This activity is designed for residents and fellows in the fields of neurology and physical medicine and rehabilitation. No prerequisites required.

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Cynthia L. Comella, MD
Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences
Movement Disorders Section
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Zoltan Mari, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Daniel Tarsy, MD
Professor
Department of Neurology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

R. Samuel Mayer, MD
Assistant Professor
Vice Chair, Education
Residency Program Director
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Medical Director-Inpatient Rehabilitation and Physician Advisor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Faculty

Allison Brashear, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

Amy Colcher, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Paul Greene, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Joseph Jankovic, MD
Professor of Neurology
Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders
Director, Parkinson’s Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic
Co-Director, Parkinson’s Disease Research Laboratory
Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Neurology                                     
Houston, TX

Barbara I. Karp, MD
Chair
Combined NeuroScience and National Institute on Drug Abuse Institutional Review Boards
National Institutes of Health

Katie Kompoliti, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences
Rush University Medical Center

Fatta B. Nahab, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Jill Ostrem, MD
Neurologist, Department of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

Nutan Sharma, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Neurologist
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School

• EVALUATE patients with dystonia or spasticity and compare/contrast available evidenced-based treatments.
• DESCRIBE the clinically relevant distinctions between botulinum toxins A and B by a review of clinical trial data, and identify those patients most appropriately treated with each toxin.
• DEMONSTRATE proficiency in the administration of chemodenervation treatment for spasticity and dystonia.

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