Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) – Amplitudes, Values and Pitfalls

Speakers for this event

• Dr. Bashar Katirji

  Dr. Bashar Katirji

  M.D., F.A.C.P.

  Dr. Bashar Katirji is a Professor of Neurology and the Director of the Neuromuscular Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center – Case Western Reserve University and Director of the Electromyography (EMG) laboratory. He also served as the Director of the Neuromuscular fellowship training program from 1991 till 2021.

  Dr. Katirji specializes in the field of Neuromuscular Disorders and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He has published extensively and authored more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 50 chapters in neurologic textbooks. Dr. Katirji has also authored an EMG textbook, Electromyography in Clinical Practice, now in its third edition and co-authored the textbook, Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, a widely utilized reference text in the US and abroad, now in its second edition. Dr. Katirji also co-authored a nerve conduction study manual for trainees and technologists, a book on Stiff Person Syndromes and Related Disorders and a recent Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine Board Review book. He has directed and lectured in numerous continuing medical education courses on neuromuscular disorders and electrodiagnostic testing at the American Academy of Neurology and the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine annual meetings, as well as many other international associations’ seminars. He is a reviewer for many U.S. and international neurologic peer-reviewed journals and is continually active in clinical research.

  M.D., F.A.C.P.