SEMINAR REPORT

NEUROLOGY March 3 - March 9, 2019

Table of Contents

1. Faculty & Group Photo

2. Schedule

3. Faculty Biographies

4. Fellows Contact Information

5. Diaries

a Program of the

35 fellows from 27 different countries and regions

11 faculty members from the United States and Austria

21 lectures and 1 case presentation session given by faculty

33 interesting case presentations by fellows

8 excellent case presentations selected by faculty

Faculty Photo (L-R) Salman Al Jerdi, MD; Johann Sellner, MD;

Matthew E. Fink, MD (Course Director) and Eugen Trinka, MD, MSc, FRCP (Co Course Director) not pictured: Russell L. Chin, MD; Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, MD; Markus Leitinger, MD;

Slaven Pikija, MD; Harini Sarva, MD; Wolfgang Staffen, MD and Peter Wipfler, MD

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SALZBURG WEILL CORNELL SEMINAR NEUROLOGY

March 3 - 9, 2019

Group Photo of Faculty and Fellows

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Neurological Emergencies

in Pregnancy

Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis

and Modern Treatment

Assessment of the

Comatose Patient

Immune Mediated

Encephalitis and

Encephalopathy

Matthew E. Fink, MD Peter Wipfler, MD Salman Al Jerdi, MD Johann Sellner, MD

Autoimmune MyelopathyHow to Organize and Run

a Stroke ServicePeripheral Neuropathy

Update on Dystonia -

Genetics and TreatmentNeuromuscular Disorders

Johann Sellner, MD Slaven Pikija, MD Russell L. Chin, MD Harini Sarva, MD Russell L. Chin, MD

Mobile Stroke UnitsEndovascular Stroke

TreatmentOptic Neuritis Neurocritical Care Use and Abuse of EEG

Matthew E. Fink, MD Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, MD Johann Sellner, MD Salman Al Jerdi, MD Markus Leitinger, MD

Update on Stroke I

(ISC 2019)Stroke Prevention

Molecular Imaging of

Dementia

Management of Status

Epilepticus

Update on Treatments in

Parkinson’s Disease Motor

Symptoms

Matthew E. Fink, MD Salman Al Jerdi, MD Wolfgang Staffen, MD Eugen Trinka, MD, MSc, FRCP Harini Sarva, MD

New Classification of

Seizures and Epilepsies

Eugen Trinka, MD, MSc, FRCP

Update on Stroke II

(ISC 2019)

Matthew E. Fink, MD

DINNER

FACULTY DINNER IN PRIVATE

HOME

20:00 21:00

FAREWELL RECEPTION

GRADUATION DINNER

Certificates AwardedDINNER DINNER

WELCOME RECEPTION &

DINNER

DINNER 19:00 20:00

Post-Seminar Test

Evaluation & Discussion

20:30 – 21:30CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

FACULTY MEETING TO

REVIEW THE WEEK

BREAKFAST

17:00 - 17:15OMI/AAF PRESENTATION

Workshop

Case Presentations

by Faculty to Fellows

Introductions

Pre-Seminar Test

Workshop

Fellows' Case Presentations

Workshop

Fellows' Case PresentationsFree Afternoon

LUNCH

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LUNCH12:30 14:00

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2019 Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar in Neurology

Sunday 3 March - Saturday 9 March 2019

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COFFEE BREAK COFFEE BREAK

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WEILL CORNELL SEMINAR

in SALZBURG

"Neurology"

March 3 – 9, 2019

FACULTY

Wolfgang Aulitzky, MD is the Medical Director of the American Austrian Foundation. He is Associate Dean for International Medicine and Distance Learning, Adjunct Prof. of Clinical Urology and Adjunct Prof. of Clinical Reproductive Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital. In 2016, he was appointed Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics in the Associated Faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is also Associate Prof. of Urology at the Medical University of Innsbruck and Visiting Professor at the Medical University of Vienna. Amongst others he is a member of the American, German and Austrian Societies of Urology and was awarded the Zuckerkandlpreis of the Austrian Society of Urology in 1989. In 1995 he received the Silver Medal, in 2007 the Golden Medal for Merits to the Republic of Austria and in 2014 the cross of honor of the Land Salzburg. As Director of the Medical Program of the American Austrian Foundation he has initiated the Open Medical Institute, a scientific and educational collaboration of Weill Cornell and the NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, the Children Hospital of Philadelphia, Duke University, Columbia University, the Cleveland Clinic and leading hospitals in Austria. Dr. Aulitzky earned his medical degree at the University of Innsbruck in 1977, was a research associate at the University of Uppsala, Sweden and the Rockefeller University, New York. He received his training as an urologist at the University of Innsbruck and the General Hospital of Salzburg. He is the author of more than 140 publications on Urology, Andrology and Health Care issues and is co-author of books on basic and clinical urology/andrology.

Wolfgang Aulitzky, MD

Director, Open Medical Institute American Austrian Foundation

Associate Dean and Gerhard Andlinger Professor for International Medicine & Distance Learning Adjunct Professor of Clinical Urology Adjunct Professor of Clinical Reproductive Medicine Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Associate Professor of Urology Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

Kärntner Straße 51/II/Top 4 1010 Vienna Austria

Phone: +43-1-533-8658 Fax: +43-1-533-8658-10 Email: w.aulitzky@openmedicalinstitute.org

Matthew E. Fink, MD (Course Director) is currently the Louise and Gertrude Feil Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. In addition, he is Co-Director of the Sackler Brain and Spine Institute at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at Weill Cornell Medicine. Prior to joining the faculty of Cornell, Dr. Fink served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, as well as Chairman of the Barbara and Alan Mirken Department of Neurology, Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Co-Director of the Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He was Professor of Clinical Neurology and Clinical Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Dr. Fink attended college at the University of Pennsylvania, medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, and served as resident and chief resident in internal medicine at the Boston City Hospital. He came to New York and trained in neurology at the Neurological Institute of New York/Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and served as chief resident under Dr. Lewis P. Rowland. Subsequently, he joined the faculty of Columbia University and became the founding director of the Neurology-Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital and was appointed Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery while at Columbia. Dr. Fink was a founding member and chairman of the Critical Care Section of the American Academy of Neurology, and the Research Section for Neurocritical Care of the World Federation of Neurology. He is board-certified in internal medicine, neurology, critical care medicine, vascular neurology and neurocritical care. Throughout his career, Dr. Fink has been involved in the education and training of students, residents and fellows in the field of stroke and critical care neurology, as well as an active participant in clinical research within this field. He is a leader in this new specialty, has lectured widely, and has published many research and clinical articles in the field of stroke and critical care. In addition, he currently serves as editor of the monthly publication, NEUROLOGY ALERT, and is the past President of the New York State Neurological Society. Matthew E. Fink, MD Department of Neurology Weill Cornell Medical Center 525 East 68th Street, F-610 New York, NY 10065 USA Phone: +1-212-746-4564 Fax: +1-212-746-8532 Email: mfink@med.cornell.edu

Eugen Trinka, MD, MSc, FRCP (Co-Course Director) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medical University, Christian Doppler Medical Centre (CDK) and Vice Dean for clinical affairs of the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. He qualified in Medicine at Vienna University in 1990 and undertook his postgraduate training in Salzburg before becoming a staff neurologist in 1998. Since 2003 he has been Associate Professor of Neurology at the Innsbruck Medical University and he became Head of the Epilepsy Service at the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Innsbruck, 2004-2010. In April 2010 he was appointed as Chair of the Department for Neurology at the Christian Doppler Klink and Professor for Neurology at the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg. His research interests include Epileptology (epidemiology, prognosis, pathophysiology, epilepsy surgery), clinical neurophysiology, functional neuroimaging and clinical drug trials. Professor Trinka has published more than 433 original papers and is member of the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals. He is President of the Austrian Society for Neurology, Past President of the Austrian Society of Neurophysiology and the Austrian Epilepsy Society and Chair of the European Epilepsy Societies. Eugen Trinka, MD, MSc, FRCP Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology Paracelsus Medical University Christian Doppler Universitaetsklinikum Ignaz Harrer Strasse 79 5020 Salzburg Austria Phone: +43-5-7255-3406 Email: e.trinka@salk.at

Salman Al Jerdi, MD is a neurologist who specializes in vascular neurology. Dr. Al Jerdi was born and grew up in Doha, Qatar, where he completed his undergraduate and medical education at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar. He received his MD in April 2012. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, before completing his Neurology Residency at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burling, Vermont in June of 2016. He then completed a Vascular Neurology fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. During his residency, Dr. Al Jerdi received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. His research interests include endovascular therapy in acute ischemic stroke, embolic stroke of unknown source, and utilizing mobile technology in the care of patients with ischemic stroke. Dr. Al Jerdi is currently on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar as Assistant Professor of Neurology. He lives in Doha, Qatar with his wife Jasmine. Salman Al Jerdi, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar Qatar Foundation, Education City Doha Qatar Phone: +974-50867666 Email: ska2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu

