Neurology

• MBBCh, The University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1989, (cum laude)
• Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 1994; Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, 1997
• Fellowship, Neuromuscular Disorders/Electromyography University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
• Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine; American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology

• 1999, Senior Instructor in Neurology, Division of Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• 2000, Senior Instructor in Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• 2001, Established the Cutaneous Innervation (Skin Biopsy) Diagnostic Service at the University of Rochester
• 2001, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• 2004, Director of the Peripheral Neuropathy Clinic at Strong Memorial Hospital
• 2005, Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

• Peripheral neuropathy, electromyography of neuromuscular diseases
• Neuropathy Clinic; skin biopsy (cutaneous nerve biopsy) diagnosis of sensory neuropathies; EMG

• Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology
• American Academy of Neurology (Neuromuscular Section Member)
• Peripheral Nerve Society
• 2005 Quantitative sensory testing Society, Secretary-Treasurer

Research

1) Mechanisms and treatment of peripheral neuropathies, in particular painful sensory neuropathies

2) Use of skin biopsies in the evaluation of sensory neuropathies

Academic Activity

• Teaching conferences for residents and fellows within the context of the weekly electromyography laboratory conference and the weekly neuromuscular disease conference
• Teaching conferences for medical students and residents during periods he serves as a general neurology consult and inpatient attending