Bassel F. Shneker, M.D. Bassel F. Shneker is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Epilepsy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Shneker received his M.D. Diploma , from the University of Damascus, Syria He also received a diploma of Qualifying & Specialization in Community Health, University of Damascus, Syria in 1995. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, NY in 1997. In 2000, Dr. Shneker completed his neurology residency at the Unievrsity of Virgina in Charlottesville, and was awarded a 2 year EEG/ Epilespy fellowship which he finished in 2002.

Research

Drug trials in refractory epilepsy

Nonconvulsive statu epilepticus

Publications (Selected)

Quigg M., Shneker B, Domer P. Current Practice in Administration and clinical criteria of emergent EEG . J Clin Neurophysiol 2001;18:162-5

Burns T., Shneker B., Juel V. Gasoline sniffing multifocal neuropathy. Pediatric neurology 2001;25:419-21.

Ouigg M, Kiely J, Shneker B, Veldhuis J, Bertram E. Interictal and posictal alterations of pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone in temporal lobe epilepsy. Annals of Neurology 2002;51:559-566

Shneker, Bassel F; Fountain, Nathan B. Epilepsy. Disease-a-month : DM vol. 49, no. 7 (2003 Jul): 426-78.

Shneker BS., Fountain NF. Assessment of acute morbidity and mortality in nonconvulsive status epilepticus. Neurology, 2003;61:1066 -1073

Contact

415 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43210

Phone: 614-293-4974
Fax: 614-293-4688

e-mail: shneker.1@osu.edu