Ali Christy, MD, PhD
@oligoclonalband.medsky.social
Pediatric Neurologist/Neuroimmunologist • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Child Neurology • Chair of AAN History Section • neuron embroiderer • she/her
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I'm honored to share with the Sky that I'm taking on the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Child Neurology, starting in January 2025. I hope to live up to the leadership of my mentors Roger Brumback and Marc Patterson.
Don't mind me, just playing Distilled with a 13 year old
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Don't mind me, just playing Distilled with a 13 year old
Every year my daughter makes a Christmas gift list, but she does it in an elaborate 30 slide PowerPoint with wit and design and she is an absolute delight
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Every year my daughter makes a Christmas gift list, but she does it in an elaborate 30 slide PowerPoint with wit and design and she is an absolute delight
Are you a healthcare professional working with #pediatric #neurology?
Take just a few minutes to fill out this survey from the Child Neurology Foundation so CNF knows how to help YOU.
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(Not sure if you're the right person to take the survey? Just take it!)
Take just a few minutes to fill out this survey from the Child Neurology Foundation so CNF knows how to help YOU.
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(Not sure if you're the right person to take the survey? Just take it!)
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Are you a healthcare professional working with #pediatric #neurology?
Take just a few minutes to fill out this survey from the Child Neurology Foundation so CNF knows how to help YOU.
t.co/FzUQvKrxpf
(Not sure if you're the right person to take the survey? Just take it!)
Take just a few minutes to fill out this survey from the Child Neurology Foundation so CNF knows how to help YOU.
t.co/FzUQvKrxpf
(Not sure if you're the right person to take the survey? Just take it!)
Reposted by Ali Christy, MD, PhD
World: psst! Pediatricians are about to break
White House: oh, let’s make SNAP benefits harder to access
World: getting closer!
WH: let’s not forget ICE terrorizing communities, making families scared to come to medical appointments
World: idk, peds are pretty tough, they’ll find ways to help!
White House: oh, let’s make SNAP benefits harder to access
World: getting closer!
WH: let’s not forget ICE terrorizing communities, making families scared to come to medical appointments
World: idk, peds are pretty tough, they’ll find ways to help!
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
World: psst! Pediatricians are about to break
White House: oh, let’s make SNAP benefits harder to access
World: getting closer!
WH: let’s not forget ICE terrorizing communities, making families scared to come to medical appointments
World: idk, peds are pretty tough, they’ll find ways to help!
White House: oh, let’s make SNAP benefits harder to access
World: getting closer!
WH: let’s not forget ICE terrorizing communities, making families scared to come to medical appointments
World: idk, peds are pretty tough, they’ll find ways to help!
Life update: we hired a new pediatric neurologist at my work in September, he sometimes brings me SOUP (I'm not even kidding, this is a real person) and he put this frog in our mutual office
(also, good at being a neurologist, this is important but soup is the real winner tbh)
(also, good at being a neurologist, this is important but soup is the real winner tbh)
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Life update: we hired a new pediatric neurologist at my work in September, he sometimes brings me SOUP (I'm not even kidding, this is a real person) and he put this frog in our mutual office
(also, good at being a neurologist, this is important but soup is the real winner tbh)
(also, good at being a neurologist, this is important but soup is the real winner tbh)
Me: universe, give me a sign
Forest Park:
Forest Park:
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Me: universe, give me a sign
Forest Park:
Forest Park:
I never met Alice Wong in person, but like so many great writers I felt like I knew her - and unlike many, when I emailed she emailed right back. ❤️
Peds neurologist @dianacejasmd.bsky.social has a beautiful essay in Wong's Disability Visibility collection - I recommend it to physicians. #neurosky
Peds neurologist @dianacejasmd.bsky.social has a beautiful essay in Wong's Disability Visibility collection - I recommend it to physicians. #neurosky
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I never met Alice Wong in person, but like so many great writers I felt like I knew her - and unlike many, when I emailed she emailed right back. ❤️
Peds neurologist @dianacejasmd.bsky.social has a beautiful essay in Wong's Disability Visibility collection - I recommend it to physicians. #neurosky
Peds neurologist @dianacejasmd.bsky.social has a beautiful essay in Wong's Disability Visibility collection - I recommend it to physicians. #neurosky
Recently I gave a history talk and a woman said "this is more a comment than a question, but I want you to be my friend" and it was MY FAVORITE MORE A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION EVER 🥰🥰🥰
(Sometimes it's about what's in the comment. I get a lot of men with "hey, hey, I also know a history thing.")
(Sometimes it's about what's in the comment. I get a lot of men with "hey, hey, I also know a history thing.")
Gender differences in audience participation at infectious disease & microbiology conferences: a prospective observational study
@sarah-delliere.bsky.social #IDSky
Men overrepresented among audience participants during ID /micro meetings
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
@sarah-delliere.bsky.social #IDSky
Men overrepresented among audience participants during ID /micro meetings
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Recently I gave a history talk and a woman said "this is more a comment than a question, but I want you to be my friend" and it was MY FAVORITE MORE A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION EVER 🥰🥰🥰
(Sometimes it's about what's in the comment. I get a lot of men with "hey, hey, I also know a history thing.")
(Sometimes it's about what's in the comment. I get a lot of men with "hey, hey, I also know a history thing.")
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November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Excited to announce that Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast, has over 500 downloads!
Not bad for 2 nerds who like to talk to other nerds.
Like, subscribe and please leave us a review!
rss.com/podcasts/imm...
Not bad for 2 nerds who like to talk to other nerds.
Like, subscribe and please leave us a review!
rss.com/podcasts/imm...
Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast | Podcast on RSS.com
A irreverent podcast about child neurology with child neurologists Ali Christy and Sam Mackenzie. Interviews, history, science updates, Dungeons and Dragons and swearing.Music by Zach London
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November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Excited to announce that Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast, has over 500 downloads!
Not bad for 2 nerds who like to talk to other nerds.
Like, subscribe and please leave us a review!
rss.com/podcasts/imm...
Not bad for 2 nerds who like to talk to other nerds.
Like, subscribe and please leave us a review!
rss.com/podcasts/imm...
Reposted by Ali Christy, MD, PhD
Neuroscientist Marian Cleeves Diamond was born 99 years ago today - her studies of how enriched environments can stimulate changes in brain structure of the 1960s gifted us a new, dynamic picture of the brain and its growth.
tinyurl.com/ycxjrh9t
#WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧪🧠
tinyurl.com/ycxjrh9t
#WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧪🧠
Beyond Nature Vs. Nurture: Marian Cleeves Diamond and Leda Cosmides
In 1964, two publications announced the beginning of two roads out of the centuries-long quagmire represented by the Nature Versus Nurture debate among philosophers, psychologists, and social theorist...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Neuroscientist Marian Cleeves Diamond was born 99 years ago today - her studies of how enriched environments can stimulate changes in brain structure of the 1960s gifted us a new, dynamic picture of the brain and its growth.
tinyurl.com/ycxjrh9t
#WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧪🧠
tinyurl.com/ycxjrh9t
#WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧪🧠
Why do neurologists come up with different ideas about prognosis and treatment - at the same institution - for super-refractory status epilepticus?
It was fascinating to talk to Matt Woodward about clinical variability on the AAN Neurology podcast! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...
It was fascinating to talk to Matt Woodward about clinical variability on the AAN Neurology podcast! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...
Super Refractory Status Epilepticus Diagnosis, Management, and Prognostication
Dr. Alison Christy talks with Dr. Matthew Ryan Woodward about the complexities of status epilepticus, focusing on its definitions, the transition to refractory and super-refractory states, and the imp...
https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/38986205]
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Why do neurologists come up with different ideas about prognosis and treatment - at the same institution - for super-refractory status epilepticus?
It was fascinating to talk to Matt Woodward about clinical variability on the AAN Neurology podcast! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...
It was fascinating to talk to Matt Woodward about clinical variability on the AAN Neurology podcast! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...
Super Refractory Status Epilepticus Diagnosis, Management, and Prognostication
Dr. Alison Christy talks with Dr. Matthew Ryan Woodward about the complexities of status epilepticus, focusing on its definitions, the transition to refractory and super-refractory states, and the imp...
https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/38986205]
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Why do neurologists come up with different ideas about prognosis and treatment - at the same institution - for super-refractory status epilepticus?
It was fascinating to talk to Matt Woodward about clinical variability on the AAN Neurology podcast! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...
It was fascinating to talk to Matt Woodward about clinical variability on the AAN Neurology podcast! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...
Announcing Episode 6!
This may not be the best episode sound-quality-wise, but we had an absolute blast recording live at #CNSAM. Immature Brains is now available everywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple, so leave us a review if you've enjoyed this so far!
t.co/OJrMIghxL7
This may not be the best episode sound-quality-wise, but we had an absolute blast recording live at #CNSAM. Immature Brains is now available everywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple, so leave us a review if you've enjoyed this so far!
t.co/OJrMIghxL7
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Announcing Episode 6!
This may not be the best episode sound-quality-wise, but we had an absolute blast recording live at #CNSAM. Immature Brains is now available everywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple, so leave us a review if you've enjoyed this so far!
t.co/OJrMIghxL7
This may not be the best episode sound-quality-wise, but we had an absolute blast recording live at #CNSAM. Immature Brains is now available everywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple, so leave us a review if you've enjoyed this so far!
t.co/OJrMIghxL7
Daughter: check out the fit! Aren't I cute???
