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Our mission in the Department of Neurology is threefold: (1) to train the next generation of medical students, residents, and fellows in the clinical skills of neurology; (2) to enhance research in the field of neurology; (3) to provide outstanding patient care for patients with neurologic disorders.

The Neurology Department has undergone a number of significant changes in the last several years. I became Chairman of the Department in January, 2001, and since that time we have had a tremendous growth in the number of faculty in the department, a significant increase in the number of our neurology residents, and the initiation of a clinical neurophysiology fellowship training program. We have 49 faculty members in the Department of Neurology, in addition to several adjunct faculty members who support our programs.

Whether you are looking for information about the Neurology Department, our Residency Program, or one of our physicians, you can find what you need here. There is also information on Kansas City if you're visiting US. Need help finding a support group? Check out this list.

3599 Rainbow Blvd. Mailstop 2012 Kansas City, KS 66160

Telephone 913.588.6970 Fax 913.588.6965

For Information about our Residency Program: Contact Sonya Fabricius, sfabricius@kumc.edu

For Information about our Fellowship Program: Contact Paula Mengel, pmengel@kumc.edu

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Afra, P, Jouny CC, Bergey GK (In Press). Termination patterns of complex partial seizures: An intracranial EEG study. Seizure.

Dansithong, W., Paul, S., Ho, M.H.T., Scoles, D.R., Pulst, S.M., and Huynh, D.P. Generation of SNCA cell models using zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) technology for efficient high- throughput drug screening. Plos One, In press.

de Havenon A, Yuan C, Tirschwell D, et al. Nonstenotic Culprit Plaque: The Utility of High-Resolution Vessel Wall MRI of Intracranial Vessels after Ischemic Stroke. Case Reports in Radiology 2015;2015:e356582.

Hammers, D., Ramirez, G., Persad, C., Heidebrink, J., Barbas, N., & Giordani, G. (In press). Diagnostic profiles of patients differentially failing executive functioning measures. American Journal of Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias.

Heatwole CR, Johnson NE, Bode R, Dekdebrun J, Dilek N, Hilbert JE, Luebbe E, Martens WB, McDermott MP, Quinn C, Rothrock N, Thornton CA, Vickery BA, Victorson D, Moxley RT. PRISM-2: Patient reported impact of symptoms in Myotonic dystrophy type-2. Neurology, in press.

Jagust WJ, Lahdau SM, Koeppe RA, Reiman EM, Chen K, Mathis C, Price, JC, Foster NL, Wang AY. The Alzheimers Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 2 PET Core: 2015. Alzheimers & Dementia, 11, 757-771.

Johnson NE, Abbott D, Cannon-Albright LA. Relative Risks for Comorbidities Associated with Myotonic Dystrophy: A Population-Based Analysis. Muscle and Nerve, in press.

Johnson NE, Hung M, Nasser E, Hagerman KA, Chen W, Ciafaloni E, Heatwole CR. The impact of pregnancy on myotonic dystrophy: A registry-based study. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, in press.

Kinard K, Osborn AG, Palmer CA, Warner JE, Katz BJ, Crum AV, DeWitt LD, Sonnen JA, Digre KB. Ataxia at the Masquerade Ball. J Neuroophthalmol. 2015 Jun 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26067029.

Sangle N, Baringer JR, Majersik J, DeWitt LD. CADASIL with Multiorgan Involvement: a Complete Autopsy Examination Report. Can J Neurol Sci. 2015 Jul 3:1-4. PMID: 26138243

Abou-Mrad F, Tarabey L, Zamrini E, Pasquier F, Chelune G, Fadel P, & Hayek M. (in press). Sociolinguistic reflection on neuropsychological assessment: an insight into selected culturally adapted battery of Lebanese Arabic cognitive testing, Neurol Sci.

de Havenon A, Moore A, Sultan-Qurraie A, Majersik J, Tirschwell D. Ischemic stroke patients with active malignancy or extracardiac shunts are more likely to have a right-to-left shunt found by TCD than echocardiogram. Translational Stroke Research. In press

de Havenon A, Petersen C, Wold J, Tanana M, Hoesch R. A Pilot Study of Audiovisual Family Meetings in the ICU. Journal of Critical Care. In press.

Digre KB, Bruce BB, McDermott MP, Galetta KM, Balcer LJ, Wall M; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Quality of life in idiopathic intracranial hypertension at diagnosis: IIH Treatment Trial results. Neurology. 2015 May 20.

