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Arthur S. Walters, M.D.
Area of Specialty: Sleep Medicine
Professional Appointments: Director of the Center for Sleep Disorders Treatment, Research and Education at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey.
Academic Appointments: Professor of Neuroscience, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, South Orange, New Jersey; Clinical Professor of Neurology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Med School
Graduate Education: Fellowship in Movement Disorders, Neurological Institute, New York, 1982-1984; Residency in Neurology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, 1976-1979; Internship, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan, 1973.
Medical School: Wayne State University Medical School, Dearborn, Michigan, 1972.
Specialty Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Sleep Medicine.
Research Interest: Movement disorders in sleep, restless leg syndrome/periodic limb movements in sleep, attention deficit hyperactive disorder. http://www.njneuro.org/research/walters.asp
Professional Memberships: American Academy of Neurology (Fellow); American Academy of Sleep Medicine (Fellow); Sleep Research Society; Movement Disorder Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science; New York Academy of Science.
Honors and Awards: Listed in America's Top Physicians, 2003; 1000 Great Intellectuals, 2003; 500 Leaders of Science, 2003; America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals, 2003; Who's Who in America, 1996; Who's Who in the World, 1996; Who's Who in American Education, 1996; Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1996; Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, 1997, Ekborn Distinguished Service Award, Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, 1998; Bronze Oak Leaf Distinguished Service Award, Lyons VA Medical Center, 1998. Researcher of the year, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education 2003-2004; Michael S. Aldrich Commemorative Lecturer in Sleep Medicine Award for Outstanding Contributions to Patient Care, Education, and Research, University of Michigan 2006.
Representative Publications:
Hening W, Walters AS, Allen RP, Montplaisir J, Myers A, Ferini-Strambi L. Impact,
diagnosis and treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) in a primary care population:
the REST (RLS Epidemiology, Symptoms, and Treatment) Primary Care study. Sleep
Medicine 5; 2004 (In Press).
Hanna PA, Kumar S, Walters AS. Restless Legs symptoms in a patient with above knee amputations. Clin Neuropharmacol 2004 (In Press).
Rajaram S, Walters AS, England S, Mehta DD, Nizam F. Some patients with "growing pains" may actually have Restless Legs Syndrome. Sleep 27; 2004 (In Press).
Allen RP, Walters AS. Restless Legs Syndrome Diagnosis and Evaluation. In: Chokroverty S, Hening W, Walters A (eds.) Sleep and Movement Disorders, 1st Edition, USA, Butterworth Heinemann, 341-347, 2003.
Chokroverty S, Hening W, Walters A. Introduction. In: Chokroverty S, Hening W, Walters A (eds.) Sleep and Movement Disorders. 1st Edition. USA, Butterworth Heinemann, 3-7, 2003.
Chokroverty S, Hening W, Walters A. An Approach to a patient with movement disorders during sleep and classification. In: Chokroverty S, Hening W, and Walters A (eds.) Sleep and Movement Disorders, 1st Edtion, USA, Butterworth Heinemann, 201-218, 2003.
Chokroverty S, Hening W, Walters A. Restless Legs Syndrome - Introduction. In: Chokrovery S, Hening, W, Walters A (eds.) Sleep and Movement Disorders. 1st Edtion. USA, Butterworth Heinemann, 312-315, 2003.
Stevens Suzanne, Comella CL, Walters AS, Hening WA. Sleep and Wakefulness. In: Goetz CG. Textbook of Clinical Neurology, 2nd ed, USA, Saunders/Elsevier, 19-31, 2003.
Hanna PA, Walters AS. Benign Neonatal Sleep Myoclonus. In: Chokroverty S, Hening W, Walters A (eds.) Sleep and Movement Disorders, 1st Edition, USA, Butterworth Heinemann, 436-441, 2003.
Walters AS. A quick guide to the diagnosis and treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome. Sogo-Rinsho (Clinic All-Round) 52: 3039-3046; 2003 (with Japanese translation).
Hening WA, Allen RP, Thanner S, Washburn T, Heckler D, Walters AS, Earley CJ. The Johns Hopkins telephone diagnostic interview for the Restless Legs Syndrome: preliminary investigation for validation in a multi-center patient and control population. Sleep Medicine 4: 137-141; 2003.
Allen RP, Picchietti D, Hening WA, Trenkwalder C, Walters AS, Montplaisir J. The participants in the Restless Legs Syndrome Diagnosis and Epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health in collaboration with members of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group. Restless Legs Syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the Restless Legs Syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health. Sleep Medicine 4: 101-119; 2003.
