My Brain & Medicine – New York, United States

Please note this is a FREE in-person event only for patients, family members and caregivers.

My Brain & Medicine. Encephalitis Survivors and Caregivers Day

Venue: New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 50 Haven Avenue, Suite 109 , New York, NY 10032, USA

Room:  50 Haven Ballroom (in the Lower Level)

Friday 26 September 2025 – 13.30 – 17.30hrs (Eastern Time)

Sessions to include:

• Overview of infectious and autoimmune encephalitis.
• Overview of encephalitis in children.
• Recovery & rehabilitation after encephalitis.
• Encephalitis Community ‘lived experience’.

The event will finish with a drinks and nibbles reception.

Programme and speakers to be confirmed in due course

If you would like to attend this in person event then please register for your FREE ticket here.

This event was organized in collaboration with the Divisions of Critical Care and Hospitalist Neurology and Neuroimmunology in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

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