BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Fenichel graduated cum laude from Johns Hopkins University with an A.B. in 1955, and earned his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine in 1959. Fenichel served an internship at Strong Memorial Hospital (University of Rochester) from 1959 - 1960, and was a resident in Neurology at the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. He went on to serve a fellowship in Neurology at Yale University School of Medicine from 1963 – 1964. Fenichel was a Staff Neurologist for the Children’s Hospital of the District of Columbia from 1964 – 1969, while serving as instructor in Neurology (Pediatrics), then assistant professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine.

Fenichel joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine as professor of Neurology and Pediatrics in 1969. He served as Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Neurologist-in-Chief at Vanderbilt University Hospital until 2001. He currently holds the position of Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurology and Neurologist-in-Chief at the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Fenichel has received numerous honors throughout his career, including the Hower Award of the Child Neurology Society in 1997 and the Zimmerman Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1998. He is board certified in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology by the American Board Psychiatry and Neurology.

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