Is your new year's resolution "more podcasts?" We got you! Episode 8 of Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast We talk with Dhana Angappan about pediatric neurology as an IMG; and cover Oliver Sacks, chronic daily headache, and our own resolutions. rss.com/podcasts/imm...

As a little light of inspiration in dark times: I wrote a historical editorial about Lewis "Bud" Rowland, who stood up for what he believed in, temporarily destroyed his career, and went on to become an incredibly successful neurologist. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/

Hoppy New Year from Penelope! (just bunny-sitting but I think there might be a furry friend in our future...)

Maybe you think you had an exciting NYE, but I had my last day at outreach clinic and finally went up the Oregon City Municipal Elevator (so municipal!) and posed very cool by the Oregon City Brewery sign (so Oligoclonal Band-like!).

One of the best parts of 2025 for me has been watching pediatric neurologist Maria Xiang develop her art, her vision, her life. May you find your mountains and paint them. @xiangwhere on insta www.instagram.com/reel/DS52iaW...

If you're mad at yourself for not getting a paper done and submitted by the end of the year... ...well, this is a bad time to submit a paper, because reviewers will be feeling overwhelmed. Give it a month, chat, and you won't have to wait as long for feedback. This was the best idea you ever had.😉

5 #MostRead articles at the Journal of Child #Neurology in 2025: Sept 2025: Visual Recovery and Neurological Stabilization Following Miglustat Treatment in Pediatric CLN3 Disease journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #pediatrics #neurosky #pedsky

I'm finishing the first full year of being Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Child Neurology. I have so many people to thank - especially our associate editors, authors and reviewers. Do you review papers for a scientific journal? Your work is so important. I appreciate you. ❤️ 1/7

I made Choose Your 2026 Vibe cookies for my running group: hearts, brains and bacteria (they think I'm a nerd) (not wrong) (these are the leftovers)

HEY EVERYBODY! i'm back! did you miss me?🙃 i was so busy co-directing the neuro block @UAZMedTucson for 1st year med students that I haven't been around as much... but it gave me time to make LOTS of fun stuff! i'll be gradually releasing, but let's start with...**drumroll**

Excited to share that poet Young-Min Kim, painter Maria Xiang and playwright Andrea Gropman have started a new Arts, Humanities and Narrative Medicine SIG @childneurosoc.bsky.social! They have many brilliant ideas for increasing humanities and humanism in child neurology. Join today.

“What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering,” Soskin often said.

I destroyed one teeny (expensive, very nice) construct when playing Ascension with my son yesterday and he's brought it up in every single conversation we've had since then, in case you wondered how vigorously he can hold a grudge

This took me way longer than it should have. For the rest of you, the joke is "lack toe" bacillus (puns are always funnier when you explain them)

Look what we got you for the holidays! Episode 7! We talk to @amygdalamd.bsky.social about being a child neurology microcelebrity, I admit I'm basically a Communist because I think children have a right to basic health care, and Sam reviews a new myostatin study for SMA. rss.com/podcasts/imm...

Deadline extended: submit your papers for the Health Equity in Child Neurology issue at the Journal of Child Neurology before February 15! journals.sagepub.com/page/jcn/cal...

Four yrs in the making, @greenjournal.bsky.social Practice Guideline Executive Summary on the Management of Functional Seizures. First @aanmember.bsky.social published guideline on any #FND variant. Brilliantly led by #BenTolchin. @fndportal.bsky.social www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

I have been waiting all year to share this: JEANNE CADY SOLIS: AN EARLY #NEUROLOGIST AND MENTOR OF WOMEN rdcu.be/eTBSa with huge massive congratulations to Kiarra Akiyoshi, a med student at @umich.edu & 1st author on this paper 1/21

Do you have an idea for an educational neurology game that needs some work? Or wish you knew where to start? Apply for GANGLIA, a game-development program providing instruction, mentorship, community and funds - with @zachlondon.bsky.social & me! Deadline April 2026 neurdgames.com/ganglia

It's not ok to just post this video of me with my projects

I didn't even up having time last year but have far to much on my unemployed hands right now. What game do you want to see gingerbreaded?

This is the LAST DAY to tell the Child Neurology Foundation what matters to you! Take a minute to fill out this survey.

