The Grand Rounds Lecture Series — a weekly one-hour continuing medical education (CME) seminar held on Fridays — covers a wide variety of clinical and basic science topics. From September through June, Grand Rounds consists of special lectures from faculty and guest speakers. All are invited to hear the latest discussions regarding both clinical and bench research developments.
Date: Fridays @ 7:45 a.m.
Unless otherwise noted
Location: Kathy E. Holden Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
Preparation
Before attending, if you have not already done so, register or confirm your account at washu.cloud-cme.com. This will enable you to claim CME credit for your attendance.
- Pair your mobile number by texting your WashU email address to 833-300-0118.
- After pairing, text the Activity ID provided at the session to the same number for automatic credit.
Tip: Save the texting number to your phone contacts for easy access.
- Download the CloudCME® mobile app from your device’s app store.
Apple iOS | Google/Android - Log in using the organization code “WashU”.
- You can either:
- Use the Claim Credit button: enter the Activity ID and submit.
- Scan Attendance using the QR code within the app: follow prompts to complete claiming.
Tip: When scanning the QR code, use the CloudCME® mobile app instead of your phone’s camera app for a successful claim.
- Log in to the WashU CloudCME site.
https://washu.cloud-cme.com/ - Click on “My CME”.
- Click on “Claim Credit”.
- Enter the Activity ID provided at the session and submit.
Timing reminder
Credit claiming window is 30 minutes before the scheduled start to 60 minutes after the scheduled end time of the session. Outside of this window, the code will be inactive and cannot be used. If you miss this window, please contact the Neurology Grand Rounds coordinator (mallett@wustl.edu) and they can add your attendance.
Current schedule & recordings
Learn more about the current schedule and past recordings on our intranet.
Lectureships
The Department of Neurology has six named lectures, four annually and two bi-annually. All are conducted within the venue of the weekly Neurology Grand Rounds so that students, residents, fellows and faculty can all benefit from the outstanding speakers who participate.
The Irwin Levy Lectureship was endowed by Meyer and Alene Kopolow, with the additional support from many other patients, friends, and colleagues. Before his death in 1979, he chose Arthur Asbury as the first lecturer. Levy was one of WashU Medicine’s leading clinical neurologists for over a quarter century from 1940-1979. The Levy Lectureship continues to be used as a living tribute to Levy’s commitment to clinical teaching in Neurology.
| 2024 | Charlotte Sumner |
| 2023 | Rebecca Gottesman |
| 2022 | S. Thomas Carmichael |
| 2021 | Claudia Lucchinetti |
| 2020 | Cancelled COVID-19 |
| 2019 | Andy Josephson |
| 2018 | Allan Levey |
| 2017 | Barbara Vickery |
| 2016 | Dimitri Krainc |
| 2015 | Ralph Sacco |
| 2014 | Robert Macdonald |
| 2013 | Merit Cudkowicz |
| 2012 | David Zee |
| 2011 | Michael Racke |
| 2010 | Justin McArthur |
| 2009 | Bradley Hyman |
| 2008 | Charles Thornton |
| 2007 | Douglas Gelb |
| 2006 | Bruce Dobkin |
| 2005 | Daniel Lowenstein |
| 2004 | Frank Longo |
| 2003 | Robert Brown |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | Flint Beal |
| 2000 | John Mazziontta |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | Steve Waxman |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | Fred Plum |
| 1993 | Louis rowland |
| 1991 | Dennis Choi |
| 1990 | Neil Raskin |
| 1989 | Kathleen Foley |
| 1988 | Ian MacDonald |
| 1987 | Stanley Appel |
| 1986 | Jay Mohr |
| 1985 | Robert Griggs |
| 1984 | Barry Arnason |
| 1983 | David Drachman |
| 1982 | Robert Fishman |
| 1981 | Stanley Fahn |
| 1980 | H. Richard Tyler |
| 1979 | Arthur Ashbury |
This visiting professorship honors the late St. Louis physician, Joesph J. Gitt, and was established by his family, friends and professional associates because of his strong interests in clinical training in medicine and neurology.
