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NEUROSCIENCES
Patrick Pullicino, MD, PhD, Chairman
The Department of Neurosciences provides diagnosis, evaluation, treatment and extended management for a comprehensive range of suspected and confirmed neurological disorders in adults and children. The staff is available on a consulting basis to assist primary care physicians with cases that are difficult to manage. The department treats patients with diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves or muscles. It has special interest in multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, peripheral neuropathies, stroke, headaches, epilepsy, brain tumors, neurooncology, pediatric neurology, neurofibromatosis, neuromuscular disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia, neuro-electro diagnostic testing, and myasthenia gravis.
Neurosciences - Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia Syndrome Center
Benjamin Natelson, MD, Director
The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Fibromyalgia Center consists of a multi-disciplinary group of clinicians and researchers devoted to the understanding and care of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia patients. The Center's clinical focus is on appropriate diagnostic classification and treatment. Trials with experimental pharmaceuticals are on-going. The research wing of the Center is involved in understanding the cause of these disabling illnesses. Research studies are performed at no out-of-pocket cost to the patient.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Neurosciences - EEG Laboratory
David Marks, MD, Co-Director
Jayoung Pak, MD, Co-Director
The Neuro-Electro-Diagnostic Laboratory performs routine EEG, sleep studies, and evoked potentials for infants, children and adults.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Neurosciences - EMG Laboratory
Nizar Souayah, MD, Director
The laboratory performs routine and advanced nerve conduction studies and electromyography for neuromuscular disorders and disorders of motor control.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Neurosciences - Epilepsy Center
David Marks, MD, Co-Director
Jayoung Pak, MD, Co-Director
The University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center offers patients a wide range of diagnostic and treatment options and features a highly skilled, experienced medical team, state-of-the-art equipment, and a multidisciplinary approach to patient care that includes social workers, nutritionists, and rehabilitation professionals.Continuous video-electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring is central to determining the cause of a patient’s seizures. The Center utilizes five monitoring units, two of which are used exclusively for children. The staff has extensive experience in monitoring, other specialized EEG procedures, and the use of functional MRI scanning.The Center is at the forefront of exciting developments in anti-epileptic drugs. Clinical trials are available for adults and children who have not responded well to conventional medications. In some cases, patients with intractable seizures may require surgery. The Center offers epilepsy surgery to selected patients for whom there is no other option. Presurgical workup will include EEG monitoring, neuropsychological evaluation, and coronal MRI using a special epilepsy protocol.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Neurosciences - Evoked Potential Laboratory
David Marks, MD, Director
The laboratory performs procedures on infants, children and adults. Procedures include visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked potentials, short latency somatosensory evoked potentials of the upper and lower extremities, and spinal evoked potentials. These procedures are appropriate for patients with a variety of neurological disorders, including Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Neurosciences - General Neurology
The Division provides diagnosis, evaluation, treatment and extended management for a comprehensive range of suspected and confirmed neurological disorders in adults and children. The Division treats patients with diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves or muscles.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Staff
Diego Cadavid, MD
Andrea Hidalgo,MD
Walter Husar, MD
Stephen S. Kamin, MD
Howard Kuo, MD, PhD
Barry S. Levin, MD
David Marks, MD
Andrew Pachner, MD
Neurosciences - Headache Center
David Marks, MD, Director
The Headache Center has board-certified specialists who provide state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment for children and adults suffering from chronic headaches. The staff consists of pediatric and adult neurologists, who are experts in the treatment of headaches, and a consulting team of specialists from various disciplines, including ophthalmologists, dentists, otolaryngologists, anesthesiologists, physiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. The Center's main goal is to provide accurate diagnosis and relief for patients with chronic head pain.Services include: sophisticated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); computerized tomography (CT) scans; electroencephalogram (EEG); and other electrodiagnostic and biochemical evaluations.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Staff
Howard Kuo, MD
Neurosciences - Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center
Stuart Cook, MD, Director
The Center provides diagnosis and treatment services for patients with known or suspected Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Eligible patients may enroll in experimental treatment protocols. The Center is partially supported by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Staff
Diego Cadavid, MD
Peter C. Dowling, MD
