March 26, 2021
Treating the Aftermath of Infectious Disease
Amongst the speakers will be ASPIRE's Professional Advisory Board member, Nancy O’Hara, MD, MPH, FAAP, and her practice partner Lindsey Wells,...
Resources for Clinicians
Resources at Your Fingertips
ASPIRE has assembled a PANS PANDAS Clinician Information page, a comprehensive resource for all clinicians. It takes providers from symptoms to diagnosis to treatment to symptom trackers to more resources. Below are additional resources, including interviews with PANS PANDAS physicians, scientists, therapists, presentations, clinics, and more.
PANS PANDAS Clinician Information
February 21, 2021
PANDAS Physicians Network Diagnostic Flowchart and Treatment Guidelines
The PANDAS Physicians Network (PPN) flowcharts for diagnosis and treatment will help clinicians evaluate their patients and determine the best course of treatment. Guidelines and workflows were...
June 26, 2020
Susan Swedo, MD on Autoantibody Biomarkers for Basal Ganglia Encephalitis
Dr. Swedo briefly explains the importance of this research and its results. The Frontiers article is an important replication and extension of previous work by Dr. Madeleine Cunningham and her...
June 17, 2020
Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to CINs and Alter Their Activity
Interview with Christopher Pittenger, MD on the study: Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity ASPIRE sat down with...
June 5, 2020
NATCON Behavioral Health Presentation
ASPIRE created an electronic poster for the National Council for Behavioral Health (NATCON) conference. The poster is really a mini-website with a comprehensive overview of PANS/PANDAS including...
May 4, 2020
Nurses & PANS PANDAS
Nurses’ Role in PANS/PANDAS What role do nurses play in helping families with PANS/PANDAS? Nurses are an integral part of the team. Nurses are often the first point of contact...
April 14, 2020
Occupational Therapy for PANS/PANDAS
Michelle Newby, BHSc(OT), MSc discusses with ASPIRE how occupational therapy helps PANS/PANDAS patients. Michelle Newby BHSc(OT), MSc, is a PhD Candidate at the University of Newcastle, NSW,...
August 2, 2019
PANDAS Physicians Network PANS PANDAS Online CME Credit Learning Opportunity
PANDAS Physicians Network An Overview for Diagnosing and Treating PANS/PANDAS Susan E. Swedo, MD – Scientist Emeritus at the National Institute of Health Complete CME Webinar: Online PANS...
July 24, 2019
Stanford PANS PANDAS Online CME Credit Learning Opportunity
Stanford University School of Medicine Presented by the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Stanford University School of Medicine Margo Thienemann, MD –...
July 13, 2019
PANS PANDAS Treatment Guidelines
Special Issue: PANS-PANDAS Treatment Guidelines Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Volume 27, Issue 7, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., September 2017Swedo, MD, Frankovich, MD, MS, Murphy,...
July 13, 2019
PANS Consensus Statement
Clinical Evaluation of Youth with Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS): Recommendations from the 2013 PANS Consensus Conference Full Text and PDF Title: Clinical Evaluation...
July 11, 2019
PANDAS Physicians Network (PPN)
PPN maintains industry standard guidelines for diagnostics and therapeutics, fosters continuous education and communication with the multidisciplinary medical community and sponsors research for...
The Happiest Place on Earth
They say that when your child has PANS/PANDAS that you often remember the exact moment something changed. For our oldest son, Neely, that “moment of change” happened in front of […]