Educational Goals and Objectives

The primary site for the fellowship is Rush University Medical Center, where fellows rotate through the EMG lab, Neuromuscular clinic, EEG lab, inpatient video/EEG monitoring unit, Epilepsy clinic and Sleep Center. Evoked potential interpretation is also performed at Rush. Affiliated institutions are the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where fellows have an opportunity to perform EMG studies on patients who present to a large public hospital. Single fiber EMG (SFEMG) experience is supplemented at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

Readings And References

EMG/Neuromuscular Diseases

• Preston DC, Shapiro B. Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical-Electrophysiologic Correlations, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005. (Required)
• American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine - Glossary of terms in Clinical Electromyography, Muscle and Nerve 10:85 (Supplement), 1987.