59th Annual Recent Advances in Neurology 2026

1. Apply new concepts to epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, aging and movement disorders in practice;
2. Recognize and select diagnosis and management of stroke, multiple sclerosis, headache, dementia, and apply best practices for their management.
3. Improve team-related clinical skills and team performance
4. To learn with other health care professionals in a way which will helps the learner become a more effective member of their health care team.
5. To increase the learner's ability to communicate effectively with other healthcare professionals

Course Number: MNR26001

An account in the UCSF CE Portal is required to register. Click SIGN IN in the menu bar and enter your email address or UCSF MyAccess credentials to complete your profile and continue with registration. Your profile must include your degree and profession to be able to claim credit.

Registration will close on 2/13/2026 at 12:00pm Pacific Time.  

Additional Fees or Information:

$50 Optional Printed Syllabus (available for in person registrants only - must order by 2/1/26 during time of registration)

Access to the February 11th Evening Neuro Peds Dinner Session is included for all registrants.  There is a $150 fee if you wish to only attend that session.

Onsite and Remote Learning Options:
The course will be offered as a live conference at the Hyatt Regency SF Downtown SOMA. Registrants have the option to attend in person or to tune in remotely via zoom live stream during programming hours (Pacific Time). Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees before the meeting. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference and for 30 days after the course. You must tune in to the live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco 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.

ACCME Credit: UCSF Office of CME designates this live Activity for a maximum of 17.75 AMA PRA Category 1™ Credit(s).

Advance Practice Registered Nurses and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 Credit^TM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

California Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are provided by entities approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM is acceptable to meeting the CE requirements for the California Board of Psychology. Providers in other states should check with their state boards for acceptance of CME credit.

ANCC Credit: UCSF Office of CME designates this Activity for a maximum of 17.75 ANCC contact hours.

IPCE Credit: UCSF Office of CME designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 17.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) Credit(s).

Geriatric Credit: The approved credits shown above include   3.25 credits toward satisfying the requirement under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.

Pain Management Credit: The approved credits shown above include 0.75 credit(s) toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 487, Pain Management.

Pharmacotherapeutic Credit: For the purposes of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.  Nurses should claim 0.1 CEUs for each contact hour of participation in designated pharmacotherapeutic continuing education.

The approved credits shown above include 7.00 contact hours of Pharmacotherapeutic content towards meeting the requirement for nursing pharmacology continuing education.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing at least 30 days before the conference start date will receive a refund of registration fees minus a 10% administrative fee. Requests received between 30 days and 14 days before the start date will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be issued within 14 days of the start date. Please send cancellation requests through our Refund Request form.
 
UCSF Office of CME reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred, such as non-refundable airline tickets, hotel penalties, or other related personal expenses.

Accessibility Statement
The University of California, San Francisco welcomes everyone, including people with disabilities to our events. We are committed to ensuring that our programs, services, goods, and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008. If you require accommodation for a disability in order to fully participate in this event please let us know during registration, or submit a learner support ticket with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

UCSF Land Acknowledgment Statement
We would like to acknowledge the Ramaytush Ohlone people, who are the traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respects to the Ramaytush Ohlone elders, past, present, and future, who call this place, the land that UCSF sits upon, their home. We are proud to continue their tradition of coming together and growing as a community. We thank the Ramaytush Ohlone community for their stewardship and support, and we look forward to strengthening our ties as we continue our relationship of mutual respect and understanding.

For more information, visit https://opportunity.ucsf.edu/initiatives/ucsf-land-acknowledgment.

Location for On Site Learning

Join us in San Francisco for the 2026 Recent Advances in Neurology  course, hosted at the luxurious Hyatt Regency Downtown SF SOMA . Enjoy unparalleled convenience with immediate access to Union Square, the Ferry Building, Financial District and San Francisco’s most famous landmarks. Immerse yourself in the city’s vibrant culture by exploring Chinatown, strolling through Fisherman’s Wharf, shopping in Union Square, or hopping on a cable car for an unforgettable city tour.

We’ve secured a special discounted group rate at the conference hotel for our attendees. Be sure to book your room early—reservations must be made by the cut-off date or before the block is sold out. After the cut-off date, or if the room block sells out, rooms will be subject to availability and the group rate cannot be guaranteed. 

Hotel Name:  Hyatt Regency SF Downtown SoMa

Hotel Address: 50 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Hotel Phone Number: (415) 974-6400

Hotel Website: Downtown San Francisco Hotel in SoMa | Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA

Room Rate: $289

Cutoff Date: January 23, 2026

Link to Room Block Reservations:  Book your room online here

Additional Information:

By staying at the host hotel, you help UCSF meet its contractual obligations and keep registration fees reasonable.

Air Travel

We are pleased to partner with United Airlines® for travel to our upcoming event.

• To make flight reservations online please enter discount code ZRMC505963

• MileagePlus® members earn miles for their travel when using the United Meetings? discount code.

You may also call United Meetings Reservation Desk from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. CT, Monday–Friday (closed for major U.S. holidays) at (800) 426-1122 for booking assistance or visit united.com/meetingtravel and enter the code above.

