Duke Neurology News, February 1, 2020

Department Highlights

Durham doctor's flashy suits bring smiles to ALS patients
Rick Bedlack, MD, PhD, is known as a champion of ALS patients. He's also known for his flashy clothes. Now, the Duke ALS researcher has the ultimate sparkly suit with matching mask by celebrity designer Jerry Lee Atwood, who has dressed Post Malone and Lil Naz X.
"I just thought it would be really neat if I could combine all the things I've learned with my love of fashion and put that into a suit somehow," said Bedlack, Director of the Duke ALS Clinic. Read or watch the ABC11 news story.

Duke Neurology All-Star Awards go to Murray, Burger, Wilson, and Russell
Four members of the Duke Neurology Department won All-Star Awards in January for their flexibility, ingenuity, and dedication to helping Duke patients and their colleagues. This month's winners include administrative coordinator Gina Murray, financial care counselor Matthew Burger, clinical nurse Cynthia Wilson, and financial care counselor Glenda Russell. Read more about each of these All-Star winners, or nominate a colleague for a future All-Star award on our intranet.

Current challenges and opportunities in neurology research: A conversation with our Vice Chair for Research
When Simon Gregory, PhD, became our Vice Chair for Research last year, he took on the challenge of maintaining and building on all of our research efforts while also navigating the challenges of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic. In this interview Gregory discusses his top priorities for 2021, how his own background as a neurogenomicist influences his work, and the developments he’s most looking forward to in the next five to 10 years. Read more.

This Week at Duke: Colton to deliver grand rounds, Neurology D&I meeting and more
It's a busy week this week with our first faculty meeting of 2021 on Monday afternoon. Johns Hopkins' Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH, will deliver a lecture on myositis at Grand Rounds. Other events include palliative and geriatrics grand rounds on Monday, Journal Club on Tuesday, and two neurobiology seminars. View the "Calendar of Events" section below for more details.

Calendar of Events

Monday. February 1

Geriatrics Grand Rounds: Karen Alexander, MD - PREVENTABLE trial noon-1 p.m., ACP and Social Work - Meeting number: 732 707 765 Password: Duke Log in here.
Palliative Care Grand Rounds: noon-1 p,m, Kristen Lakis, LCSW and Mallory Russo, LCSW - Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/94138603438
Neurobiology Student Seminar Seminar: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Kapil Ramachandran - Plasma membrane neuroproteasomes: a new paradigm in proteostasis and neuromodulation email d.shipman@duke.edu for login info.
Duke Neurology Faculty Meeting: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/9406012755?pwd=MkxQSGtybGw1aitmVE04QStTaktpUT09

Tuesday, February 2

TBS Journal Club: 4-5 p.m., Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/96315675872?pwd=dUZxYlNoTExHb3Fkcm9hK2p2MDZCQT09
TBS Faculty Meeting: 5-6 p.m., Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/94814900505?pwd=SHBaQmtjWWh0cVpEMjBFWlIrMzdlUT09
Neurobiology Seminar: Christian Steinhauser, PhD - Noon-1p.m., A role for inflammation and astroglial uncoupling in epileptogenesis - email d.shipman@duke.edu for login info.

Wednesday, February 3

Duke Neurology Grand Rounds: 8-9 a.m., - Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH (Director, Johns Hopkins Myositis Center) -Myositis 2021: Moving beyond dermatomyositis and “polymyositis"- Case presentation by Lara Wadi, MD -Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/9406012755?pwd=MkxQSGtybGw1aitmVE04QStTaktpUT09

Duke Neurology Trivia

In this photograph, a major player in the Duke Neurology Department poses with James O'Connell.

The two friends would both go on to graduate from Harvard Medical School, the former studying neurology and the latter internal medicine, and eventually going on to found a non-profit organization to treat the homeless in Boston.

Who is the key Neurology faculty member in this photo, and which figure is he?
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Are you a faculty, staff, or trainee of the Neurology Department with a photo of yourself from 10+ years ago that you'd like to share? If so send it to William.Alexander@duke.edu and we may feature it in a future issue.