Russell L. Chin, MD is a neurologist who specializes in neuromuscular conditions. He completed his undergraduate studies at Andrews University in Michigan. He received his medical degree from the Medical School of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, Texas and completed his neurology residency at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he also served as Chief Resident. His fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology and peripheral neuropathy (under the mentorship of Dr. Norman Latov) were completed at the Peripheral Neuropathy Center at Weill Cornell. His clinical and research interests include the diagnosis and treatment of various autoimmune neuropathies, including chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and multifocal motor neuropathy, and neuropathies associated with other medical illnesses such as connective tissue disease, celiac disease and gastrointestinal diseases. Recent publications have focused on small fiber neuropathy and electrodiagnostic findings in CIDP. He has published research in peer-reviewed journals including: Neurology, Muscle and Nerve, Archives of Neurology, Brain, Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, and Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. Dr. Chin is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is the director of the EMG Laboratory at the Peripheral Neuropathy Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He lives in New York City. Russell L. Chin, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology Peripheral Neuropathy Center Department of Neurology Weill Cornell Medical College 1305 York Avenue, Room 217 New York, NY 10021 USA Phone: +1- 646-962-3202 Fax: +1-646-962-0511 Email: ruc9002@med.cornell.edu

Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, MD is a fully trained neurosurgeon who is specialized in neurointerventional therapy. Her clinical skills and scientific interests are focused on diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases and spinal vascular malformations. Dr. Killer grew up in Vienna, Austria and graduated in 1993 as M.D. (Doctor medicinae universae) from the University of Vienna, Medical School. She received her license as Specialist in Neurosurgery from the Austrian Medical Chamber in 1999 and her International Master (MSc) for Neurovascular Diseases in 2002 from Université Paris Sud-Faculté de Médecine de Bicêtre. Since 2004, Dr. Killer has been the attending Neurointerventionalist at Christian Doppler Clinic Salzburg, Austria, Paracelsus Medical University. From 2005 to 2010, she was the Head of the Division Experimental Neurointervention of the Neuroscience Institute Salzburg (Prof. Gunther Ladurner). Dr. Killer´s research interests include new interventional therapies of cerebral aneurysms and stroke. She is a peer reviewer for multiple international journals such as Stroke, AJNR, Neuroradiology and Acta Neurochirurgica. Since 2009 Dr. Killer is Associate Professor in Neurointervention at Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg and since 2011 she is Head of the Research Institute of Neurointervention at the Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medical University (Prof. Eugen Trinka). Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, MD Senior Neurosurgeon and Neurointerventionalist Reseach Institute of Neurointervention/ Department of Neurology Paracelsus Medical University Ignaz Harrer Strasse 79 5020 Salzburg Austria Phone: +43-662-4483-56058 Fax: +43-662-4483-3923 Email: m.killer@salk.at

Markus Leitinger, MD is a neurologist and neurophysiologist who specialized in epilepsy, particularly in status epilepticus. Dr. Leitinger grew up in northwestern Austria in the district of Upper Austria and completed his undergraduate studies at Wels College for Electrical Engineering, Austria, with distinction. He graduated from Innsbruck Medical University and completed his residency for general medicine at Wels General Hospital, Austria, and for neurology at Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria. Dr. Leitinger is board certified for electroencephalography and electromyography. Dr. Leitinger´s research interests include status epilepticus, in particular non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). Recent publications include a clinical score for prognostication of the outcome of status epilepticus. Dr. Leitinger evaluated together with Danish collegues for the first time the diagnostic criteria for NCSE in a retrospective study. Dr. Leitinger published epidemiological data on status epilepticus in a retrospective five-year study in the City of Salzburg. Dr. Leitinger is currently at the Department of Neurology at Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, where he works as consultant in the presurgical evaluation of medically refractory epilepsy patients and at the neurological intensive care unit. Dr. Leitinger lives in Salzburg with his wife and three children. Markus Leitinger, MD Neurologist, Neurointensivist, and Neurophysiologist Paracelsus Medical University Ignaz Harrer Strasse 79 5020 Salzburg Austria Phone: +43-57255-0 Fax: +43-57255-34899 Email: ma.leitinger@salk.at