Me: YOU ARE SO CUTE. What about me? Am I cute?
Daughter: ...I used to hate that sweater on you and now I think it's kind of ok
💀
Me: YOU ARE SO CUTE. What about me? Am I cute?
Daughter: ...I used to hate that sweater on you and now I think it's kind of ok
💀
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Daughter: check out the fit! Aren't I cute???
Me: YOU ARE SO CUTE. What about me? Am I cute?
Daughter: ...I used to hate that sweater on you and now I think it's kind of ok
💀
Me: YOU ARE SO CUTE. What about me? Am I cute?
Daughter: ...I used to hate that sweater on you and now I think it's kind of ok
💀
You could read a NYT op-ed about how women make workplaces worse, or you could read an editorial I wrote for
the Journal of Child Neurology about how women -& diverse people, generally -make medicine better:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(didn't think I would need to write this in 2025)
the Journal of Child Neurology about how women -& diverse people, generally -make medicine better:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(didn't think I would need to write this in 2025)
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November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
You could read a NYT op-ed about how women make workplaces worse, or you could read an editorial I wrote for
the Journal of Child Neurology about how women -& diverse people, generally -make medicine better:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(didn't think I would need to write this in 2025)
the Journal of Child Neurology about how women -& diverse people, generally -make medicine better:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(didn't think I would need to write this in 2025)
Today is the last day to apply for the Harnett Grant at the Child Neurology Foundation. Would this help you, or someone you know? childneurologyfoundation.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today is the last day to apply for the Harnett Grant at the Child Neurology Foundation. Would this help you, or someone you know? childneurologyfoundation.org
I enjoyed interviewing Dr. McGuire for this podcast and learned a lot about brain imaging in CAR T-cell therapy complications: www.neurology.org/media/podcas... @aanmember.bsky.social
Neurotoxicity Imaging in Children and Young Adults After CAR T-Cell Therapy for B-Cell Malignancies | Neurology® Journals
www.neurology.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I enjoyed interviewing Dr. McGuire for this podcast and learned a lot about brain imaging in CAR T-cell therapy complications: www.neurology.org/media/podcas... @aanmember.bsky.social
My daughter complimented a very little girl while trick-or-treating and she said "I KNOW. I'M A SINGA" while gesturing madly at herself with an upside-down microphone, and we've agreed this is the only correct compliment-accepting energy going forward
November 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My daughter complimented a very little girl while trick-or-treating and she said "I KNOW. I'M A SINGA" while gesturing madly at herself with an upside-down microphone, and we've agreed this is the only correct compliment-accepting energy going forward
I found this leaf while running and I decided it needed a korok face :)
November 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I found this leaf while running and I decided it needed a korok face :)
Q: why go into pediatrics?
A: NINTENDO HALLOWEEN
A: NINTENDO HALLOWEEN
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Q: why go into pediatrics?
A: NINTENDO HALLOWEEN
A: NINTENDO HALLOWEEN
Yesterday was #ChildNeurologyAwarenessDay, and the Child Neurology Foundation is celebrating 25 years of advocating for children and their caregivers. 💜
Here's a special NEURO ART incentive for the Envelope Challenge.... 1/
Here's a special NEURO ART incentive for the Envelope Challenge.... 1/
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yesterday was #ChildNeurologyAwarenessDay, and the Child Neurology Foundation is celebrating 25 years of advocating for children and their caregivers. 💜
Here's a special NEURO ART incentive for the Envelope Challenge.... 1/
Here's a special NEURO ART incentive for the Envelope Challenge.... 1/
How many neurologists does it take to get a podcast onto Apple Podcasts?
...two, but it takes us a while. 😬 Immature Brains is now available WHEREVER you get your podcasts.
And Sam will upload the (hilarious) November pod soon! rss.com/podcasts/imm...
...two, but it takes us a while. 😬 Immature Brains is now available WHEREVER you get your podcasts.
And Sam will upload the (hilarious) November pod soon! rss.com/podcasts/imm...
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
How many neurologists does it take to get a podcast onto Apple Podcasts?
...two, but it takes us a while. 😬 Immature Brains is now available WHEREVER you get your podcasts.
And Sam will upload the (hilarious) November pod soon! rss.com/podcasts/imm...
...two, but it takes us a while. 😬 Immature Brains is now available WHEREVER you get your podcasts.
And Sam will upload the (hilarious) November pod soon! rss.com/podcasts/imm...
Not necessarily what I'm supposed to be doing but hear me out
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Not necessarily what I'm supposed to be doing but hear me out