FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 29, 2000
Contact: Mark D. Hendrickson
(732) 205-1449
NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE PHYSICIANS STRESS IMPORTANCE OF NEURO-OTOLOGIC HISTORY
Martin Gizzi, M.D., Ph.D., director of neurology, and Michael L. Rosenberg, M.D., a staff neurologist, both at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center in Edison, were recently published in the Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America for their work on practical issues and the importance of a clinical history in the management of the dizzy and balance disorder patient.
"Taking a clinical history when dealing with vestibular disease is the most important tool in diagnosis," explains Gizzi. "Since most of these diseases, or syndromes as they are commonly referred to, have an unknown or variable pathology, pathologic confirmation is rare."
A complete description of the patient’s symptoms is crucial for the diagnosis, and it is often found that descriptions of the first episodes are the most reliable.
"Knowledge of the anatomy and physiology provides the basis of understanding the control of balance and the symptoms that might occur should something go wrong," adds Rosenberg. "Proper history taking should cover the elements of the balance system, including vestibular function, hearing, vision, somatosensation and motor function."
Gizzi is a graduate of the University of Miami Medical School in Miami, Fla. His graduate education includes an internship in medicine at New Rochelle Hospital, New York Medical College in New Rochelle, N.Y., a residency in neurology and fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Rosenberg is a graduate of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. His graduate education includes an internship in internal medicine at Keesler USAF Medical Center in Biloxi, Miss., a residency in neurology at Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco, and a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Fla.
The New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center is a comprehensive facility designed exclusively for the diagnosis, treatment and research of complex neurological disorders in adults and children, including stroke. Services offered at the Institute include a comprehensive sleep disorder clinic and laboratory, programs in dizziness and balance disorders, epilepsy, spine and brain tumors, cerebral palsy, stroke and movement disorders.