Fellows are expected to develop patient care expertise in the evaluation
and treatment of individuals with neurobehavioral conditions, acquire an
expert level of behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry knowledge, develop
practice-based learning, interpersonal and communication skills, and
acquire an understanding of the research methodologies within the field of
BNNP.
Clinical experiences through outpatient clinics and inpatient consultative
services emphasize training in the diagnosis and treatment of
neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive
impairment, frontotemporal dementia, and Lewy body disease; acquired brain
injury such as stroke, anoxic brain injury, and traumatic brain injury; and
congenital and inherited disorders such as attention deficit disorder and
dyslexia.
Concurrent to clinical training, fellows will develop a research project
while working closely with the Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
and the CNU. Fellows will have additional access to nationally and
internationally recognized clinicians and researchers within BIDMC and in
the neighboring Harvard/MIT/BU Schools. Fellows will have access to tools
of basic neurobiology, non-invasive brain stimulation (TMS and tCS),
electrophysiology (EEG), brain imaging (fMRI, PET/SPECT) as well as
neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, and cognitive neuroscience. Fellows also
will have an opportunity to take an active role in the many clinical trials
being conducted at BIDMC.
The core curriculum includes journal club, seminars, conferences, and
lectures within the CNU, Department of Neurology, BIDMC, and the greater
Boston science community. Integral to this is our CNU/CNBS grand rounds, a
weekly multidisciplinary rounds involving clinical case conferences,
patient presentations, and research seminars. Fellows will lead the case
presentations as well as play an active role in the discussion and research
presentations.
