Fellowship
Opportunities > Neuromuscular Disease
Program
Neuromuscular Disease Program
This is a one-year training program offering
broad exposure to clinical neuromuscular diseases and training
in EMG, including semi quantitative and quantitative EMG, nerve
conduction studies and evoked potentials. Applicants must
be BE neurologist and qualify for PA license.
The Neuromuscular Disorders Division of Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital offers quality clinical expertise
and laboratory studies for diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular
diseases.
The Neuromuscular/EMG fellowship at TJUH offers
a one-year ACGME-approved clinical Neurophysiology fellowship
in electromyography and neuromuscular disorders. The program
provides fellows with special expertise leading to certification
by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and special
qualification in clinical Neurophysiology from the American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology examination.
The Neuromuscular Service provides clinical
evaluations of patients with neuromuscular diseases, usually
in conjunction with their electrophysiological studies. Fellows
and residents learn quantitative techniques including nerve
conduction studies, repetitive nerve stimulation, needle
EMG with quantitative motor unit analysis, and review nerve
and muscle biopsies in selected cases. Special emphasis is
placed on developing expertise in electromyography and nerve
conduction studies. The fellows become highly trained in
the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral neuropathies, neuromuscular
junction disorders, myopathies, and motor neuron diseases.
Interdisciplinary neuromuscular and EMG conferences are held
weekly, with participation of colleagues from Neurosurgery,
Neuropathology and Rehabilitation Medicine.
To obtain information or refer patients to
the Neuromuscular Disorders and Myasthenia Clinic, please
call (215) 955-7952.
Contact:
Eduardo De Sousa
(215) 955-7952
eduardo.desousa@jefferson.edu
Jefferson
Hospital for the Neurosciences
900 Walnut Street
Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Current Fellows:
Erik Ortega, M.D.
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