Psychiatric Presentations with a Neuroimmune Basis ECHO
A comprehensive educational model designed to equip physicians to evaluate and treat children, youth, and adults with psychiatric symptoms due to an underlying neuroimmune condition (examples: encephalitis, neuropsychiatric lupus, PANS, Sydenham’s Chorea).
One-hour weekly meetings featuring short didactics by subject matter experts from leading university programs followed by case presentations.
We invite you to take advantage of and support our ever-growing network of knowledgeable clinicians. There is no cost for physicians to join.
1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ each week.
What is Project ECHO®?
Project ECHO® is a collaborative model of medical education and care management that helps clinicians worldwide provide expert-level care to patients. Using video-conferencing to train, advise, and support primary care providers and specialists, Project ECHO® increases access to specialty treatment for a variety of conditions. A JAMA study found that patients with hepatitis C who received care under the model had similar outcomes to those who received care in academic medical centers. Dozens of studies have shown the ECHO® model to be effective.
About Psychiatric Presentations with a Neuroimmune Basis ECHO
Neuroimmune Foundation has partnered with Project ECHO®, an internationally recognized platform with over 1 million learners in 45+ countries focused on over 1000 medical conditions, to offer weekly didactics and case-based learning to physicians worldwide.
Psychiatric Presentations with a Neuroimmune Basis ECHO is a comprehensive educational series for physicians across all disciplines who want to improve their ability to care for people with PANS/PANDAS, autoimmune encephalitis, and related autoimmune and inflammatory conditions that present with neuropsychiatric symptoms. Our goal is to improve care for people with these conditions through didactics from experts in the field, case-based discussions, and sharing knowledge.
Participants earn CME credit while sharing their cases and questions in the sessions and are mentored by experts in the field on a weekly basis for six months, with the option to continue on an ongoing basis. There is no cost to join.
Learning objectives
- Learn how to accurately diagnose and effectively treat inflammatory brain conditions including PANS.
- Recognize that neuropsychiatric sequelae can result from infections, autoimmune, and inflammatory conditions.
- List several immune and inflammatory markers that can be present in patients with inflammatory brain disorders.
- Report the cognitive and psychiatric effects that can occur post-infection.
- Describe appropriate treatments for patients with inflammatory brain disorders.
Neuroimmune Echo Curriculum Developers and Leaders
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Didactics Agenda and Schedule
Each one hour session will feature a 15–20 minute didactic led by an expert in the field, followed by 40–45 minutes of case-based learning. Dr. Jenny Frankovich, Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University, and Dr. Mark Pasternack, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard, will join each session of the series.
Additionally, one of the curriculum developers and leaders listed above will join each session so that there is always a rheumatologist, infectious disease physician, and psychiatrist present, as well as a neurologist for most sessions. Didactic speakers will remain to review cases. Whenever possible, patient cases will be matched according to didactic topic.
All sessions will be hosted virtually via Zoom.
Session topics, guest speakers and dates are subject to change.
