northwest grand rounds-sponsored by nwppn

PEACEHEALTH

• Assessment and Treatment of Children with PANDAS/PANS Symptoms: A Pediatrician’s Perspective with Dr. Melissa McCormack, Pediatrician

  Learning Objectives:

  • Identify neuropsychiatric symptoms requiring further medical evaluation.

  • Identify medical disorders that can present with neuropsychiatric symptoms.

  • Evaluate patients for PANDAS/PANS and other neuroimmune disorders.

  • Initiate treatment for patients diagnosed with PANDAS/PANS.

Oregon Health & sciences university

• T Cell-Derived Cytokines In Neurovascular and Microglial Dysfunction in Post-Infectious Autoimmune Encephalitis-10/16/24

  Presented by Dritan Agalliu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York

  Learning Objectives:

  • Describe histopathological, molecular and immunological changes that occur in the brain after repeated Group A streptococcus infections in an animal model for PANDAS.

  • Elucidate the role that T cell-derived cytokines play in neurovascular and microglial dysfunction in an animal model for PANDAS.

  • Compare the immunological changes in mice with those seen in sera from PANDAS patients.

  • Discuss potential novel therapeutic treatments for PANDAS/PANS.

• Infection, Inflammation & Mental Health- Mapping the Intersections

  Presented by Jennifer Frankovich, M.D., M.S., Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics Rheumatology, Director of the Stanford PANS Research Program, Co-Director of Stanford Children's Health Immune Behavioral Health Clinic 

  Learning Objectives”

  • Give examples of a well-defined inflammatory disorders that can present with psychiatric symptoms.

  • What is the general approach to treating inflammation based on neuropsychiatric disorders like Sydenham's Chorea, Lupus, PANS/PANDAS, etc.

• Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS): Recognition and Treatment of an Often Overlooked Syndrome in Children with Kiki Chang, M.D., formerly of Stanford

Multicare Inland northwest

• Childhood Post-Infectious Autoimmune Encephalitis with Michael Daines, M.D. of Children’s Post-Infection Autoimmune Encephalopathy Center of Excellence at University of Arizona

other medical educatioN

• “Mechanisms of PANDAS/PANS: What causes the breakdown of the blood-brain barrier in CNS disease” presented by Dr. Dritan Agalliu as he unveils the mechanisms of PANDAS PANS, providing a comprehensive understanding of neurovascular blood brain barrier breakdown in the CNS. This enlightening exploration will take you through the complex process of angiogenesis, elucidating the various intricacies associated with the development and eventual breakdown of the neurovascular barrier within the Central Nervous System.

• “Presentation and Management of Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)” presented by Stanford and offered with CME credit

• “Childhood Postinfectious Autoimmune Encephalopathy” presented by Sydney Rice, M.D., MS, FAAP, Co-Director of University of Arizona and Banner Children’s Post-Infectious Autoimmune Encephalopathy Center of Excellence