Stefan M. Pulst: The Helix: welcome to Neurology: Genetics. Neurology Genetics 1:e2. Published online April 17, 2015 2376-7839

Partha Sardar, MD; Saurav Chatterjee, MD; Jay Giri, MD; Amartya Kundu, MD; Parijat Sen MD; Ramez Nairooz, MD; Jessica Huston, MD; John J. Ryan, MD; Riyaz Bashir MD; Sahil A. Parikh MD; Christopher J. White MD; Philip M. Meyers, MD; Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, MS; Jennifer J. Majersik MD, MS; William A. Gray MD. Endovascular therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials. Accepted for fast track publication to European Heart Journal. May 2015.

Scoles DR, Ho MHT, Dansithong W, Pflieger LT, Petersen LW, Khanh KT, Pulst SM. Repeat associated non-AUG translation (RAN translation) in ATXN2 is dependent on sequence downstream of theATXN2 CAG repeat. PLOS ONE, 2015, In Press.

Gerstenecker, A., Duff, K., Meneses, K., Fiveash, J., Nabors, L. B., & Triebel, K. L. (in press). Cognitive Predictors of Reasoning through Medical Decision in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.

Greenlee JE, Clawson SA, Hill KE, Wood B, Tsunoda I, Carlson NG. Anti-Yo antibody interaction with its intracellular target antigen leads to targeted Purkinje cell death in rat cerebellar slice cultures: a possible mechanism for paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration in humans with gynecological or breast cancers. PLOSone, April 17, 2015.

Johnson, NE, Arnold WD, Hebert D, Gwathmey, K, Dimachkie, MM, Barohn, RJ, McVey, AL, Pasnoor, M, Amato, AA, McDermott, MP, Kissel, J, Heatwole, CR. Disease Course and Therapeutic Approach in Dermatomyositis: A Four-Center Retrospective Study of 100 Patients. Neuromuscular Disorders, 2015, in press.

Mossa-Basha M, Hwang WD, de Havenon AD, et al. Multicontrast High-Resolution Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Its Value in Differentiating Intracranial Vasculopathic Processes. Stroke. 2015.

Lucas Ramirez, Aaron Krug, Heng Nhoung, Suzie Kazaryan, Gregory Gasparian, Joshua Perese, Ali Razmara, David Liebeskind, Jennifer Majersik, and Nerses Sanossian. Vascular Neurologists as Directors of Stroke Centers in the United States Accepted for publication to Stroke.

Su XW, Clardy SL, Stephens HE, Simmons Z, Connor JR. Serum ferritin iselevated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2015 Mar;16(1-2):102-7.

Cortez MM, Nagi Reddy SK, Goodman, B, Carter JL, Wingerchuk DM. (2015). Autonomic symptom burden is associated with MS-related fatigue and quality of life. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, in press.

Dansithong W, Paul S, Figueroa KP, Rinehart MD, Wiest S, Pfleiger LT, Scoles DR, Pulst SM (2015). Ataxin-2 regulates RGS8 translation in a new BAC-SCA2 transgenic mouse model. PLoS Genet, (In Press).

de Havenon A, Sultan-Qurraie A, Hannon P, Tirschwell D. Development of Regional Stroke Programs. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2015;15(5):544.

Duff K, Horn KP, Foster NL, & Hoffman JM (in press). Short-term practice effects and brain hypometabolism: Preliminary data from an FDG PET study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

Kinard KI, Smith AG, Singleton JR, Lessard MK, Katz BJ, Warner JE, Crum AV, Mifflin MD, Brennan KC, Digre KB. Chronic Migraine Is Associated With Reduced Corneal Nerve Fiber Density and Symptoms of Dry Eye. Headache. 2015 Mar 31.

Thaler N, Hill B, Duff K, Mold J, & Scott J. (in press). Intra-individual variability on the RBANS in healthy older adults: Associations with poorer health outcomes and earlier mortality. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.

