Clinical Interests
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neuron diseases
- Neuromuscular diseases
- Muscular dystrophies
- Congenital myopathies
- Channelopathies
- Inflammatory myopathies
- Metabolic myopathies
- Myopathies associated with medical problems
- Myasthenia and other neuromuscular junction disorders
- Peripheral neuropathies including acquired and hereditary neuropathies
Research Interests
- Autonomic involvement in ALS and motor neuron diseases
- Pulmonary involvement in ALS and motor neuron disease
- Cognitive involvement in ALS and motor neuro diseases
- Caregiver burden in ALS and motor neuron disease
- Development of brain computer interface for communication and independence fNIR for detection of frontal lobe pathology
- Clinical Trials in ALS
- Tissue banking and biomarkers in ALS
- Development of models of motor neuron diseases
- Genetic modifiers of ALS and motor neuron diseases
Education
- MD, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Training
- Fellowship, MDA Clinical/Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Residency, Neurology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Board Certification
- Adult Neurology
- Neuromuscular Medicine
Memberships
- Co-Chairman, The Northeast ALS Consortium
- ALS Research Group
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Neurologic Association
Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors in America®, Neurology, 2017-2018, 2019-2020
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