This is the worst natural catastrophe in the history of my region.

Hundreds of cities flooded, including my own.

100+ people dead.

100.000+ people displaced.

Millions affected.

What a grand way to celebrate the ending of our 4y journey together UNC Neurology 🧗🏻‍♀️

#Almost_Neurologists 🧠🧩
#AANAM American Academy of Neurology #NeuroTwitter

📢'The World Is Your Oyster' is for those who are born in global north countries--don't experience visa bureaucracy & emotional burden that non-white global south scholars do. Citizenship is a privilege that we need to recognize in the academe. 1/n

nature.com/articles/d4158…

Attention: #Neurology departmental, division and program leadership!

Do you have IMG trainees you wish you could hire and/ or mentor better?

This is THE session to understand IMG-specific issues (including visas) and potential solutions.

Join us on Sunday at #AANAM

UNC Neurology is thrilled to announce the upcoming arrival of our new Adult & Child Neurology Residency Classes! We extend a warm welcome to all the incoming residents and look forward to collaborating closely with you throughout your residency!

Join us on September 19th from 6pm-7pm EST for our UNC Adult Neurology Residency Open House! Submit questions here ahead of time: buff.ly/44mdpqd and register here: buff.ly/3YPpnaO NeurologyMATCH2024 and MatchNeuroWebinars #NeurotwitterNetwork #MatchNeuro #Neurology #Resident

Dr. Miriam Sklerov, of the Neurology Movement Disorders Center at UNC recently won a K23 through the NIMH, for her project, 'Investigation of non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of apathy!' Congratulations! #Award #Neurology #MovementDisorder #Parkinsons

Fiber architectures at the putamen, globus pallidus, and thalamus visualized from ex-vivo human brain scan #DigitalBrainBank
open.win.ox.ac.uk/DigitalBrainBa…

DWI signals in putamen and globus pallidus are usually very low, but this dataset has enough SNR to allow for fiber tracking.

Deep Brain Stimulation to treat stroke. Andre Machado and Ken Baker and colleagues Cleveland Clinic in a new Nature Medicine paper showed dentate nucleus stimulation was effective for a small pilot cohort of folks. Who were they? 'Individuals with a first-time, unilateral,

Did you see the news about the Apple patent for #EEG sensors in earbuds?

It's the tip of the iceberg. And we need to start talking about it.

Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech (Nita Farahany | TED2023) go.ted.com/6Wn9 via TED Talks

Shoutout to everyone else making the transition from internal medicine PGY1 to neurology PGY2 🧠

new year, new squiggles 🙃

Focused Ultrasound Effective for Treating Parkinson’s, Movement Disorders: ow.ly/2VlL50ONkHP
Led UNC-Chapel Hill by Vibhor Krishna #startsinacademicmedicine
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Wonderful visit from Olajide Williams MD to UNC Neurology., talking about #strokedisparities . Thanks for a great morning report with our residents…it was a doozy wasn’t it? @neurotwitter Columbia Neurology Residency

New data: Long hours (≥60 per week) & extended shifts (≥24 hours) pose a danger to patient safety & to residents.

The combination has a synergistic effect, amplifying medical errors, car crashes, and needle sticks.

It’s time to rethink the way we’ve always done things.

Last week, Tennessee passed legislation to allow international medical graduates to obtain licensure and practice independently *without* completing a U.S. residency program.

This is BIG news.

So you know what that means.

Time to break it down, Winners & Losers™️ style.

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Brazilian Friday

6 a.m. / 6 p.m.

Our Medusa CAST - episode 19: North Carolina!! Showing Brazilian students and doctors that “In my mind, I'm gone to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine?
Can't you just feel the moon shinin'?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind?
Yes, I'm goin' to Carolina in