Cirulli ET, Lasseigne N, Petrovski S, Sapp PC, Dion PA, Leblond CS, Couthouis J, Lu YF, Wang Q, Keebler J, Krueger BJ, Ren Z, Levy SE, Boone BE, Wimbish JR, Jones LW, Jones A, Carulli JP, Day-Williams A, Staropoli J, Xin WW, Chesi A, Raphael AR, Cad J, Baloh RH, Appel S, Simpson E, Pulst SM, Gibson S, Trojanowski JQ, Elman L, McCluskey L, Grossman M, Shneider N, Chung W, Ravits JM, Glass JD, Sims KB, Van Deerlin V, Maniatis T, Wade Harper J, Hayes SD, Ordureau A, Swarup S, Allen AS, Bedlack RS, Gitler AD, Rouleau GA, Brown R, Harms MB, Cooper G, Harris T, Myers RM, Goldstein DB: Exome sequencing in ALS identifies new risk genes and pathways. Science Feb 19. pii: aaa3650.

Serafini R Andrade RC and Loeb JA (2015). Coalescence of deep and superficial epileptic foci into large discharge units in adult rat neocortex. Neuroscience , in press.

Serafini R, Loeb JA (2015). Enhanced slow waves at the periphery of human epileptic foci. Clinical Neurophysiology, in press.

Digre KB Is there a difference in the management of pseudotumor cerebri in pregnancy Curbside Consultations in Neuro-ophthalmology. Eds Lee, A, Brazis P, Kline L. 2015

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The Department of Neurology has a sustained commitment to excellence in the three major components of academic medicine: teaching, clinical care and research that advances medical knowledge and therapy. Research funding for the clinical, basic, and translational studies in the department has increased steadily over the past few years and in FY2011 the department received $7,408,324 in NIH grant support.

Basic Research Basic scientists in the Department of Neurology continue to be successful in securing extramural funding. Several new extramural basic science grants were awarded to neurology faculty from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. In addition, Neurology faculty received notice that several other awards will be funded in the coming fiscal year.

Basic neuro-science investigators in the Department of Neurology had a number of successes during the past academic year. Some of the major achievements include:

Clinical Research Clinical research in the Department of Neurology has also expanded in the last several years and significant numbers of patients with neurologic diseases are enrolled in ongoing clinical trials. This is an invaluable resource for continued development of research in the department, and also attracts patients to our medical center.

Training Grants

Michael Zigmond continued directing an NIMH T32 training grant focused on training in the neurobiology of psychiatry disorders and an NINDS T32 training grant to provide training in the neurobiology of neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, Dr. Zigmond continues to direct an NINDS U13 grant to conduct survival skills and ethics workshops for neuroscientists.

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Plot twist: Neurologist turns her hand to romance writing and grabs the prize – CBC.ca

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There were always clues that aspiring novelist Dr. Anne Lipton would eventually immerse herselfinto the world of make-believe, fantasyand adventure.

"One of the things that I wrote about in my medical school essay was Nancy Drew," says Lipton, who lives in Vancouver.

"Nancy Drew ... inspired meto try to be a medical detective and find out what was going wrong when someone was sick and howto make them better."

Lipton, who is originally from Michigan,did end up becoming a "medical detective" and a pretty successful one to boot. The Northwestern University graduate became a neurologist, even penning multiple books on dementia care.

But now, her career has taken a plot twist.

Lipton is one of the inaugural recipients of the Harlequin Books Creator Fund Award, awarded to up-and-coming female writers in the U.S. and Canada.Harlequin, a Toronto-based publishing house, is one of the most successful publishers in the world, with a focus on romance, fantasyand historical fiction.

Romance writing, a genre sometimes dismissed as "empty entertainment", is big business. According to the Romance Writers of America, the billion-dollar romance genre makes up 23 per cent of the fiction market.

In recent years, the genre has undergone a feminist makeover, challenging archaic tropesof damsels in distress and other stereotypes.

Lipton'smanuscript a time travel Christmas-themed romantic comedysetin the video game industry is a nod to that.

"[My main character] isa strong female protagonist who works in a male-dominated industry," she said.

It was a move to Ireland that set the stage for Lipton's career change. Despite having a position ready, it was taking a long time for her medical credentials to be recognized in Ireland.

As she waited to be certified, Lipton, who had already written non-fiction, decided to try her hand at writinga novel.

She loved it.

Part of the process of novel writing mirrors her work as a neurologist. Lipton said she was drawn to neurology, and dementiain particular, because of her patients' rich life stories.

"Because dementia often affects older people I was able to hear many very exciting and interesting life stories," she said.

"I would say one reason I didn't go into something like emergency medicine is because once the patient leaves the emergency department you never hear the end of the story. And so I like to have a satisfying story arc in real life and in my novels."

