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Congrats to our PGY-3 Anna DeForest, for being the first emerging leader for the AAHPM Neuropalliative Special Interest Group! Anna continues to impress us with her commitment to the field of Neuropalliative care. Way to go!

Congrats, Tova, on the funding for your R25 grant. The program is super proud of you!

Double Congratulations to PGY4 resident Chris Traner who has been accepted to participate in the 18^th annual Neurology on the Hill in Washington, DC where he will engage in the unique opportunity to discuss advocacy issues on Capitol Hill! As well as being selected as the resident member of the Neurology Today editorial board. Way to go Chris!

Congratulations to Amanda Hernandez, one of our PGY-4 on her acceptance to the Eureka International Certificate Course in Siracusa, Italy! Eureka aims to develop a Network of multidisciplinary translational professionals who create a global community of Translational Medicine professionals to advance the application of biomedical innovation for the tangible benefit of patients. Read more about the conference here.

Kathyrn details the medical mystery of a patient with Transient Global Amnesia for The New York Times Magazine!  You can read about it here.

The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) gathers thousands of the field’s clinicians, researchers, trainees and industry supporters on an annual basis at its International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. This year the conference was held in Nice, France!

Chindhuri Selvadurai, our PGY-4 presented her abstract “Focal unilateral tensor veli palatini myoclonus causing objective tinnitus without palatal elevation” You can read Chindhuri’s abstract by clicking this link

Christian Amlang, our PGY-4 presented his abstract ” A Case of Donepezil-induced Myoclonus”. You can read Christian’s abstract by clicking this link

Congrats to our PGY-3 Amy Yu, who was selected as the new Co-Chair for the Wellness Council of the YNHH Resident and Fellow Senate!

The Yale New Haven Hospital Wellness Council is committed to championing resident and fellow well being at the institution in order to foster a healthy working and learning community. The Mission of the Wellness Council is to encourage the personal and professional growth, the physical and mental well-being, and the individual and collective welfare of residents and fellows at the Yale New Haven Hospital.

Read more about the resident fellow senate and to see photos from the past Solidarity nights!

Congratulations to our very own PGY-3, Teng and former resident turned NICU fellow Justine on their recent publication in the Neurology Journal about a case of frontal lobe streptococcus abscess!

Congrats on your publication guys!

Link to the Article: https://n.neurology.org/content/93/10/e1032

Congratulations are in order for our PGY-3 resident, Bogdan Patedakis Litinov! Each month the ED residents nominate one physician from many consulting services in the hospital as the ED Consult Star. Bogdan has been crushing the very busy consult service in the Yale Emergency Department for the month of July and was graciously nominated for this award. This is his second time earning this award. Way to go Bogdan!

A huge congratulations to all of the amazing PGY4 residents!  Thank you all for all of the support, laughs, and wisdom during these years. We are sad to see you go, but excited to see how you will change the landscape of Neurology in your respective fields going forward. Good luck in your jobs and fellowships this year!