Danish Bhatti: Hi John. It’s a pleasure to have you here again to talk about some of your interesting cases and you know I learned a lot talking to you every week about these cases and I hope other people can also share my enthusiasm for these cases. John Bertoni: Well thank you. I find that I’ve learned the most from the patients I say if you listen if you pay attention. Danish Bhatti: I agree. So which patient would …
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Writing better MCQs and fight against the ‘test takers’: We have always come across students (and peers) who have amazing test scores and we wonder what is unique about them. We also come across questions in tests we take where we make a ‘guess’ but why we pick one option over the other when we really don’t know the answer. Why we ‘feel’ one options seems to be truer than others. There is actually reason for that and Test Wise-ness …
Today we’re doing an innovative podcast where we will blend in a lecture on Tourette’s syndrome along with a podcast with a question submitted to me from the course participant in movement disorder online course from Pakistan. Danish Bhatti: So I will go through the slides as I mentioned before and whenever the questions come up I will ask the audience presence the questions. Let me introduce who is present with us today. I have Professor John Bertoni MD PHD …
The Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs created seven Impact in Education Awards to recognize the dedication and ingenuity of our educators. Award categories include innovation, leadership, mentorship, service, interprofessional, and research. Recipients receive award funds, recognition at the annual award ceremony, and their name displayed on a plaque in the Academic Affairs office. Award funds are to be used for professional development within two years after being awarded. The ceremony is facilitated by the Interprofessional Academy …
Danish Bhatti, M.D., is one of the recipients of an Office of Academic Affairs 2018-19 Impact in Education Award. He will receive the Innovative Practices in Education Award. Name:Danish Bhatti, M.D. Title: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences; director of International Neurology Program; co-director of Comprehensive Parkinson’s Disease Clinic; associate program director, Movement Disorders Fellowship Joined UNMC: 2009 (as resident) and stayed on as faculty after fellowship. Hometown: Islamabad, Pakistan Innovative Practices in Education Award This award recognizes an …
ABSTRACT Introduction: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is increasing in prevalence due to a growing elderly population. Although there is no cure, there are exercise therapies and medications for mild to moderate disease. For more advanced disease, infusion or surgical interventions including deep brain stimulation surgery, levodopa carbidopa intestinal gel, and subcutaneous apomorphine infusion are considered. As these interventions become increasingly available, it is imperative for a neurologist involved in the care of advanced PD to be aware of the indications and …
In this short post we’ll look at the various clinical uses of Botulinum Toxin injections or Botox®. Blepharospasm It’s a condition which causes excessive blinking an eye closure with difficulty opening the eyes made worse by bright light and can be very disabling causing problems with eating, conversation and even driving. Cervical dystonia abnormal head posturing or pulling with the tightness of neck muscles commonly associated with neck pain. This can result in twisting and turning of the head in …
What is Botulinum Toxin anyway? What is Botox given for? How was it discovered? What does it look like? How does it work? How long does it last? Have you ever wondered about these questions? Let’s have a look. Botulinum Toxin was discovered due to sausage poisoning from under cooked food in the time of Napoleonic wars from food shortage. Later on, we discovered the Botulinum toxin bacterium that makes this toxin, purified toxin and found its various serotypes and …
Patient Beliefs, Culture and Experiences from a Developing country Danish Bhatti MD University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Movement Disorder team partnered with several institutions in Pakistan to conduct an exploratory prospective multi center, study on characteristics of Parkinson’s disease (PD) in Pakistan with focus on experiences cultures beliefs and risk factors from a developing country. These institutions included University College of Pharmacy at University of Punjab, Neurology departments of Hamdard University Hospital, Liaqat University Medical and Health Sciences, Shifa …
Using Nebraska state registry for research in Parkinson’s disease. Danish Bhatti MD Nebraska was the first State and still one of the only three states in U.S. which have a state mandated registry for Parkinson’s disease (PD). This registry was established 20 years ago with work and efforts by the faculty of Public Health and movement disorders Neurologist in Nebraska. This has accumulated a large amount of data over the last years of patients with PD through various sources. This …
