Seemant Chaturvedi, M.D., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.N., professor of the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Neurology, has been selected to serve on the American Academy of Neurology’s Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum in 2010.

The forum, established in 2003, has trained more than 200 leaders who act as advocates for the science of neurology and patients in the United States and 13 other countries.

The AAN invites neurologists to apply for the training, and the most promising leaders are selected.

"The Palatucci advocacy forum will help in identifying the most promising avenues to improving the care for patients with neurologic disorders from a policy-making perspective,” said Dr. Chaturvedi, who also serves as director of the Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center Stroke Program.

Those selected for the forum receiving training in development advocacy plans, media training and instruction in how to bring their issues before legislators.