology… Read More

Lawrence Steinman, MD

Does Molecular Mimicry Explain Epidemiology Linking EBV & MS? …
Dr. Lawrence Steinman is Professor of Neurology, Neurological Sciences and Pediatrics at Stanford University. He was Chair of the Stanford Program in Immunology from 2001… Read More

Michael Wilson, MD

Autoimmune and Infectious Encephalitis
Dr. Michael Wilson is a Debbie and Andy Rachleff Distinguished Professor of Neurology and an Associate Professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology and Weill Institute of… Read More

Madeleine Cunningham, PhD

Update on The Cunningham Panel and Related Research
Dr Cunningham received her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology in1973 at University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis, TN… Read More

Shannon Delaney, MD

Neuropsychiatric Illness Associated with Lyme and Tick-Borne Illness
Dr. Shannon Delaney is a neuropsychiatrist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center who is co-director with Dr. Fallon of the Cohen Center for Health and Recovery from Lyme and Tick borne… Read More

James Adams, PhD

Overview of Microbiota Transplant for Autism Studies
James B. Adams, Ph.D., is the Director of the Autism/Asperger’s Research Program at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the medical causes of autism and how to treat and prevent it… Read More

Robert Yolken, MD

Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Viral Infections – Focus on SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses
Dr. Robert H. Yolken is the Theodore and Vada Stanley Distinguished Professor of Neurovirology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine… Read More

Sarosh Irani, FRCP, DPhil, FEAN

The Immunology Underlying Autoantibody Associated CNS Diseases
Dr. Sarosh Irani is a consultant neurologist and clinician-scientist with clinical and laboratory experiences in the field of autoantibody mediated diseases of the nervous system, in… Read More

Naresha Saligrama, MD

T Cells and Neurodegeneration
Dr. Saligrama is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis… Read More

Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD & Claire Johns, MD

Neuropsychiatric Presentation in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients Associated with Anti-Neural Autoantibodies
Dr. Sam Pleasure is the Glenn W. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Endowed Chair in Neurology at UCSF. Dr. Pleasure is a neurologist who specializes in caring for patients with multiple sclerosis… Read More

Richard Frye, MD, PhD

Metabolic and Mitochondrial Considerations in Neuropsychiatric Deteriorations
Dr. Richard Frye is a Child Neurologist with expertise in neurodevelopmental and neurometabolic disorders. He is the Chief of the Division of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at. Phoenix Children’s Hospital… Read More

Hrissanthi (Chris) Ikonomidou, MD, PhD

A Neurologist’s Perspective on PANS: Case Studies
Dr. Hrissanthi (Chris) Ikonomidou is a Child Neurologist and physician researcher with expertise in neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders… Read More

Wei Zhao, MD, PhD

Plasmapheresis in Treatment of PANS
Dr. Wei Zhao received his medical degree from Wenzhou Medical University in China. He received his PhD in Immunology from West Virginia University. He then completed his pediatric residency at… Read More

Chris Bartley, MD, PhD

Autoantibody Discovery in Psychotic Spectrum Disorders
Dr. Christopher Bartley is the Chief of the Translational Immunopsychiatry Unit, NIMH, NIH*… Read More

Jennifer Frankovich, MD

Rheumatology & Psychiatry – What We Can Learn From Overlapping Conditions
Dr. Frankovich is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology Rheumatology (AIR) at Stanford University/Lucile… Read More

Chris Pittenger, MD, PhD

Antibodies in Children with PANDAS Bind to and Inhibit Specific Inter­neurons in the Basal Ganglia
Chris Pittenger earned his MD and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, where his graduate work was done with Nobel Prize recipient Eric Kandel… Read More

Margo Thienemann, MD

PTSD in Parents of Children with PANS
Margo Thienemann, MD is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford. Thienemann is the lead psychiatrist of the Packard Children’s PANS clinic, the first in the country exclusively devoted to PANS… Read More

Cheryl Standing, MD

PANS Cases: Through the Eyes of a Pediatrician
Dr. Cheryl Standing is a pediatrician at Greater Regional Health in Creston, Iowa. She completed a pediatric residency at Strong Memorial Hospital and fellowships in pediatric emergency… Read More

Erin Masterson, PhD, MPH

Preliminary Findings from the International PANS Registry Epidemiology Study
Erin E. Masterson, PhD, MPH is an Epidemiologist at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has partnered with the Pediatric Research & Advocacy Initiative.. Read More

