Department of Neurology - Faculty

Colin R. Bamford, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology and Polysomnography Laboratories, University Medical Center

Education/Training:

Undergraduate: St. Charles College, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, 1964

MD: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1971

Internship/Residency: Tucson Medical Center, 1971-73

Residency: University of Arizona, 1973-76

Board Certification: Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Sleep Disorders Medicine and Polysomnography, Association of Sleep Disorders Centers; Electrodiagnosis, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Clinical/Research Interests:

Peripheral Nerve Disease; Neurophysiology; Post-Polio Syndrome; Sleep Disorders; Multiple Sclerosis

Selected Publications:

• Tolander L, Bamford C, Yoshino M, Downing S, and Bryan G. Neurologic complications of the tryptophan-associated eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome. Archives of Neurology, 1991, 48, 436-438.
• Sibley W, Bamford C, Clark K, Smith M, and Laguna J. Physical trauma and multiple sclerosis - report of a completed prospective study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 1991, 54, 584-589.
• Bamford C, Graeme K, and Guthkelch N. Somatosensory evoked potentials from distal, middle, and proximal lower limb stimulation. Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1992, 32, 247-254.
• Bamford C, Montgomery E, Munoz J, Namerow N, Stumpf C, and Pry S. Post-polio syndrome - response to deprenyl (selegiline). International Journal of Neuroscience, 1993, 71, 183-188.
• Bamford C. Menstrual associated sleep disorder. An unusual hypersomniac variant associated with both menstruation and amenorrhea with a possible link to prolactin and metoclopramide. Sleep, 1993, 16, 484-486.