Executive Program Director

Larry Head Institute, Electroneurodiagnostics Education Larry Head, B.A.S., R. EEG/EP T., CNIM, RPSGT

  • Recipient of ASET's prestigious Theda Sannit Outstanding Educator Award
  • Recipient of ASET's prestigious Maureen Berkeley Award for Outstanding Authorship of a Journal Article
  • ASET Kathy Mears Memorial Invited Lecturer
  • Frequent lecturer and workshop leader at national, regional, and state Society training courses
  • ABRET Board Certified in EEG, Evoked Potentials, and Intraoperative Monitoring (R.EEG/EPT, CNIM)
  • BRPT Board Certified Polysomnography Technologist (R.PSGT)
  • Past ABRET Board Member and oral exam EP section director
  • 30+ years of experience in electroneurodiagnostic testing
  • Past President Michigan Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists
  • Bachelor of Applied Science Allied Health: Electroencephalographic Technology
  • Developed the END courses formally offered at the University of Michigan Medical Center

Associate Instructors

Mary Harvey, R. EEG/EP T, R. NCS.T., CNIM

Program Director of Intraoperative Monitoring and Nerve Conduction Studies Courses

  • Instructor for Larry Head Institute Intraoperative Monitoring and Nerve Conduction Studies Courses
  • Registered Nerve Conduction Studies Technologist (R.NCS.T.) 1984, #51.
  • Certified Neurophysiologic Basic Intraoperative Monitoring (CNIM) 1997, #186.
  • Registered Evoked Potential Technologist (R. EP T.) 1998, #680. American
  • Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist (R. EEG T.) 2004, #3723.
  • More than twenty five years experience in Neurodiagnostic testing.
  • Clinical instructor/manager of Neurodiagnostics and Basic Intraoperative Monitoring, coordinate and train staff in all modalities.
  • Developed intraoperative monitoring program at St. Mary’s of Michigan in 1985.
  • Perform the following modalities: SEP, AEP, VEP, EEG, TCeMEP, Triggered and Spontaneous EMG of cranial and spinal nerves, and Cerebral Oximetry.
  • Experience working in many specialties of surgery including; Neurological, Orthopaedics, ENT, Cardiothoracic, Vascular, and Urologic.
  • Thirteen years experience in image guided navigation surgery using CT and MRI images to reconstruct vital neurological structures.
  • President-Elect of Michigan Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists.
  • Education Program Director for Michigan Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists, MSET
  • Member of American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists, ASET
  • Member of the American Association of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists.
  • Instructor for Larry Head Institute since 2006

Mary Schmidt, R. EEG/EP T, CNIM

  • Instructor for Larry Head Institute Intraoperative Monitoring Courses
  • Certified Neurophysiologic Basic Intraoperative Monitoring
  • Registered Evoked Potential Technologist (R. EP T.)
  • Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist (R. EEG T.)
  • More than fifteen years experience in Neurodiagnostic testing.
  • Developed intraoperative monitoring program at Covenant HealthCare
  • Perform the following modalities of monitoring: SEP, AEP, VEP, EEG, TCeMEP, Triggered and Spontaneous EMG of cranial and spinal nerves, and Cerebral Oximetry.
  • Experience working in many specialties of surgery including; Neurological, Orthopaedics, ENT, Cardiothoracic, Vascular, and Urologic.
  • Member or American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists, ASET
  • Board Member of Michigan Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists, MSET
  • Instructor for Larry Head Institute since 2007

James Watt, B.A, CNIM

  • Instructor for Larry Head Institute Intraoperative Monitoring Courses
  • Certified Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring (CNIM) 1998, #253
  • 13 years of experience in intraoperative monitoring
  • Experience with all modalities of IOM, including: SSEP, TCMEP, EMG, Cranial Nerve EMG, Pedicle Screw Testing, Lateral Spread, VEP, ABR, EEG, TCD and Deep Brain Recording.
  • Developed IOM program at Ingham Regional Medical Center, 2006 to 2008
  • Quality Assurance Supervisor for Biotronic, Inc, 2003-2006
  • Ohio/Indiana Regional Director for Biotronic, Inc, 1998-2002
  • Multiple trips to Ghana with FOCOS (Foundation of Otrhopedics and Complex Spine) to provide monitoring for patients with severe scoliosis and kyphosis deformities.
  • Traveled to Malawi to setup clinical EP lab and train techs for the Blantyre Cerebral Malaria Reserch Project
  • IOM educator providing on-site and didactic training
  • Member of the American Society of Neurophysiologic Monitoring, ASET 
  • Member of American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists, ASNM
  • Membr of the Michigan Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists, MSET