Preventable harm is a serious concern for patients with Parkinson disease who receive care in the hospital setting, even when admitted for reasons other than their diagnosis. Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, Chief Quality and Transformation Officer at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, discusses his work with the Parkinson’s Foundation developing new hospital care standards for reducing medication mismanagement and improper or insufficient care.

Joseph Sullivan, MD, Professor, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, describes encouraging results from the SWALLOWTAIL and LONGWING studies of an investigational treatment for individuals with Dravet syndrome, including outcomes related to seizure frequency, cognition, and behavior.

Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, uses neurostimulation as a means to study the nervous system and to treat diseases in which the nervous system is affected or implicated. In this episode, Dr. Zanos gives an overview of the current understanding of Vagus Nerve Stimulation and shares important updates for future research and treatments beyond the nervous system.

Paul Kruszka, MD, Chief Medical Officer at GeneDx, discusses advanced genomic testing, emphasizing how these tests are used to guide diagnosis and treatment decisions associated with neurodevelopmental conditions, including genetic variants associated with epilepsy.

Chris Bundy, MD, Executive Medical Director, Washington Physicians Health Program, provides an overview of treatment and recovery options available to physicians with substance use disorder, including peer-to-peer support, medication, and Physician Health Programs.

Chris Bundy, MD, Executive Medical Director, Washington Physicians Health Program, provides an overview of physician substance use disorder, including prevalence, risk factors, and impediments to recovery as well as details about his own journey with recovery.

In this episode, Trisham Gyang, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and Gopika Govindan Kutty, MD, Fellow, Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, provide strategies to assess biologic, genetic, and social factors in patients living with MS to help shrink the gap in care for underrepresented populations.