Theresa Willett, MD, PhD

Clues from the Clinical Exam and PANS/PANDAS for the Busy Primary Care Provider
Dr. Theresa Willett is a general pediatrician and current medical director of the Stanford PANS/Immune Behavioral Health Clinic. She pursued her MD-PhD at Tufts University in Boston, where… Read More

Ruy Carrasco, MD

Clinical Workup and Treatment of Rheumatological Diseases That Have Psychiatric Co-Morbidities
Healthcare Executive with over 15 years’ experience in nationally recognized rheumatology programs for superior patient care, research and patient satisfaction… Read More

Andrew Baumel, MD

A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Treating Mild to Moderate PANS
Dr. Baumel is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. His pediatric internship and residency were done at Childrens’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago… Read More

Elizabeth Mellins, MD

Monocyte Research in PANS
Dr. Elizabeth Mellins is a Pediatric Rheumatologist and a Molecular Immunologist at Stanford University School of Medicine. She has focused her career on laboratory-based research on… Read More

Cynthia Kapphahn, MD, MPH

Disordered Eating in PANS
Dr. Cynthia Kapphahn is a Clinical Professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is Medical Director, Eating Disorders Program of Lucile… Read More

Sean Pittock, MD

GAD65 Neurological Autoimmunity
Dr. Sean Pittock is Professor of Neurology, Director of the Neuroimmunology Laboratory and the Center for MS and Autoimmune Neurology at the Mayo Clinic. His expertise is in the… Read More

Jill Hollenbach, PhD, MPH

Immunogenetic Variation in PANS and Neuroinflammatory Disease
Jill Hollenbach is Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. She was… Read More

Dritan Agalliu, PhD

The Role of the Adaptive Immunity and Genetic Risk Factors in Vas­cular and Neuronal Dys­function in Post Infectious Autoimmune Encephalitis
Research in Dr. Dritan Agalliu’s laboratory is focused on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate formation of the blood-brain barrier in the central nervous system… Read More

Hayley Gans, MD

The Link Between Infectious Diseases and Neuroimmune Disorders
Hayley Gans is a Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University Medical Center. She spends her clinical time on the Pediatric Infectious Diseases service… Read More

Cynthia Wang, MD

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Cynthia Wang received her medical degree from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and completed a pediatric neurology residency at Mott Children’s Hospital… Read More

Harumi Jyonouchi, MD

A Possible Role of Immune Mediated Inflammation in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Harumi Jyonouchi, MD received her medical training at the Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan… Read More

Theresa Willett, MD, PhD

PANS/PANDAS for the Busy Primary Care Provider
Dr. Theresa Willett is a general pediatrician and current medical director of the Stanford PANS/Immune Behavioral Health Clinic. She pursued her MD-PhD at Tufts University in Boston, where… Read More

Kiki Chang, MD

Review of Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Youth with PANS
Dr. Kiki Chang is a child psychiatrist with over 22 years of experience in working with younger children, adolescents, adults and families. Formerly, Dr. Chang was Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral… Read More

Richard Frye, MD, PhD

Understanding the Overlap of PANS and Autism – An Overview of Research on Antineuronal Antibodies in Patients with Autism
Dr. Richard Frye is a Child Neurologist with expertise in neurodevelopmental and neurometabolic disorders… Read More

Samuel Pleasure, MD, PhD & Michael Wilson, MD

Infectious and Autoimmune Causes of Encephalitis
Dr. Sam Pleasure is the Glenn W. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Endowed Chair in Neurology at UCSF. Michael Wilson, MD is a Debbie and Andy Rachleff Distinguished Professor of Neurology and an Associate Professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology… Read More

Margo Thienemann, MD and Richard Frye, MD, PhD

PANS and PANDAS: A Review of the Research and Current Treatments
Dr. Margo Thienemann is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford. Dr. Richard Frye is a Child Neurologist with expertise in neurodevelopmental and neurometabolic disorders. … Read More

Margo Thienemann, MD

Psychiatric Medication Management in Inflammatory Psychiatric Disease With a Focus on PANS
Margo Thienemann, MD is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford…Read More

Expert Consultation Panel Recordings

This panel is being offered thanks to a grant from the state of North Carolina to help children with PANS/PANDAS. Therefore, through June 2023, priority will be granted to North Carolina physicians submitting cases of children who have/appear to have a PANS/PANDAS-like presentation. The recordings are being made available to physicians for educational purposes. If you would like to submit a patient case to our panel for consideration at an upcoming panel consultation meeting, please visit our Expert Consultation Panel page to submit your case.

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