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Educational/Clinical Experience - Movement Disorders Fellowship Program
- Two grand rounds presentations
- One support group presentation
- Annual symposium presentation
- Two journal club presentations
- Two student lectures
- Two video rounds presentations
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Etiology, pathology, epidemiology of PD
- Evaluation and management of PD
- Parkinsonisms: etiology, phenotypes, pathology, prognosis, treatment
- Current research
- Tremor
- DBS
- Patient selection, pre-operative evaluations, counseling
- Target selection, basal ganglia anatomy and circuitry
- Physics/electrophysiology; microelectrode recording, fields, thresholds
- Programming
- Troubleshooting problems and long-term management issues
- Practice Management (billing and coding, documentation)
- Huntington’s Disease and Choreas
- Ataxia
- Dystonias and Botulinum Toxin treatment
- Tic Disorders
- Dementias
- Tardive Dyskinesia/ Drug-induced Disorders
- Pediatric Movement Disorders
- Parkinson’s Disease Clinic (1.5 days with attending, 0.5 day Fellow’s clinic) (2 days per week)
- DBS Evaluation Clinic (0.5 day per week)
- Botulinum Clinic (4 days per month)
- Movement Disorders Clinic (tremor, gait, dystonia, chorea) (1 day per week)
- General Neurology Continuity Clinic (Fellow’s clinic) (0.5 day per week)
- DBS surgical planning and inter-operative monitoring (1 day per week)
- Attending physician for inpatient consults (6 weeks per year)
- One review article
- One case report (poster presentation at MDS or AAN meeting)
There is opportunity to participate in clinical research and all fellows are encouraged to participate in clinical research during their training. There is tremendous support available at Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans for developing research projects.
- Movement Disorders Society Meeting, where funding available (Fellow to acquire).
- Medtronic DBS course, where available.
- Daily feedback from Drs. Staisch, Houghton and Lea
- Bi-annual written evaluations by staff and faculty to include knowledge base, clinical performance, outcomes and patient satisfaction.
- Written evaluations at all Fellow presentations.
