Name: J. Americo Fernandes, Filho, M.D.
Title: Assistant professor, neurological sciences
Duties: Neurology attending, Neuromuscular Clinic at UNMC, general neurology at the VA and teaching.
Specialty: Neuromuscular diseases
Degree: M.D., from Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Residency or Post Doc:
- Postgraduate Internal Medicine Internship at Hospital do Serviodor PublicoEstadual-SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Neurology Residency at Hospital do Serviodor Publico Estadual-SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Electromyography at Hospital do Serviodor Publico Estadual-SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Internal Medicine Internship at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland
- Neurology Residency at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland
- Clinical Neurophysiology (EMG) Fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland
- Neuromuscular Disorders Fellowship at Washington University in Saint Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis
Clinic Hours:
- VA EMG — Monday mornings; teaching clinic on Monday afternoons and Tuesday mornings.
- UNMC’s South Doctors Tower, Suite 222 — Wednesday mornings.
- UNMC EMG — Thursday afternoons and MDA on Friday mornings.
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