Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast

BONUS EPISODE: The Child Neurology Foundation Pledge Drive

Sam and Ali talk to Kim Hindery about the many benefits and services of the advocacy group Child Neurology Foundation, the upcoming Pigabilities fundraiser, the yearly Beauty of Neurology gala, and whether it is better to fight 1 horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses.

Episode 10: Neurogenetics, Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke, & alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Sam and Ali talk neurogenetics and philosophy with Kuntal Sen, recount the life and times of Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke, and review the natural history of alternating hemiplegia of childhood.

Episode 9: Minneapolis, Jean Cady Solis, and febrile seizures

Ali and Sam interview Jess Goldstein, MD about her first-hand experience with the ICE presence in Minneapolis and its effects on patients and families. Jeanne Cady Solis gets her (long overdue) due, and we learn about new work using metabolomics in febrile seizures.

Episode 8: International medical graduates, Oliver Sacks, a bio-psycho-social approach to headache

Ali and Sam chat with Dhanalakshmi Angappan about her path from pediatrics in India to child neurology in the United States. Ali questions myth versus reality, and Sam reviews a generalist model for addressing chronic daily headache.

Episode 7: Social media, Abraham Jacobi, myostatin inhibitor for spinal muscular atrophy

Sam and Ali interview the mysterious Amy G Dala before delving into Communism and new clinical trial data for spinal muscular atrophy.