Dr. Daniel Alan Shewmon MD
Neurologist | Clinical Neurophysiology
14445 Olive View Dr Olive View - Ucla Me Sylmar CA, 91342About
Dr. Daniel Shewmon is a distinguished Neurologist in Sylmar, CA. Dr. Shewmon specializes in diagnosing, treating, and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system. With expertise in handling complex conditions like epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and migraines, Dr. Shewmon employs advanced techniques and personalized treatment plans to improve patient outcomes. As a neurologist, Dr. Shewmon is committed to staying abreast of the latest developments in neurological research and therapies.
Education and Training
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1975
New York University School of Medicine 1975
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The metaphysics of brain death, persistent vegetative state and dementia.
- To the editor.
- Recovery from "brain death": a neurologist's apologia.
- The minimally conscious state: definition and diagnostic criteria.
- Trigeminal nerve stimulation for epilepsy.
- The semiotics of death and its medical implications.
- The ABC of PVS: problems of definition.
- The dead donor rule: lessons from linguistics?
- A critical analysis of conceptual domains of the vegetative state: sorting fact from fancy.
- Brain death: can it be resuscitated?
- Brain death: can it be resuscitated?
- Multiple sclerosis with initial stroke-like clinicoradiologic features: case report and literature review.
- Constructing the death elephant: a synthetic paradigm shift for the definition, criteria, and tests for death.
- The rapid assessment of hospital procurement barriers in donation: improving
- Brain death or brain dying?
Treatments
- Epilepsy
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