Inflammatory Brain Disorders Conference: Speaker Slides

— Please note that not all speakers have consented to sharing their slides.

Avindra Nath, MD

Pathophysiology of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes Post-COVID

Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH

Neuropsychiatric Lyme Disease: Symptoms, the Immune Response, and the Vagus Nerve

Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD, FAAN

The Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis from Discovery to New Clinical Insights and Mechanisms

Samuel Pleasure, MD, PhD

Long-Lasting Behavioral and Anatomic Consequences of Exposure to Pathogenic NMDAR Antibodies in a Mouse Model

Serena S. Spudich, MD

Untangling the Mystery of Nervous System Sequelae of COVID-19: What We Know and What We Need to Learn

Taylor Doherty, MD, FAAAAI

Autoimmunity in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

Vivek Prabhakaran MD, PhD

Translingual Neural Stimulation in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Jennifer Frankovich MD, MS and Elizabeth Mellins, MD

Evidence for PANS as an Inflammatory Disorder: Stanford 2023 Research Update

Lawrence Steinman, MD

Does Molecular Mimicry Explain Epidemiology Linking EBV & MS? Oligoclonal Antibody in MS Cerebrospinal Fluid Binds EBNA-1 and GlialCAM

Emily Severance, PhD

Autoimmune Phenotypes in Psychiatric Disorders

Charles Raison, MD

Inflammation in the Development and Treatment of Depression

Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD

Use of TMS in OCD 

Sameer Sheth, MD, PhD

Neuromodulation for Psychiatric Disorders

Robert Yolken, MD

Post-COVID-19 Cognitive and Psychiatric Effects

Wanjun Chen, MD

Regulatory T Cells for Immunotherapy of Neurological Autoimmunity

Cheri Standing, MD

PANS Cases: Through the Eyes of a Pediatrician

Margo Thienemann, MD

PTSD in Caregivers of Children with PANS

Shannon Delaney, MD

Neuropsychiatric Illness Associated with Lyme and Tick-borne Illness 

Mark Pasternack, MD

Use of Antibiotics in Infection Associated Neuropsychiatric Illness Including PANS 

Brent T. Harris, MD, PhD, FCAP

The Neuropathology of Autoimmune Encephalitis and PANS and Development of Specialized Brain Banks  for These Disorders

Compilation of Q&A from Friday

Compilation of Q&A from Saturday

2021 Inflammatory Brain Disorders Conference Slides

— Slides from the conference that we are able to share are included below.

Wei Zhao, MD, PhD

Plasmapheresis in Treatment of PANS

Chris Pittenger, MD, PhD

Antibodies in Children With PANDAS Bind To And Inhibit Specific Interneurons In The Basal Ganglia

Cynthia Kapphahn, MD, MPH

Disordered Eating in PANS

Erin Masterson, PhD MPH

Preliminary Findings from the International PANS Registry Epidemiology Study

— Day Two: Clinical Pearls & Practical Advice in Treating Inflammatory Neuropsychiatry Diseases

Ruy Carrasco, MD

Clinical Work up and Treatment of Rheumatological Diseases That Have Psychiatric Co- Morbidities

Theresa Willett, MD, PhD

Clues from the Clinical Exam

Hayley Gans, MD

The Link Between Infectious Diseases and Neuroimmune Disorders

Margo Thienemann, MD

Psychiatric Medication Management in Inflammatory Psychiatric Disease With a Focus on PANS

Cynthia Wang, MD

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis