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  Clinical Faculty
and Staff Profiles: 
 
  Robert Adams, MD
  James Carroll, MD
  Morris Cohen, EdD
  Christiana Hall, MD
  David Hess, MD
  Mary Hughes, MD
  Gregory Lee, PhD
 
  John Morgan, MD, PhD
     
  Anthony Murro, MD
 
  Fenwick Nichols, MD
    
  Yong Park, MD
  
  Shirley Poduslo, PhD
 
Ned Pruitt, MD
 
  Michael Rivner, MD
 
Elizabeth Sekul, MD
 
Kapil Sethi, MD
 
  Suzanne Smith, MD
 
Thomas Swift, MD
 
Jeffrey Switzer, MD
 
 
 
   
   
 
Michael Rivner, M.D., MCG Neurology  

Michael Harvey Rivner, M.D.

Charbonnier Professor of Neurology

Director, Electrodiagnostic Medicine Laboratory

Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Training Program

Director, Neurology Pain Management Training Program

Associate Director, Anesthesiology Pain Management Program

Associate Director, MCG Pain Management Center
 

Training

  • B.A., Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1972.
    Honor's Thesis: "Abnormal development in the subcortical projections of the striate cortex and the retina following surgery done on neonatal tree shrews (Tupaia glis)."
  • M.D., Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978
  • Internship Neurology: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 1978-1979
  • Residency Neurology: Medical College of Georgia, 1979-1982
  • Chief Residency Neurology: Medical College of Georgia, 1981-1982
  • Fellowship Neuromuscular Diseases, Medical College of Georgia,
    1982-1983
     

Clinical Interests

  • Neurology and neurophysiology
  • Neuromuscular diseases
  • Electromyography
  • Botulinum injections
  • Computer applications in Neurology
     

Research Interests

  • Computerized applications of medicine
  • The etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
  • The development of diagnostic tests for myasthenia gravis and factors affecting electromyography
  • Pain management with Botulinum Toxin.
     

Publications List (PubMED)

Institutional Faculty List

Contact
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Georgia
1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30912
Office: (706) 721-2681
Fax: (706) 721-8701

Email: mrivner@mcg.edu
 

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Questions and Comments to Bill Hamilton 

 
 April 13, 2006


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