Program Features

ACGME
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Neuromuscular Medicine

UCNS
United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties
Neuromuscular Pathology

Best neuromuscular teaching (based on national self-assessment exam scores)

Top 10%: 69% of our neuromuscular fellows
Top 25%: 92% of our neuromuscular fellows
Learn from and with colleagues and attendings
Cross-coverage
Elective time: research, electrodiagnostics, neuromuscular imaging, pathology and laboratory medicine

Large clinical experience

Over 140 neuromuscular patients seen weekly
- Outpatient and inpatient services
- Exposure to adults and children
- Active hospital consultation services at SLCH and BJH
Four weekly neuromuscular teaching conferences

16 neuromuscular attendings

Widely varied interests
- Clinical: muscle, nerve, neuromuscular junction & rehabilitation
- Laboratory testing
Teaching in clinical, laboratory & research
Mentoring in many clinical & research options

Electrodiagnostic service

Neuromuscular laboratory medicine

Neuromuscular pathology

Neuromuscular pathology lab
- Muscle biopsies: 600 per year
- Nerve biopsies: 130 per year
- Skin biopsies: 200 per year
- Directed by neuromuscular physicians
Specialty testing
- Mitochondrial
- Immune disorders
- Glycogen pathway disorders
- Hereditary myopathy proteins
- Genetics & exome sequencing
Teaching archive
- 15,000 biopsies for learning & research
Two weekly teaching conferences

Neuromuscular genetics service

Neuromuscular research

Basic & translational science labs
- Muscle: Conrad Weihl, Drew Findlay, Renatta Knox
- Nerve: Stefanie Geisler
- ALS: Timothy Miller, Cindy Ly
- Immunology & pathology: Alan Pestronk, Robert Bucelli, Stefanie Geisler, Drew Findlay in the Neuromuscle Lab
Clinical Patient Research
- Natural history
- Therapeutic trials
- Pediatric neuromuscular medicine

Work environment

Outcomes: What happens after fellowship?