Booking fees are waived for United Meeting reservations.
International customers may contact their local United Reservation Desk.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

This UCSF continuing education activity was planned and developed to: uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and, include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

UCSF adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including content planners, reviewers, authors, presenters, moderators, panelists, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Dawn Bohlmann, BS
Senior Conference Manager
UCSF

Activity Administrator

Nothing to disclose

Audrey E Foster-Barber, MD, PhD
Dr.
Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco UCSF

Co-Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kwame O Adjepong, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Liza H Ashbrook, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Grant or research support-Alkermes|Grant or research support-Neurocrine

Ian Bledsoe, MD, MS
UCSF

Faculty

Consulting Fee-clarityco.com (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-GLG (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-AbbVie (Any division) (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Avoro Ventures (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-CE Outcomes, LLC (Relationship has ended)

Vanja C Douglas, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurology
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

John W Engstrom, MD
Professor of Neurology
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alex Fay, MD, PhD
Dr.
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nathaniel H Fleming, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS
Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Advisor-Bayer (Any division)|Advisor-Genentech (Any division)

Steven L Galetta, MD
Dr.
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Amy A Gelfand, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ernesto Gonzalez-Giraldo, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ari J Green, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Chu-Yueh Guo, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Sasha Gupta, MD, Assistant Professor
Dr.
UCSF

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Johnson & Johnson|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Genentech (Any division) (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-GLG - Consulting Firm (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Atheneum (Relationship has ended)

J. Claude Hemphill, III, MD, MAS
Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Consulting Fee-NeurOptics (Relationship has ended)|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Aurenar

Bethany Johnson-Kerner, MD, PhD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

S. Andrew Josephson, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Aimee W Kao, MD, PhD
Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Grant or research support-Lilly (Any division)|Grant or research support-Ono Pharma, Japan|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Nine Square, Inc (Relationship has ended)|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Junevity, Inc|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Personalis, Inc|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-4D Molecular Therapeutics

Mary Karalius, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jon K. Kleen, MD, PhD
UCSF Medical Center

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nerissa U Ko, MD, MS
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Morris Levin, MD
Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Consulting Fee-AbbVie (Any division) (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Axsome (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Amneal (Relationship has ended)

Descartes Li, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Bruce L Miller, MD
Professor of Neurology
University of California San Francisco

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jill L Ostrem, MD
Dr
UCSF

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Highland Instruments (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Maplight (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Lifesciences (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Insightec (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Neuroderm|Grant or research support-Medtronic (Any division)|Grant or research support-Boston Scientific Corporation|Grant or research support-Merz (Any division)|Grant or research support-Amneal|Grant or research support-AbbVie (Any division)|Grant or research support-Acadia (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-parkinson's foundation|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Larimar Therapeutics|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Aspen Neuroscience|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Capsida

Douglas B Pet, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD
Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Paid consultant-Sandoz

Jeffrey W Ralph, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Vikram R Rao, MD, PhD, FAES
Dr.
UCSF

Faculty

Consulting Fee-NeuroPace, Inc. (Relationship has ended)

Laura K Rosow, MD
HS Clinical Associate Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Tina T Shih, MD
UCSF Epilepsy. Center

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Wade S Smith, MD, PhD
UCSF

Faculty

Ownership-MindRhythm

Catherine G Suen, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Maggie W Waung, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of California San Francisco

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Commercial Support

We welcome the support of this activity in the form of an educational grant. UCSF accepts unrestricted educational grants and commercial support for continuing education activities sponsored by UCSF. Funds should be directed to the Office of CME with a fully executed agreement, signed by both a representative of UCSF CME and the funder, outlining uses of the financial support and specifically agreeing to abide to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence. Questions concerning financial support should be directed to the Manager of Finance or the Director.

View the full Management of Commercial Support of UCSF CME policy

Download a copy of UCSF’s payment information: UCSF W9

For information about commercial support opportunities, please contact: [email protected] 

Exhibitors

EXHIBITORS WELCOME!

Please find our exhibitor packages below and click the Exhibit at this Event button to register.

Term & Conditions

UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education reserves the right to deny any application. UCSF OCME will acknowledge exhibitor(s) support in course materials as permissible by the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

The exhibitor acknowledges that conducting marketing or promotional activities in any conference area except for their assigned exhibit space is prohibited. Exhibitors/Vendors may not engage in sales, promotional activities, or distribute product-specific advertisements while in the designated location of the CME activity. CME activity space includes, but is not limited to, lecture halls, breakout rooms, and laboratory areas.

Exhibitors and UCSF OCME agree to abide by the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited CE. Any actions that are not in accordance with the above-stated policies may result in the removal of the exhibiting company and its representatives from the conference site, in which case no refund of exhibit fees will be allowed.

Payment Deadline & Late Fee Policy

Exhibitor payment is due in full by the February 5, 2026 (webpage and exhibitor agreement form). A $500 late fee will apply to any payments received after the posted deadline.

To avoid a late fee and ensure participation, proof of payment (such as a check copy, electronic payment confirmation, or remittance advice) must be submitted by the deadline.

Please note that exhibit placement and promotional benefits are not guaranteed until full payment and proof of payment are received.

Cancellation Policy

There are no refunds for cancellations of exhibit registrations.

Payment must be received prior to the event.

Download a copy of UCSF’s payment information: UCSF W9

For information about commercial support opportunities, please contact: [email protected]