Slaven Pikija, MD is a neurologist who specializes in stroke neurology. Dr. Pikija grew up in the northwerstern part of inland Croatia and completed his undergraduate studies in Varazdin County. He graduated from Zagreb School of Medicine and completed his neurologic residency at General Hospital Varazdin. Dr. Pikija’s research interests include stroke medicine in general, neuroradiology with emphasis on acute stroke and vascular imaging. The role of veins in acute stroke are the recent focus of his active research. Recent publications include neuroepidemiological studies and one study on vertebrobasilar calcifications in Stroke. He is a peer reviewer for multiple major neurological journals. Dr. Pikija is currently on the staff in Christian-Doppler-Klinik as stroke neurologist in stroke unit. He lives in Salzburg. Slaven Pikija, MD Neurologist Stroke Unit Christian Doppler Universitaetsklinikum University Clinic of Neurology Ignaz Harrer Strasse 79 5020 Salzburg Austria Email: s.pikija@salk.at

Harini Sarva, MD is a neurologist specializing in movement disorders. She completed her undergraduate and medical degrees as part of the Brooklyn College-SUNY Downstate Medical Center combined premedical and medical program, which accepts 15 high school students a year out of nearly 250 applicants. She completed her residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center where she was also a Chief Resident. She later completed her movement disorders fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center under the mentorship of Drs. Susan Bressman and Rachel Saunders-Pullman. During her fellowship she was awarded a clinical training grant from the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation. After working at Maimonides Medical Center for two years she joined faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine as Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology. During her time at Cornell, she has received the Paul and Daisy Soros Clinical Scholar Award in Neurology. She has published on several topics related to movement disorders and presented her work at the AAN and MDS meetings. She is also engaged with medical education both at the local and national levels. She is a co-investigator in our trials involving MRI guided focused ultrasound lesioning for movement disorders and is a site PI on clinical trials for Biogen and Lundbeck pharmaceuticals. She is also a member of the Parkinson’s Study Group Symposia Committee and a newly appointed member of the AAN’s Undergraduate Education Committee. Harini Sarva, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology Weill Cornell Medicine New York-Presbyterian Hospital 428 E 72nd Street, Suite 400 New York, NY 10021 USA Phone: 2127462584 Fax: 6469620517 Email: has9059@med.cornell.edu

Johann Sellner, MD is a neurologist who specializes in autoimmune and infectious CNS disorders, cerebrovascular disease and non-traumatic myelopathies. Prior to the certification as a neurologist by the Bavarian Medical Chamber, he was trained in Heidelberg, DE (Prof. W. Hacke, 2001-2004), Bern, CH (Prof. Ch. W. Hess, 2005-2007) and Munich, DE (Prof. B. Hemmer, 2008-2010). He worked as a neurologist at the stroke unit and interdisciplinary ICU of the Technische Universität München (2010-2012). He joined the faculty of Christian-Doppler Medical Center in Salzburg in 2013 where he heads the center for multiple sclerosis and autoimmune neurology. He coordinates the stroke prevention activities and is involved in the establishment of stroke preventions centers in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova on behalf of the OMI. He had scientific fellowships in San Francisco (cerebrovascular, 2006) and London (neuroimmunology, 2009) and was OMI visiting professor in Armenia (2017) and Azerbaijan (2018). His research group consists of three post-doctoral fellows, four PhD students and five residents. He is on the editorial board of four international and one national neurology journal. He is a member of the Education Committee of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and is active in the neuroinfections, rare disease and MS sections of the society. Current scientific projects include patient selection and prognostic factors for thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke, non-traumatic myelopathies and emerging treatment strategies for multiple sclerosis. Johann Sellner, MD Professor Department of Neurology Christian Doppler Clinic Paracelsus Medical University Ignaz Harrer Strasse 79 5020 Salzburg Austria Phone: +43-5-7255-0 Email: j.sellner@salk.at

Wolfgang Staffen, MD was born in Zell am See, Austria. He received his medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1986. This was followed by a neurological research at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne and his training in the fields of Neurology and Psychiatry in Salzburg. Dr. Staffen is now a staff neurologist at the Christian-Doppler-Clinic Salzburg and has mainly published in the area of dementia and functional neuroimaging. He was appointed Univ.-Dozent in January 2003 and Assoc. Professor 2014. Wolfgang Staffen, MD Associate Professor Paracelsus Medical University University Clinic of Neurology Christian Doppler Clinic Ignaz Harrer Strasse 79 5020 Salzburg Austria Phone: +43-662-4483-56020 Email: w.staffen@salk.at

