Rochester General Hospital
Faculty
Rochester General Hospital and the University of Rochester Department of Neurology collaborate to provide neurological services at Rochester General Hospital. Faculty of the department of neurology provide inpatient and expanding outpatient services, adding to those currently being provided by the community private neurology practices. Members of the Faculty Practice are fully integrated with the University of Rochester Department of Neurology, sharing the academic, educational and clinical missions.
All faculty have subspecialty or educational affiliations with U of R-based subspecialty divisions, enabling a free flow of academic interests, practice parameters, and educational standards. This helps provide outstanding care to patients with acute and chronic neurological disease; teaching programs for medical students, for residents in Neurology, Internal Medicine and other specialties and neurology fellows; and patient access to cutting edge clinical trials and extramurally-funded translational research programs.
Faculty practice group members include:
Dr. Richard L Barbano came to Rochester in 1993 to join the faculty at the UR after training at Columbia-Presbyterian in NYC. He is currently Associate Professor in the Movement Disorders division and is Director of the Botulinum Toxin and Dystonia Clinic. He is starting as Chief of the division at Rochester General Hospital and will be initiating a Movement Disorders clinic.
Dr. W. Scott Burgin completed a 2 year cerebrovascular fellowship in Houston, TX prior to returning to the Stroke Program faculty at UR in 2001. He currently directs the ACGME accredited Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program as well as the Neurovascular lab at SMH. He is will be the Director of Stroke services at Rochester General Hospital as well as direct the Ultrasound lab.
Dr. Jebin Chacko completed his fellowship in Clinical Electrophysiology at the UR. He currently helps staff the Peripheral Neuropathy clinic at SMH and at Rochester General Hospital has been providing electrodiagnostic EMG and EEG services. He is seeing general neurology patients with a growing interest in peripheral nerve disorders.
Dr. Charles Duffy joined the UR faculty in 1993. He is nationally recognized for his work in dementia, has several grants and is active in researching visual changes in Alzheimer's Disease. Dr Duffy, along with Dr. Mark Mapstone, has started an Alzheimer's Disease Clinic at Rochester General Hospital.
Dr. Marc Halterman finished his MD, PhD and completed his residency and post-doctoral training at the University of Rochester. Dr. Halterman was recently awarded a career development award from the National Institutes of Health to study the basic genetic mechanisms leading to neuron loss after stroke. He will also be providing outpatient care for patients with stroke and neurodegenerative disorders.
Dr. Mark Mapstone is a neuropsychologist trained at Northwestern University with a special interest in cognitive abnormalities in patients with movement disorders and dementia. He staffs the Alzheimer's disease clinic with Dr Duffy.
Dr. Larry Samkoff has been at Rochester General Hospital since 2001. He is part of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at SMH and will continue this affiliation as he starts an MS clinic at Rochester General Hospital in addition to his general neurology practice.
Dr. Jeff Burdett completed his Neurology training and Neurovascular Fellowship at the University of Rochester. Dr. Burdett specializes in inpatient care of acutely ill neurologic patients, primarily stroke.
Dr. Michelle Burack is an MD/PhD physician scientist who completed her neurology residency and a fellowship in movement disorders and dementia at Washington University before moving to Rochester in 2007. She provides comprehensive clinical care for patients with movement disorders including Parkinson disease, dystonia, and essential tremor, as well as for patients with atypical dementias (particularly those with combined cognitive and motor impairments). Her research efforts at the University of Rochester Medical Center focus on understanding the brain circuits that mediate the control of movement and behavior, and translating this knowledge into developing improved treatments for movement disorders.
Dr. Amy Chen joined the UR faculty in 2009, upon completion of a 2-year fellowship in neuromuscular diseases/ALS and clinical neurophysiology at Columbia University. She sees both general neurology and neuromuscular patients at Rochester General Hospital. She also attends the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) clinic at Strong Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Todd Holmquist is a board certified neurologist who recently joined the Stroke Program faculty at Rochester General Hospital and URMC after completing his vascular neurology (stroke) fellowship at URMC in 2009. He is actively involved with clinical research in acute stroke treatment as well as secondary stroke prevention. He provides inpatient and outpatient care for patients with stroke and interprets ultrasound studies at Rochester General Hospital and URMC neurovascular laboratories.
Ann Ford Fricke, ACNP-BC earned her BSN from Keuka College and her MSN from the University of Rochester. She is nationally certified as an acute care nurse practitioner. She has extensive experience in managing patients with neuromuscular disease, long-term disease and dementia.
Cheryl Wood, ACNP-BC is a graduate of the Genesee Hospital School of Nursing and Alfred University School of Nursing. She completed the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Rochester. Cheryl is the Program Coordinator for the Rochester General Hospital Stroke Center and is a Nurse Practitioner for the Acute Stroke Unit.
