{"id":3017,"date":"2016-07-03T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/dr-howard-to-receive-aanem-distinguished-physician-award\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T14:55:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T19:55:16","slug":"dr-howard-to-receive-aanem-distinguished-physician-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/dr-howard-to-receive-aanem-distinguished-physician-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Howard to Receive AANEM Distinguished Physician Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">James F. Howard, Jr., MD, is the recipient of the AANEM\u2019s 2015 Distinguished Physician Award, which recognizes a member for their superior achievements as a clinician, educator, and association volunteer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/dr-howard-to-receive-aanem-distinguished-physician-award-image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">James F. (Chip) Howard, Jr., MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u201cI am deeply honored and humbled to receive this award from AANEM, an organization of my peers,\u201d says Dr. Howard \u201cThere is no greater honor than to be recognized by one\u2019s patients and by one\u2019s peers for the job they have done.\u201d<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff;\">Dr. Howard says his career path was shaped by his mentors during his training. At the University of Virginia, he was mentored by Dr. TR Johns, whose primary interest was in Myasthenia Gravis. He had ample exposure to Don Sanders in the Neuromuscular Clinics, the EMG Laboratory and the Myasthenia Gravis Research Laboratory, becoming Don\u2019s first Fellow, and as they say\u2026.\u201dthe rest is history!\u201d<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff;\">Dr. Howard has distinguished himself as a leader in the field of neuromuscular diseases, and active AANEM member. \u201cAANEM is like a super-family. It has served as a continuing resource for my practice habits, my teaching skills, and my knowledge base,\u201d says Dr. Howard. \u201cAANEM has been the one organization that I have learned the most from, have had the most fun with, and love the most.\u201d<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff;\">Dr. Howard also has a long and broad history of volunteerism in the field of neuromuscular diseases beyond the AANEM. His service includes the Center for Disease Control MD STARnet Program, the MDA Grant Review Committee, the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Board of Directors, and Chair of the Medical Scientific Advisory Board. He currently serves on the World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Group of the Revision of the ICD-10 Diseases of the Nervous System, Neuromuscular Junction, and Muscle Diseases in Adults. He is also a member of the Muscle Study Group Executive Committee. He became the first recipient of the endowed James F. Howard Distinguished Professorship of Neuromuscular Disease. He notes that since he began his career, EDX\/NM has transformed itself, \u201c\u2026from a gestalt of rapidly flowing signals across oscilloscope screens smaller than a mini-iPad, to a true evolving science with the attempt to establish scientific rigor.\u201d<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff;\">Dr. Howard sees EDX\/NM medicine integrating itself further into a comprehensive discipline of Neuromuscular and Musculoskeletal Medicine, taking advantage of emerging techniques, the rapid advances of molecular genetics and biomechanical engineering with the development of advanced diagnostic techniques, biomarker methodologies, and perhaps therapeutic strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>James F. 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