Neuroimmune Empowerment Network gives patients and families resources to advocate for themselves and their loved ones! Following payment, please expect to receive an email with login information within five business days.
About the Impact Circle: Neuroimmune Empowerment Network
The Impact Circle: Neuroimmune Empowerment Network is an impact driven membership program designed to empower patients and families by providing access to high quality content designed for for researchers and clinicians treating patients with complex conditions including PANS, inflammatory brain disorders, encephalitis, and immune-mediated neuropsychiatric deteriorations, including those occurring in patients with autism.
Though designed for clinicians, we recognize many patients and families seek access to high quality content designed for clinicians so that they can best advocate for themselves and their loved ones, so we created the Impact Circle: Neuroimmune Empowerment Network for patients and families.
Neuroimmune Impact Circle members are dedicated core members of the neuroimmune community who receive exclusive benefits, including access to:
- Live Q&As with highly regarded experts in the field
- Exclusive access to premium content, including recordings from CME events
- Steep discounts for CME events, including the Inflammatory Brain Disorders Conference
- Priority registration to events
- Quarterly compilation of relevant new research
- Quarterly opportunities to provide feedback that will guide Impact Circle activities
Neuroimmune Impact Circle revenue supports our mission to scale educational outreach to clinicians worldwide, offering free and affordable accredited Continuing Medical Education, and developing and supporting capacity-building initiatives to expand patient access to care.
Impact Circle – Neuroimmune Empowerment Network aims to:
- Keep members apprised of the latest research, treatment, and clinical advances so they can best advocate for themselves and their family members.
- Create a sense of community amongst members.
Upcoming Live Events For Impact Circle Members
These live Q&As are open to Impact Circle members only. There is no fee for Impact Circle members to attend but registration is required.
Mark Pasternack, MD
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Q&A – November 5, 2024
4:00 pm PT, 7:00 ET
QA focus: Infections in PANS/PANDAS
Jennifer Frankovich, MD
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Q&A – December 3, 2024
4:00 pm PT, 7:00 ET
QA focus: PANS, autoimmune and immune conditions
Shannon Delaney, MD
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Q&A – December 12, 2024
4:00 pm PT, 7:00 ET
QA focus: PANS/PANDAS, Lyme, Tick-borne Illnesses
Jennifer Frankovich, MD
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Q&A – March 4, 2025
4:00 pm PT, 7:00 ET
QA focus: PANS, autoimmune and immune conditions
Inflammatory Brain Disorders Conference 2025
Impact Circle Members
Impact Circle Members who joined by November 13, 2024 and remained in good standing without any lapsed payments (beyond a one week grace period) will receive via email a registration link for discounted registration and will have a one month window of time to register at the discounted rate starting March 15, 2025. Discounted conference pricing for members who joined after November 13, 2024 is $399 and includes access to the live event as well as recording access for two months. This promotion closes May 1, 2025.
Recordings currently available (updated quarterly)
Single Lectures

Jeffrey Gelfand, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Neurology; Division of Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology, MS and Neuroinflammation Center, University of California, San Francisco
Practical Approaches When Using Immunosuppressive Treatments Beyond Steroids and IVIg for Neuroinflammatory Diseases

Ming Lim, MD, PhD
Professor, Paediatric Neurology, King’s College London, HOS Children’s Neuroscience, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Children’s Neuroscience Centre, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, King’s Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre
Atypical Presentations of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Douglas Wallace, MD, PhD
Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Disease; Director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Human Genetics Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
A Mitochondrial Etiology of Autism and Associated Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Terry Harville, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Services, and Internal Medicine; Medical Director, HLA and Histocompatibility Laboratory; Medical Director, Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory; Medical Director UAMS ABG Laboratory, The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Case Presentations of the Spectrum of ASD

Karen Parker, PhD (Keynote)
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Principal Investigator, Social Neurosciences Research Program; Chair, Psychiatry Major Laboratories Steering Committee; Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Vasopressin: A Robust Biomarker and Promising Therapeutic for Autism

Ben Marlow, MBBS, MRCPCH, PGCME
Consultant Paediatrician (Neurodevelopment) ESNEFT; Clinical Director – The Synapse Centre for Neurodevelopment; Clinical Lead for Paediatrics SNEE ICB; Visiting Senior Lecturer Anglia Ruskin School of Medicine
Sleep Difficulties in Autism: Investigation and Management Strategies
Lectures with multiple speakers
Infection and Inflammation Related Neuropsychiatric Deteriorations in Youth with Autism: Case Presentations by The Stanford Immune Behavioral Health Team

Jennifer Frankovich, MD, MS
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine; Director, Stanford PANS Research Program

Meiqian Ma, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – Rheumatology Stanford University School of Medicine

Melissa Silverman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University School of Medicine

Bahare Farhadian, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Rheumatology – Family Nurse Practitioner, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
Research Spotlight
Spotlighting recently published neuroimmunology research
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