Peter Wipfler, MD is a board certified neurologist at the Department of Neurology, Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, with a focus on neuroimmunological diseases. Specialized in multiple sclerosis and working at the Multiple Sclerosis Outpatient Department of the Department of Neurology since 2006. He is member of the research group for Multiple sclerosis, neuroimmunology and CSF research at the Department of Neurology. Main research interests include identification of blood biomarkers for treatment responsiveness and interactions of immunomodulatory/immunosuppressive MS pharmacotherapies with peripheral blood immune cells. Peter Wipfler, MD Paracelsus Medical University Christian Doppler Clinic Ignaz Harrer Strasse 79 5020 Salzburg Austria Phone: +43-662-4483-56014 Fax: +43-662-4483-3054 Email: p.wipfler@salk.at

WEILL CORNELL SEMINAR

in SALZBURG

"Neurology"

March 3 – 9, 2019

FELLOWS

a Program of the

Adam Annus, MD

University of SzegedSemmelweis U.6725 Szeged,Hungary

E-Mail:annus.adam89@gmail.comPhone:6-25440003-05268552

Onur Bulut, MD

Ankara Universty Medical SchoolAltindag06100 Ankara,Turkey

E-Mail:onur_bulut15@hotmail.comPhone:+90 554 76443171

Munkhzaya Chuluunbat, MD

The First Central Hospital of MongoliaS Zorig00013 Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia

E-Mail:chubatz@yahoo.comPhone:6-113232286-11315981 6-99081347

Oleineac Cristina, MD

Nation Institute of Neurology and Neurovascular PathologiesSos. Berceni, Nr. 10-1241914 Bucharest,Romania

E-Mail:cristina.gurin@gmail.comPhone:2-133430047-55245421

Michaela Dankova, MD

Motol University HospitalV Uvalu 8415006 Prague 5,Czech Republic

E-Mail:michaela.dankova@yahoo.comPhone:0-2244368020-775186959

a Program of the

Hacina Evghenia, MD

Chisinau,Moldova, Republic of

E-Mail:jene4ka_bonny@mail.ruPhone:3-22718557+37369589499

Raul Garica Santos, MD

Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y NeurocirugiaInsurgentes sur 387714269 Ciudad de Mexico,Mexico

E-Mail:rawar33@gmail.comPhone:5-583689466

Knarik Hovhannisyan, MD

Yerevan State Medical UniversityTitogradyan 140087 Yerevan, Armenia

E-Mail:knarhovhannisyang@gmail.comPhone:4-965196414-91957171

Yusuf Jamnagerwalla, MD

Bugando Medical CentreWarzburg33102 Mwanza,United Republic of Tanzania

E-Mail:yusufsjamnagerwalla@gmail.comPhone:5-787152152

Pablo Amado David Jimenez Ruiz, MD

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador ZubiranVasco de Quiroga 1514080 Mexico City,Mexico

E-Mail:dr.amadojimenez@gmail.comPhone:5-548709003-331287330

a Program of the

Rauan Kaiyrzhanov, MD

Kazakh National Medical University after Asfendiarov94 Tole bi street050000 Almaty,Kazakhstan

E-Mail:r.kaiyrzhanov@gmail.comPhone:2-7338709007206059905

Ales Kodela, MD

Maribor University Medical CentreLjubljanska ulica 52000 Maribor,Slovenia

E-Mail:ales.kodela@gmail.comPhone:6-232123646-31223791

Marijana Lisak, MD

Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital CentreVinogradska cesta 2910 000 Zagreb,Croatia

E-Mail:marijana.lisak@kbcsm.hrPhone:5-137877405-98663536 5-98663536

Samira Mammadova, MD

Medical HausZahid halilov 206c1141 Baku,Azerbaijan

E-Mail:samiramamedova@rambler.ruPhone:4-5525370394-503748050

Laura Mendoza, MD

Instituto Nacional de CancerologiaAvenida San Fernando14080 Mexico,Mexico

E-Mail:georgina29@hotmail.comPhone:1-555628-04001-555511958744

a Program of the

Tatjana Muravska, MD

Riga Stradins Clinical University HospitalPilsonu 13-1LV1002 Riga,Latvia

E-Mail:muravska.tatjana@gmail.comPhone:371 67069219

Eirini Mylonaki, MD

University Hospital Christian Doppler ClinicIgnaz Harrer str. 795020 Salzburg,Austria

