Jocelyn Zwicker

Dr. Jocelyn Zwicker

Neuromuscular Neurologist at The Ottawa Hospital Neuromuscular Centre

President of the The Ottawa Hospital Medical Staff Association


NMD4C Involvement: Pillar 2: Clinical Research, Pillar 3: Clinical Practice Research

Research Interests: quality improvement and palliative care, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, ALS  

ResearchGate profile

Biography

Jocelyn Zwicker is a neuromuscular neurologist practicing at The Ottawa Hospital Neuromuscular Centre. She completed her medical degree at the University of Toronto and her neurology residency and electrodiagnostic fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.  She is the current president of the The Ottawa Hospital Medical Staff Association. Academic interests include quality improvement and palliative care for patients with neurological disorders including stroke, Parkinson’s disease and ALS.   


Recent Publications

Watt, CL, Smith, IC, Rice, J, Murphy, R, Breiner, A, Duff, MLV et al.. Qualitative Analysis of Initial Palliative Care Consultations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024. PMID:38574876

Zwicker, J, Smith, IC, Rice, J, Murphy, R, Breiner, A, McNeely, S et al.. Palliative care at any stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a prospective feasibility study. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023.10 1204816 PMID:37780560

Fereshtehnejad, SM, Ruel, M, Bourque, PR, Warman-Chardon, J, Kontolemos, M, Zwicker, J et al.. Brachial Plexopathy Following Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Can J Neurol Sci. 2023. 1-3 PMID:37272520

Smith, IC, Pileggi, CA, Wang, Y, Kernohan, K, Hartley, T, McMillan, HJ et al.. Novel Homozygous Variant in COQ7 in Siblings With Hereditary Motor Neuropathy. Neurol Genet. 2023.9 (1)e200048 PMID:37077559

Melkus, G, Sampaio, ML, Smith, IC, Rakhra, KS, Bourque, PR, Breiner, A et al.. Quantitative vs qualitative muscle MRI: Imaging biomarker in patients with Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD). Neuromuscul Disord. 2023.33 (1)24-31 PMID:36462961

Kim, W, Watt, CL, Enright, P, Sikora, L, Zwicker, J. Management of Motor Symptoms for Patients with Advanced Parkinson's Disease without Safe Oral Access: A Scoping Review. J Palliat Med. 2023.26 (1)131-141 PMID:36126303

Zwicker, J, Qureshi, D, Talarico, R, Webber, C, Watt, C, Kim, W et al.. Dying with Parkinson's Disease: Healthcare Utilization and Costs in the Last Year of Life. J Parkinsons Dis. 2022.12 (7)2249-2259 PMID:36120791

Besant, G, Bourque, PR, Smith, IC, Chih, S, Lamacie, MM, Breiner, A et al.. Case Report: Severe Peripartum Cardiac Disease in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022.9 899606 PMID:35722118

Zwicker, J, Cortel-Leblanc, A, Benbadis, S, Fantaneanu, TA. The Case for Peer Review in EEG: An Institution's Call to Arms. Can J Neurol Sci. 2023.50 (2)303-304 PMID:35189988

Zwicker, JC, Breiner, A, Warman-Chardon, JP, Bourque, PR. Multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy presenting with a unilateral radial neuropathy. Muscle Nerve. 2022.65 (5)E21-E23 PMID:35146762

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