Faculty Biosketch
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Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center
Penn State College of Medicine
P.O. Box 850,
500 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033-2390 |
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Milind Kothari,
D.O.
Department of Neurology
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Office Information
Phone: 717-531-1804
Mail Code: H037 |
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Education |
B.A., Queens College of
SUNY, 1983
D.O., New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1988
Residency, New York University Medical Center, 1990-1993
EMG/Neurophysiology Brigham and Women's Hospital 1993-1995 |
| Primary
Area of Interest |
| Entrapment Neuropathies, NMJ disorders |
| Research
Focus |
| I am currently involved in clinical trial
research sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline. This
multi-center, randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled, parallel group study seeks to
determine the safety and efficacy of lamotrigine 200-400
mg/day compared with placebo in subjects with painful
diabetic neuropathy.
I am also involved in multiple projects with several
medical students and residents, on various disorders of
the upper extremity. We are conducting clinical studies to
characterize the various symptoms of carpal tunnel
syndrome, including studies to determine the symptoms of
carpal tunnel syndrome associated with pregnancy. We are
studying the effect of provocative testing in diagnosing
thoracic outlet syndrome. We have recently completed
several studies looking at quality of life measures in
patients with myasthenia gravis, focused on levels of
physical impairment as well as issues regarding anxiety
and depression. |
| References |
4. Preston DC, Ross MH, Kothari MJ, Plotkin GM, Venkatesh S, Logigian EL. The
median-ulnar latency difference studies are comparable in mild carpal tunnel
syndrome. Muscle Nerve 1994;17:1469-1471.
5. Venkatesh S, Kothari MJ, Preston DC. The limitations of the dorsal ulnar
cutaneous sensory response in patients with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.
Muscle Nerve 1995;18:345-347.
6. Kothari MJ, Preston DC. Comparison of the flexed and extended elbow positions
in localizing ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Muscle Nerve 1995;18:336-340.
7. Shefner JM, Kothari MJ, Logigian EL. Does voluntary muscle contraction cause
facilitation of peripherally evoked compound motor action potentials? Muscle
Nerve 1995;18:555-556.
8. Kothari MJ, Knopp E, Jonas S, Levine D. Presumed vestibular hemorrhage
secondary to warfarin. Neuroradiology 1995;37:324-325.
9. Kothari MJ, Kelly M, Darbey M, Bauer SB, Scott RM. Neurophysiologic
assessment of urinary dysfunction in children with thoracic syringomyelia. J
Child Neurol 1995;10:451-454.
10. Kothari MJ, Preston DC, Plotkin GM, Venkatesh S, Shefner JM, Logigian EL.
Electromyography: Do the diagnostic ends justify the means? Arch Phys Med
Rehabil 1995;76:947-949.
11. Kothari MJ, Rutkove SB, Caress JB, Hinchey J, Logigian EL, Preston DC.
Comparison of digital sensory studies in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.
Muscle Nerve 1995;18:1272-1276.
12. Kothari MJ, Bauer SB, Logigian EL, Shefner JM. Electrophysiological and
urodynamic studies to monitor surgical outcome in children with tethered spinal
cords. Muscle Nerve 1995;18:1373-1377.
13. Kothari MJ, Preston DC, Logigian EL. Lumbrical-Interossei motor studies
localize ulnar neuropathy at the wrist. Muscle Nerve 1996;19:170-174.
14. Kothari MJ, Logigian EL. Electromyography - reply. Arch Phys Med Rehabil
1996;77(2):212.
15. Rutkove SB, Kothari MJ, Sampson C, Preston DC. The effect of wrist position
on the conduction velocity of the ulnar nerve. Muscle Nerve
1996;19:657-658.
16. Devinsky O, Sanchez-Villaseñor F, Vasquez B, Kothari M, Alper K, Luciano D.
Clinical profile of patients with epileptic and nonepileptic seizures. Neurology
1996;46:1530-1533.
17. Caress JB, Kothari MJ, Bauer SB, Shefner JM. Urinary dysfunction in Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy. Muscle Nerve 1996;19:819-822.
18. Kothari MJ, Bauer SB. Urodynamic and Neurophysiologic Evaluation of Patients
with Diastematomyelia. J Child Neurol 1997;12:97-100.
19. Kothari MJ, Rutkove SB, Logigian EL, Shefner JM. Coexistent Entrapment
Neuropathies in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Arch Phys Med
Rehabil 1996;77:1186-1188.
20. Kothari MJ. Lumbrical-interossei studies in distal ulnar neuropathy. Muscle
Nerve 1997;20:120.
21. Mahadeen ZI, Brennan RW, Kothari MJ. Bilateral facial palsy secondary to
herpes zoster meningoencephalitis in a HIV positive woman. Journal of Infection
1997;34:261-262.
22. Preston DC, Shapiro BE, Raynor EM, Kothari MJ. The relative valve of facial,
glossal and masticatory muscles in the electrodiagnosis of ALS. Muscle Nerve
1997;20:370-372.
23. Rutkove SB, Kothari MJ, Shefner JM. Nerve, muscle, and neuromuscular
junction electrophysiology at high temperature. Muscle Nerve
1997;20:431-436.
24. Kothari MJ, Macintosh K, Heistand M, Logigian EL. Medial antebrachial
cutaneous sensory studies in the evaluation of neurogenic thoracic outlet
syndrome. Muscle Nerve 1998;21:647-649.