| 2024 | Nicole Calakos |
| 2022 | Elan Louis |
| 2020 | Michael Okun |
| 2018 | Amy Bastian |
| 2016 | A. Jon Stoessl |
| 2013 | Un Jung Kang |
| 2011 | Robert Burke |
| 2008 | Jonathan Mink |
| 2006 | Anne Young |
| 2004 | Mark Hallett |
| 2001 | John Gordon Nutt |
| 1999 | William Langston |
| 1989 | G. Frederick Wooten |
| 1988 | Jack Whisnant |
| 1987 | Dewey Ziegler |
| 1986 | Frank Yatsu |
| 1975 | Harold Stevens |
| 1974 | Joseph Foley |
| 1973 | Norman Geschwing |
| 1972 | Raymond Adams |
| 1971 | H. Houston Merritt |
This visiting professorship honors the late Phillip R. Dodge, MD. Under his leadership, the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University and Children’s Hospital attained a level of preeminence in this country and abroad. Teaching and research programs flourished, and the best of medical care was delivered to all who came to Children’s Hospital. Dodge was known perhaps best of all, to those who had the privilege to work with him, as a man always ready to give something of himself to others. He worked tirelessly to help careers flourish, to allay anxieties, and always to be available. His impact has been and will continue to be enormous.
| 2024 | Brad Schlaggar |
| 2023 | Ingrid Scheffer |
| 2022 | Steven Miller |
| 2021 | Christine Fox |
| 2020 | Marjo van der Knaap |
| 2019 | Brenda Banwell |
| 2018 | Mustafa Sahin |
| 2017 | Philip R. Dodge Symposium |
| 2016 | Frances E. Jensen |
| 2015 | Joseph G. Gleeson |
| 2014 | Tallie Z. Baram |
| 2013 | Elizabeth Berry-Kravis |
| 2012 | Jonathan W. Mink |
| 2012 | Gary D. Clark |
| 2010 | Donna Ferriero |
| 2009 | Isabelle Rapin |
| 2008 | Robert S. Rust Jr. |
| 2007 | William C. Mobley |
| 2006 | Scott L. Pomeroy |
| 2005 | Gregory L. Holmes |
| 2004 | Clifford B. Saper |
| 2003 | Arnold R. Kriegstein |
| 2002 | Laura R. Ment |
| 2001 | Salvatore DiMauro |
| 2000 | Christopher Walsh |
| 1999 | Huda Y. Zoghbi |
| 1998 | Patricia Goldman-Rakic |
| 1997 | Karin B. Nelson |
| 1996 | Joseph J. Volpe |
| 1995 | Dale Purves |
| 1993 | Guy M. McKhann |
| 1991 | Floyd E. Bloom |
| 1990 | Raymond D. Adams |
| 1989 | Victor Dubowitz |
| 1988 | Vernes S. Caviness |
| 1987 | Robert Y. Moore |
| 1986 | Hugo Moser |
The Sidney Goldring Lecture in Epilepsy honors the late Sidney Goldring, MD. Goldring was a neurosurgeon and educator who was an early advocate for a brain operation that he helped to develop for patients with severe epilepsy.
