Department of Neurology
USF Health · College of Medicine

Heber Varela, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Director, Neurology Residency Program
Contact Info
Address: 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. #127
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 972-7633
Fax: (813) 972-5995
Email: heber.varela@va.gov

Education
Medical School: Universidad Central del Ecuador
Residency: University of South Florida College of Medicine
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

 

Interests
Clinical Interests:
  • Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Peripheral Nerve Injuries
  • Brachial Plexopathies
  • Motor Neuron Disease and Peripheral Neuropathies
  • Research Interests:
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Peripheral Nerve Injury and Nerve Regeneration
  • Board Certification(s)
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Clinical Neurophysiology)
  • Specialties:
  • Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology
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    Publications

    Varela HL, Taylor DS, Benbadis SR.
    Short-Term Outpatient EEG-Video Monitoring With Induction in a Veterans Administration Population.
    J Clin Neurophysiol 2007;24:390-1

    Varela, HL, Rubin DI. Facial and Trigeminal neuropathies as the initial manifestation of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculopathy
    Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease.2009;10:194-8.