Date (all one hour) | Didactic Title | Panelists for cases | Didactic Speaker |
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January 14, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 1 Topic: Introduction to ECHO: Overview of Inflammatory Brain Disorders Presenting with Psychiatric Symptoms | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Belinda Lennox | Dr. Belinda Lennox |
January 14, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Expert Consultation Panel | See link | Expert Consultation Panel |
January 21, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Lecture 2 Topic: Overview of Autoimmune Conditions with Co-Morbid Psychiatric Symptoms and Pearls to Recognize | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Russell Dale | Dr. Jenny Frankovich |
January 28, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 3 Topic: Post-infectious Neuropsychiatric Deteriorations – Part 1: Sydenham Chorea | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Ming Lim | Dr. Mark Pasternack and Dr. Jenny Frankovich |
February 4, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 4 Topic: Post-infectious Neuropsychiatric Deteriorations – Part 2: Post-Viral Deteriorations, Including COVID | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Robert Yolken, Lael Yonker | Dr. Lael Yonker |
February 11, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Expert Consultation Panel | See link | Expert Consultation Panel |
February 18, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 5 Topic: Post-infectious Neuropsychiatric Deteriorations – Part 3: PANS/PANDAS | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Marion Leboyer | Dr. Jenny Frankovich |
February 25, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Lecture 6 Topic: Overview of Autoimmune Encephalitis – Part 1 | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Russell Dale | Dr. Russell Dale |
March 4, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 7 Topic: Overview of Autoimmune Encephalitis – Part 2 | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Golam Khandaker, Sam Pleasure | Dr. Sam Pleasure |
March 11, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Expert Consultation Panel | See link | Expert Consultation Panel |
March 18, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 8 Topic: Overview of Pediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Ming Lim | Dr. Ming Lim |
March 25, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Lecture 9 Topic: Infectious Encephalitis | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Russell Dale, Michael Wilson | Dr. Michael Wilson |
April 1, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 10 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Belinda Lennox | TBA |
April 8, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Expert Consultation Panel | See link | Expert Consultation Panel |
April 15, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 11 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Marion Leboyer | TBA |
April 22, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Lecture 12 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Russell Dale | TBA |
April 29, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 13 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Golam Khandaker | TBA |
May 6, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Lecture 14 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, Russell Dale | TBA |
May 13, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Expert Consultation Panel | See link | Expert Consultation Panel |
May 20, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 15 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, TBA | TBA |
May 27, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Lecture 16 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, TBA | TBA |
June 3, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 17 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, TBA | TBA |
June 10, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Expert Consultation Panel | See link | Expert Consultation Panel |
June 17, 2025, 10:30 am PT | Lecture 18 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, TBA | TBA |
June 24, 2025, 4:00 pm PT | Lecture 19 Topic: TBA | Drs. Jenny Frankovich, Mark Pasternack, TBA | TBA |
Neuroimmune Echo Consultation Panel
Part of our weekly Neuroimmunopsychiatry ECHO series features an ongoing opportunity for physicians to consult with our multidisciplinary consultation panel face-to-face virtually with leading experts in the field of neuroimmunology and immunopsychiatry including PANS and PANDAS on the second Tuesday of each month. In contrast to the meetings the rest of the month, the consultation panel meetings feature one physician presenting a complex case to the panel. Additional details are available on our Expert Consultation Panel page.
Please click on one of the photos to see the corresponding biography.
Didactic Speakers
Full list and details coming soon.
Registration
Application to join
Psychiatric Presentations with a Neuroimmune Basis ECHO
Physicians wishing to join Neuroimmune ECHO should fill out the application on the registration page. Physicians applying should be committed to attending all sessions listed above for 5.5 months, starting January 14, 2025. Physicians in the United States wishing to join must commit to attending a minimum of 80% of the scheduled sessions and arriving on time to the meetings. Physicians outside of the United States in time zones in which the sessions are inconveniently timed can register to attend either the 10:30 am PT or the 4:00 pm PT sessions with the commitment to watch the recordings of the didactics, only participating live in half of the scheduled meetings. Space is limited and this is a closed cohort. Participants are expected to keep their cameras on except in extenuating circumstances. You may apply to join either the early 2025 or late 2025 session, or both. Those who join the first session will be welcome to participate in the second session as well.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Neuroimmune Foundation and Project ECHO®.
Project ECHO® is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
More info on the Project ECHO®
Please check the videos below and at the top of the page, or visit the Project ECHO® page: echo.unm.edu
AMA Designation Statement
Project ECHO® designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accommodations
Neuroimmune Foundation subscribes to the articles of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Should you or anyone accompanying you require special assistance, please notify us by contacting info@neuroimmune.org or (608)381-0367. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.
Disclaimer
The opinions and comments of the panelists are based on their personal experiences with their own patients as well as their interpretation of literature. Panelists are not offering medical advice, but rather seek to educate and inform colleagues about the various considerations applicable to the cases discussed. Their goal is to help treating physicians be in a better position to assess and treat patients. Treating physicians must always make the ultimate determination of “next-steps” (evaluation and treatment). Each patient is unique, and such determinations should only be made after comprehensive examinations following direct interaction with families and patients. By attending, you understand and agree to the terms of this disclaimer.