1970-1974 B.S. Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA

1974-1976 M.S. Cellular Biology, Univ. of Connecticut, Connecticut

1976-1980 M.D. Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA

1979     Sub-internship, Department of Neurology (two months)

            Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

            New York, New York

1980-1981  Resident 1 Internal Medicine

                Polyclinic Medical Center

                Harrisburg, PA

1981-1983  Resident in Neurology

                The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

                The Pennsylvania State University

                Hershey, PA

1984-1985  Clinical Fellow (Resident V) in Magnetic Resonance Imagery and Spectroscopy

                Department of Radiology

                The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

                The Pennsylvania State University

                Hershey, PA

1985-1987  Fellow in Neurochemistry and Metabolic Research

                Dr. Richard Hawkins, Department of Anesthesiology

                The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

                The Pennsylvania State University

                Hershey, PA

1988-1990  Private Practice Neurology

                Physicians Diagnostic Center

                York, PA

1988         Completed "Basic Electromyography"

                Dr. Earnest Johnson, Dr. Jun Kimora

                Ohio State University Medical School Faculty

                Washington D.C.

1989         Completed "16^th Annual Course in Electrodiagnosis"

                Thomas Jefferson University

                Dr. George Herbison – Course Director

                Philadelphia, PA

                1990-2003 Assistant Professor of Medicine

                Division of Neurology

                The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

                The Pennsylvania State University

                Hershey, PA

2003-present  Director of Medical Neurology

                    Pennsylvania Neurosurgery & Neuroscience Institute

                    Harrisburg, PA

1974-1976 Teaching Assistant - Cellular Biology

                University of Connecticut

                Storrs, Connecticut

1982-1984 Teaching Assistant – Neuropathology & Neurology Section

                Physical Diagnosis

                The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

                The Pennsylvania State University

                Hershey, PA

1972-1974  Member – Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society

                Secretary 1972-73

                President 1973-74

1973-1974 Inducted into QUAX, women’s science honorary society

1974  Graduate Cum Laude

        Honors Major in Biochemistry

        University of Pittsburgh

        Pittsburgh, PA

American Academy of Neurology - Active Member

        1983-1988 Media Relations Committee

American Academy of Neurology – Movement Disorders Section

American Chemical Society

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine – Associate member

Central Pennsylvania Neurological Society

Dystonia and Spastic Torticolis Support Group of Central Pennsylvania

        Affiliate of Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

        Appointed Medical Advisor 1995-present

Movement Disorder Society

Pennsylvania License #MD-025660-E

Board Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Oct. 1995

1988-1990 Private Practice Neurology

        Consultation, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Electroencephalography

        Physician’s Diagnostic Center

        1720 S. Queen St.

        York, PA 17403

1990-2003 Assistant Professor – Division of Neurology

        General Neurology, Electrodiagnostic Medicine

        The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

        The Pennsylvania State University

        Hershey, PA

1993-2003 Botulinum Toxin Therapy for Cervical Dystonias and Related Movement Disorders

        Division of Neurology

        The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

        The Pennsylvania State University

        Hershey, PA

1999-2003 Deep Brain Stimulation Program in Association with Department of Neurosurgery

        Intraoperative stimulator programming, post-operative programming

1. Master’s Thesis: "Studies in Collagen Metabolism: Analysis of Scaleless and Crooked Neck Dwarf Chick Embryos" , 1976

2. "Dissecting Aneurysms of the Head & Neck".

    Poster presentation at the 35^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Neurology, San Diego, CA. April 1983

3. "Cerebellar Infarction in Young Adults"

    Poster presentation at the 36^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Neurology, New Orleans, LA April 1984

4. "Syringomyelia Following Head Trauma: Study with Magnetic Resonance"

    Poster presentation at the 37^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Neurology, Dallas TX 1985

5. "Neurology and Magnetic Resonance"

    Lecture presentation to Central Pennsylvania Neurological Society, March 1985

6. "Neuronal Damage in Status Epilepticus"

    Poster presentation at the 16^th Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., November 1986

7. "Neuropathological Lesions in a Model of Status Epilepticus"

    Poster presentation at the 39^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Neurology, New York April, 1987

8. "Neuronal Lesions in Mercaptopropionate-induced Status Epilepticus"

    Poster presentation at the 13^th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. Montreal, Canada June 1987

9. "Neurologic Application of Botulium Toxin Therapy"

    Lecture presented to Central Pennsylvania neurological Society, July 1993.

10. "Treatment of Jaw Spasm in ALS with Botulium Toxin"

    Presentation at the 49^th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Boston, MA April 1997.

1. O’Connell B, Towfighi J, Brennan R, Tyler W, Matthews M, Weidner W, and Saul R, (1985). "Dissecting Aneuyrsms of the Arteries

    of the Head and Neck: A Report of Four Cases." Neurology 35:993-997

2. Aita JR, Aita JA, O’Connell B, (1987). Maladie de Parkinson Unilaterale: Symptomatque d’une tumeur du Pedoncule Cerebral.

    Neurology 37:1145-1146.

3. O’ConnellB, Towfighi J, Kofke A, Hawkins R, (1988). Neuropathologic Lesions in a Model of Status Epilepticus.

    Acta Neuropathologica 77:47-54

4. Towfighi J, Kofke WA, O’Connell B, Housman C, Graybeal JM, (1989). Substantia Nigra Lesions in Mercaptopropionic Acid

    Induced Status Epilepticus: A light and Electron Microscope Study. Acta Neuropathologica 77:612-620.

5. Caputo G, Rose C, Eppes S, Fawcett P, O’Connell B, Klein J (1992). Lyme Neuroborreliosis: A Potential Cause of Median Neuropathy

    in a Child and a Young Adult. Infectious Disease in Clinical Practice, Vol. 1. No. 4:245-249.

6. Doherty T, Simmons Z, O’Connell B, Felice K, Conwit R, Chan K, Brown T, and Brown W. Methods for Estimating Numbers of

    Motor Units in Human Muscles. J. Clinical Neurophys. 12(6):565-584.