BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vestibular First - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://vestibularfirst.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Vestibular First REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T054920 CREATED:20250619T014403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T081651Z UID:10000186-1758222000-1758222000@vestibularfirst.com SUMMARY:Journal Club - Vestibular Atelectasis: Tricky Cases (September 2025) DESCRIPTION:Join Co-Founder Dr. Helena Esmonde PT\, DPT\, NCS and special guest Dr. Enrico Armato as they discuss the topic of Vestibular Atelectasis and answer viewer-submitted questions. \nDr. Armato was ENT medical director at ULSS3 Veneto Region. He has over 35 years of experience as an ENT specialist\, with a focus on neck surgery. His true passion is otoneurology. For many years\, he has been interested in the functional assessment of vertiginous patients. He is author of the book ‘The Video Head Impulse Test – Theoretical and practical aspects’ and co-author of numerous articles in national and international literature. He is also a contract professor with the University of Padua\, Department of Neuroscience\, Degree Course in Audiometric Techniques. Enrico has been collaborating with Inventis for several years and he is a reference figure for everything related to the vestibular world. \nRegister for the event to be entered into our monthly raffle to win a Vestibular Model and download the article we’ll be discussing below. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n Download Article\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Guest\n Dr. Emily Kostelnik\, Ph.D. \nTitle\nMental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders \nAuthors\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF \nCitation\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF. Mental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2025 Mar;32(1):163-173. URL:https://vestibularfirst.com/event/journal-club-vestibular-atelectasis-tricky-cases/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Journal Club,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vestibularfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Journal-Club-September-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T054920 CREATED:20250729T011451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T034720Z UID:10000187-1763665200-1763665200@vestibularfirst.com SUMMARY:Journal Club - Treating Oculomotor Disorders after mild TBI (November 2025) DESCRIPTION:Join Co-Founder Dr. Helena Esmonde PT\, DPT\, NCS and special guest Dr. Jacqueline Theis\, OD\, FAAO\, FNAP as they discuss treating Oculomotor Disorders after mild TBI and answer viewer-submitted questions. \nJacqueline Theis\, OD\, FAAO is an optometrist with residency training in neuro-optometry\, pediatrics and vision therapy\, who treats patients of all ages with visual complaints and double vision due to development\, brain injury and neurological disease. During her residency\, Dr. Theis focused her training on evaluating and treating patients with visual problems due to traumatic brain injury\, stroke\, and other neurological diseases including multiple sclerosis\, myasthenia gravis\, and Parkinson’s disease as well as treating children with reading problems\, refractive and strabismic amblyopia.   She is internationally recognized as a leader in her field for diagnosis and management of oculomotor dysfunction in concussion\, as well as prismatic correction of acquired and developmental double vision.  Dr. Theis’s mission is to provide a comprehensive neuro-optometric eye examination to help patient’s understand their visual system\, where their symptoms are stemming from\, and provide functional\, evidence-based optometric treatment options to enhance a patient’s quality of life so they can get back to seeing and enjoying the things they love to do.  In addition to patient care\, Dr. Theis also lectures internationally to optometrists and non-optometric healthcare providers in the field of neuro-optometry\, concussion and oculomotor dysfunction\, neurologic dry eye\, photophobia\, and pediatric vision problems\, as well as consults healthcare and government systems on diagnosis and management of visual sequelae from brain injury and neurologic disease.  She actively participates in clinical research with multiple universities across the country\, including a study in her clinic looking at the impact of endurance on the oculomotor system after concussion in adults in association with the New Jersey Institute of Technology.  For her dedication and work in neuro-optometry\, Dr. Theis received the California Optometric Association’s Young Optometrist of the Year Award in 2019\, and the Virginia Optometric Association’s Young Optometrist of the Year Award in 2022.   \n  \nRegister for the event to be entered into our monthly raffle to win a Vestibular Model and download the article we’ll be discussing below. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n Download Article\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Guest\n Dr. Emily Kostelnik\, Ph.D. \nTitle\nMental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders \nAuthors\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF \nCitation\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF. Mental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2025 Mar;32(1):163-173. URL:https://vestibularfirst.com/event/journal-club-treating-oculomotor-disorders-after-mild-tbi/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Journal Club,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vestibularfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Journal-Club-November-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T054920 CREATED:20251014T003226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T142655Z UID:10000193-1769108400-1769108400@vestibularfirst.com SUMMARY:Journal Club: Diagnosing Acute Dizziness - Beyond Stroke and Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy (January 2026) DESCRIPTION:Join Co-Founder Dr. Helena Esmonde PT\, DPT\, NCS and special guest Dr. Alexander A. Tarnutzer\, MD as they discuss Diagnosing Acute Dizziness – Beyond Stroke and Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy and answer viewer-submitted questions about this topic. \nAlexander Tarnutzer graduated from medical school at the University of Basel\, Switzerland in 2003. In 2004 he took a position as a research fellow in the vestibulo-ocular motor laboratory of Prof. D. Straumann in Zurich\, Switzerland\, and started his neurology residency at the University Hospital Zurich. In 2009 he joined the Vestibular/Eye Movement Testing Laboratory (Prof. D.S. Zee) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore\, USA as a postdoctoral research fellow for one year. He became a board-certified neurologist in 2012 and continued to work as a senior physician at the Zurich University Hospital and as a research fellow in Prof. Straumann’s laboratory. He received his habilitation in 2014 and in 2018 he was awarded the Ellermann prize of the Swiss Neurological Society. In the same year he took over a position a as senior leading physician and head of stroke unit at the Cantonal Hospital of Baden\, Switzerland. In 2021 he became a titular professor in Neurology at the University of Zurich\, awarding both his scientific career and his dedication to teaching neuro-otology to medical students\, medical professionals and the general audience. His main research interests include improving bedside diagnostic accuracy in acutely dizzy patients\, pattern recognition in vestibular disorders\, the diagnosis and management of vestibular deficits after traumatic brain injury and harmonizing ocular motor / vestibular testing in hereditary ataxia patients. \nRegister for the event to be entered into our monthly raffle to win a Vestibular Model and download the article we’ll be discussing below. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n Download Article\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Guest\n Dr. Emily Kostelnik\, Ph.D. \nTitle\nMental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders \nAuthors\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF \nCitation\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF. Mental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2025 Mar;32(1):163-173. URL:https://vestibularfirst.com/event/journal-club-diagnosing-acute-dizziness-beyond-stroke-and-acute-unilateral-vestibulopathy/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Journal Club,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vestibularfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Journal-Club-January-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T054920 CREATED:20251014T010917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T132859Z UID:10000194-1773946800-1773946800@vestibularfirst.com SUMMARY:Journal Club - Positional Nystagmus: Beyond BPPV (March 2026) DESCRIPTION:Join Co-Founder Dr. Helena Esmonde PT\, DPT\, NCS and special guest Dr. Diego Kaski\, FRCP\, PhD as they discuss Positional Nystagmus: Beyond BPPV and answer viewer-submitted questions. \nDiego Kaski is a consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery\, honorary associate professor at University College London\, and honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College London. His special clinical interests are the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness\, balance and eye movement disorders. He runs vestibular neurology clinics at the Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals and an acute vertigo clinic at UCLH. He runs a multi-disciplinary ocular motility clinic with the department of neuro-ophthalmology\, and MDT educational sessions for vestibular migraine and functional dizziness at NHNN. Dr Kaski is an active teacher in vestibular neurology\, regular International invited speaker on vestibular neuroscience topics\, and runs a popular dizziness and balance workshop for medical professionals in London. Dr Kaski is a contributor and content editor for Neuro-otology for the European Academy of Neurology e-Brain e-learning resource. \nRegister for the event to be entered into our monthly raffle to win a Vestibular Model and download the article we’ll be discussing below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n Download Article\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Guest\n Dr. Emily Kostelnik\, Ph.D. \nTitle\nMental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders \nAuthors\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF \nCitation\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF. Mental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2025 Mar;32(1):163-173. URL:https://vestibularfirst.com/event/journal-club-positional-nystagmus-beyond-bppv/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Journal Club,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vestibularfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Journal-Club-March-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T054920 CREATED:20260110T214828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T013459Z UID:10000213-1779390000-1779390000@vestibularfirst.com SUMMARY:Journal Club - Critical Updates: VEMP Testing (May 2026) DESCRIPTION:Join Co-Founder Dr. Helena Esmonde PT\, DPT\, NCS and special guest Dr. Eleftherios Papathanasiou\, PhD\, FEAN as they discuss Critical Updates: VEMP Testing and answer viewer-submitted questions. \nDr. Eleftherios Papathanasiou is a Clinical Neurophysiologist and Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology.  He has a Master’s Degree in Cell Biology\, Neurobiology and Anatomy from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago\, and a PhD in Clinical Neurophysiology from the Alexandoupoli General Hospital School of Medicine\, Greece.  His main research interest is in Neurotology and Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMPs).  He has 60 publications in international peer reviewed journals and has been cited by over 210 other publications.  He was chairman of an international working group with regards to the Clinical Application of Cervical VEMPs published in 2014 in the journal Clinical Neurophysiology\, which is now considered an international guideline by the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN).  His recent review on the clinical applications of VEMPs is now in press. \nRegister for the event to be entered into our monthly raffle to win a Vestibular Model and download the article we’ll be discussing below. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n Download Article\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Guest\n Dr. Emily Kostelnik\, Ph.D. \nTitle\nMental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders \nAuthors\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF \nCitation\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF. Mental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2025 Mar;32(1):163-173. URL:https://vestibularfirst.com/event/journal-club-critical-updates-vemp-testing/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Journal Club,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vestibularfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Journal-Club-May-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T054920 CREATED:20260323T015801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T015801Z UID:10000215-1784833200-1784833200@vestibularfirst.com SUMMARY:Journal Club - Essential Mental Health Education in Vestibular Disorders (July 2026) DESCRIPTION:Join Co-Founder Dr. Helena Esmonde PT\, DPT\, NCS and special guest Dr. Emily Kostelnik\, Ph.D. as they discuss Essential Mental Health Education in Vestibular Disorders and answer viewer-submitted questions. \nDr. Kostelnik is a Clinical Psychologist trained extensively in Health Psychology who also lives with multiple vestibular diagnoses including SCDS\, subsequent BPPV\, chronic VM and PPPD. Her approach to therapy includes techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)\, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)\, Somatic Experiencing (SE)\, Polyvagal Theory\, and others. To learn more about Dr. Kostelnik visit her website\, https://www.thevestibularpsychologist.com. \nRegister for the event to be entered into our monthly raffle to win a Vestibular Model and download the article we’ll be discussing below. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n Download Article\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Guest\n Dr. Emily Kostelnik\, Ph.D. \nTitle\nMental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders \nAuthors\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF \nCitation\nKostelnik EO\, Howard LM\, Paulson JF. Mental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disorders. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2025 Mar;32(1):163-173. URL:https://vestibularfirst.com/event/journal-club-essential-mental-health-education-in-vestibular-disorders/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Journal Club,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vestibularfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Journal-Club-July-2026.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR