Overview: Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
The fellowship is one-year in length and will have one position available each year. The program is a combined track with a focus on EEG and includes one month of research. Fellows successfully completing the program will be eligible for certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Fellow benefits
- Vacation: 20 days per academic year
- Sick leave: 15 days per academic year
- Conference: Fellow expected to attend AES/ACNS
- ACNS Membership
- Covered by department
- ACNS ITE
- Stipend
Rotation Sites
- Neuroscience Center
- Toledo Hospital
Block Schedule
- EEG
- 8 half days Epilepsy clinic per month
- EEG reading Monday through Friday
- Sleep
- IOM
- At-Home Call
- one day per week
- one weekend call every four (Friday 5 PM - Sunday 7:30 AM)
- EMG
- 8 half days Neuromuscular clinic per month
- 4 half days EMG/NC per week
- Botox
- Continuity Clinic
- half day bi-weekly throughout fellowship
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Lecture Schedule
- During EEG Rotation
- Technical Principles of EEG & Abnormal Adult
- Benign Variants, Artifacts
- Seizures 1
- Seizures 2
- Abnormal Diffuse EEG
- Continuous EEG and Status Epilepticus
- Quantiative EEG Session 1
- Intracranial EEG
- Movement Disorder Assessment
- Quantitative EEG Session 2
- Normal Neonatal and Pediatric EEG
- Evoked Potentials and IOM
- Abnormal Neonatal and Pediatric EEG
- Sleep EEG and Sleep Scoring
- Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy
- During EMG Rotation
- Basic Nerve Conduction Studies
- Artifacts and Technical Factors
- Late Responses, Blink Reflex, Anomalous Innervations
- Repetitive Nerve Stimulation
- Basic Overview of Electromyography, Spontaneous Activity
- Analysis of Motor Unit Action Potentials
- Electrical Safety and Latrogenic Complications of Electrodiagnostic Studies
- Neurophysiologic Findings in Polyneuropathy
- Neurophysiologic Findings in Common Compressive Neuropathies
- Neurophysiologic Findings in Radiculopathy
- Neurophysiologic Findings in Myopathy
- Testing of Autonomic Function
Conferences
- Epilepsy Case Conference
- EMG/NM Conference
- Journal Club
- Grand Rounds
Scholary Activity
- Grand Rounds presentation
- Research project w/ mentor assistance
- Friday afternoons protected for research
- Publication of at least one abstract w/ attendance to national conference (AES/ACNS)