November 2009 New Dementia Study

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Eric Dinnerstein is participating in a new dementia study.  Find out more!

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We are very pleased to announce that Biljana Beretich, MD will be joining Maine Neurology in November, 2009 following completion of a fellowship in Neuroimmunology at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, MA. She completed her residencies and internship at  University of New Mexico and earned her MD degree from the University of Rijeka Medical School in Rijeka, Croatia.

We are pleased to announce that Megan Selvitelli, MD will be joining Maine Neurology in July, 2009.  Dr. Selvitelli's interests include general neurology, epilepsy, women's issues in epilepsy, evaluation for epilepsy surgery and sleep.

Dr. Selvitelli graduated with general and departmental honors from Vassar College with a focus in cognitive sciences. She received her MD from University of Massachusetts, where she also completed her neurology residency in 2006. She finished a two-year neurophysiology fellowship with a focus on epilepsy and electroencephalography at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2008. She joined staff at Beth Israel for one year, prior to joining Maine Neurology in July of 2009. She is board certified in neurology and psychiatry and is board eligible in clinical neurophysiology.

Dr. Selvitelli, her husband and their daughter are pleased to be relocating to Maine. She looks forward to working with Maine Neurology and Maine Medical Center in establishing a Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.

We are pleased to announce that Peter Morrison, MD will be joining Maine Neurology in July 2008, following completion of a fellowship in pediatric epilepsy at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He completed his residencies and internship at UCLA and earned his MD degree from Albany Medical College in New York. Dr. Morrison is Board-eligible in Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Neurology, and Clinical Neurophysiology. We are very lucky to have Dr. Morrison, his wife, and their 2 small children join the Maine Neurology family.

The implementation of eClinicalWorks allowed us to reorganize our staff. Their responsibilities were re-aligned so that we may serve our patients more efficiently while offering excellent patient care. You may notice changes to the auto attendant when you call in and that walls have been knocked down and replaced with central workstations. We are excited about our changes and look forward to providing exceptional, competent and friendly patient care.

We are "LIVE" with a new electronic health record! After months of planning and preparation, we implemented eClinicalWorks in the middle of November and are continuing to refine and improve this tool so that it works to its maximum in supporting superb patient care.

Here are some of the changes you can expect:

• Better overall coordination of your healthcare.
• Elimination of paper records by maintaining electronic documents that can be easily shared between providers who are managing your care.

This is all done while ensuring 100% patient privacy.

We at Maine Neurology understand that the individuals we care for are people first and patients second, and that each deserves dignity and privacy. We are dedicated to providing the most accurate, modern and progressive care.

Eric Dinnerstein, MD will be joining Maine Neurology on July 9, 2007. He has a special interest in cognitive neurology, including dementia. Appointments with Dr. Dinnerstein can be booked beginning in May 2007.

Our practice has recently updated its look with a new logo and web site. Cordeiro Design of Portland completed the design work and Allure Creative of Brunswick developed the new web site. We are extremely excited about the results.

Tamara H.W. Schwartz, MD, is the practice's newest neurologist, relocating to Maine after spending the last two years in a group practice in South Carolina. Specializing in adult neurology, Dr. Schwartz is Board-certified in Neurology with added qualifications in Neurophysiology. She completed her medical degree at The Medical College of Georgia and completed her internship and neurology residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis. She also completed a one-year neurophysiology fellowship at The Medical University of South Carolina.

Maine Neurology recently received two critical accreditations.

1. In January 2006, our Neurodiagnostics Laboratory achieved a 5-year term of accreditation by The Laboratory Accreditation Board of the American Board of Registration Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists. Successful accreditation means the EEG Laboratory has met strict standards and is to be recognized as a place where patients and physicians can have confidence they are receiving quality diagnostics.
2. In February 2006, our MRI service achieved a 3-year term of accreditation as the result of a recent rigorous survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Evaluations are conducted by board-certified physicians and medical experts who assess the qualifications of the personnel and the quality of facility equipment. Our congratulations to the MRI and Lab departments!