Machteld Hillen, MD
Stephen Kamin, MD
Andrew Pachner, MD
Neurosciences - Neurofibromatosis Center
Beth Pletcher, MD, Director
Stephen Kamin, MD
The Neurofibromatosis (NF) Center treats patients with NF1 and NF2, along with children and adults with other neuro cutaneous disorders (Tuberous Sclerosis, Sturge-Wever, etc). The Center's multidisciplinary staff include representation from pediatric and adult neurology, genetics, ophthalmology, and orthopaedic surgery. MRI, EEG and other neuroradiologic tools are available.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Neurosciences - Pediatric Neurology
Rosario R. Trifiletti, MD, PhD, Chief
The Division provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for neurological disorders in infants and children to age 18 (older patients may be seen in special circumstances). These include neonatal disorders, neuromuscular disorders, metabolic disorders, epilepsy, headaches, movement disorders and behavioral disorders, including autism, learning disabilities and school failure.Special interests of the division members include epilepsy, autism and movement disorders, especially tic disorders/Tourette syndrome/OCD/PANDAS. Division members engage in clinical and/or basic research in their area of interests.A comprehensive epilepsy program offers all modalities of treatment including standard and experimental medication, ketogenic diet, vagal nerve stimulation and epilepsy surgery (in conjunction with the department of neurosurgery).The Autism Center, offers neurological evaluation and treatment of patients suspected to have autistic spectrum disorders, or pervasive developmental disorders (PDD).The Division also includes heads one of the very few pediatric movement disorder clinics in the country, with a focus on tics/OCD/PANDAS, but with interest in a broad range of movement disorders and metabolic diseases.Division members also participate in specialty clinics in neurogenetics, neurofibromatosis, and neuromuscular diseases.
Appointments: Epilepsy: (973) 972-5204; Autism: (973) 972-2922; Movement Disorders: (973) 972-2550
Staff
Lisa Ford, MD
Carolyn Hayes-Rosen, MD
Xue Ming, MD, PhD
Jayoung Pak, MD
Neurosciences - Peripheral Neuoropathy Center
Nizar Souayah, MD, Director
The Peripheral Neuropathy Center provides multidisciplinary coordination for the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of peripheral neuropathies. While the goal is to treat the underlying condition, in cases where that is not possible, the focus moves to effective pain management and symptom relief.The Center offers comprehensive medical/neurological evaluations, including the most sophisticated neurophysiological, radiologic and blood testing techniques. A wide range of medications and therapies are offered.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Neurosciences - Stroke Center
Adnan Qureshi, MD, Director
The Stroke Center is New Jersey’s only academically based comprehensive stroke program and was established to provide early diagnosis and management of acute stroke and to reduce the disability and mortality from stroke. The Center, which operates 24/7, integrates multiple disciplines in the care of stroke patients, including interventional neuro-radiology, cardiology, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, nursing, nutrition, social work services and physical, speech and occupational therapies.The Center provides specialized neuro-intensive care and a step-down Stroke Unit, with dedicated intensive care medical and nursing staff, physical rehabilitation services for stroke and cerbrovascular trauma and stroke prevention and early intervention services.Advanced diagnostic capabilities at the Center include brain imaging tests, computed axial tomography (CAT or CT) scans, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), blood flow tests, carotid ultrasound, cerebral angiography, computed tomographic angiography (CT angiography or CT-A), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and transcranial doppler (TCD).The Center is staffed and equipped to evaluate, treat and prevent all forms of stroke and vascular conditions leading to stroke. Treatment modalities include surgical and drug treatments, as well as innovative endovascular (intra-arterial) procedures originally developed for use in the heart including mechanical clot-busting, angioplasty with stenting and, the Center has pioneered use of drug eluted stents and embolic protection in the removal of blockages in the brain.The Center maintains active involvement in research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), medical foundations and other sources.Currently, the Center is a principal investigator for a nationwide, multi-center study comparing two drugs commonly used in stroke prevention: Warfarin vs. Aspirin in Reduced Cardiac Ejection Fraction (WARCEF) Trial. The study will determine which of two commonly used treatments is better for preventing death and stroke.Another trial, the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial (CREST) is looking at the use of these procedures in treating carotid artery stenosis to prevent strokes in patients who have had a TIA or mile ischemic stroke.
Appointments: (973) 972-2550
Staff
Mustapha Ezzeddine, MD
Stephen Kamin, MD
Jawad Kirmani, MD
Patrick Pullicino, MD, PhD
Neurosciences - The Neuromuscular Center
Jennifer Michaels, MD, Director
The Neuromuscular Center is partially supported by the Muscular Dystrophy Association. It provides diagnostic evaluation and treatment for patients with known or suspected neuromuscular diseases. Congenital, hereditary or acquired muscle disorders, myasthenia gravis and amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are among the disorders treated at the Center.
Appointments: (973) 972-7151
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