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2026 TNS Winter Conference Agenda

Thursday, January 29, 2026
Time Topic Speaker
Hot Topics | Moderator: Reeta Achari, MD
12:30 - 1:30 pm Medicolegal Expert 101 Randolph Evans, MD, FAAN
1:30 - 2:30 pm Preventive Neurology in Neurodegenerative Disorders Leorah Freeman, MD, PhD
2:30 - 3:00 pm Refreshment Break
3:00 - 4:00 pm Nutritional Neurology Reeta Achari, MD
4:00 - 5:00 pm Incorporating Clinical Trials in Clinical Practice  
 
Friday, January 30, 2026
7:00 am Registration Opens | Breakfast Available
Pediatric Neurology | Moderator: Steve Lazar, MD
8:00 - 9:00 am Current Updates and Debates on Genetic Epilepsy in Surgical Decision Making Scott Perry, MD
9:00 - 10:00 am Capacity Building for Transitional Neurologic Care and Adults with Disabilities Jessica Soloman Sanders, MD
10:00 - 10:15 am Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:15 - 12:15 pm Ethical Conversation and Updates in Pediatric and Adult Death by Neurologic Criteria
Kim Sawyer, MD, MA, HEC-C
Marina Ma, MD
Michael A. Rubin, MD, MA, FAAN
11:45 - 1:15 pm Lunch
12:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch & Learn
General Neurology | Moderator: Joseph Imbs, MD
1:15 - 2:15 pm Diagnostic Update in Neuroimmunology John A. Lincoln, MD, PhD
2:15 - 3:15 pm Update in Seizure Management and SE Proletta Datta, MD, PhD
3:15 - 3:45 pm Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
3:45 - 4:45 pm Vascular Neurology Clinical Trial Updates Louise McCullough, MD, PhD
4:45 - 5:45 pm Optic Neuritis: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Andrew Lee, MD
5:45 - 6:30 pm Welcome Reception with Resident Poster Viewing
 
Saturday, January 31, 2026
7:00 am Registration & Exhibit Hall Opens | Breakfast Available
APP Track
8:00 - 9:00 am PD Treatment Updates and Pearls for Pumps Sarah Erskine, NP
9:00 - 10:00 am Approach to MS Alexandra Rossi, FNP-BC
General Session | Moderator: Yessar Hussain, MD
8:00 - 9:00 am Therapeutic Updates in Myasthenia Gravis Yessar Hussain, MD
9:00 - 10:00 am Muscle Biopsy: Clinical Cases Demonstrating the Utility of Muscle Biopsy Aziz Shaibani, MD
10:00 - 10:30 am Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 - 11:30 am Approaches to Delirium / Altered Mental Status in the Hospital Setting Joseph Friedman, MD
11:30 - 12:30 pm Advances in Functional Neurosurgery Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD
12:30 - 1:30 pm Membership Luncheon
Resident, Fellow & Medical Student Track
12:30 - 1:30 pm Luncheon and Symposium
1:30 - 2:45 pm Skills Workshop
General Session | Moderator: Joseph Imbs, MD
1:30 - 1:45 pm Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
1:45 - 2:45 pm Doc, I Can't Sleep - Management of Sleep Disorders Rachel Salas, MD, MEd
2:45 - 3:45 pm Drug Induced Movement Disorders William Ondo, MD
3:45 - 4:15 pm Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
4:15 - 5:15 pm Updates in Management of Motor and Nonmotor Features of PD vs. PD Mimics Atypical Parkinson's Cases Joseph Jankovic, MD
5:15 - 6:00 pm Program Director Happy Hour
6:30 - 7:00 pm Resident/Medical Student Meet & Greet with Dr. Glaucomflecken
7:30 - 10:30 pm TNS Education Foundation Fundraiser
 
Sunday, February 1, 2026
7:00 am Registration Opens | Breakfast Available
General Session | Moderator: Karen Keough, MD
8:00 - 9:00 am Neuroimaging Review Marco Pinho, MD
9:00 - 10:00 am Do I have ADHD? Diagnosis of ADHD in Adulthood and Its Mimics in the Neurology Clinic Susanna Mierau, MD, PhD
10:00 - 10:15 am Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:15 am Updates on Dysautonomia Management Elisabeth Golden, MD
11:15 - 12:15 pm Ethics: Advocacy in Action
Sara Austin, MD
Kimberly Monday, MD
Eddie Patton, MD, MBA, MS
12:15 pm Adjourn