AANEM News Express

Dr. Chan Receives Best Abstract Award at the AANEM 61st Annual Meeting

    10/20/2014
K. Ming Chan, MD, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, will receive the award for his work entitled, “Post-Surgical Electrical Stimulation Enhances Sensory Function Following Digital Nerve Transection: A Double Blind, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.”

Dr. Shklyar Receives Golseth Young Investigator Award

    10/20/2014
While the Golseth Young Investigator Award is meant to showcase outstanding research by physicians in early practice, it is rare that the recipient is as young as this year’s Irina Shklyar, MD, of New Haven, CT.

State Liaisons Meet for Day on Capitol Hill

    9/24/2014
On September 15, AANEM hosted its first Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. AANEM staff led 26 members of AANEM’s State Liaison Program on meetings with a total of 76 congressional offices.

2014 MOCP Examination Set for 11/1; Register by 9/30

    9/22/2014
The next ABEM Maintenance of Certification Program (MOCP) examination will be administered during the annual meeting on Saturday, November 1, 2014, at the Harbor Ballroom at the Westin Savannah Hotel, Savannah, GA.

Father-Daughter Team Shares Passion for Neuromuscular Medicine

    9/9/2014
Neurologists Ludwig “Lud” Gutmann, MD, and Laurie Gutmann, MD, share a passion for neuromuscular medicine—they also share DNA. A rare father-daughter neurology team, the Gutmanns’ first project together began when Laurie was a third year medical student at West Virginia University (WVU) over two decades ago. 

Quality and Resource Use Reports Available Soon

    8/26/2014
Physicians, it’s time to access your confidential Medicare feedback reports, called Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRUR). In early September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will make QRURs available based on care provided in 2013 to all groups and solo practitioners.