In another installment of the ongoing History Series, Dr. Christopher Goetz joins Dr. Sara Schaefer to discuss the legacy of Jean-Martin Charcot within the fields of medicine medicine, neurology, medical education, and movement disorders.

Dr. Sarah Camargos continues her conversation on palliative in movement disorders by interviewing Mr. Victor McConvey. Together they discuss the current state of palliative care in movement disorders including current barriers, challenges, and future goals.

Differentiating a dystonic head tremor from a head tremor in essential tremor can sometimes be diagnostically challenging. In this episode, Dr. Mitra Afshari interviews Dr. Jung Hwan Shin and Prof. Beomseok Jeon on their investigation into the rhythmicity and sinusoidality of head tremors in cervical dystonia versus essential tremor using simple 2D video recordings. We’ll hear about how their findings fit their original hypotheses and potential future work that the group has been brainstorming.

Journal CME is available until November 26, 2026

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To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the MDS, Dr. Michele Matarazzo sits down with two key leaders of the MDS Pan-American section, Dr. Cynthia Comella and Dr. Oscar Gershanik. Together they discuss how they got involved in the society, what they are most proud of, and what the Society means to them, both professionally and personally.

To celebrate the 40th Anniversay of the MDS, Dr. Michele Matarazzo sits down with two key leaders of the MDS Asian Oceanian section, Prof. Carolyn Sue and Prof. Beomseok Jeon. Together they discuss the early years of movement disorder “rock stars”, how the society has changed through their eyes, and impacts it has had on their careers.

To celebrate the 40th Anniversay of the MDS, Dr. Sara Schaefer sits down with two key leaders of the MDS African Regional section, Dr. Njideka Okubadejo and Dr. Jonathan Carr. Together they discuss their experiences within MDS and what makes them proud to be long-standing members.

To celebrate the 40th Anniversay of the MDS, Dr. Sara Schaefer sits down with two key leaders of the MDS European Regional Section, Prof. Marie Vidailhet and Prof. Alberto Albanese. Listen as they share their fond memories of scholarly debate, Congress experiences, and hopes for the future.

In this Hot Topic episode, Dr. Sarah Camargos talks with Prof. Janis Miyasaki about the meaning and benefits of palliative care and how it improves quality of care in movement disorders.

In this episode, Prof. Fanny Mochel discusses the rationale and key findings from a retrospective cohort study of patients with CSF1R-related disorder treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, highlighting the potential of this therapy to achieve both clinical and radiological disease stabilization.

Journal CME is available until September 24, 2026

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In this episode, Dr. Divyani Garg converses with Prof. Kristina Simonyan on applying the standard alcohol challenge test, in combination with targeted genetic analysis in the GABAergic synapse pathways, in persons with laryngeal dystonia. Together they explore alcohol’s role in laryngeal dystonia, the genetic signatures that may predict responsiveness, and what this could mean for the future of treatment of laryngeal dystonia specifically, but also dystonia in general.

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