Movement Disorders Fellowship

Dr. Erin Smith, Program Director
The Movement Disorders Fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center provides comprehensive training in all aspects of the subspecialty, including learning phenomenology phenomology, clinical care, chemodenervation, deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming, brain mapping/targeting for DBS procedures and intrathecal baclofen pump use.
Every year, we welcome one fellow per track into our program to prepare them for independent practice in the subspecialty.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all fellowship interviews will be held remotely to protect the health of our applicants.
Details
Our Fellowship duration ranges from one to three years depending upon the track.
The team is comprised of five Movement Disorders sub-specialists (Drs. Hellman, Seier, Smith, Situ and Woodward) a Cognitive, Geriatric and Neuro-degenerative disorders sub-specialist (Dr. Murman), two DBS-trained neurosurgeons (Drs. Abosch and Josue Avecillas-Chasin). Our team also includes multiple registered nurses/case managers medical assistants, neuropsychologists, research coordinators and a host of physical therapy and occupational therapy associates.

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