EEG/EMG/Evoked Potentials
Surgery for Epilepsy
The Clinical Neurophysiology program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center provides comprehensive EEG, EP, EMG/NCS services and also trains fellows, residents, students and technologists. The teaching faculty are board certified and are internationally recognized in their field. The Laboratory offers routine and specialized neurophysiological procedures, several of which are unique to the University Hospital and are not available elsewhere in the region. The total number of procedures performed in our laboratory exceeds 4,000 per year.
Services:
Routine and sleep-deprived Electro-encephalogram (EEG) (2500/yr)
Long-term video-EEG monitoring (400/yr)
Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies (EMG/NCS) (1300/yr), including Pediatric EMGs
Single Fiber EMG (15/yr)
Autonomic Nervous System Testing (25/yr)
Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEP) (60/yr)
Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP) (45/yr)
Somato-Sensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP) (120/yr)
Intra-Operative Neurophysiological Monitoring during brain, spinal cord and nerve surgery (60/yr)
WADA testing (15/yr)
EEG monitoring during surgical procedures (20/yr)
Motor and speech mapping during surgery (15/yr)
Electro-Corticography (20/yr)
For appointments call 601-984-4760, 984-4892, 984-4893.
If you have any questions regarding neurophysiology services, please call Ms. Hanna Goerres,
Chief Neurophysiology technologist at: 601-984-4763.
Faculty:
Dr. M. Sundaram
Dr. Sundaram is the Director of the Neurophysiology Laboratories and the Fellowship program. He received training at various Universities in India, Great-Britain and Canada, including internationally recognized Neurology departments at Newcastle upon Tyne, England and London, Ontario. His clinical interests are Epilepsy, EEG, Evoked Potentials and Intra-operative Neurophysiological monitoring. He is boarded in Internal Medicine, Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Sundaram has published extensively and his current research interests include pathogenesis and early prediction of intractable temporal lobe epilepsy and epilepsy in the elderly. His accomplishments include chairmanship of the Canadian EEG Society and membership in the board of directors of the Southern Epilepsy/EEG Society.
Dr. Abel S. Wee
Dr. Wee is board certified in clinical neurophysiology and electrodiagnostic medicine. He directs the EMG labratory and has full-time interest in this area. He has special interests in electrophysiological research including far-field potentials, muscle acoustics and volume conduction. Clinical areas of expertise include carpal tunnel syndrome and nerve injuries. He has published extensively in these areas. Dr. Wee also performs state of the art autonomic tests including sweat tests (Q-SART) and can make tremor/myoclonus recordings on special request.
Dr. S.H. Subramony
Dr. Subramony received undergraduate training at the University of Delhi in India and post-graduate training in Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Subramony is a leading authority on neuro-muscular disorders, EMG and familial ataxias. His current research interests include genetics and pathogenesis of familial ataxias. He has published more than 100 papers on ataxias, EMG and neuromuscular disorders.
Dr. V. Vedanarayanan
Dr. Vedanarayanan trained at the University of Madras in India and received post-graduate education at Johns Hopkins University and Duke University. He is boarded in EMG. His clinical and research interests include neuro-muscular disorders, EMG and pediatric neurology. He does pioneering research on muscular dystrophy and spinal cord diseases and has published extensively in these areas.
Fellowship Program:
The Clinical Neurophysiology program at the Medical Center provides ACGME approved fellowship training. We hire two or three fellows each year for first year training. Opportunities exist for additional year of specialized training.
The first year covers both EEG and EMG/NCS with elective rotations available in sleep-medicine and clinical or basic science research. The laboratory performs approximately 4,000 procedures per year. These include routine adult and pediatric EEG, EMG, video-EEG monitoring, multi-modality Evoked Potentials, Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, autonomic nervous system testing, WADA test, Electrocorticography and muscle biopsies. Our teaching faculty are full-time physicians boarded in their respective areas. The program offers extensive exposure and experience in various Neurophysiological procedures. Fellow/faculty ratio is 1:1 and this provides our felllows excellent learning opportunities.
Didactic teaching schedule and clinics:
| Monday | 1:00 p.m. | MDA clinic | |
| 3:30 p.m. | EEG reading (adult & pediatric) |
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| Tuesday | 8:00 a.m. | EEG/EP lectures |
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| 3:30 p.m. | EEG reading | ||
| Wednesday | 7:30 a.m. | Neurology Grand Rounds |
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| 3:30 a.m. | EEG reading | ||
| Thursday | 1:00 p.m. | Seizure clinic | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Seizure clinic | ||
| Friday | 1:00 p.m. | EEG reading |
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| 4:00 p.m. | EMG lectures/muscle biopsy |