Welcome to the Child Neurology Web Site. The Child Neurology Society is the preeminent non-profit professional association of pediatric neurologists in the United States, Canada, and worldwide devoted to fostering the discipline of child neurology and promoting the optimal care and welfare of children with neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders. These disorders include epilepsy, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, learning disabilities, complex metabolic diseases, nerve and muscle diseases and a host of other highly challenging conditions. ...more
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IN MEMORIAM: JOHN HANS MENKES
Contributed by Harvey B. Sarnat M.S., M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
On 22 November 2008 in Los Angeles, California, one month short of his 80th birthday, the world of paediatric neurology lost an icon and one its contemporary fathers, and the World at large lost a true Renaissance Man – physician; scientist; playwright; philosopher; connaisseur of good literature, art, music and food; humanist and liberal thinker who deplored discrimination, intolerance, prejudices and false values of all types. The life he lived was as interesting and inspiring as were his contributions to paediatric neurology and his understanding of the world around him, both medical and social. He succumbed to colonic carcinoma and complications of chemotherapy. More
2008 CNS ANNUAL MEETING WRAP-UP
• The deadline for completing the on-line survey required to receive CME credit has passed. CME certificates will be sent out December 3-5.
• Photos from 2008 CNS Annual Meeting available for review. Click here to view and print more than 250 photos taken at the 37th Annual CNS Annual Meeting. (All photos by Ada Hegion)
• On-line proposals for symposia and seminars to be presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky will be accepted through January 15.
Click to submit a proposal online
• 2008 CNS Annual Meeting PowerPoint Presentations will be available on-line in mid-December. To access 2007 CNS Annual Meeting Presentations, click here.