September 19 - 20, 2025
San Francisco Marriott Fisherman’s Wharf • San Francisco, CA
Course# MMJ26050 - Department: Neurology
Registration Fees
$450 Physicians
$350 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses
$250 Residents/Fellows
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing before September 5, 2025 will be refunded, less a $75 administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.
Please submit your cancellation request at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp
Overview
Presented by the UCSF Department of Neurology and Encephalitis International, this course will provide physicians with a state-of-the-art framework for diagnosis and treatment of people with encephalitis and/or meningitis due to autoimmune or infectious causes.
Target Audience
Physicians or advanced practice providers working in internal medicine, critical care, infectious diseases, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, oncology, or rheumatology.
Objectives
- Describe strategies to recognize and diagnose adult patients with infectious and autoimmune causes of meningoencephalitis.
- Describe strategies to recognize and diagnose pediatric patients with infectious and autoimmune causes of meningoencephalitis.
- Apply evidence-based strategies to treat patients with autoimmune encephalitis and mitigate treatment-associated risks.
- Apply evidence-based strategies to treat patients with infectious meningoencephalitis and mitigate treatment-associated risks.
- Describe strategies to recognize and differentiate between behavioral and psychiatric disorders due to inflammatory vs non-inflammatory conditions.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by UCSF Office of CME and Encephalitis International. UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Course Outline
| Friday, September 19, 2025 | ||
| UCSF ENCEPHALITIS and MENINGITIS SYMPOSIUM | ||
| 7:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 | Welcome & Overview | Michael Wilson, MD, MAS |
| Panel: Patient Perspectives | ||
| 8:10 | Part 1: Life After Encephalitis – Patient Outcomes and Quality of Life | Ava Easton, PhD |
| 8:30 | Part 2: In their Own Words: Patient and Family Stories | Participating Patients and Families |
| 8:50 | Panel Q&A | |
| Panel: Advances in Diagnostic Technologies & Approaches to Clinical Diagnosis | ||
| 9:10 | Part 1: Diagnosing Autoimmune Encephalitis in 2025 | Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD, MAS |
| 9:35 | Part 2: Diagnosing Infectious Meningoencephalitis in 2025 | Michael Toledano, MD |
| 10:00 | Part 3: Consensus Criteria for Autoimmune Psychosis | GenaLynne Mooneyham, MD, MS |
| 10:20 | Panel Q&A | |
| 10:35 | Break | |
| Panel: Infectious Meningitis and Encephalitis | ||
| 10:45 | Part 1: Chronic Meningitis (some local bugs included) | Felicia Chow, MD, MAS |
| 11:05 | Part 2: Opportunistic Infections in Immunosuppressed Patients | Michael Wilson, MD, MAS |
| 11:25 | Part 3: Meningitis and Encephalitis Globally: Perspective from Zambia (presented virtually) | Deanna Rae Saylor, MD, MHS |
| 11:45 | Panel Q&A | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| Panel: Neuroimmunology & Behavioral Neurology | ||
| 1:00 PM | Part 1: Behavioral Neurology Insights for Evaluating and Treating Cognitive Impairment from Encephalitis | Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD |
| 1:25 | Part 2: Long Term Deficits from Anti-NMDAR Antibodies in Humans and Mice | Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD |
| 1:50 | Panel: Q&A | |
| 2:05 | Break | |
| Panel: Hot Topics | ||
| 2:20 | Part 1: Cancer Immunotherapy Related Neurologic Disorders | Adil Daud, MD |
| 2:45 | Part 2: Clinical Trials for Autoimmune Encephalitis | Stacey Clardy, MD, PhD |
| Cases | ||
| 3:10 | Case Presentations & Diagnostic Thought Process | UCSF Clinicians Stacey Clardy, MD, PhD |
| 5:00 | Adjourn | |
| Saturday, September 20, 2025 | ||
| TREATMENT OF MENINGOENCEPHALITIS | ||
| Panel: Approaches to Treatment | ||
| 8:00am | Part 1: Treating Infectious Meningoencephalitis | Natasha Spottiswoode, MD, PhD |
| 8:25 | Part 2: Treating Autoimmune Encephalitis | Joanne Guo, MD |
| 8:50 | Part 3: Practical Approaches to Immunosuppression: Prescribing and Safety Monitoring | Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD, MAS |
| 9:15 | Part 4: Inpatient Management of Meningoencephalitis | Megan Richie, MD |
| 9:40 | Part 5: Managing Patients with Seizure Disorders and Neuronal Autoantibodies | Manu Hegde, MD, PhD |
| 10:05 | Panel Q&A | |
| 10:20 | Break | |
| Panel: Special Considerations in Pediatrics | ||
| 10:30 | Part 1: Outpatient Pediatric Management Considerations | Mary Karalius, MD |
| 10:55 | Part 2: Inpatient Pediatric Management Considerations | Kendall Nash, MD |
| 11:20 | Panel Q&A | |
| Cases | ||
| 11:35 | Case Presentations: Difficult to treat cases & management considerations | Clinical Panel |
| 12:15pm | Lunch | |
Course Chairs
Michael R. Wilson, MD, MAS
Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD, MAS
Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience
Course Planning Committee
Felicia Chow, MD, MAS
Associate Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Samuel J. Pleasure, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience
Course Faculty
(University of California, San Francisco unless indicated)
Stacey L. Clardy, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Adil I. Daud, MD
Professor, Medicine
UCSF Hellen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ava Easton, PhD
Chief Executive, Encephalitis International
Honorary Fellow, Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, UK
Michael D. Geschwind, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience
Joanne Guo, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Manu Hegde, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience
Mary Karalius, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience
GenaLynne C. Mooneyham, MD, MS
Medical Officer, National Institutes of Health
Medical Director, NIMH Autoimmune Brain Disorders Program
Bethesda, Maryland
Kendall Nash, MD
Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Deanna Rae Saylor, MD, MHS
Associate Professor, Neurology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Megan Richie, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Natasha Spottiswoode, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease
UCSF School of Medicine
Michel Toledano, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Travel & Lodging
San Francisco Marriott Fisherman’s Wharf
1250 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133
Hotel Phone: 415-775-7555
Reservations: 800-228-9290
Rates:
$229 per night
Cutoff Date: August 28, 2025
Exhibitors
Exhibit Fee: $3,000
Email Contact for Exhibits [email protected]
Pay $3,000 Fee Via Credit Card
Exhibit Description
Coming Soon!
Exhibit Hours
(subject to updating)
Friday September 19, 2025
7:00- 8:00AM Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
9:30- 10:00AM Coffee Break in Exhibit Area
3:00- 3:20PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Area
Saturday September 20, 2025
7:00- 8:00AM Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
9:30- 10:00AM Coffee Break in Exhibit Area