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Author:

Diamond Vrocher III, MD

Coauthor:

Mark J. Lowell, MD

Editor:

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

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Author: Diamond Vrocher III, MD
Coauthor: Mark J. Lowell, MD
Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

REFERENCES:

Aminoff, Michael J. Electrodiagnosis in Clinical Neurology. 3rd ed. Harcourt Health Sciences Group, 1992.

Emerson, R. G. and T. A. Pedley. Neurology in Clinical Practice Vol. 1. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.

Luders, H. and S. Noachtar. Atlas and Classification of Electroencephalography. WB Saunders, 1999.

Niedermeyer, E. and F. L. Da Silva. Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, Clinical Applications and Related Fields. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author: Diamond Vrocher III, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Joseph Hospital, University of Michigan. Coauthor(s): Mark J Lowell, MD, Director of Chest Pain Center, Medical Director of Survival Flight, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System. Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James S Cohen, MD, Consulting Staff, James Cohen, PC.

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