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Neuromuscular Disease Program

The Neuromuscular Disorders Division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital offers quality clinical expertise and laboratory studies for diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases.

Dr. Marinos Dalakas has recently joined the faculty as the new director of the Division of Neuromuscular Diseases in the Department of Neurology.  A world renowned expert and leader in the research of neuromuscular diseases, he brings decades of experience.  There are plans in the near future to establish a clinical lab for muscular enzyme histochemistry and immunocytochemistry. 

Eduardo De Sousa, MD , director of the EMG Laboratory and Neuromuscular Disorders Program, and Goran Rakocevic, MD as integral parts of the Neuromuscular Service provide clinical evaluations of patients with neuromuscular diseases in conjunction with their electrophysiological studies.

Fellows and residents learn quantitative techniques including nerve conduction studies, repetitive nerve stimulation, needle EMG with quantitative motor unit analysis, and review nerve and muscle biopsies in selected cases. Special emphasis is placed on developing expertise in electromyography and nerve conduction studies. The fellows become highly trained in the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral neuropathies, neuromuscular junction disorders, myopathies, and motor neuron diseases. Interdisciplinary neuromuscular and EMG conferences are held weekly, with participation of colleagues from Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Rehabilitation Medicine.