Dr. Zaidman has been a member of the American Academy of Neurology since 2005. A member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine since 2006 and a Post-Doctoral Masters Degree Candidate in Clinical Research Scientist Training Program at Washington University School of Medicine, an Ad Hoc Reviewer for Muscle and Nerve and an Ad Hoc Reviewer for Neuromuscular Disorders since 2008.

Medical Training

From 2001 to2003 Dr. Zaidman completed a Medical Residency in Pediatrics at Brown University. In 2003 he attended a Medical Residency in Neurology also at Brown University, and then from 2005 to 2007 he completed the Medical Residency program in Child Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. After that he was a medical fellow in Clinical Neurophsiology at Washington University. Currently he is an Instructor in Child Neurology and the Neuromuscular Division as well as a Clinical Investigator for the Post-Doctoral Clinical Research Training Center at Washington Univeristy.

Selected Publications

Krystal AD, Zaidman C, Greenside HS, Weiner RD, Coffey CE. The largest Lyapunov exponent of the EEG during ECT seizures as a measure of ECT seizure adequacy. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 1997; 103:599-606

Zaidman CM, Holland MR, Anderson CC, Pestronk A. Calibrated quantitative ultrasound imaging of skeletal muscle using backscatter analysis. Muscle Nerve. 2008 Jul;38(1):893-8.

Zaidman CM, Al-Lozi M, Pestronk A. Peripheral Nerve Size in Normals and Patients with Polyneuropathy: An Ultrasound Study. Muscle Nerve 2009; In press