Podcast Episode 158: Intraoperative Brain Mapping – A Conversation With Drs. Vigneswaran Veeramuthu and Dave Sabsevitz

This episode is a discussion with Drs. David Sabsevitz and Veeramuthu Vigneswaran about intraoperative brain mapping. We highlight topics such as the meaning and evolution of the term “eloquent cortex,” localized versus distributed models of brain functioning, aggressiveness versus conservatism of neurosurgeons during resections, the “onco-functional balance,” electrocorticography and stereo EEG procedures, the Wada procedure, the clinical and functional utility of brain mapping, the availability of brain mapping to people of lower SES, neuropsychologists’ role in educating patients and families, cognitive testing during the mapping procedure, and NeuroMapper.

Podcast Episode 154: Long COVID – A Conversation With Dr. Lucette Cysique

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Lucette Cysique about long COVID. We discuss terminology, symptom profiles, epidemiology, biological mechanisms, psychological and sociocultural factors, overlap with chronic fatigue syndrome, overlap with functional neurological disorder, neuropsychological evaluations, and treatment recommendations.

Podcast Episode 152: Cancer Therapies and Brain Health – A Conversation with Dr. Mike Parsons and Dr. Jorg Dietrich

In this episode on systematic, non-CNS cancer therapies and brain health, with Drs. Michael Parsons and Jorg Dietrich, we discuss basic concepts in cancer biology, the impact of cancer therapies on cognition, mechanisms by which non-CNS treatments impact brain health, the role of the immune system in treatment, immune system overactivation and cognitive side effects, cancer neuroscience, and the role of neuropsychologists in assessment, management, and treatment of patients with systemic cancers.