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For the 2019 Annual Meeting, we look forward to sharing a neurology practice update from Dr. Raghav Govindarajan.
Raghav Govindarajan, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Associate Medical Director Neurology Clinic and Sleep Disorders Clinic, ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence Director, MDA Care Center Director, AANEM Certified Center of Excellence EMG Lab Director, and Clerkship Director at the University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia.
Dr. Govindarajan is a fellow of American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, American College of Physicians, College of Physicians of Philadelphia and an inducted member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society and Sigma Xi. He is a life member of Association of Indian Neurologists in America, member of American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Missouri State Medical Association. Dr. Govindarajan has received more than fifty teaching and mentorship awards, several peer recognition awards, scholarships, and leadership honors. Dr. Govindarajan is a published author in peer reviewed journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Neurology®, Journal of clinical neuroscience, and more. Dr. Govindarajan received his medical degree from Bangalore Medical College in Bangalore, India. He completed his internship and residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Florida and his fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.
AINA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 AINA Neurology Trainee Awards. There were over 25 abstracts that were reviewed this year - an AINA record! The process was very competitive to determine the final winners! These winners will be presented a Trainee Award during the AINA Annual Meeting on Monday evening, May 6th at the Le Meridien Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. We look forward to seeing you all there and recognizing these excellent trainees! Register now here!
1st Place: Neal Parikh - Liver Fibrosis and Outcomes after Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage
2nd Place:
Aravind Ganesh - Factors Associated with Discrepancy Between Post-treatment Infarct Volume and 90-day Functional Outcome in the ESCAPE Randomized Controlled Trial
Runner Ups:
Shamik Shah - TBI and PTSD are associated with higher risk of Ischemic Stroke in veteran population: VA retrospective study
Parneet Grewal - Improving field Identification of Large vessel occlusion: A retrospective review analysis
Saurav Das - Tumors in the cauda equina: a SEER analysis of tumor types and predictors of outcome
Congratulations to these winners! What great work being showcased by these individuals, as well as all of the trainee abstracts. An exciting time in Neurology!
Next week, it is a matter of great honour and privilege to invite you all to Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India for attending BRAINSTORM 2019, a joint collaborative educational venture of Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN), Association of Indian Neurologists in America (AINA), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and PGIMER, Chandigarh to be held from April 12-13-14, 2019.
A galaxy of speakers from all these organisations are jointly working hard to provide an academic feast, which can satiate the desire of everyone with everything, especially for budding neurologists. The scientific program will cover a large number of neurological disorders like Neuro-ophthalmology, Dementia, Stroke, Epilepsy, Ataxia and Neuro-Infections.
http://www.brainstorm2019.in/download/e-Brochure.pdf
Last summer, Dr. Zain Guduru, an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Kentucky, interviewed the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Dr. Vinay Chaudhry. Please listen in on the interview and hear more about Dr. Chaudhry and his experiences!
Please click here for the interview.
AINA is now seeking Executive Committee members for upcoming terms. If you are interested in serving on the AINA Executive Committee for the period of 2019-2021, please send a 2-3 paragraph statement of interest with information on your current position and ideas that you have to move AINA forward in the coming years. Please share this to the AINA Office by April 25th, and will be reviewed by the AINA Executive Committee. Thanks in advance for your interest in leadership of our growing Association!
On behalf of the AINA Executive Committee, I would like to invite you to join us for the 36th AINA Annual Meeting. Come see old colleagues and make new friends in the City of Brotherly Love.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. David Holtzman, President of the American Neurological Association, as our keynote speaker this year. We have received a record number of applications for the AINA resident and trainee awards and we are delighted to recognize this year’s AINA Lifetime Achievement award winner, Dr. Ram Ayyar.
We look forward to welcoming you soon at this year’s AINA Annual Meeting.
-Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAAN
AINA President
Dr. Khatri is Professor of Neurology at the University of Cincinnati. She is well known as a leading authority on acute stroke trials dealing with thrombolysis and stroke intervention. She served as lead author for the PRISMS trial, investigating role of thrombolysis in patients with mild stroke. The ESO thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke guidelines are published in the European Stroke Journal. Congrats to Dr. Khatri!
Dr. Shyam Prabhakaran MD MS, an internationally recognized leader in vascular neurology and stroke research and treatment, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Prabhakaran joins the department from Northwestern University where he served as Professor of Neurology, Director of Stroke Research, Director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship, and Director of the Stroke Quality and Outcomes Research Enterprise. He currently serves as principal investigator of the Chicago regional coordinating center in the National Institutes of Health’s stroke trials network (NIH StrokeNet).
In addition to his leadership in reorganizing the stroke system of care in Chicago over the past decade, Dr. Prabhakaran has a strong track record of extramurally funded clinical and translational research that focuses on uncovering the underlying causes of recurrent strokes, improving the delivery of stroke care, and optimizing patient outcomes and recovery. He has led projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). His research is at the interface between clinical stroke, neuroimaging, and health services/community health. Currently, Dr. Prabhakaran is leading a multi-site NIH-funded study of imaging predictors of recurrent stroke in patients with intracranial atherosclerotic disease. In addition, he is the principal investigator for a recently awarded study funded by AHRQ that aims to improve pre-hospital and inter-hospital stroke care using machine learning and other novel approaches.
Dr. Prabhakaran received his medical education at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now known as Rutgers New Jersey Medical School), and completed his residency in neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, serving as chief resident in his final year. He followed this with a clinical fellowship in vascular neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, and completed a T32 training program in neuro-epidemiology there while simultaneously earning a Master of Science degree in epidemiology at Columbia University.
AINA congratulates Dr. Prabhakaran for this great achievement!
The Resident and Fellows Section has been recently airing interviews with prestigious neurologists. Resident and Fellows Section Member, Rahul Guha interviewed Dr Nirmal Surya. Dr. Surya is the treasurer of the Indian Academy of Neurology and founding trustee and chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation of India. We discussed the challenges of providing sustainable epilepsy care to patients in India. Please view the interview recording here!
