Brain Research Institute

Marc Nuwer, M.D., Ph.D.

Work Email Address:
MRN@UCLA.edu
Work Email Address:
mnuwer@mednet.ucla.edu

Mailing Address:
Practice Location
300 Medical Plaza Bldg, B-leve
Los Angeles, CA 90024
UNITED STATES

Work Phone Number:
(310) 794-1195

Department / Division Affiliations

Chief, Clinical Neurophysiology

Program Director: Clinical Neurophysiology Training Program Hospital Department Head: Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurology

Member, Brain Research Institute, Electroencephalography (EEG) Laboratory, Epilepsy Telemetry Unit, Evoked Potential Laboratory, Seizure Disorder Center

Bio:

Books: Marc R. Nuwer. Evoked Potential Monitoring in the Operating Room. Raven Press, 1986. Ricardo C. Reisen, Marc R. Nuwer, Mark Hallett and Carlos Medina (Editors). Advances in Clinical Neurophysiology, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2002. Marc R. Nuwer. Intraoperative Monitoring of Neural Function (Editor). Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008. Gloria M. Galloway, Marc R. Nuwer, Jaime R. Lopez, Khaled M. Zamel. Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring. Cambridge University press, in press. Marc R. Nuwer, Carl H. Lücking. Clinical Neurophysiology: A History of the International Federation. Elsevier, in press. Societies, selected roles: International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, President 1997-2001 Clinical Neurophysiology, Journal Executive Board, President 1997-2001 American EEG Society, President 1993-94 American Society for Neurological Investigation, President 1983-84 Association of California Neurologists, President 2006-08 American Medical Association House of Delegates, 1998- Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Advisory Committee, 1994- Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) Advisory Panel, 1997- American Academy of Neurology Board of Directors, 2003-07 Areas of Interest: <ul> <li>EEG </li> <li>Evoked Potentials </li> <li>Intraoperative Monitoring </li> <li>ICU EEG Monitoring </li> <li>Quantitative EEG </li> <li>Epilepsy </li> <li>Head Injury </li> <li>Spinal Cord Injury </li> <li>Coma </li> <li>US Health Care Public Policy</li> </ul>

Publications:

Marc R. Nuwer, Gregory L. Barkley, Gregory J. Esper, Peter D. Donofrio, Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Thomas R. Swift. The U.S. Healthcare System: Part 2: Proposals for Improvement and Comparison to Other Systems. . Neurology 71:1915-1920 2008; .

Marc R. Nuwer, Gregory J. Esper, Peter D. Donofrio, Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Gregory L. Barkley, Thomas R. Swift. The U.S. Healthcare System: Part 1: Our Current System.. Neurology 71:1907-1913 2008; .

Schrader Lara M, Stern John M, Wilson Charles L, Fields Tony A, Salamon Noriko, Nuwer Marc R, Vespa Paul M, Fried Itzhak Low frequency electrical stimulation through subdural electrodes in a case of refractory status epilepticus.. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2006; 117(4): 781-8.

Loiselle David L, Nuwer Marc R When should we warn the surgeon? Diagnosis-based warning criteria for BAEP monitoring.. Neurology. 2005; 65(10): 1522-3.

Schrader Lara M, Stern John M, Fields Tony A, Nuwer Marc R, Wilson Charles L A lack of effect from transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on the vagus nerve stimulator (VNS).. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2005; 116(10): 2501-4.

Nuwer Marc R, Hovda David A, Schrader Lara M, Vespa Paul M Routine and quantitative EEG in mild traumatic brain injury.. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2005; 116(9): 2001-25.

Schrader Lara M, Stern John M, Koski Lisa, Nuwer Marc R, Engel Jerome Seizure incidence during single- and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in individuals with epilepsy.. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2004; 115(12): 2728-37.

Vespa Paul M, Boscardin W John, Hovda David A, McArthur David L, Nuwer Marc R, Martin Neil A, Nenov Valeriy, Glenn Thomas C, Bergsneider Marvin, Kelly Daniel F, Becker Donald P Early and persistent impaired percent alpha variability on continuous electroencephalography monitoring as predictive of poor outcome after traumatic brain injury.. Journal of neurosurgery. 2002; 97(1): 84-92.