Epilepsy in private practice
Background-I’m a EEG/neurophysiology fellowship at a big peds level 4 center, looking to return to California.
So I’ve been on the job interview trail and received some decent (for peds neuro, at least) offers from private practice groups to start a pediatric epilepsy practice, with promises of monitored beds, excellent “epilepsy” referral volume etc. How feasible is it to do this outside of academia? For anyone who has a private epilepsy practice, do you end up reading through 24 hr...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: kil1ah Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Favorite resources
Hi all,
What are your favorite (up to date) resources for the following specialties?
MS/neuroimmuno
neuroinfectious disease
Movement disorders
Epilepsy
Neuromuscular
Vascular
Headache
Neurocritical care
I'm mainly looking for the most up to date materials to help with clinical practice (diagnosis/management)
Any suggestions are welcome! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 17, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Atlas1496 Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Best epilepsy fellowships
What are the top epilepsy programs? Columbia CCF John’s Hopkins UCSF etc. curious about NON-two year programs, also not sure what are the best programs in the Midwest/south regions. Thanks! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 4, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Staphylococcus Aureus Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Diversity Question Help
I was working on some diversity essays and I wanted to get some feedback if what I was doing was okay. I have a couple of ideas, and I've been working on both of them.
1. I grew up with Epilepsy, and it was part of my personal statement (only at the beginning), but I was going to elaborate on the psychosocial factors (permanent lifestyle restrictions, consistent side-effects of medication, being outcasted from the South Asian community due to stigma) I experienced that play into having a...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 12, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: SpaceJam430 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Startup opportunities in neurology?
Are there neurologists who have gone on to form/become part of good startups? What roles do they play in those startup’s- clinical (ugh) or more basic neuroscience (yay)?
Out of the following fields- movement, epilepsy, dementia, stroke/interventional neurology, pain/headache, MS-which of these is very promising from a startup perspective? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Neuroviking Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Post a 2 yr epilepsy fellowship, is general neurology practice (including stroke) viable?
Hello all,
I am a PGY-2 neurology resident in the US (a non-US IMG) and intend to do a 2-yr epilepsy fellowship in Canada. However, in my understanding, in Canada, it's tough to come by subspecialist-specific jobs (except stroke), and the demand is for general neurologists.
My question is that if I do a 2 yr epilepsy fellowship post-residency, does it diminish my general neurology (including stroke) practice skills?
Now I know that a 1-yr- clinical neurophysiology fellowship is the most...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 11, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: hashtag-deep Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Critical care EEG fellowship?
I recently learned about this fellowship being offered at some places like Yale and Pitt. Could anyone tell me how this works in terms of the job opportunities available post fellowship (academic and private)? Is this usually combined with either a NeuroICU fellowship and/or epilepsy, or is it a standalone fellowship? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Aldertonghen Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Do all neurology subspecialties in academia pay equally (adjusted for location, demand, experience level etc.)?
I think neuromuscular, epilepsy, movement are fairly similar in terms of pay. I've heard the salaries are usually in the $210-240k for these subspecialties in a non-coastal, non-ivy league place.
What about stroke, neurocritical care, multiple sclerosis (if one does infusions), interventional neuroradiology? Is the compensation in these specialties similar, and if not, could anyone give a ballpark estimate for each of these (relative to the $220k figure I quoted above for the outpatient...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 10, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Aldertonghen Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Transcript detail question for post-bacc
Hi -
I will earn my bachelor's in Psychology soon. There is quite a bit of Bio coursework in there. (I am 12 credits short of a Bio major, but am opting to save the money I would have used on the 9th semester for the double major and use it on a post-bacc instead. There's transcript repair involved here because of excessive W's from now-resolved intractable severe epilepsy and I want the reinvention to be more noticeable.)
In order to qualify for financial aid for a post-bacc, I would need...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RespectTheChemistry Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Overnight monitoring of continuous video EEG
Hello,
I am a neurology resident at a very large academic program. I wanted to ask how other similarly large academic programs monitor continuous EEG overnight - especially for patients on non-neurological services.
At our institution, we do not have an epilepsy attending, epilepsy fellow, or EEG tech who monitors or reads the continuous EEGs overnight. We do have an on-call epilepsy fellow or attending that is available overnight. However, they will not look at any EEGs overnight...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 14, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: joto007 Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Fellowship to complement epilepsy training
My main interest is inpatient epilepsy and will be doing a 2 year fellowship. However, I am also interested in picking up teleneurology shifts on the side which I’ve heard becomes easier to get with a stroke fellowship, plus epilepsy alone might become a bit boring after a while.
On the other hand stroke really gives you no experience with extra billable procedures like EMG, Botox, so I’m a bit hesitant. Not sure how much one gains clinically either after residency. Feel Neuromuscular...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 29, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DiscoReinhardt Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Coping with mental health in school
Hi, I have epilepsy and things haven’t been going well lately. I had just gotten into med school prior to covid, but my episodes picked up to a point where I decided to get surgery. I deferred for a year, got the operation, and I recovered well physically. I got the ok from my doctor, and was so excited that I chose to come to school. Unfortunately, I didn’t do well academically or personally health-wise, and I may need to postpone school again. Mentally, I’m so split b/c I’ve pursued med...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 19, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mddoc64 Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Yet a student, however...
With consideration and time well spent into a vast medical window of interest. I am a former U.S Marine and an ex FMF Corpsman with immediate medical combat training. However due to my situation I became epileptic due to TBI; I will never see a scalpel again. Now with a new approach on becoming more popular with the medical field, I'm still not sure where to eagerly pursue my discipline. I have come to two different places to take but not settled into any yet. A DO to get a good grasp on...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 8, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Help_Wanted Tags: Ask Your Confidential Question Here Source Type: forums
Neurology Fellowship
Hello, I’m a PGY3 Neurology resident applying fir fellowship this year. I am thinking between Neuro-Ophthalmology (because is chill and lux and have good life style) epilepsy (because I think it might be good job opportunities) and vascular (field that I’ve done alot of research projects in and initially was my favorite but I’m not a fan if life style and being oncall anymore)
I recently heard that neuromuscular has the best job market among all of sub-specialities in neurology. I would...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 26, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: paris.heidari Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
CNP-EEG and/or Epilepsy Fellowship Position July 2022
NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD with the following available positions:
2022-2023 ACGME CNP EEG track Fellowship
2022-2024 ACGME Combined CNP & Epilepsy Fellowship
Please DM for further details. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 15, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: waveforms1202 Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
