My Brain and Medicine 2025
Encephalitis Survivors and Caregivers Day
Please note this is a FREE in-person event for patients, family members and caregivers.
Venue: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 50 Haven Avenue, Suite 109 , New York, NY 10032, USA
Room: 50 Haven Ballroom (in the Lower Level)
Friday 26 September 2025 - 13.30 - 18.30hrs (Eastern Time)
Sessions to include:
- Overview of infectious encephalitis - Assoc Prof Kiran Thakur, Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
- Overview of autoimmune encephalitis - Assist Prof Sarah Flanagan Wesley, Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
- Overview of encephalitis in children - Dr Molly Wilson-Murphy, Boston Children's Hospital.
- Rehabilitation following encephalitis - Assist Prof Akin Beckley, Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
- Seizure management in encephalitis - Dr Claude Steriade, NYU Langone's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.
- Psychiatric management in encephalitis - Prof Steven Kushner, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Center for Precision Psychiatry & Mental Health - New York Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
- Encephalitis Community 'lived experiences' - Jim Cooper (infectious encephalitis) and Rachael Muggleton (autoimmune encephalitis).
The event will finish with a drinks and nibbles reception.
A copy of the programme can be downloaded here
This event was organized in collaboration with the Department of Neurology at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
