Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
CURRICULUM VITAE
Rodger J. Elble, MD, PhD
March 10, 2008
PERSONAL DATA:
Office Address: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 19643
Springfield, IL 62794-9643
Office Telephone: (217) 545-7182
Fax: (217) 545-1903
E-mail: relble@siumed.edu
Date of Birth: August 10, 1948
EDUCATION:
1966 East-Alton-Wood River Community High School
Wood River, Illinois
1966-1971 Co-operative engineering program.
Purdue University and the McDonnell-Douglas Corp.
1971 Purdue University B.S.A.E.
W. Lafayette , Indiana
B.S. Aeronautical Engineering
1975 Indiana University Ph.D.
Bloomington, Indiana
Ph.D. Physiology (minor in biochemistry)
Thesis: Contribution of Motor Unit Statistics
to Physiological Tremor
Major Professor: James E. Randall, Ph.D.
1977 Indiana University School of Medicine M.D.
Indianapolis , Indiana
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:
July 1977 - June 1978 Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis , IN Internship, Internal Medicine
July 1978 - June 1981 Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Hospital Complex, St. Louis, MO.
Neurology residency and postdoctoral neuroscience training with W. T. Thach, MD. Topic: Role of cerebellum and stretch reflex in action tremor
June 1987 Biomechanics of Human Movement.
Special summer course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory of Prof. Robert W. Mann.
LICENSE: Illinois State Board of Medical Examiners
July, 1981-present
BOARD CERTIFIED: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
November 1982
CERTIFICATIONS: Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale, Nov. 5, 2007
NIH (NINDS) Stroke Scale, Nov. 25, 2007
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Phi Eta Sigma
Sigma Gamma Tau
Tau Beta Pi
Phi Kappa Phi
Alpha Omega Alpha
Best full-time faculty teacher of the year award, Department of Medicine, 1985-86
Fellow, American Academy of Neurology (1990)
Best Doctors in America (1996-present)
Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America (2006-present)
Associate, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1991)
Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities (1977)
Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology (1985)
Who’s Who in the Midwest (1988)
Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America (1990)
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare (1996)
Who’s Who in America (2002)
Pfizer Visiting Professor of Neurology (U. of Arkansas), 2007
ORGANIZATIONS: American Academy of Neurology
American Medical Association
Association of University Professors of Neurology
Central Society for Neurological Research
Movement Disorder Society
Society for Neuroscience
Tremor Research Group
POSITIONS HELD:
June 1966 to June 1971 Student, Cooperative Engineering Program,
McDonnell-Douglas Corp. and Purdue U.
Aug. 1971 to Aug. 1974 National Institutes of Health
Physiology Training Grant
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Aug. 1973 to June 1975 Teaching Assistant, Department of
Anatomy and Physiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
July 1977 to July 1978 Intern, Department of Internal
Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
July 1978 to July 1981 Resident, Department of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO
July 1981 to July 1987 Assistant Professor of Neurology
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
July 1987 to March 1996 Associate Professor of Neurology
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
Nov. 1988 to March 1996 Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
Nov. 1988 to Sept. 2007 Director
Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
Sept. 1992 to Feb. 1993 Acting Chief
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine,
Springfield, IL
July 1993 to present Director
Neurology senior student electives
Feb. 1993 to May 1996 Interim Chair
Department of Neurology
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine,
Springfield, IL
Oct. 1993 to 1997 Member, Neurology Study Section A
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Bethesda, Maryland
July 1994 to 2000 Director, Student Neurology Clerkship
Department of Neurology
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL
March 1996 to present Professor of Neurology
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
March 1996 to present Professor of Psychiatry
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
May 1996 to present Chair of Neurology
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
July 1998 to present Director, Neurology Residency Program
Department of Neurology
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL
July 1999 to Feb. 2001 Director, National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence
March 1, 2004 – July 2005 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
March 2004 – present Director, Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Center, SIU School of Medicine
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS:
Chair Laboratory Animal Care Committee
July 1985 - June 1988
Member Search committee for the director of Laboratory Animal Resources
1985
Chair Central Research Committee
July 1985 - September 1989
Member Springfield Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects
July 1988 - November 1992
Member Ad hoc committee for utilization of laboratory space
1989
Member Ad hoc committee for review of the Department of
Family Practice: 1991
Member Computing Advisory Committee, 1990
Chair Springfield Committee for Research Involving Human
Subjects, September 1989 - November 1992
Chair Alzheimer Center Policy Advisory Committee
November 1988 - present
Member University Patents and Copyrights Committee
July 1985 - June 1996
Member Misconduct in Science Committee
July 1990 - June 1996
Chair Misconduct in Science Committee
July 1996 - 1998
Member Research Policy Advisory Committee
July 1985 - Sept. 1993
Member Utilization Review for Memorial Medical Center.
1986 - 1992
Member LCME Subcommittee for institutional research: 1992
Feb. 1993 - present
Member Executive Committee,
Feb 1993 – present
Member Medical Service and Research Plan Committee
April 1993 – November 1997
Member Student Progress System Subcommittee on Appeals
July 1994 - 2001
Member Search Committee, Chair of Neurology
1994
Member Search Committee, Chair of Internal Medicine
1995
Member ad hoc Committee, Scholars in Biomedical Research Program
1998
Member Graduate Medical Education Committee
1998 - present
Member LCME task force subcommittee for graduate education in the basic sciences and research. 1998
Member Curriculum 2000 workgroup on integration of basic sciences and clinical medicine. 1999
Chair Curriculum 2000 neuroscience clerkship committee. 1999
Member Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine Internal Review Committee, 1999
Chair Dept of Neurology, St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL, 2000-present
Member Student Progress Committee, 2001-2005
Member Department of Medicine Research Development Task Force. September 2001-2002
Member Dean and Provost search committee. November 2001-June 2002
Member General Surgery Internal Review Committee, 2002
Chair Chair of Psychiatry search committee, August 2002-November 2002
Chair SIUSOM grant overhead committee, June 2003-November 2003
Member Associate Dean for Research search committee, Sept. 2004-Dec. 2004
Chair Psychiatry Residency internal review committee, November 2004-February 2005
Member Translational research task force, December 2007 - present
OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Oct. 1993-Oct. 1996 Secretary-Treasurer, Central Society for Neurological Research
Oct. 1996-Oct. 1997 President, Central Society for Neurological Research
May 2004-present President, Tremor Research Group
COMMITTEES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Academy of Neurology
Clinical Practice Committee, Geriatric
Neurology and Dementia Section Member, 1998-present
Movement Disorder Society
Membership committee Member, 1998-present
PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS
International Essential Tremor Foundation,
Kansas City, KS
Member, Medical Advisory Board, 1988 - present
Alzheimer's Disease and Related
Disorders Association,
Springfield Chapter Member, Medical Advisory Board, 1986 - present
BlueCross-BlueShield of Illinois Medical Consultant, 1998 - 2003
RESEARCH STUDY GROUPS
Tremor Research Group 2001 – present
NINDS NET-PD Study Group 2003 - present
Parkinson Study Group 2005 – present
GRANT REVIEWS
National Institute of Neurological
Diseases and Stroke Special Reviewer, Neurology Study Section A, October 1992 - October 1993
Regular Member, October 1993 - October 1996.
Reserve member, October 1996 - 1997
National Institute on Aging Special study section member (Locomotor Impairment and Falls in the Elderly), March 1986.
National Institute on Deafness and
Other Communicative Diseases Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1998
NIH, SBIR (BBBP-1) Ad hoc grant reviewer, 2001
National Science Foundation Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1984
Veterans Administration Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1986, 2000, 2003
Spinal Cord Research Foundation
Paralyzed Veterans of America Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1997
Illinois Department of Public
Health Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1996
International Tremor Foundation Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1997
International Essential Tremor
Foundation Grant reviewer, 2005
Alzheimer Research Alliance of
Oregon Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1995
United States-Israel Binational
Science Foundation Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1997, 2006
University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio Ad hoc grant reviewer, 2000
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1998
The Wellcome Trust, London UK
Joint Infrastructure Fund Ad hoc grant reviewer, 1999, 2003, 2007
EDITORIAL BOARDS OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
Movement Disorders November 1992 - November 1996
January 1998 – January 2002
REFEREE SERVICE FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS AND PUBLISHERS
American Academy of Neurology
Annals of Neurology
Archives of Neurology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Behavioral Brain Research
Biological Cybernetics
BioMed Central
Brain
Brain Research
Cerebral Cortex
Clinical Neuropharmacology
Clinical Neurophysiology
Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology
Experimental Aging Research
Experimental Brain Research
European Journal of Neurology
European Journal of Applied Physiology
European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology
F.A. Davis (book reviews)
Human Movement Science (book reviews)
IEEE Press (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) (book reviews)
Journal of Applied Physiology
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Journal of Neurology
Journal of Neurophysiology
Journal of Neural Transmission
Journal of Neurological Sciences
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Journal of NeuroRehabilitation and Engineering
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Journal of Physiology
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Lancet
Lippincott - Raven Publishers (book reviews)
Medical Engineering and Technology
Motor Control
Movement Disorders
Neurology
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
New England Journal of Medicine
Perceptual and Motor Skills
Psychological Reports
Psychopharmacology
Science
Stroke
Teaching and Learning in Medicine
PUBLICATIONS:
Papers in peer-reviewed journals:
1. Elble RJ, Randall JE. 1976. Motor unit activity responsible for the 8- to 12-Hz component of human physiological finger tremor. J Neurophysiol 39:370-383.
2. Elble RJ, Randall JE. 1978. Mechanistic components of normal hand tremor. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 44:72-82.
