David N. Alexander, MD - Neurology

Dr. Alexander has specialized in neurological rehabilitation for the past 16 years. He is medical director of the Daniel Freeman Rehabilitation Center and an associate clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Neurology. Dr. Alexander recently served as an expert panel member and author of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Clinical Practice Guideline titled "Post-Stroke Rehabilitation."

In October 1999 Dr. Alexander directed the course "Stroke Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based and Practical Management" for the American Academy of Neurology and the American Society of Neurorehabilitation; it was held at the Daniel Freeman Rehabilitation Center.

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - 1985

Stroke

Transient Ischemic Attacks

Multiple Sclerosis

M.D.: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 1979

Medical Internship: University Hospital, Boston, 1979 - 80

Residency: Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1980 - 1983

University of California, Los Angeles:

• Clinical Instructor in Neurology, 1983 - 84
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology, 1985 - 1993
• Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, 1994 - present

Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, Inglewood, Calif., and Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital, Marina Del Ray, Calif., 1983 - present

UCLA Medical Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1984 - present

Centennial Hospital Medical Center, Inglewood, Calif., 1984 - present

American Academy of Neurology

American Heart Association Stroke Council

American Society of Neuroimaging

American Society of Neurorehabilitation

American Spinal Injury Association

1. Gresham GE, Duncan PW, Stason WB, et al. (1995). Post-stroke rehabilitation: Assessment, referral, and patient management, quick reference guide for clinicians, No. 16. Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. of HHS, AHCPR Pub. No. 95-0663.
2. Alexander DN (1995). Recovering after a stroke: Patient and family guide, No. 16. Rockville MD: U.S. Dept of HHS, AHCPR Pub. No 95-0664.
3. Schnider A, Benson DF, Alexander DN, et al. (1994). Nonverbal environmental sound recognition after unilateral hemispheric stroke. Brain, 117(2): 281–287.
4. Simpson DM, Alexander DN, O'Brien CF, et al. (1996). Botulism toxin type A in the treatment of spasticity: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Neurology, 46(5): 1306–1310.

Alexander DN (1996). Neurorehabilitation. In Practical Neurology of the Elderly. New York: Marcel Dekker.

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