E-Mail:e.mylonaki@salk.atPhone: +43 6802334718

Amal Saleh Nour, MD

Addis Ababa University, College of Health SciencesZambia street9086 Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

E-Mail:salehamal@hotmail.comPhone:1-911225185

Larysa Panteleienko, MD

O.O.Bogomolets National Medical UniversityBulv. Shevchenko, 1301601 Kyiv, 0-442950685Ukraine

E-Mail:panteleenko@yahoo.comPhone:0-4423457630-442950685 0-674778055

Marija Perovska, MD

City General Hospital, ‘ 8 th September ‚‘Pariska bb1000 Skopje,Republic of Macedonia

E-Mail:marija_perovska@hotmail.comPhone:9-77675956

a Program of the

Iuliia Pozhidaeva, MD

Voronezh State Medical UniversityStudencheskaya Street 10394036 Voronezh,Russian Federation

E-Mail:dr.pozhidaeva@mail.ruPhone:3-077687845-15484026

Krisztian Pozsegovits, MD

Dr. Kenessey Albert HospitalRakoczi Fejedelem ut 125-127.H2660 Balassagyarmat,Hungary

E-Mail:krisztian.pozsegovits@gmail.comPhone:3-07768794

Muborakkhon Rozikova, MD

Republic Research Center of Emergency MedicineKichik halqa yuli, 2100115 Tashkent,Uzbekistan

E-Mail:dr.muborak@mail.ruPhone:8-7815038068-977063769

Gintaute Rutkauskaite, MD

Vilnius University Hospital Santaros ClinicsSantariskiu StrLT-08406 Vilnius,Lithuania

E-Mail:gintauter@yahoo.comPhone:0-62420107

Mikita Salavei, MD

Belarusian State Medical UniversityKropotkina, 73220003 Minsk,Belarus

E-Mail:peresnv@mail.ruPhone:5-01733414625-447861283

a Program of the

Madis Salus, MD

North Estonia Medical CentreSutiste tee 1913419 Tallinn,Estonia

E-Mail:madis.salus@gmail.comPhone:2-61719822-58161456

Madona Sekhniashvili, MD

S. Khechinashvili University HospitalI.Chavchavadze ave.330179 Tbilisi,Georgia

E-Mail:doc.madonasekhniashvili@gmail.comPhone:5-322275235-555687658

Polina Semenikhina, MD

Karaganda State Medical UniversityGogol100000 Karaganda, 7212-569546Kazakhstan

E-Mail:gianeya13@gmail.comPhone:2-125006357212-569546 0-17712918

Cholpon Shambetova, MDClinical Hospital of the Administrative Department of Presidential and Government Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic110 Kievskaya street720000 Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan

E-Mail:cholpon.shambetova@gmail.comPhone:6-3126635496-550760670

Natalia Sivakova, MD

St. Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute named after V.M. BekhterevBekhtereva 3192019 Saint-Petersburg,Russian Federation

