Willis N. Dickens, M.D., AAEE
Board certified neurologist with a special interest in Parkinson’s disease, spinal disorders, EMG and EEG testing, and DRS traction for back pain.
PROFESSIONAL and TEACHING ACTIVITIES
[1962-present] Private Practice in Neurology, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. First Neurologist in Broward County.
[1962-1965] Associate professor of Neurology, University of Miami Medical School, 1962-1965.
MEDICAL DEGREE
[1953] University of Illinois School of Medicine
CERTIFICATIONS, QUALIFICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
[1952] Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
[1952-1953] Pre-med Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
[1969] American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
[1967] American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis
GRADUATE TRAINING
Internship
[1957-1958] (University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospitals)
Residency: Neurology
[1958-1962] Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, Fellow in Neurology
AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS
Academy of Neurology
Florida Society of Neurology.
American Medical Association
Florida Medical Association
Broward County Medical Association
Southern EEG Society
RESEARCH, PRESENTATIONS, PUBLISHED BOOKS AND PAPERS
[Dec 1962] Tumor Embolism of the Basilar Artery, Case Report, AMA Archives of Neurology, Dickens, Willis N.; Sayre, G.P.; Clagett O.T.; Goldstein, N.P.
[Feb 1963] Cholinesterase Reactivity of Meissner Corpuscles in Patients with Impaired Sensation, Neurology, Dickens, Willis N.; Winkelmann, R.K.; and Mulder, Donald W.
[Jan 1996] Giant Drusen (Astrocytic Hamartoma) of the Optic Nerve seen with Computerized Axial Tomography, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Mark J.; Smith, J. Lawton; Dickens, Willis N.
[May 1975] The EMI Scan, The Journal of the Florida Medical Association, Schnell, Roger G., Dickens, Willis N.; and Perry, James B.
[1997] Computerized Tomography of Lesions About the Sella – Suprasellar Area, in Smith, J.L. (Ed.), Dickens, W. Neuro-opthalmology Update
[Apr 1969] Clinical Research in the use of L-Dopa. Holder of the sixth IND number in the Unites States allowing me the use of L-Dopa. Discovered the use of Vitamin B-6 as antagonistic to L-Dopa and this information was presented at the American Academy of Neurology in Washington DC
[1973] Established first CT scanner (EMI scanner) State of Florida
[Jun 1972] Representative for exhibits of the Section of Neurology of the American Medical Association and responsible for the Neurologic Exhibits at the American Medical Association Meeting, San Francisco, California
[1975-1977] Organized the International Symposium on Computerized Cranial Tomography held in Ft. Lauderdale
[1977] Extra-cerebral Hematomas Exhibit, Certificate of Meris, American Medical Association Meeting, Dallas, Texas
[1977] Computerized Tomography Findings in Thrombotic Stroke, Certificate of Merit, AMA, San Francisco, California
[1984] Established the first supra-conducting NMR scanner in South Florida (Broward NMR).
[1989] Arranged for ten (10) Nobel Laureate Speakers (medicine) at Broward General Medical Center
[1978] Founded the Doctors Mayo Society of the Mayo Alumni Association
Nova Southeastern University, Health Professions Division, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology.
Clinical research DHE-45 Nasal Spray for migraine.