Susan M. Rubin , MD

• Undergraduate: BS, Speech Pathology, School of Speech, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• Graduate: MS, Speech Pathology, School of Speech, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• Medical School: MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, IL
• Internship: Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL
• Residency: Neurology, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
• Fellowship: Neurophysiology, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Dr. Rubin is currently doing research on The Spectrum of Headaches in Clinical Practice: A Prospective Survey of Patients’ Headache Types, Characteristics and Treatment. She is also interested in doing research in Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy and has done so in the past.

• Peer Reviewer for the journal, Headache, May 2000
  
• Voted on of Chicago's best doctors in Neurology as listed in: How to Find the Best Doctors - Chicago Metropolitan Area, Castle Connolly Guide, 1999; Top Doctors: Chicago Metro Area, Castle Connolly Guide, 2000; America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Guide, 2000
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1987
• Edward R. Henderson Memorial Student Award for Geriatric Research-presented to the student in the state of Illinois for papers in geriatrics by the Murer Healthcare Consultants and the Gerontology Center of the University of Illinois-Chicago, 1988
• E.A. Codman Award for Research, 1988
• Outstanding University of Illinois Medical School James Scholar Award for Independent Study, 1988
• Large Book Award for Enthusiasm for Learning, 1986

• American Academy of Neurology
• American Headache Society
• American Epilepsy Society

Publications in Peer-Review Journals:

1. Subspecialty editor - Neurology section: AMA Complete Medical Encyclopedia, in press.
2. Rubin SM.  Managing Epilepsy During Pregnancy: Special Concerns and Considerations. Resident and Staff Physician, supplement pp.33-38, July 1994.
3. Lazar RB, Rubin SM.  Speech Therapy and Communicative Disorders in Neurologic Rehabilitation. In: Handbook of Neurorehabilitation. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1993.
4. Miller B, Glasser M, Rubin S.  A Paradox of Medicalization: Physicians, Families and Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Aging Studies 6:135-148, 1992.
5. Glasser ML, Rubin SM, Dickover M.  The Caregiver View of Help from the Physician. The American Journal of Alzheimer's Care and Related Disorders and Research, pp.4-11, July/August 1989.
6. Rubin SM, Glasser ML, Werckle MA.  The Examination of Physician's Awareness of Dementing Disorders. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 35:1051-1058, 1987.