E-Mail:sivakova-natali@rambler.ruPhone:1-241290472-14123188

a Program of the

Rita Stang, MD

Semmelweis UniversityBalassa utca 61083 Budapest, Hungary

E-Mail:stang.rita91@gmail.comPhone:9-100377

Ana Subic, MD

Neurology cllinicZaloska 21000 Ljubljana,Slovenia

E-Mail:ana_subic@yahoo.co.ukPhone:6-41900273

Ivan Uradnicek, MD

Christan-Doppler-KlinikIgnaz-Harrer-Strasse 795020 Salzburg,Austria

E-Mail:ivan.uradnicek@gmail.comPhone:6-504521668

Dilafruz Yuldosheva, MD

City Health Center 10A. Navoi 15734020 Dushanbe,Tajikistan

E-Mail:dilafruzjona@mail.ruPhone:992918677196

Lina Zubalova, MD

„Erebouni“ Medical CenterTitogradyan St. 140087 Yerevan,Armenia

E-Mail:zubaloval@yahoo.comPhone: +377 91938594

SEMINAR DIARY FROM FELLOW

Michaela Dankova, MD Motol University Hospital

Prague, Czech Republic March 3-9, 2019

March 3, Sunday evening. I started my journey early in the morning and I arrived in Salzburg at 12am, so I could take a look at the city before the beginning of the seminar. The seminar takes place at Schloss Arenberg, a 19th century building with genuine atmosphere. The first meeting was at 7pm., Prof. Trinka and prof. Fink welcomed us and explained the organization of the masterclass. We had the opportunity to greet with colleagues from many countries of Europe, but also from Mexico, Ethiopia and Tanzania. March 4, Monday. We started in the morning with Pre-Seminar test, that was quite a challenge, but introduced us to themes of the lectures and helped us to set to goals for the next week. First lecture by Prof. Sellner lead us through the autoimmune myelopathies and learned us very useful mnemonics how to recognize typical signs of various pathologies. We looked back to the future with prof. Fink talking about mobile stroke units and get the latest update on stroke treatment. Prof. Trinka explained us the new classification of epileptic seizures and epilepsies, that makes communication between neurologists easier and clearer. Finally, Prof. Salman showed us model case presentation. March 5, Tuesday. Tuesday morning was dedicated to emergencies in pregnancy and strokes. Nowadays, more women are at a risk of stroke during the pregnancy and we should be able to deal with it. Dr. Pikija gave us some recommendations how to build and lead a modern stroke unit. Although we cannot change the architecture of our hospitals, we can find other ways, how to improve our care of stroke patients. Prof. Killer-Oberpfalzer showed us all available techniques of endovascular treatment. The afternoon brought the first round of the case presentations, all of them very interesting and instructive. Very exciting were the exotic cases, especially the cases with a good ending. March 6, Wednesday. We discussed the news in etiology, diagnosis and therapy of Multiple sclerosis with Dr. Wipfler, Dr. Chin made for us a perfect overview about nerve conduction studies and peripheral neuropathies, followed by Prof. Sellner with his very practical lecture about optic neuritis. Afternoon was sunny, a perfect time for exploring Salzburg. Many of us visited Hohensalzburg Fortress, admiring beautiful panorama of the city and mountains, Mozart’s Birthplace, or enjoyed a coffee in some of the cozy cafeterias. Finally, we tried the local beer in Augustiner Bräu, the biggest Austrian beer tavern.

March 7, Thursday. It is almost the end of the week, but we continued with devotion with our lectures. Dr. Salman Al Jerdi taught us to assess the comatose patient and explained the principles of neurocritical care. The lectures with Dr. Al Jerdi were actually very entertaining, as he used a lot of examples from real clinical practice and online quizzes, so we could compete with ourselves a little bit. Dr. Sarva gave us an update on genetics and treatment of dystonia, and finally, we learned how to manage an epileptic status – one of the most common emergencies in Neurology. In the afternoon, we listened to the second round of case presentations, again very interesting cases and exciting stories, showing how are we dealing with neurological diseases in our home countries. In the evening, we enjoyed a beautiful musical performance of accio piano trio. We spent the rest of the evening with company of our professors, sharing funny stories from our clinical praxis. The seminar was a great experience. I am thankful that I could attend lectures taught by excellent professors and met colleagues from so many countries. They are an inspiration for me and I hope that we will stay in touch. Michaela Dankova, MD (Czech Republic)

SEMINAR DIARY FROM FELLOW

Laura Mendoza, MD Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia

Mexico City, Mexico March 3-9, 2019

March 2, Saturday evening. I arrived to Salzburg at 6:00 pm from México city. I came with a friend from my hometown who also was selected to take the seminar. We were tired from the trip, but very excited about the experience we were about to have. We loved the view of the city from the plane, with the mountains and the beautiful green areas. We took a taxi from the airport to Schloss Arenberg, it was a 15-minute ride. We were very impressed about the place when we arrived, we found a very lovely building, with a great history behind. A very nice young man received us at the reception and gave us clear instructions about our room and available services at Schloss Arenberg. After leaving our belongings in our nice and very comfortable room, we went to have dinner in a traditional restaurant in downtown. The food was delicious. After that we returned to Schloss Arenberg and went to sleep. March 3, Sunday evening. I went for a walk around the city. Salzburg is a beautiful city with a very rich cultural background, so I spent the morning and part of the afternoon in the Hohensalzburg Fortress, where besides the museum and the historical information, you get to watch a great view of Salzburg, because it is located above the rooftops of the district. At 7:00 o’clock in the afternoon, we had a welcome reception, where Dr. Wolfgang K. Aulitzky (Medical Director of AAF) and Dr. Fink introduced themselves. They talked about the historical background and objectives of the seminar. Then we have a great dinner where we get to talk with our colleagues and start to know each other. March 4, Monday. At 8 o’clock, we took the pre-seminar test. We were explained that we will take again this test at the end of the seminar after hearing all the conferences. The first masterclass was given by Dr. Sellner, it was about autoimmune myelopathy, a very interesting subject for me, as I deal with this kind of patients in my country. The professor explained in a very practical way how to identify radiologic and clinical signs of different myelopathies. I learned things I know it is hard to find in the books and I think I will never forget them. After that Dr. Fink gave us two excellent talks about stroke, he is an excellent teacher and has tremendous experience in the field. The next masterclass was given by Dr. Eugen Trinka, I think this was the best class I have ever received about seizure classification. Something I really loved was the fact that you could ask as many questions as you want and they would give you very professional answers in a very kind way. We took a photo with the faculty outside the building. We had lunch and dinner which were very tasty and where I got to talk with colleagues from all over the world, it is so great to know different cultures and ways to practice medicine. After dinner I went to enjoy the city for a while and then went back to read about what I learned that day.