A move to Vancouverseven years ago happened to coincide providentially with NaNoWriMo National Novel Writing Month in November.

Lipton, who happened to move in the month of October, said she almost immediately got together with other writers in the city.

The internet-based creative writing challenge gives participants exactly 30 days to write a draft of a book or novel, with a minimum 50,000 word count. Close to 10,000 people participate in the challenge across the country.

"I know sometimes people say that Vancouver is a hard place to meet people but I found this a great way to meet people. We all had a shared interest. Most of the people there also enjoyed reading so we discussed books and writing and it was a great way to meet people."

As part of her award, Liptonwill receive financial and editorial support from Harlequin but there are no guarantees her manuscript will get published.

"Asa writer, sometimes it's more competitive thanapplying to medical school in terms of trying to get published," she laughed.

In the meantime, she's hoping for a riveting finale.

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Neurology Journal is an official peer reviewed journal for the rapid publication of innovative research covering all aspects of neurology and its related disorders. Neurology Journal with highest impact factor offers Open Access option to meet the needs of authors and maximize article visibility.

Neurology Journal includes a wide range of fields in its discipline to create a platform for the authors to make their contribution towards the journal and the editorial office promises a peer review process for the submitted manuscripts for the quality of publishing.

This peer reviewed journal is using Editorial Manager System for quality in review process. Editorial Manager System is an online manuscript submission, review and tracking systems. Review processing is performed by the editorial board members of Journal of Neurological Disorders or outside experts; at least two independent reviewers approval followed by editor approval is required for acceptance of any citable manuscript. Authors may submit manuscripts and track their progress through this system.

Submit manuscript at http://editorialmanager.com/biomedicaljournals/ or send as an e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at editor.jnd@omicsonline.org

Neurodegenerative Disorders are defined as hereditary and sporadic conditions which are characterized by progressive nervous system dysfunction. These disorders are often associated with atrophy of the affected central or peripheral structures of the nervous system.

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The topic includes the understanding and treatment of Neurodegenerative diseases. The study of Experimental neurology aims at the basic mechanisms involved in Neurological disorders and novel findings in neural development, regeneration, Plasticity and transplantation.

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CNS and Neurological disorders are diseases that affect the brain and the central and autonomic nervous systems. In recognizing the signs and symptoms of neurological disorders, it is first important to distinguish the different types of neurological disorders.

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A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or severely decreased, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. A stroke is a medical emergency. Stroke also broadly includes intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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Neurosugical Emergencies can be defined by certain criteria including rapidity of onset poor prognosis.It cares for undifferentiated, unscheduled patients with acute illnesses or injuries that require immediate medical attention. Neurosurgical emergency is one of the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.

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Neurological Physiotherapy topic relates to the assessment and treatment of people with disorders of the nervous system. This includes conditions affecting the central nervous system, such as Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis and Motor Neuronal disorders. It also includes conditions affecting the peripheral nervous system, such as peripheral neuropathy.

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Parkinson's Disease is a central nervous system disorder. It mainly affects nervous systems. It inhibits the production of dopamine. Symptoms include muscle rigidity, tremors and change in speech. It doesnt have any cure, only relief can be provided with medications and surgery. Drugs that are used in treatment are levodopa, dopamine agonists (amomorphine, bromocriptine), MAO-B inhibitors and others like amantadine and anticholinergics.

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It is a group of neurological disorders that are characterized by recurrent seizures. There are two types of epilepsy: idiopathic and symptomatic, which are sub divided into generalized, partial and petit mal seizures. Epilepsy is caused by genetics or it may be acquired. Management consists of first aid, medications, surgery, other and alternative medications. Medications include acetazolamide, carbamazepine, clonazepam, phenobarbital and phenytoin.

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It is also known as convulsions. It is a change in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in brain. It is caused by brain tumor, drug abuse, electric shock, epilepsy, fever and head injury. Seizure disorderare of generalized tonic-clonic, absence, myoclonic, clonic, tonic and atonic. Medications like carbamazepine, clobazam, clonazepam, ethosuximide, primidone, valproic acid and many more are used.

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It is a term that includes many diseases that impair the functioning of muscles, either directly or indirectly. It causes directly by being pathologies of muscle and indirectly by being pathologies of nerves or neuromuscular junctions. Disorders are Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Multiple sclerosis, Myasthenia gravis and Spinal muscular atrophy.

