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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fill out the form below to win a free copy of Earth's greatest* board game, Circle of Willis!

You may be thinking, "Self, if I don't repost this, I'll be more likely to win." Fair enough, but won't doing the right thing feel even better? Please share!

* Not an exaggeration.

Braydon Dymm, MD @befast.bsky.social · Sep 5

Paging all neurologists, med students, and game lovers: I’m giving away 20 FREE copies of Circle of Willis!

It’s the hottest new, stroke-themed board game that anyone can play. See the form below to enter a random drawing for your chance to win!

Playable characters of Circle of Willis board game

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Ali Christy, MD, PhD @oligoclonalband.medsky.social · Aug 21

Q: What the heck is this?
A: It's a neurology game called Plaques and Jengles.
Q: OMG I love it, where can I play???
A: You've got 2 options:
1) Come play this and other games in the Child Neurology Foundation fundraiser game room October 8 - SO MUCH FUN! tinyurl.com/CNF-Beauty-of-… or...

It looks like a Jenga tower but somebody wrote little neurology words all over it!

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Aug 19

…or I be ugly!

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Aug 5

It’s the first in a new series of curriculum resources in Neurology: Education. Check it out, share with students, and stay tuned for more.

Meanwhile, are you developing a curriculum for some aspect of neurology? Get off your butt (or sit back down if you don't have a standing desk) and submit it!

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Aug 5

Excited to share a new resource for students of neurology! 🧠

Jordan Newman, one of our stellar University of Michigan adult neurology grads, designed this concise, high-yield interactive curriculum to help demystify brain MRI for new learners.

tinyurl.com/3m82tz48

Foundations of MRI Brain on the Neurology Rotation: Curriculum Overview | Neurology® Journals

tinyurl.com

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Aug 3

Premarin is a medication containing conjugated equine estrogens, derived from the urine of pregnant mares. The name "Premarin" is a shortened form of "PREgnant MARe urINe".

Should one assume, then, that pregabalin is derived from a pregnant goblin?

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jul 22

Congratulations to Dr. Christy and her team on the publication of their original history of medicine research. Well worth the read, as always!

Ali Christy, MD, PhD @oligoclonalband.medsky.social · Jul 22

I am so excited to share this article, online first at the Journal of the National Medical Association.
Marcelle Lapicque (1873-1960): The first Black female European neuroscientist?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(I did tell them the L should be capitalized in the title) 1/

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jul 19

Agree! This was my first time in GR, and we were impressed.

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jul 19

“The Neuron” by sculptor Roxy Paine at the Frederick Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. I wonder who the model was…

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Braydon Dymm, MD @befast.bsky.social · Jul 9

What if learning about Neurology was as fun as playing your favorite game?

In collaboration with master game designer @zachlondon.bsky.social, we made that a reality!

🤩 Gorgeous neuroanatomy artwork
🎮 Unique co-op gameplay with real medical stakes

Learn more: neurdgames.com/circle-of-wi...

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jul 9

Time to get excited. Like toddler at Disney World excited.

CIRCLE OF WILLIS, a board game about vascular anatomy, is here!

@befast.bsky.social and I set out to make a #MEdEd game that is more fun than Epcot. Life goal unlocked.

Tell your friends and parents!
www.neurdgames.com/circle-of-willis

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jul 2

Excited to announce that our visual fields game, "Field Cut," is a finalist for an educational game award called the Gee!

Being a finalist also makes it eligible for their People's Choice Award. Please vote for Field Cut here! www.geeawards.com

More on Field Cut:
www.neurdgames.com/field-cut

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jun 17

Do you call the carpool lane "HOV" or is that just the brand name for fremanezumab?

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you want to publish about a serious game, don't just describe it in vague terms... make the resource available to readers.

Without access, how can we judge impact or reproduce results? Transparency is the foundation of scholarly work, so let your readers under the hood.
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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jun 12

In our editorial for Neurology: Education, Megan Jiao and I make a case that if we want serious games in #Meded to be taken seriously, we need to treat them like any other intervention: with transparency, rigor, and reproducibility. 1/2

www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thanks! Love to hear that.

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jun 10

Many moons ago that was my first pseudo-academic venture! It languished long enough that the language that it was coded in stopped being supported and it became super buggy. Until my hero Cole Dekensohn revived it from the dead a couple years ago!

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jun 2

Congrats to the future neuromuscular neurologists and physiatrists who matched into the fellowship of their dreams today! (Even if it wasn't your first choice, you're still going to start dreaming about it, so it counts.)

And a big thanks to the AANEM for hosting the match.

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · Jun 1

Tomorrow’s morning commute just got a lot more interesting! Solid gold poddin’ from these two, with more episodes coming monthly!

And I had the honor of composing the theme song. Guess how many phrases rhyme with “immature.”! turns out it’s a lot.

Ali Christy, MD, PhD @oligoclonalband.medsky.social · Jun 1

Does the world need another podcast? Probably not, but Sam Mackenzie and I wanted an excuse to talk to cool people about interesting stuff related to child neurology (and swear a little).
rss.com/podcasts/imm...
Check it out!

Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast | Podcast on RSS.com

A irreverent podcast about child neurology with child neurologists Ali Christy and Sam Mackenzie. Interviews, history, science updates, Dungeons and Dragons and swearing.Music by Zach London

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Zach London @zachlondon.bsky.social · May 14

Happy epilepsy Fellowship Match Day to those who celebrate!

(And to those who don’t, happy Day Like Every Other.)

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