Trenkwalder C, Walters A. Restless Legs Syndrome. In: Brandt T, Caplan LR, Dichgans J, Diener HC, Kennard C, (eds.) Neurological Disorders, Course and Treatment. Chapter 82. San Diego, CA, 1177-1184, 2003.
Walters AS. Group Organizer and Correspondent: The International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group. Validation of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Sudy Group Rating Scale for Restless Legs Syndrome. Sleep Medicine 4: 121-132; 2003.
Walters AS. Is there a subpopulation of children with growing pains who really have Restless Legs Syndrome?: A Review of the literature. Sleep Medicine 3: 93-98; 2002.
Walters AS. Review of receptor agonist and antagonist studies relevant to the opiate system in Restless Legs Syndrome. Sleep Medicine 3: 301-304; 2002.
Salah Uddin ABM, Walters A, Brannon T. A unilateral presentation of "Satoyoshi Syndrome". Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 8: 211-213; 2002.
Terzano MG, Parrino L, Sherieri A, Chervin R, Chokroverty S, Guilleminault C, Hirshkowitz M, Mahowald M, Moldofsky H, Rosa A, Thomas R, Walters A. Atlas, rules, and recording techniques for the scoring of cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in human sleep. Sleep Medicine 2: 537-553; 2001. Erratum in Sleep Medicine 3: 185-199; 2002.
Manyam BV, Walters AS, Narla KR. Bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis: Clinical characteristics of patients seen in a registry. Movement Disorders 16: 258-264; 2001.
Manyam BV, Walters AS, Keller IA, Ghobrial M. Parkinsonism associated with autosomal dominant bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 7:289-295; 2001.
Walters AS, Winkelmann J, Trenkwalder C, Fry JM, Kataria V. Wagner M et al. Long-term follow-up on Restless Legs Syndrome patients treated with opioids. Movement Disorders; 16: 1105-1109; 2001.
Ehrenberg BL, Eisensehr I, Corbett KE, Crowley PF, Walters AS. Valproate for Sleep Consolidation in Periodic Limb Movement Disorder. J of Clinical Psychopharmacology 20: 574-578; 2000.
Montplaisir J, Nicolas A, Godbout R and Walters A. Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements during sleep. In: Kryger MH, Roth T, and Dement WC (eds.) Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia, PA. W.B. Saunders Co., 742-752, 2000.
Walters AS, Mandelbaum DE, Lewin DS, Kugler S, England SJ, Miller M, et al. Dopaminergic Therapy in Children with Restless Legs/Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep and ADHD. Pediatric Neurology 22:182-186, 2000.
Hening WA, Allen RP, Walters AS, Chokroverty S. Motor functions and dysfunctions of sleep. In: Chokroverty S. (ed.) Sleep Disorders Medicine: Basic Science, Technical Considerations and Clinical Aspects. 2nd edition. Boston, Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 441-507, 1999.
Lazzarini A, Walters AS, Hickey K, Coccagna G, Lugaresi E, Ehrenberg BL, Picchietti DL, Brin M, Stenroos ES, Verrico T, Johnson WG. Penetrance and anticipation in five autosomal dominant Restless Legs Syndrome pedigrees. Movement Disorders 14: 111-116, 1999.
Trenkwalder C, Walters AS, Hening WA, Chokroverty S, Antonini A, Dhawan V, Eidelberg D. Positron emission tomographic studies in the Restless Legs Syndrome. Movement Disorders 14: 141-145, 1999.
Trenkwalder C, Hening WA, Walters AS, Campbell SS, Rahman K, Chokroverty S. Circadian rhythm of Periodic Limb Movements and sensory symptoms of the Restless Legs Syndrome. Movement Disorders 14: 102-110, 1999.
Picchietti DL, Walters AS. Moderate to severe Periodic Limb Movement Disorder in childhood and adolescence. Sleep 22: 297-300, 1999.
Hening WA, Walters AS, Wagner M, Rosen R, Chen V, Kim S, Shah M, Thai O. Circadian rhythm of motor restlessness and sensory symptoms in the idiopathic Restless Legs Syndrome. Sleep 22:901-912; 1999.
Picchietti DL, Underwood DJ, Farris WA, Walters kAS, Shah MM, Dahl RE, Trubnick LJ, Bertocci MA, Wagner M, Hening WA. Further studies on Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and Restless Legs Syndrome in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children. Movement Disorders 14: 1000-1007; 1999.
Editorial Positions: Editorial Board of the journal Sleep Medicine; Editorial Board of the journal Sleep; Regular reviewer for the journal Movement Disorders; Regular reviewer for the journal Neurology; Occasional reviewer for the journal Annals of Neurology; Occasional reviewer for the journal Brain.