March 5, Tuesday. In the morning, we kept learning about stroke, it was very interesting to learn how this is managed in another country, this gave me ideas to implement in my country when I get back. The we had coffee break and lunch, during which as a fellow you have the great opportunity to talk in a more informal but nice way with the faculty and again, ask as many questions as you want. In the afternoon the fellow’s cases presentations started. I presented my case and at first I was kind of nervous, but at the end it was a good experience, since you get a lot of opinions about your case and you learn a lot. The cases presented by my colleagues were super interesting, it is very nice to see another kind of diseases and the way they are approached and treated in other parts of the world. Then, since all of us knew each other better, went together to know a little bit more the city of Salzburg and returned on time for dinner. March 6, Wednesday. In the morning we started a new topic. Professor Peter Wipfler taught us about diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and modern treatment. We got an update on the subject, specially about the new treatments available for this disease. I understood the importance of making an accurate diagnosis, since there are many mimics of the disease and the early treatment is very important. After that we got into electro diagnostic studies for peripheral nervous system diseases. I am a neurophysiologist so I loved the topic. We share experiences with professor Russell Chin and also with my colleagues, specially about variants of Guillain Barre Syndrome and its prognosis. In the coffee break, after enjoying a nice coffee and piece of delicious chocolate cake we went back to the Grand Hall and saw a very practical and nice masterclass about optic neuritis, I learned a lot of clinical tips to diagnose patients with this entity. Then professor Dr. Wolfgang Staffen gave us a very interesting talk about Molecular Imaging of Dementia, we learned a lot about new technologies in functional brain imaging, a growing filed that is very useful in this kind of patients. I was happy to see that every day, there are more advances in the subject. After a tasty lunch, we had a free afternoon and I went with my new friends from very different parts of the world to the museum of Mozart, to St. Sebastian cemetery where Paracelsus tomb is located, and to Salzburg museum. Then we bought some souvenirs and went back to Schloss Arenberg to rest. We walked a lot, but it was very interesting to get to know more about the city of Salzburg. March 7, Thursday. In the morning we learned a lot about assessment of the comatose patient and neurocritical care with Dr. Salman Al Jerdi, who by the way is a magnificent teacher. Then we got a very interesting masterclass about dystonia, we got to watch a lot of clinical videos that Dr. Harini Sarva brought from her clinic in New York. Very informing clinical cases. After this, Dr. Trinka gave us an excellent talk about management of status epilepticus, which was great. After dinner, I got to experience some Austrian culture with a chamber music concert in Schloss Arenberg – it was very beautiful. We enjoyed it a lot. March 8, Friday. The last day was full of very interesting topics. Dr. Johann Sellner talked about immune mediated encephalitis, which is a very challenging subject. We kept learning about neuromuscular disorders with Dr. Chin and after coffee break we received a class about EEG, which is one of my favorite topics. Finally, we learned about Parkinson’s disease from Dr. Sarva, and after lunch we got to do the post seminar test. Looking back at the week, I noticed how the time flew, because we had a very nice time in this place. I´m very happy to have found new friends, to have learned so much. I think this was a very good opportunity and I feel very lucky I was selected to attend this seminar. It was a great experience I wish all doctors in my country could have. I hope I will keep in touch with all the people I met and to have the opportunity to attend more seminars like this. I want to thank all the staff in this organization for this great opportunity. I will never forget this experience and all the new knowledge that brought to my medical practice. Thanks for everything. Laura Mendoza, MD (Mexico)