Clinical Neuroscience Rounds

Grand Rounds are held Fridays from 8:00am-10:15am.

Grand Rounds is held in the Coombs Lecture Theatre and/or via Zoom. Please check emailed posters for details. Contact: quentin.collier@ahs.ca

The Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DCNS) Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

DCNS Grand Rounds

Sept. 19: MD symposium
Sept. 26: Shawn Marshall (Debert)
Oct. 3: Stacey Clardy:
Erin L. Palmer Memorial Lectureship
in Autoimmune Neurology
(Roberts, Kapadia)
Oct. 10: Health Equity Rounds
Oct. 17: Abhimanyu Mahajan (Karnik)
Oct. 24: Mary Ann Lee Lecture
Oct. 31: Zelma Kiss/Davide Martino

Please see weekly email for details.

Alberta Physiatry Rounds

Calgary Physiatry Rounds via Zoom. Please see emails for details and the Zoom meeting link.

Sept: NO ROUNDS
Oct. 9: Carl Myles O'Brien
Nov. 13: Anne Sophie Cauchon

ROUNDS MOVING TO THURSDAYS IN FALL.

HBI Seminar Series

More information: https://hbi.ucalgary.ca

DCNS Health Equity Rounds

Visit the Health Equity Rounds page

DCNS Grand Rounds

2025

June 27: Sean Dukelow
“Canadian Stroke Recovery Trials in 2025”

June 20: Lauren Capozzi
“Redefining Recovery: Advancing
Cancer Rehabilitation Across
the Care Continuum”

May 30: Amy H. Ng
“Prehab Before Rehab:
The Why, When and How”

May 9: Katie Wiltshire, Mei Lan Liem-Beckett
“Clinical Adverse Events.
What to do When the Unexpected Happens”

May 2: Aleksandra Mineyko
“Beyond Deficits: Neuroscience
Perspectives on Learners in Difficulty”

April 25: Michael Nicolle
“Management of Myasthenia Gravis
in 2025 and the Use of Biologics”

March 21: Chris Hahn, Shaza Almweisheer
“Improving Care in
Autoimmune Encephalitis”

March 14: Valerie Taylor
“Science in Health Policy
Decision Making”

March 7: Zahra Goodarzi
“Management of Neuropsychiatric
Symptoms in Dementia”

Jan. 24: Werner J. Becker
“The History of Migraine:
From Mystery to Science”

Jan. 31: Nathalie Jetté
"Health services research and
neuro-epidemiology in action:
Findings that can inform clinical practice
for people with epilepsy and
neurological conditions”

Feb. 7: Oksana Suchowersky
"Autosomal Dominant
Spinocerebellar Ataxias -
Diagnosis and Treatment”

2024

Jan. 12: Jacob Alant
“Exploring the pathogenesis, presentation
and management of lumbo-sacral
extradural CSF cysts”
Jan. 26: Mohammed Almekhlafi
“Enemy Within the Walls:
Advancing In-Hospital Stroke Care
Through Innovative Detection &
Zone-Wide Pathway”
May 3: Tamara Pringsheim
“A Tale of Two Registries:
Successes, Failures and Advice
for New Researchers”

May 10: Alicia Hilderley + Maya Pajevic
“Building Authentic
Patient Partnerships
in Research”

May 31: Darren L. Clark
“The Ongoing Quest for
Response Biomarkers
in Neuromodulation”

June 21: Bruce Campbell, Leonid Churilov
“Innovations in design and
analysis of neurology trials:
Adaptive features and
novel outcome measures”

June 28: Juan Silvestre G. Pascual
“Global Neurosurgery
(and Neuroscience):
Challenges, Innovations,
and Opportunities”

Sept. 13: Shelagh Coutts
“Tenecteplase versus standard of care
for minor ischaemic stroke with
proven occlusion (TEMPO-2)"

Sept. 27: Nicholas Earle
“Cultural Shock Among
Postgraduate Students:
A Double Challenge to Consider"

Oct. 25: Christina Sampaio
“Trials and Tribulations of
Evidence-Based Medicine
for Movement Disorders"

Nov. 29: Eran Klein
“Trust in Neurotechnology
Research: Does it Matter?”

Alberta Physiatry Rounds

2025

Jan. 8: Angie Andreoli, Andria Bianchi,
Danielle Jepson, Meiqi Guo
“ ‘Therapeutic’ Falls: A toolkit
for embracing risk, enhancing
autonomy, and accelerating
recovery in rehab ”