outside rotation

Drs. Diane Chan and Vincent Lau presented clinical cases today from their experience at Salpêtrière Hospital.

The senior residents spent two weeks at the French hospital in May. An historically rich hospital that hosted celebrated neurologists such as Jean-Martin Charcot, Sigmund Freud and Joseph Babinski, today it remains one of the largest hospitals in Europe. With 1600 inpatient beds, it is also a major referral center for all of France. Prior residents who had rotated at Salpêtrière include Drs. Ilena George, Sara Schaefer and Emmanuelle Schindler.

Outside Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Chapel

Dr. Chan with mentor Dr. Marie Vidaihet, expert in movement disorders

The residents attended highly subspecialized clinics such as one in channelopathies. They participated in case conferences including movement disorder rounds and interdisciplinary spine case rounds. Dr. Chan observed advanced neurological research and participated in lab meetings, while Dr. Lau performed electromyography and observed muscle biopsies.

Outside Charcot Amphitheater

Attending lecture in electromyography

Dr. Lau with mentor Dr. Tanya Stojkovic, expert in neuromuscular medicine

Both senior residents will be fellows at joint programs at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital starting this July.

Dr. Monica Diaz departs for Uganda today to serve at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.

A Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholar, Dr. Diaz was selected and sponsored among forty physicians to serve abroad. She will be a resident neurologist at Mulago Hospital for six weeks where she will primarily be responsible for ward consultations. Dr. Diaz’s expertise is expected to make significant impact to patient care at the busy Uganda hospital; at the time of this writing, Mulago has only one other full-time neurologist.

Dr. Diaz is a third-year neurology resident on the global health track, which connects residents with mentors and allows for continuous elective time for international service. Dr. Diaz’s mentors at Yale are neurology-infectious disease specialists Drs. Ana-Claire Meyer and Serena Spudich.