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Steven Novella

Steven Novella
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Born Steven Paul Novella
(1964-07-29) July 29, 1964 (age 52)
Residence Hamden, Connecticut
Nationality American
Alma mater Georgetown University
Known for Editor of Science-Based Medicine
Influences Carl Sagan, Paul Kurtz
Spouse Jocelyn Novella
Children Julia Novella
Autumn Novella

Website
http://theness.com/neurologicablog

Medical career
Profession Neurology
Field Clinical neurology
Institutions Yale University School of Medicine
Specialism Botulinum Program, ALS/Myasthenia Gravis and Neuromuscular Disorders, General Neurology, Neurophysiology
Research ALS, myasthenia gravis, neuropathy, and erythromelalgia

Website
http://theness.com/neurologicablog

Steven Paul Novella (born July 29, 1964) is an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Novella is best known for his involvement in the skeptical movement.

Novella's academic specialization is in neurology, including more specifically, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), myasthenia gravis and neuromuscular disorders, neurophysiology, and the treatment of hyperactive neurological disorders.

Novella received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1991, did a year of residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center, completed his residency in neurology at Yale–New Haven Hospital in 1995, and was board certified in neurology in 1998.

Growing up, Novella did not always want to be a physician. In an interview for the Books and Ideas podcast he said,

I think I entertained various career ideas. When I was growing up I thought about being a lawyer for a while and then by the time I went to college, I knew I wanted to go into a science background and I did premed in undergraduate school. So certainly by then I had decided that that’s probably what I wanted to do. So I would probably say in my late teens is when I really decided to go into medicine.

Regarding a career in medicine he said,

The good thing about medicine is that even late in the game there's lots of career paths open to you, even after your residency. After you're basically done with your training, you could decide to be basically clinical or to do mainly research or to even go into industry or to do public health.

Novella is a proponent of scientific skepticism. In response to an editorial in The New York Times in which Paul Davies concluded "until science comes up with a testable theory of the laws of the universe, its claim to be free of faith is manifestly bogus," Novella said,


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