Stanford School of Medicine
Neuroscience Institute at Stanford–

Les Dorfman

Email:
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Leslie_Dorfman/

Alternate Contact:
Name: Ruth Jackson
Title: Administrative Assistant
Email: rujackson@stanfordmed.org
Phone: 650-723-6888

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Professor
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Neurology and Neurol Sciences ; Neurosciences ;
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
President
American Association for Electrodiagnostic Medicine
1997-98
President
AAEM Foundation for Research and Education
1997-98
Director
American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
1999-2005
President
Association of California Neurologists
2002-04
Administrative Appointments
Title
Organization
Start Year
End Year
Director
Residency Program in Clinical Neurophysiology
1995
-
Director
Stanford Neurodiagnostic Laboratories
1994
-
Director
SHC/LPCH Evoked Potential Laboratories
1991
-
Director
SHC/LPCH Electromyography Laboratories
1991
-
Director
Stanford Multiple Sclerosis Clinic
1974
-
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
BSc
McGill University
Physiological Psychology
1964
MD
Albert Einstein
Medicine
1968
Research Interests

Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous systems, including nerve conduction velocity; electromyography (EMG); and visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials. Application of digital signal processing techniques in clinical neurophysiology for diagnosis of neurological disorders and for neurological rehabilitation. Multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and treatment. Implementation of new methodologies for teaching clinical neuroscience to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, residents and fellows.

Community and International Work
  • Clinical Advisory Board, Santa Clara County More »
  • Board of Directors, Sacramento More »
Publications
  • McGill KC, Lau K, Dorfman LJ "A comparison of turns analysis and motor unit analysis in electromyography." Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1991; 81: 1: 8-17 More »
  • Dorfman LJ, Howard JE, McGill KC "Triphasic behavioral response of motor units to submaximal fatiguing exercise." Muscle Nerve 1990; 13: 7: 621-8 More »
  • Dorfman LJ, Howard JE, McGill KC "Motor unit firing rates and firing rate variability in the detection of neuromuscular disorders." Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1989; 73: 3: 215-24 More »
  • Dorfman LJ, McGill KC "AAEE minimonograph #29: automatic quantitative electromyography." Muscle Nerve 1988; 11: 8: 804-18 More »
  • Howard JE, Dorfman LJ "Evoked potentials in hysteria and malingering." J Clin Neurophysiol 1986; 3: 1: 39-49 More »

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