25. Kothari MJ, Heistand M, Rutkove SB. Comparison of three ulnar nerve
conduction studies in patients with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Arch Phys Med
Rehabil 1998;79:87-89.
26. Rutkove SB, Kothari MJ, Fadic R, Raynor EM, Nardin RA. Sural/radial
amplitude ratio in the diagnosis of sensory axonal polyneuropathy. Muscle Nerve
1997;20:1236-1241.
27. Kothari MJ, Blakeslee MA, Reichwein R, Simmons Z, Logigian EL. Are
electrodiagnostic studies useful in clinical practice? Arch Phys Med Rehabil
1998;79:1510-1511.
28. Simmons Z, Mahadeen ZI, Kothari MJ, Powers S, Wise S, Towfighi J. Localized
hypertrophic neuropathy: magnetic resonance imaging findings and long-term
followup. Muscle Nerve 1999;22:28-36.
29. Kothari MJ. Ulnar neuropathy at the wrist. Neurologic Clinics
1999;17(3):463-476.
30. You H, Simmons Z, Freivalds A, Kothari MJ, Naidu SH. Relationships between
clinical symptom severity scales and nerve conduction measures in carpal tunnel
syndrome. Muscle Nerve 1999;22:497-501.
31. Stabley JP, Frear EJ, Wine M, Kothari MJ. Benzodiazepine toxicity with
profound suppression of the electroencephalogram: a case report. JAOA 2000;100
(7):435-436.
32. Parentis MA, Rumi MN, Deol GS, Kothari M, Simmons Z, Lee L, Bailey K, Smith
M, Parrish WM, Pellegrini VD. A prospective randomized clinical trial comparing
the median parapatellar approach to the vastus medialis muscle splitting
approach in primary total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthopedics & Related
Research 1999;367:107-116.
33. Kothari MJ, Stabley J, Wojnar M, Edgar K, Jones BV, McNamara K. Basilar
artery dissection in a young female: a case report. Journal of Neuroimaging
1999;9:240-243.
34. Kothari MJ, Brady J, Vu S, Simmons Z, Towfighi J. Significance of
perivascular lymphocytic infiltration on nerve biopsy. J Am Neuropsychiatry
1999;13 (1): 40-43.
35. Kothari MJ. Neuromuscular junction abnormalities: case studies. Hospital
Physician 2000;5(1):1-12.
36. Kothari MJ, Heistand M, Simmons Z. Side to side difference of nerve
conduction amplitudes. Electromyogr. clin Neurophysiol 2000;40:81-82.
37. Simmons Z, Epstein DK, Borg B, Mauger DT, Kothari MJ, Shefner JM.
Reproducibility of motor unit number estimation in individual subjects. Muscle
Nerve 2001;24:467-473.
38. Kothari MJ. Entrapment neuropathies of the upper extremity. Hospital
Physician 2001;6(3):1-15.
39. Peterlin BL, Flood W, Kothari MJ. The use of intravenous immunoglobulin in
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. JAOA 2002;102(12):682-684.
40. Fisher J, Parkinson K, Kothari MJ. Self-reported depressive symptoms in
Myasthenia Gravis. J Clin Neuromusc Dis 2003;4(3):105-108.
41. Naidu SH, Fisher J, Heistand M, Kothari MJ. Median nerve function in
patients undergoing carpal tunnel release: Pre- and post-op nerve conductions.
Electromyogr. Clin Neurophysiol 2003;43:393-397.
42. Scott K, Simmons Z, Kothari MJ. A comparison of quantitative sensory testing
with skin biopsy in small fiber neuropathy. J Clin Neuromusc Dis
2003;4(3):129-132.
43. Naidu SH, Kothari MJ. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: does fiction outweigh facts?
Curr Opin Orthop 2003;14:209-214..
44. Thomas GA, Kothari MJ. The neurological assessment and treatment of the
difficult to extubate patient. Neurol Clin N Am 2004;22:315-328.
45. Kothari MJ. Myasthenia Gravis. JAOA 2004;104(9):377-384.
46. Szwejbka PE, Conter R, Tenser R, Kothari MJ. Bilateral anterior interosseous
neuropathy following surgery: a case report. Electromyogr. Clin Neurophysiol
2004;44:183-186.
47. You H, Simmons Z, Freivalds A, Kothari MJ, Naidu SH, Young R. The
development of risk assessment models for carpal tunnel syndrome: a
case-referent study. Ergonomics 2004;47(6):688-709.
48. Kothari MJ. Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis following thoracic outlet
surgery: a case report. Electromyogr. Clin Neurophysiol
2004;44(6):375-378.
49. Garg S, Wright A, Reichwein R, Boyer P, Towfighi J, Kothari MJ. Mononeuritis
multiplex secondary to sarcoidosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg
2005;107:140-143.
50. Lundeen J, Fisher J, Kothari MJ. Frequency of anxiety in Myasthenia Gravis.
J Clin Neuromusc Dis 2004;6(1):9-12.
51. Kapoor P, McCabe P, Kothari MJ. Levetiracetam induced polyneuropathy: a case
report. Electromyogr. Clin Neurophysiol 2005;45:15-17.
52. Scott K, Kothari MJ. Evaluating the patient with peripheral nervous system
complaints. JAOA 2005;105(2):71-83.
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