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Contact:
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Bashar Katirji, MD, FACP
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
11100 Euclid Avenue, Bolwell 2700
Cleveland, OH 44106-5098
(216) 844-4854
bashar.katirji@uhhospitals.org
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The neuromuscular medicine fellowship is an additional specialized training for physicians who have completed an ACGME-approved residency in Neurology or Pediatric Neurology. It involves one year of training in the diagnosis and management of patients with neurological disorders pertinent to neuromuscular medicine including electrodiagnostic studies and pathological evaluations of nerve and muscle. Following the completion of the training program, the neuromuscular medicine fellow should be able to: 1. Perform and interpret confidently all common and uncommon sensory and motor nerve conduction studies on adults and children with a wide variety of neuromuscular diseases including peripheral polyneuropathies, plexopathies and mononeuropathies. 2. Perform and interpret confidently repetitive nerve stimulations on adults and children with neuromuscular junction disorders including myasthenia gravis and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. 3. Perform and interpret confidently needle electromyography on adults and children with a wide variety of neuromuscular disorders including motor neuron disorders, radiculopathies, neuropathies and myopathies. 4. Interpret confidently muscle biopsy on adults and children with a wide variety of neuromuscular disorders including motor neuron disorders, polyneuropathies and myopathies. 5. Interpret confidently nerve biopsy on adults and children with a wide variety of inherited and acquired peripheral neuropathies. In addition, the neuromuscular medicine fellow should understand the basic concepts and interpretation of the following procedures, with optional proficiency in performing them: 1. Interpret confidently autonomic studies of adults and children with a variety of autonomic disorders including orthostatic disorders, syncope, multiple system atrophy and small fiber neuropathy. 2. Interpret confidently single fiber electromyography for patients with neuromuscular junction disorders including myasthenia gravis and Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic syndrome.
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