Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship

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Active Clinical Trials

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Peer-Reviewed Publications in 2023

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Employed Neurologists Across 7 Hospitals

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Specialized Centers & Programs

About Our Fellowship

The Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship at Houston Methodist Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology is a one-year, ACGME accredited program. Two fellowship positions are available for clinical training with specialization in clinical neuromuscular medicine, including electrodiagnostic medicine, neuropathology, research experience, and rehabilitation. The program provides a large and varied clinical experience with greater than 75 neuromuscular patients evaluated weekly from both outpatient and inpatient services. More than 100 muscle and/or skin biopsies and over 2000 EMG/NCV cases are performed every year.

Houston Methodist Neurological Institute is the site for one of the five leading MDA/ALSA ALS  Clinic and Research Care Center in the US under the direction of Stanley H. Appel, MD with over 100 ALS patients diagnosed yearly and over 250 active patients managed longitudinally. The department also has one of the largest multidisciplinary Myotonic Dystrophy Clinic which follows over 100 patients every year. Also, Muscular dystrophy clinic (MDA) includes those with muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, inherited neuropathy, CIDP/acquired neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, and metabolic/mitochondrial disorders. A large volume of acquired and inherited amyloidosis patients are seen and followed in the neuromuscular clinic.

Candidates are required to have successfully completed an Accredited Residency Program in child or adult Neurology or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation before the start of the fellowship. Having completed the fellowship program, graduates will be clinically as well as academically credentialed, and well trained to take the examination offered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in the Subspecialty of Neuromuscular Medicine and one offered by American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Our Team

Eligibility and Application

Candidates are required to have successfully completed an Accredited Residency Program in child or adult neurology or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation before the start of the fellowship. Having completed the fellowship program, graduates will be clinically as well as academically credentialed, and well trained to sit for the examination offered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in the Subspecialty of Neuromuscular Medicine.
Current Fellow & Alumni

 

Class of 2025
Sara Benitez, MD

Class of 2020
Ashley E. L. Anderson, MD, MPH
Niloofar Yari, MD

Class of 2019
Mithila M. Fadia, MD

Class of 2017
Jason Thonhoff, MD, PhD

Class of 2016
John D. Eatman, MD

Class of 2015
Sheetal Shroff, MD

Class of 2014
Lamar Davis, MD
Richard Reinsvold, MD

Class of 2012
Tamara S. Greene, MD  

Get In Touch

Fellowship Coordinator

Maria J. Torres-Quiles
Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology
6560 Fannin St.
Scurlock Tower, 7th Floor
Houston, Texas 77030
713.363.9589
mjtorres-quiles@houstonmethodist.org

Program Director

Sheetal Shroff, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College

Upcoming Academic Events

Grand rounds, tumor boards, regularly scheduled series and case presentations are offered in multiple clinical disciplines and Houston Methodist locations.
Fluorescence Molecular Imaging and CT Fusion to Enhance CAD Diagnostics and PCI Presenter: Andre d-Avila, MD, PhD
Houston Methodist Hospital

Nov 21 @ 8AM

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Nanomedicine Seminar- Paolo Decuzzi, PhD
Houston Methodist Hospital

Nov 21 @ 12PM

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Grand Rounds conducted in 2023
These educational events are held according to varying schedules by departments and divisions within the Houston Methodist Academic Institute

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