▁He ▁then ▁intern ed ▁at ▁Mount ▁Z ion ▁Hospital ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco ▁and ▁completed ▁his ▁res iden cy ▁in ▁ne uro log y ▁and ▁ne urop ath ology ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁( U CLA ). ▁He ▁re located ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁where ▁he ▁first ▁worked ▁under ▁a ▁paid ▁fellow ship ▁in ▁ne uro chem istry ▁and ▁ne urop ath ology ▁at ▁the ▁Albert ▁Ein stein ▁College ▁of ▁Medicine . ▁Upon ▁real ising ▁that ▁the ▁ne uro - res earch ▁career ▁he ▁en vision ed ▁for ▁himself ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁poor ▁fit , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁he ▁began ▁serving ▁as ▁ne uro log ist ▁at ▁Beth ▁Abraham ▁Hospital ' s ▁chron ic - care ▁facility ▁in ▁the ▁Bron x . ▁While ▁there , ▁he ▁worked ▁with ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁surv iv ors ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁sleep ing ▁sick ness ▁en ce phal itis ▁le th arg ica , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁unable ▁to ▁move ▁on ▁their ▁own ▁for ▁dec ades . ▁His ▁treatment ▁of ▁those ▁patients ▁became ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁his ▁book ▁Aw aken ings ▁( 1 9 7 3 ). ▁In ▁the ▁period ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁ne uro log ical ▁consult ant ▁to ▁various ▁New ▁York ▁City - area ▁n urs ing ▁homes ▁( es pecially ▁those ▁operated ▁by ▁Little ▁Sister s ▁of ▁the ▁Po or ), ▁hosp it als ,