This time of year I'm a #pediatrician first and a #neurologist second ❤️

We saw @pdxcenterstage.bsky.social's fabulous production of Little Women on Louisa May Alcott's birthday. In the book, Meg points out November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year (it's true in #neuro, it's such a bad month for #migraines and #seizures)

Nobody would dare to criticize this ornament my daughter made

Distilled with 5 family members for Thanksgiving

Not neurology-related (I think): 1900

How much would you pay to learn about skull holes? If you said "$6 less than last week," I have just the deal for you!

Listen to the awesome @greenjournal.bsky.social podcast by Nara Michelson about Sylvia Leary, an amazing patient advocate who changed how we approach multiple sclerosis directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Did you know that most* of the neurologists in your life** want to receive fun neurology-themed games this holiday? 😲 Order now to make sure these games will arrive in time to ensure happy neurologists! ☺️ neurdgames.com *or at least some **probably

Update: this beast of a game had quite the learning curve but then was REALLY fun. Like almost all games we enjoy, we thought I was probably winning until the last round when suddenly he beat me. It's a good vibe. Also his character was a rum-runner named Ruthless Ajani. I mean. Say less.

Don't mind me, just playing Distilled with a 13 year old

Every year my daughter makes a Christmas gift list, but she does it in an elaborate 30 slide PowerPoint with wit and design and she is an absolute delight

Are you a healthcare professional working with #pediatric #neurology? Take just a few minutes to fill out this survey from the Child Neurology Foundation so CNF knows how to help YOU. t.co/FzUQvKrxpf (Not sure if you're the right person to take the survey? Just take it!)

World: psst! Pediatricians are about to break White House: oh, let’s make SNAP benefits harder to access World: getting closer! WH: let’s not forget ICE terrorizing communities, making families scared to come to medical appointments World: idk, peds are pretty tough, they’ll find ways to help!

Life update: we hired a new pediatric neurologist at my work in September, he sometimes brings me SOUP (I'm not even kidding, this is a real person) and he put this frog in our mutual office (also, good at being a neurologist, this is important but soup is the real winner tbh)

Me: universe, give me a sign Forest Park:

I never met Alice Wong in person, but like so many great writers I felt like I knew her - and unlike many, when I emailed she emailed right back. ❤️ Peds neurologist @dianacejasmd.bsky.social has a beautiful essay in Wong's Disability Visibility collection - I recommend it to physicians. #neurosky

Recently I gave a history talk and a woman said "this is more a comment than a question, but I want you to be my friend" and it was MY FAVORITE MORE A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION EVER 🥰🥰🥰 (Sometimes it's about what's in the comment. I get a lot of men with "hey, hey, I also know a history thing.")

I am ridiculously excited about this. #neurology #neurosky #gaming #games

Excited to announce that Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast, has over 500 downloads! Not bad for 2 nerds who like to talk to other nerds. Like, subscribe and please leave us a review! rss.com/podcasts/imm...

Neuroscientist Marian Cleeves Diamond was born 99 years ago today - her studies of how enriched environments can stimulate changes in brain structure of the 1960s gifted us a new, dynamic picture of the brain and its growth. tinyurl.com/ycxjrh9t #WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧪🧠

Why do neurologists come up with different ideas about prognosis and treatment - at the same institution - for super-refractory status epilepticus? It was fascinating to talk to Matt Woodward about clinical variability on the AAN Neurology podcast! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Announcing Episode 6! This may not be the best episode sound-quality-wise, but we had an absolute blast recording live at #CNSAM. Immature Brains is now available everywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple, so leave us a review if you've enjoyed this so far! t.co/OJrMIghxL7

Daughter: check out the fit! Aren't I cute??? Me: YOU ARE SO CUTE. What about me? Am I cute? Daughter: ...I used to hate that sweater on you and now I think it's kind of ok 💀

My son's friend has a birthday today so I put regular Trobbio on the front of his shirt and Tormented Trobbio on the back #silksong

You could read a NYT op-ed about how women make workplaces worse, or you could read an editorial I wrote for the Journal of Child Neurology about how women -& diverse people, generally -make medicine better: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (didn't think I would need to write this in 2025)

Today is the last day to apply for the Harnett Grant at the Child Neurology Foundation. Would this help you, or someone you know? childneurologyfoundation.org

I enjoyed interviewing Dr. McGuire for this podcast and learned a lot about brain imaging in CAR T-cell therapy complications: www.neurology.org/media/podcas... @aanmember.bsky.social