Louis Pearlstein, DO
Neurology
BOARD CERTIFIED:
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry
- National Board for Certification in Headache Management
- United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Headache Medicine
CURRICULUM VITAE
DATE OF BIRTH:
- August 5, 1952
COLLEGE:
- Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA 1970-74, B.A., Biology,
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1974-78, D.O.
INTERNSHIP:
- Southeastern Medical Center, North Miami, FL, 1978-79
RESIDENCY:
- Hahnemann University Hospital, Neurology, Philadelphia, PA, 1979-1982
- National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, Queens Square Institute for Neurology, University of London, September, 1981
POST RESIDENCY TRAINING:
- Hahnemann University Hospital, Electromyography, Philadelphia, PA, 1982
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology of the American Medical Association, 1983 (Neurology)
- American College of Neuropsychiatry of the American Osteopathic Association, 1992 (Neurology)
- United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, 2006 (Headache Medicine)
ADDED QUALIFICATIONS:
- National Board for Certification in Headache Management, 2003
- MAF Qualified-Physician for the NFL Concussion Settlement
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Jefferson Health System
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
- Pennsylvania, 1979
- Florida, 1979
- New Jersey, 1987
AWARDS:
- Lewis Rossman Memorial Award for recognition of outstanding teaching and contribution to Intern training, 1982
- Frankford Hospital/Jefferson Health System, Dedication to Teaching, 2006
HONORARY SOCIETIES:
- Phi Sigma, National Biology Honorary Society, 1972
- Sigma Delta Pi, National Spanish Honorary Society, 1972
APPOINTMENTS:
- Staff Physician, City of Philadelphia Nursing Home, 1979-1982
- Huntington's Disease Diagnostic and Referral Clinic, Hahnemann University Hospital, 1980-1982
- Senior Instructor, Neurology, Hahnemann University Hospital, 1982-1983
- Interim Director, EMG Laboratory, Hahnemann University Hospital, 1982-1983
- Staff Physician, Delaware Valley Medical Center, 1983-2000
- Staff Physician, Frankford Hospital, Bucks County Division, 2000 to present
- Staff Physician, Lower Bucks Hospital, 2005 to present
- Director, Division of Neurology, Delaware Valley Medical Center, 1983-2000
- Director, Neurophysiology Laboratory, (EEG, Evoked Potentials, Sleep Disorders) Delaware Valley Medical Center, 1983-2000
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Hahnemann University Hospital, 1984 to 2000
- Medical Advisory Board, Huntington's Disease Foundation of America, Delaware Valley Chapter, 1985-1990
- Board of Directors, Delaware Valley Medical Center, 1986-1994
- Medical Advisor, Alzheimer's Disease Family Support Group, 1987-1992
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Osteopathic Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1987 to present
- Fellow-Stroke Council of the American Heart Association, 1994 to present
- Staff Physician, Frankford Hospital, 1994 to present
- Staff Physician, Lower Bucks Hospital, 2005-present
- Staff Physician, St. Mary's Medical Center, 1996-1999
- Staff Physician, Warminster General Hospital, 1996 to 1999
- Courtesy Staff, Hahnemann University Hospital, 1982-2000
MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Academy of Neurology-Section of Movement Disorders
- American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- American College of Neuropsychiatry
- American Headache Society
- American Heart Association (1994-2008)
- American Medical Association
- American Osteopathic Association
- Delaware Valley Chapter of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome Foundation, International
- Huntington's Disease Foundation of America
- National Headache Foundation
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.
- National Stroke Association (1994-2008)
- Neurocritical Care Society (2004-2008)
- The Neuropathy Association
- Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association
- Queens Square Alumnus Association, Institute of Neurology, University College London
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Alper's and Mancall's Essentials of the Neurologic Examination, Clinical Illustrations, Mancall, E.L. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, (1981).
- "Central Nervous System Infections Caused by Eikenella Corrodens." Pearlstein, L. with Brill, C. B., Kaplan, J. M. and Mancall, E.L. American Medical Association Archives of Neurology 39 (1982): 431-432.
- "Child Abuse and Huntington's Disease." Pearlstein, L. with Brill, C.B. and Mancall, E.L. Pediatrics 70 (1982): 630-632.
- "Peduncular Hallucinosis, as a TIA Syndrome: a Case Report and Current Concepts." Pearlstein, L. with Wenzel, C. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 93 (1993): 129-133.
- "Gabapentin in the Treatment of Pain in the Guillain-Barre Syndrome." Pearlstein, L. with Khatri, A. Neurology 49 (1997): 1474.
- "REM Sleep Behavioral Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment by Clinical Presentation and Response to Therapy." Pearlstein, L. with Khatri, A. Journal of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists 11 (1997): 19-21.
- "Sumatriptan-Associated Myocardial Infarction: a Case Report with Attention to Potential Risk Factors." Pearlstein, L. with Abbrescia, V. and Kotler, M. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 97:3 (1997): 162-164.
- "Spinal Epidural Abscess." Resident & Staff Physician. Pearlstein, L. with Abbrescia, V. (1997): 55-60.
- "Sensory Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following Influenza Immunization." Pearlstein, L. Journal of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists 15:6 (2005): 8-9.
- "Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: a Case of Pseudo-Normal Sedimentation Rate Arteritis." Pearlstein, L. with Khatri, A. Journal of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists (2008).
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