| 2024 | Elaine Wirrell |
| 2023 | Sam Lhatoo |
| 2022 | Charles Ákos Szabó, MD |
| 2021 | Eli Mizrahi |
| 2020 | Cancelled |
| 2019 | Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi |
| 2018 | Mark Cook |
| 2017 | Nathan Crone |
| 2016 | Bruce Hermann |
| 2015 | Hal Blumenfeld |
| 2014 | George Ojemann |
| 2013 | Michael Privitera |
| 2012 | Elinor Ben-Menachem |
| 2011 | Dessin Spencer |
| 2010 | Prakash Kotagal |
The Noetzel Lecture honors the late Michael J. Noetzel, MD. Noetzel was best known for his research involving strokes in children, especially so-called silent strokes that often go unnoticed by parents and doctors. He played an important role in several major clinical trials, including the Diabetes Control and Complication Trial, and Silent Cerebral Infarct Multi-Center Clinical Trial, which focused on sickle cell disease
| 2024 | Michael Dowling |
| 2023 | Noma Dlamini |
The Bishop Lecture honors the late George H. Bishop, MD. Bishop was a critical, highly regarded and beloved colleague at WashU Medicine and in the international community of neurophysiologists. He was known for his exceptional practical abilities, inside and outside the laboratory, his basic modesty, remarkable way with words and wonderful sense of humor. The George H. Bishop lectureship is the oldest named lectureship in basic neuroscience at WashU Medicine.
| 2024 | David M. Holtzman, MD |
| 2023 | Christopher A. Walsh |
| 2020 | Christian Haass |
| 2019 | Jonathan Kipnis |
| 2018 | Ralph Dacey |
| 2017 | Don Cleveland |
| 2016 | Berislav Zlokovic |
| 2014 | Maiken Nedergaard |
| 2013 | Robert Darnell |
| 2012 | Helen S. Mayberg |
| 2011 | Thomas Südhof |
| 2010 | Joshua Sanes |
| 2009 | Mitchel Berger |
| 2008 | Stephen Hauser |
| 2007 | Story Landis |
| 2006 | Steven Marc Paul |
| 2005 | Kenneth H. Fischbeck |
| 2004 | Kevin P. Campbell |
| 2003 | William C. Mobley |
| 2002 | Virginia M. Y. Lee |
| 2001 | R. Susan Zukin |
| 2000 | Stephen Heinemann |
| 1999 | Stanley Prusiner |
| 1998 | Richard Tsien |
| 1997 | David Prince |
| 1996 | Allen Roses |
| 1995 | Zach W. Hall |
| 1994 | Gerald D. Fischbach |
| 1993 | Mary C. Bushnell |
| 1992 | Martin E. Schwab |
| 1991 | Larry R. Squire |
| 1990 | Sanford L. Palay |
| 1989 | Torsten N. Wiesel |
| 1988 | Robert H. Wurtz |
| 1987 | Albert J. Aguayo |
| 1986 | William D. Willis Jr. |
| 1985 | Martin Raff |
| 1984 | John Pappenheimer |
| 1983 | Julian Jack |
| 1982 | P. B. C. Matthews |
| 1981 | Louis Sokoloff |
| 1980 | Bernard Katz & Stephen Kuffler |
| 1979 | Vernon B. Mountcastle |
| 1978 | Gerald Edelman |
| 1977 | Solomon H. Snyder |
| 1976 | Rita Levi-Montalcini |
| 1975 | Seymour Kety |
| 1974 | Viktor Hamburger |
| 1973 | Yves LaPorte |
| 1972 | James O’Leary |
| 1971 | Irving Diamond |
| 1970 | Edward Perl |
| 1969 | James Sprague |
| 1968 | Carlton Hunt |
| 1967 | Mila and Arnold Sheibel |
| 1966 | R. W. Sperry |
| 1965 | William Mehler |
| 1964 | David Hubel |
| 1963 | Theodore H. Bullock |
| 1962 | Dixon M. Woodbury |
| 1961 | Clinton N. Woolsey |
| 1960 | W. H. A. Rushton |
| 1959 | Sir Frances Walshe |
| 1958 | Michael Fuortes |
| 1957 | Stephen Kuffler |
| 1956 | Harry Grundfest |
Accreditation statement

In support of improving patient care, WashU Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit hour statement
WashU Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of one AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
WashU Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC Contact Hour(s).
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 IPCE credit(s) for learning and change.
Faculty disclosure
Speaker disclosures will be made available at each Grand Rounds session.