Les Dorfman
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Clinical Neurosciences 300 Pasteur Dr A343 MC 5235 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6469 Fax (650) 725-5095Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Administrative Contact Ruth Jackson Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-723-6888Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Neurology
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Clinical Neurophysiology
- Electromyography
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Residency Program in Clinical Neurophysiology (1995 - present)
- Director, Stanford Neurodiagnostic Laboratories (1994 - present)
- Director, SHC/LPCH Evoked Potential Laboratories (1991 - present)
- Director, SHC/LPCH Electromyography Laboratories (1991 - present)
- Director, Stanford Multiple Sclerosis Clinic (1974 - present)
Honors and Awards
- President, American Association for Electrodiagnostic Medicine (1997-98)
- President, AAEM Foundation for Research and Education (1997-98)
- Director, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (1999-2005)
- President, Association of California Neurologists (2002-04)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1991) |
| Board Certification: | Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1975) |
| Fellowship: | Mayo Clinic, MN (1974) |
| Fellowship: | National Hospital, UK England (1974) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1973) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community & International Work
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous systems, including nerve conduction velocity; electromyography (EMG); and visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials. Application of digital signal processing techniques in clinical neurophysiology for diagnosis of neurological disorders and for neurological rehabilitation. Multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and treatment. Implementation of new methodologies for teaching clinical neuroscience to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, residents and fellows.
Publications
- Effect of moyamoya disease on neuropsychological functioning in adults. Neurosurgery. 2008; (5): 1048-51; discussion 1051-2
- AAEM minimonograph #47: normative data in electrodiagnostic medicine. ff. Muscle Nerve. 1997; (1): 4-14
- Phase 1 clinical trial of chimeric monoclonal anti-CD4 antibody in multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 1994; (3 Pt 1): 413-9
- A comparison of turns analysis and motor unit analysis in electromyography. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1991; (1): 8-17
- Quantitative clinical electrophysiology in the evaluation of nerve injury and regeneration. Muscle Nerve. 1990; (9): 822-8
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