Putting value back into the “V” of wRVU
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- First Published December 24, 2019.
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- William D. Gaillard, MD and
- Howard P. Goodkin, MD, PhD
- William D. Gaillard, MD and
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Associate editor Epilepsy Research
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My income derives form clinical care of patients with epilepsy including EEG, and vEEG
My income derives from the evaluation and management of children with epilepsy. the institution I work for bills for and collects the proceeds from this evaluation. routine lab fees and imaging fees do not come to my department, but EEG fees do come to my department.
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1P30HD40677-01 (PI. V. Gallo, PhD) 8/1/06- 11/30/16 (refunded 12/1/16-11/30/21) NIH, NICHD - IDDRC at ChildrenÂs National Medical Center. The main goal of this project is the operation of a center of excellence for research and training in the area of mental retardation and developmental disabilities in Washington, D.C. I direct the imaging core for this project. William D Gaillard, MD: Associate Director IDDRC & Director Image Core PCORnet (PI Brandy Furman PhD) 2/1/18 -1/31/20 Learning Healthcare System Network Collaborative The goal of the project is to build a learning healthcare system for epilepsy as part of national efforts to promote and build learning health care systems. This grant is a partnership between the existing pediatric epilepsy learning healthcare system (PELHS), the Epilepsy Foundation, linked to adult epilepsy efforts. WD Gaillard Co-Investigator. RO1 imaging reorganization of language in perinatal stroke R21 Imaging febrile status epilepsticus
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BAND Foundation (PI: WD Gaillard MD) 4/14/15-10/30/18 Modifying Epilepsy Related Co-morbidity and Mortality Risk Through Education and Improved Standardization of Care. The goal of this project is to evaluate understanding of mortality and comorbidities among primary care medical personnel, neurology medical personnel and families and to implement education strategies to improve care and education. WD Gaillard PI PERF (PI Kelly Knupp) 8/1/16-7/30/19 A Novel Approach to Infantile Spasms: Combined ACTH and Vigabatrin Induction Therapy The aim of this project is to test the hypothesis that combination therapy with ACTH and VGV is superior to either treatment alone for infants with infantile spasms WD Gaillard Co-Investigator PERF (PI Z Grinspan) 9/1/17-8/30/19 A Learning Healthcare System for Pediatric Epilepsy. This proposal will builds a foundation for ongoing epilepsy research by creating computable phenotypes for subtypes of pediatric epilepsy and creating common data elements for data collection at the point of care. WD Gaillard Co-Investigator American Heart Association. (PI E Newport) 7/1/17-6/30/19 Language, neural reorganization, and functional outcomes after perinatal stroke. This project seeks to examine the reorganization of left and right sided language functions in the setting of perinatal left MCA stroke and characterize functional outcomes in relation to lesion characteristics to illuminate the principles underlying developmental plasticity for Language. WD Gaillard Co-Investigator. Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials: Stock: Johnson and Johnson; Lily, Glaxo-Smith-Kline, Pfizer, General Electric, Siemens
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- Howard P. Goodkin, MD, PhD
(1) Tuberous Sclerois Alliance Scientific Advisory Board (non-profit) Have received no compensation and not relevant to this presentation.
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I served on the editorial board of Neurology for 2009- 2016. I currently serve on the editorial board of Annals of Neurology, and Pediatric Neurology. I am currently an Associate Editor of Epilepsy Research.
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(1) I receive a royalty from Up-to-Date for co-authorship of an entry titled the Choking Game (2) I receive a royalty for the textbook Epilepsy published by John Wiley & Sons
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I was (2016) a member of the clinical standardization team for Sage Therapeutics.
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I was a PI on NIH grant NS067439 (2009-2015). I do currently received a small percent effort as a consultant on one NIH grant.
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- From the Department of Neurology (W.D.G.), Children's National Health System, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; and Department of Neurology and Pediatrics (H.P.G.), UVA Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
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Dr. Goodkin Hpg9v{at}virginia.edu
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