Endowed Eran & N.Q. Adams Lecture and Visiting Professorship in Neurology

Dr. Benn E. Smith will be presenting the first Endowed Eran and N.Q. Adams Lecture and Visiting Professorship in Neurology on December 2, 2009 at 10 a.m. Dr. Smith’s lecture, “What Does Autonomic Testing Bring to the Neurology Table,” will take place at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in the second floor conference room.

Dr. Smith is an associate professor of neurology with the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Smith also serves as the director of the Sensory Laboratory, the Electromyography Laboratory, and the EMG/Neuromuscular Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. In addition to his more than 20 years of experience as an instructor, Dr. Smith has made presentations throughout the world and written 30 peer-reviewed articles and 13 textbook chapters on the subject of neurology.

Dr. Smith received his bachelor of arts in physiology from the University of California at Berkley in 1980 and his medical degree from the University of California at San Diego in 1984. He completed his internship, residency and two fellowships at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz. Dr. Smith is certified with the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Board of Medical Examiners.