He and his colleagues run a 10 patient polysomnography unit and a burgeoning outpatient consult service where you will see an extensive range of sleep disorders. Dr. Rifkin offers opportunities for basic and clinical research. Dr. Ed Fine, MD directs the Neuromuscular and EMG section. He was trained at the Women's and Brigham Hospitals, Boston and the National Institutes of Health. The EMG Laboratory at the VA Medical Center provides an opportunity to perform EMG at a comfortable pace and see an exquisite variety of disorders ranging from neuropathies, unusual gunshot wounds to mitochondrial myopathy.
Facilities are available for movement analysis and magnetic stimulation.
His colleagues, Drs. Carolyn Warner and Tomas Homlund, at the Dent Neurological Institute provide participation in a high intensity service. The multi-disciplinary Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic, supervised by Dr. Warner, offers a rich experience in diagnosis and management of neuromuscular disease. The fellow learns about the light and electron microscopic features and biochemical abnormalities of muscle diseases in the Neuropathology Conference. Dr. Stockton offers a rich experience in monitoring the function of the spinal cord during surgery and localization for installation of deep brain stimulators.