7th Annual Practical Pediatric Neuroscience Symposium

Date

Saturday, May 2, 2026
8:30 a.m – 3:00 p.m. CT (check-in at 8 a.m.)

Location

Dell Children’s Medical Center
Signe Auditorium
4900 Mueller Blvd.
Austin, TX 78723

About the Event

UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s invites you to the 7th Annual Practical Pediatric Neuroscience Symposium. Designed for pediatricians and other practitioners involved in the care of children, this event will feature interactive presentations by several of our faculty members. Each presentation will provide specific techniques and evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and management of neurological conditions commonly encountered by the general pediatrician.

Registration for this hybrid CME event (in-person or virtual attendance) is free.

Register

Register by scanning or clicking the QR code below. For additional information, contact pediatricneurosciences@ascension.org.

Topics

• Cognitive dysfunction in neuroimmune disorders, Duriel Hardy, MD, and Karen Evankovich, PhD
• Benign MRI findings that lead to neurosurgery referrals, Dhruve Jeevan, MD, MA
• Pediatric stroke updates, Lori Xu, MD
• CNS infections related to vaccine-preventable diseases, Daniel Freedman, DO
• Updates on pediatric headache, Samantha Irwin, MB BCh BAO, MS
• Down syndrome regression disorder, Cindy Hernandez, MD, MS
• Early cerebral palsy, Allan Lara, MD, and Leah Ferrante, MD
• Autism: the evidence for leucovorin and Tylenol, Audrey Brumback, MD, PhD
• Gene therapy and anti-sense oligonucleotides (ASOs), Kristina Julich, MD

Access last year's presentations and slides.