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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Neurology
Neuromuscular Medicine
Licenses
United States: Rhode Island
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
7 Answers
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A male asked:
Dr. Mason Gasperanswered
Neurology 22 years experience
Headache/stiff nexk: You will need an evaluation by a physician and not knowing other details (e.g. How quickly symptoms are progressing, presence of fever, other infectio... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Mason Gasperanswered
Neurology 22 years experience
Neuropathy symptpms: SNF is small fiber neuropathy, I presume, which has many causes. Metabolic problems may result in myoclonus (or body jerks) and be associated with neu... Read More
806 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mason Gasperanswered
Neurology 22 years experience
Night time wake up: Lack of daylight is a stressor to most organisms and sleep may be a means of limiting exposure to this stress. The body responds by release of "stress... Read More
806 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mason Gasperanswered
Neurology 22 years experience
Positional head pain: The causes of headaches are enormous in number. Positional changes that provoke headache help differentiate but without a thorough neuro exam are diff... Read More
806 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mason Gasperanswered
Neurology 22 years experience
Stress, thyroid : Of course there are many possible explanations for these symptoms that require complete medical evaluation. In a healthy person look for metabolic cau... Read More
808 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mason Gasperanswered
Neurology 22 years experience
Paraparesis: Paraparesis suggests you can move both legs but are weak. Often can be due to spinal cord problems or peripheral nerve cause.
611 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Mason Gasperanswered
Neurology 22 years experience
Mri white matter chs: White matter changes on MRI are common due to sensitivity of MRI. Difficult to say whether findings are clinically significant or not. MRI is a tremen... Read More
796 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, ME
Graduated 2000MD
Residency
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
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