Jul 31, 2017
Show description/summary:1) On being sick: Musings about kindness, side effects, and slowing down2) Resident & Fellow Section Update: Annual Writing AwardIn the first segment, Dr. Alberto Espay talks with Dr. Ted Burns about his Special Editorial, “On being sick: Musings about kindness, side effects, and slowing down.” In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andy Southerland focuses his interview with Dr. John Millichap on the annual Resident & Fellow writing award. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES:Dr. Espay serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders; serves as an editorial board member of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and The European Neurological Journal; serves on the scientific advisory board for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Impax, Merz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer Inc, Solstice Neurosciences, Eli Lilly and Company, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and USWorldMeds; is a consultant for Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Abbvie), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cynapsus and Lundbeck, Inc; receives royalties for publications of books from Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and Cambridge University Press; serves on the speakers' bureau of UCB, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society; receives research support from the CleveMed/Great Lake Neurotechnilogies, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All other participants report no disclosures.Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology; receives research support from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Health Resources Services Administration and the NIH; has a provisional patent application titled: “Method, system and computer readable medium for improving treatment times for rapid evaluation of acute stroke via mobile telemedicine;” and gave legal expert review.Dr. Millichap has received speaker honoraria from Invitae; serves on the editorial board for Neurology and Pediatric Neurology Briefs; receives publishing royalties from BMJ Best Practice and UpToDate; and has received research support from UCB Pharma, Thrasher Research Fund, and Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy.