Danish Bhatti: Hello and welcome to movement disorder podcast. I’m Danish Bhatti. This week’s podcast will focus on concept and experience of movement disorders fellowship. We will discuss this topic with our movement disorders fellows. We’ll talk to them about the anguish and anxieties of choosing a movement disorder fellowship and going through the pros and cons of the choice and how it has changed their lives. Guys go ahead and introduce yourself. James Shou: Hi I’m James Shou. First year …
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The Department of Neurological Sciences has established a preceptorship program to provide international physicians with an individually-designed experience to enhance their knowledge in specific subspecialty practice areas. This is a non-clinical experience that does not involve direct patient care. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2017-2018 academic year. This program is designed for fully-trained international neurologists in active practice who are interested in gaining information about cutting-edge neurology practices, current guidelines in their area(s) of interest, and the administrative …
Friday, October 19, 2018 With the high prevalence of Parkinson’s disease in the Midwest, this conference will address the need for coordination of care, clinical guidelines for assessment and management, as well as an update on the current recommendations for the care of the Parkinson’s patient. Agenda coming soon… Target Audience This conference is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech pathologists. Conference Objectives At the conclusion of this conference, the participant should …
Danish Bhatti: Hello and welcome to movement disorder podcast.I am Danish Bhatti. I am a Movement Disorders Neurologist at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). This week’s podcast will focus on Huntington’s disease and its implications. To discuss this fascinating disease we have the pleasure of having on our show, Dr. Amy Hellman, the director for Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) Centre of Excellence for Huntington’s disease. I have worked with Amy for almost 4 years now and the …
RAD-PD is a collaborative Quality Improvement Research Project, a form of health services effectiveness research that intends to generate a huge amount of information from patients receiving deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease in a systematic goal driven process across multiple institutes. Collection of such a large data set will provide insights into treatment patterns and related outcomes. What we know about the use of Deep Brain simulation surgery comes from a handful of trials. Designing a trial is …
Dr. Danish: Hello and welcome to Movement Disorder podcast. I am Danish Bhatti. This week podcast will focus on Parkinson’s disease and to talk about it today on our show. We have the great Dr. John Bertoni himself. Dr. Bertoni is professor of neurology and Director of Parkinson’s Disease Clinic at University of Nebraska Medical Center or UNMC. Dr. Bertoni has been in the forefront of all the advances in Parkinson’s disease in the last two decades. He has seen …
Danish’s 9 Step of Life Simplification: 1. Do I Really NEED it! a. Does it add value to my life? (love, happiness, content, satisfaction, success) b. Will I survive without it. c. Will I miss its Loss. 2. Do I really WANT it! a. Will I regret not doing it. b. Will I sacrifice something for it. c. How Bad do I want it. 3. Can I really GET it! a. Is it ever achievable. b. Will I still do …
Here are some pro tips. Tips for the professionals who are doing botulinum toxin injections. These are advanced tips and not necessarily make sense if you don’t have a good background in Dystonia and use of botulinum toxin injections. So be mindful of that. So these are things mostly that were new to me. Blepharospasm: Itis a focal dystonia, and treatment of choice botulinum toxin injection. There are no other drugs that have shown benefit in blepharospasm treatment. However there …
Grades of Task Selection: Whatever gives you Anxiety Do that one first THEN Whatever is most Important Do that one first THEN Whatever is most Impactful Do that one first THEN Whatever is of most Quality Do that one first THEN Whatever is of most Convenient Do that one first. Be a Producer not a Consumer. Consume only what you need, to produce! …