3. Kapila A, Elble R, Ratcheson RA, Burde R, Gado M. 1982. Radiologic demonstration of the dorsal medullocervical spur in adult Chiari malformation. J Clin Neuro-Ophthalmology 2:235-240.
4. Elble RJ, Schieber MH, Thach WT. 1984. Activity of muscle spindles, motor cortex and cerebellar nuclei during action tremor. Brain Res 323:330-334.
5. Elble RJ. 1986. Physiologic and essential tremor. Neurology 36:225-231.
6. Elble RJ, Higgins C, Moody C. 1987. Stretch reflex oscillations and essential tremor. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 50:691-698.
7. Elble RJ, Giacobini E, Scarsella GF. 1987. Cholinesterases in cerebrospinal fluid: a longitudinal study in Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol 44:403-407.
8. Norfray JF, Couch JR, Elble RJ, Good DC, Manyam BV, Patrick JL. 1988. Visualization of brain iron by mid-field MR. Am J Neuroradiol 9:77-82.
9. Becker R, Giacobini E, Elble R, McIlhany M, Sherman K. 1988. Potential pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer disease: a comparison of various forms of physostigmine administration. Acta Neurol Scandinav 77(suppl 116):19-29.
10. Elble RJ, Giacobini E, Higgins C. 1989. Choline levels are increased in cerebral spinal fluid of Alzheimer patients. Neurobiol of Aging 10:45-50.
11. Elble RJ, Moody C, Higgins C. 1990. Primary writing tremor: a form of focal dystonia? Movement Disorders 5:118-126.
12. Becker RE, Colliver J, Elble RJ, et al. 1990. Effects of metrifonate, a long-acting cholinesterase inhibitor, in Alzheimer disease: a report of an open trial. Drug Development Res 19:425-434.
13. Elble RJ, Sinha R, Higgins C. 1990. Quantification of tremor with a digitizing tablet. J Neurosci Methods 32:193-198.
14. [1]Elble RJ, Thomas SS, Higgins C, Colliver J. 1991. Stride-dependent changes in gait of older people. J Neurol 238:1-5.
15. Elble RJ. 1991. Inhibition of forearm EMG by palatal myoclonus. Mov Disord 6:324-329.
16. Elble RJ, Higgins C, Hughes L. 1992. The syndrome of senile gait. J Neurol 239:71-75.
17. Elble RJ, Higgins C, Hughes L. 1992. Longitudinal study of essential tremor. Neurology 42:441-443.
18. Elble RJ, Higgins C, Hughes L. 1992. Phase resetting and frequency entrainment of essential tremor. Exp Neurol 116:355-361.
19. Brilliant M, Elble RJ, Ghobrial M, Struble RG. 1992. Distribution of amyloid in the brainstems of patients with Alzheimer disease. Neurosci Lett 148:23-26.
20. Elble RJ, Moody C, Leffler K, Sinha R. 1994. The initiation of normal walking. Mov Disord 9:139-146.
21. Elble RJ, Higgins C, Hughes L. 1994. Essential tremor entrains rapid voluntary movements. Exp Neurol 126:138-143.
22. Elble RJ, Higgins C, Leffler K, Hughes L. 1994. Factors influencing the amplitude and frequency of essential tremor. Mov Disord 9:589-596.
23. [2]Brilliant M, Hughes L, Anderson D, Ghobrial M, Elble R. 1995. Rarefied white matter in patients with Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Disease Related Disorders 9:39-46.
24. Elble RJ, Brilliant M, Leffler K, Higgins C. 1996. Quantification of essential tremor in writing and drawing. Mov Disord 11:70-78.
25. Qureshi F, Morales A, Elble RJ. 1996. Tremor due to infarction in the ventrolateral thalamus. Mov Disord 11:440-444.
26. Elble RJ, Cousins R, Leffler K, Hughes L. 1996. Gait initiation by patients with lower-half parkinsonism. Brain 119:101-112.
27. Brilliant MJ, Elble RJ, Ghobrial M, Struble RG. 1997. Distribution of amyloid b–protein deposition in the corpus striatum of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropath Applied Neurobiol 23:322-325.
28. Bashir K, Elble RJ, Ghobrial M, Struble RG, Brilliant M. Hemianopsia in dementia with Lewy bodies. Arch Neurol 1998;55:1132-1135.
29. Elble RJ. Tremor in ostensibly normal elderly people. Mov Disord 1998;13:457-464.
30. Zec RF, Landreth ES, Belman J, Fritz S, Hasara A, Fraizer W, Wainman S, McCool M, Grames E, O’Connell C, Harris R, Robbs R, Elble R, Manyam B. 1999. A comparison of phonemic, semantic, and alternating word fluency in Parkinson disease. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 14:255-264.
31. Matthews B, Zec RF, Elble RJ, Markwell SJ. Global executive funct