Marc R. Nuwer, MD, PhD
(on medical plaza driveway)Doctors in Los Angeles, CA
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Serving as Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Program, Dr. Nuwer joined the UCLA team in the mid-1970s, when there was no spinal cord intraoperative monitoring, making spinal cord surgery extremely risky. Combining his expertise in evoked potentials, the study of electrical activity in the brain in response to stimulation of sensory nerve pathways, and his background in electrical engineering, Dr. Nuwer became the first clinical neurophysiologist and neurologist to develop a technique that allowed for the recording of stable, sensory system potentials in the operating room. He found that by delivering a constant stream of electrical pulses to a nerve in the ankle, while monitoring the brain and spinal cord with an electroencephalogram, he was able to devise an intraoperative evoked potential for surgery and develop the techniques needed for minute-by-minute intraoperative electrophysiological recordings, resulting in safer surgery and better outcomes.
