The Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds Conference May 10, 2024, begins at 7 a.m. with a case presentation by Brian M. Kongs, D.O. The case is a clinical and radiologic review of HIV encephalitis and the evaluation and management of viral encephalitides.

Kongs is a first-year resident at KU Medical Center and completed his medical degree and a Master of Science degree in bioethics at Kansas City University. His interests include neurology, neurocognitive and neurodegenerative medicine.

The second presentation will focus on large-core ischemic stroke by Abid Qureshi, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and a neocritical care fellow. The discussion will examine large-vessel, acute ischemic stroke and the current controversies related to which patients to take to thrombectomy (EVT). This presentation is from 8 to 9 a.m.

Qureshi graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center followed by a residency in neurology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed cognitive neurology and neuroscience fellowships at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital as well as a vascular neurology fellowship at Columbia University.

Both presentations will take place at the Clendening Auditorium in Robinson at the KU Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas.

A virtual option for the presentation is available. Email sescobar@kumc.edu for the link.