Tune in to this episode to learn important pearls about performing pediatric EMG as Drs. Rubin and Jarrar talk through an interesting case of a young patient with progressive weakness.
If you missed this engaging, Lessons at the AANEM in San Francisco, you are in luck . . . join this “replay” of the lively panel and audience discussion about a woman with sudden painless hand weakness. Does this woman’s clinical presentation, EDX findings, and image make sense? Should you always perform Babinski testing on ever patient in the EMG laboratory? Enjoy this educational discussion and debate.
Do you think that patients that complain of shoulder pain should always be evaluated with an EMG? Perhaps not, but not all shoulder pain is orthopedic in nature. Tune in to this episode to see how EMG can help when the cause of shoulder pain may not be obvious?
12/29/2025 - Kelly Gwathmey, MD facilitates a debate between Christina Fournier, MD and Shafeeq Ladha, MD: Should Serum Neurofilament Light Chain or NfL be Incorporated into Routine ALS Clinical Practice? 19 min
12/22/2025 - Shawn Jorgenson, MD facilitates a debate between Larry Robinson, MD and Jeff Strakowski, MD: Should a Combined Sensory Index be Used in Every Case of Suspected Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? 40 min
12/17/2025- Carrie Ford, CNCT specialist II interviews Michael Andary, MD and Nassim Rad, MD on the balance between diagnostic testing and clinical care — when it’s appropriate to add an Evaluation and Management component to the EMG, and when it’s more appropriate to keep the study purely diagnostic. 37 min
AANEM supports appropriate billing of E/M and EDX services on the same day when a significant, separately identifiable E/M service is provided and documented, as outlined in its position statement ‘Billing for Same Day Evaluation and Management and Electrodiagnostic Testing.’ This statement describes five clinical scenarios in which reporting both an E/M code and EDX codes for the same patient, same date of service is medically appropriate.
Have you ever experienced tingling after running a marathon? Is marathon running good for your nerves? Tune in to this episode and listen to Drs. Rubin and Shahrizaila discuss an unusual case to help you decide whether or not to take up running.