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It is also known to be manic depression. This causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania) and emotional lows (depression). These are divide into Bipolar I disorder, Bipolar II disorder, Cyclothymic disorder and Other types. It is caused by biological difference, neurotransmitters and inherited traits. Medications include mood stabilizers (valproic acid, carbazepine), antipsychotics (lurasidone, ziprasidone), antidepressants and anti-anxiety like benzodiazepines.

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It is a disease or dysfunction of nerves usually peripheral nerves as opposed to central nervous system. It depends on the nerves that are affected. They are many causes like diabetes, drugs, poisions, cancers, excess alcohol, chronic liver and kidney diseases and infections. Drugs prescribed are gabapentin, carbamazepine, duloxetine, nortriptyline, desipramine and oxycodone.

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It is an inflammatory disease of brain and spinal cord where the insulating covers of nerve cells are damaged. It is an autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system. It may be caused by geography, genetics, infectious agents and others. Symptoms include weakness, tingling, numbness and blurred vision. Drugs that are used for treatment are interferon beta-1a (Avonex, Rebif), peginterferon beta-1a (Plegridy), teriflunomide (Aubagio), fingolimod (Gilenya), mitoxantrone (Novantrone), dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) and natalizumab (Tysabri).

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It is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in childhood. Symptoms include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, trouble speaking and tremors. There are many complications like muscle weakness, muscle spasticity and coordination problems. Treatment requires long term care with medications. Medications include onabotulinum toxinA injection, diazepam, dantrolene, baclofen. Therapies and surgeries are also given.

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It is a bacterial illness. It is caused by bacterium spirochete and spreads by tick bites. It starts in the place of bite and expands by forming a ring of redness. It is diagnosed by clinical signs and detection of antibodies to causative bacteria. It causes abnormalities in skin, joints, heart and nervous systems. It is treated with antibiotics and doxycycline is contraindicated in children and pregnant women, so alternatives like amoxicillin and azithromycin are given.

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It is defined as Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is a neurological psychiatric disorder. It causes significant problems with attentional and inhibitory control that causes attention deficits, hyperactivity or impulsiveness. Symptoms begin by age six to twelve and persist for more than six months for a diagnosis to be made. The cause of most cases is unknown; however, it is believed to involve interactions between genetic and environmental factors and society. ADHD management usually involves some combination of counseling, lifestyle changes, and medications. Medications are stimulant and non-stimulant. Stimulant medications are amphetamine, dextroamphetamine and non-stimulant medications are atomoxetine and clonidine.

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OMICS International Organises 1000 Conferences Every Year across USA, Europe & Asia with support from 1000 more scientific societies and Publishes 700 Open access journals which contains over 50000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as editorial board members and 10 millon readers all over the world .

Journal of Neurological Disorders is associated with our international conference 5th World Congress on Neurology and Therapeutics during March 14-16, 2016 London, UK exploring the Challenges and Recent Innovations in Neurology and Therapeutics. We are particularly interested in the areas of Neurological Disorders: An Over view, Causes: Origin, Genesis and Source, Brain Disorder, Manifestation, Pathophysiology, Brain Disorder: Anticipatory Measure and Pervasiveness. We encourage articles involving Parkinson, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, EEG, Neuropathy, muscular dystrophy, peripheral neuropathy, neuromuscular disorders.

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What Is a Neurologist? – Brain and Nerve Tests …

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Neurologist Education and Training

A neurologist is a medical doctor or osteopath who has trained in the diagnosis and treatment of nervous system disorders, including diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

Neurologists perform neurological examinations of the nerves of the head and neck; muscle strength and movement; balance, ambulation, and reflexes; and sensation, memory, speech, language, and other cognitive abilities.

They also perform diagnostic tests such as the following:

To become a board-certified neurologist several requirements must be met.

Residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) provide supervised experience in hospital and ambulatory care settings as well as educational conferences and research trainings.

After completing residency training, neurologists may enroll in a fellowship program to develop expertise in a subspecialty such as stroke, dementia or movement disorders.

After completing the educational requirements, medical doctors may seek certification from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN), a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).

Additional certification is offered in the following fields:

To be eligible, applicants must:

Certification by the American Board of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists requires a high degree of competency in the practice of neurology at the time of certification.

To be eligible for board certification, applicants must:

Publication Review By: Stanley J. Swierzewski, III, M.D.

Published: 31 Dec 1999

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