Department of
Neurology

Fellow Schedule

Fellows will rotate in the movement disorders clinic Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm. There is no weekend coverage and no formal call. Fellows can choose to have additional exposure to neuropsychology, memory clinic, or psychiatry with a focus on movement disorders. An example of an “average” fellows weekly schedule is below:

  • Monday AM – Admin/Research
  • Monday PM – Didactics, 3-4pm: video rounds, journal club, lecture (to rotate weekly), 4-5pm: surgical case conference
  • Tuesday AM – HIFU or DBS
  • Tuesday PM – Movement Clinic
  • Wednesday AM – HIFU or DBS
  • Wednesday PM – Botox Clinic
  • Thursday AM – Movement Clinic
  • Thursday PM – Movement Clinic/Independent Clinic
  • Friday AM – Movement Clinic
  • Friday PM – Movement Clinic

Movement Clinic encompasses new and return patient visits seen in Dr. Murray, Dr Frey, Dr. Memon, Dr. Escobar or Dr. Patton-Fee’s clinic. Patient population includes PD, ET, dystonia, HD, TS, FMD, NPH, and ataxia, amongst others. In addition, initial and follow up DBS programming visits will occur during these times. Exposure to physical therapy/rehabilitation sessions and neuropsychology sessions with movement disorders patients will also take place during these times

Fellow Didactics

Lecture: to be given once a month by one of the movement disorder faculty on the monthly movement topic

Video Rounds: to be prepared by the fellow about patients with interesting or unusual phenomenology

Phenomenology Rounds: to be prepared by one of the movement disorder faculty to reflect typical phenomenology associated with the month’s focus topic

Journal Club: to be prepared by the fellow on a topic of their choice based on that month’s focus topic

Movement Disorders Fellows Virtual Lecture series (optional) every Thursday at 7pm with course faculty and movement experts from around the world

The prerequisites for fellowship training include successful completion of an ACGME accredited residency-training program in a relevant discipline (i.e., neurology or pediatric neurology) and board eligibility in the field.