northwest grand rounds-sponsored by nwppn
PEACEHEALTH
Learning Objectives:
Identify neuropsychiatric symptoms requiring further medical evaluation.
Identify medical disorders that can present with neuropsychiatric symptoms.
Evaluate patients for PANDAS/PANS and other neuroimmune disorders.
Initiate treatment for patients diagnosed with PANDAS/PANS.
Oregon Health & sciences university
Raising Awareness of PANDAS/PANS-How Social Workers Can Help-12/11/2025
Presented by Sarah Lemley, MPA; HA, Executive Director of the Northwest PANDAS/PANS Network and Kym McCornack, Head of Family Support for Northwest PANDAS/PANS Network
Learning Objectives:
This session will enable the learner to understand the basic biological processes involved in post-infectious neuroinflammatory disorders such as PANDAS and PANS.
Participants will be able to RECOGNIZE key symptoms which indicate the need for the social worker or other medical staff to advocate for thorough and appropriate medical evaluation .
Recognize barriers to care and the family burden experienced by PANDAS/PANS families.
Participants will demonstrate competency of where to find established diagnostic and treatment guidelines specific to clinicians.
Utilize community resources to support these families, especially when unavailable within the institution.
Presented by Dritan Agalliu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
Learning Objectives:
Describe histopathological, molecular and immunological changes that occur in the brain after repeated Group A streptococcus infections in an animal model for PANDAS.
Elucidate the role that T cell-derived cytokines play in neurovascular and microglial dysfunction in an animal model for PANDAS.
Compare the immunological changes in mice with those seen in sera from PANDAS patients.
Discuss potential novel therapeutic treatments for PANDAS/PANS.
Infection, Inflammation & Mental Health- Mapping the Intersections
Presented by Jennifer Frankovich, M.D., M.S., Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics Rheumatology, Director of the Stanford PANS Research Program, Co-Director of Stanford Children's Health Immune Behavioral Health Clinic
Learning Objectives”
Give examples of a well-defined inflammatory disorders that can present with psychiatric symptoms.
What is the general approach to treating inflammation based on neuropsychiatric disorders like Sydenham's Chorea, Lupus, PANS/PANDAS, etc.
Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS): Recognition and Treatment of an Often Overlooked Syndrome in Children with Kiki Chang, M.D., formerly of Stanford
Multicare Inland northwest
Childhood Post-Infectious Autoimmune Encephalitis with Michael Daines, M.D. of Children’s Post-Infection Autoimmune Encephalopathy Center of Excellence at University of Arizona
other medical educatioN
“Mechanisms of PANDAS/PANS: What causes the breakdown of the blood-brain barrier in CNS disease” presented by Dr. Dritan Agalliu as he unveils the mechanisms of PANDAS PANS, providing a comprehensive understanding of neurovascular blood brain barrier breakdown in the CNS. This enlightening exploration will take you through the complex process of angiogenesis, elucidating the various intricacies associated with the development and eventual breakdown of the neurovascular barrier within the Central Nervous System.
“Presentation and Management of Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)” presented by Stanford and offered with CME credit
“Childhood Postinfectious Autoimmune Encephalopathy” presented by Sydney Rice, M.D., MS, FAAP, Co-Director of University of Arizona and Banner Children’s Post-Infectious Autoimmune Encephalopathy Center of Excellence