Education
Dr. Angela Vincent Emeritus Professor of Neuroimmunology, Division of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford The Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance hosted a series of Autoimmune Encephalitis awareness events at Duke University Medical Center, March 26 and 27, 2014. International experts participated in grand rounds, lectures and panel discussions. All of the educational videos from the events can be viewed on […]
Roughly 70 researchers, nurses, neuropsychologists, neurologists, residents, fellows, patient advocates, patients, and families attended a “Dinner and Discussion on the Future of Autoimmune Neurology” on the evening of 4/27/17, held at the Richard Simches Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organized by Dr. Jenny Linnoila, a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, the overall theme […]
Psychiatrists play a pivotal role in the diagnosis and treatment of AE. As psychiatric symptoms often dominate the symptoms that occur at onset of this disease, patients may present initially to a psychiatrist who are tasked with identifying abnormal features of psychosis presentations, including alterations in mental status, seizures, and dysautonomia, which may prompt consideration […]
We were recently asked to post and comment on the proposed pediatric autoimmune encephalitis (AE) classification criteria published in 2020. The pediatric criteria followed much of the framework of the adult criteria, but highlighted important difference between pediatric and adult presentations. In addition, the pediatric criteria started from the point of the initial assessment, with […]
Many thanks to Dr. Giovanna Manzano joining our July 2025 AEA Provider Monthly Education Series and presenting on Neuro-Rheumatology. Dr. Giovanna Manzano presented an overview of the clinical presentation, diagnostic approach, and current state of management for various neurologic consequences of systemic rheumatologic conditions. The focused conditions will specifically include neurosarcoidosis, pachymeningitis secondary to rheumatologic disease, neuro-behcet’s, neuro-sjogren’s […]
Dr. Eric Lancaster Assistant Professor of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania The Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance hosted a series of Autoimmune Encephalitis awareness events at Duke University Medical Center, March 26 and 27, 2014. International experts participated in grand rounds, lectures and panel discussions. All of the educational videos from the events can be viewed on the AE […]
AEA was honored to co-host two educational events in June, featuring one of the world’s foremost experts on autoimmune encephalitis, Dr. Sean Pittock. The events, including a dinner presentation and Grand Rounds, where held on June 12 and 13, in Los Angeles, California, and were co-sponsored by AEA, the Keck School of Medicine of University […]
Texas Children’s Hospital will hold their AE Day of Strength on July 27 in Houston TX and you are invited to join! The AE Day of Strength will allow patients and their families to hear disease updates, discuss coping strategies and connect with other AE families. There will be special activities to honor all siblings. […]