It Helps To Know The Experts
Our Medical Advisory Board has set standards for what they consider to be excellent medical centers for the diagnosis and treatment of GBS and CIDP. Based on levels of expertise, available treatments, facilities, and research capabilities, these are the medical centers that we can unequivocally recommend as “Centers of Excellence.”
Simply click on a Center below for more information.
If you know of any facilities in your area that you have personal experience with and would like to nominate for consideration, please contact us. We’ll pass the information along to our Medical Advisory Board members to process for consideration.
Current Centers of Excellence
Baltimore, MD - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-2229
Fax: 410-502-6737
Johns Hopkins Neurology and Neurosurgery
Adult Care:
Dr. Cornblath
Dr. Chaudhry
Dr. Morrison
Dr. Hoke
Dr. Polydefkis
Pediatric:
Dr. Crawford
Appointments:
Dr. David R. Cornblath
410-955-2229
Boston, MA - St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Boston, MA 02135
Phone: 617-789-2375
Fax: 617-789-5177
www.caritasstelizabeths.org
Adult Care:
Kenneth C. Gorson, MD
Professor of Neurology, Director of Neuromuscular Services
Pediatric: None
Appointments:
Cheryl
617-789-2375
Detroit, MI - Wayne State University Group/Detroit Medical Center
University Health Center 8D
201 Saint Antoine
Detroit, Michigan 48201
www.neurology.med.wayne.edu
Adult:
Robert Lisak, MD
Agnes Acsadi, MD
Sindhu Ramchandran, MD, MPH
Richard Lewis, MD
Pediatric:
Gyula Acsadi, MD
Pediatric Neurology
Appointments:
Dr. Richard Lewis
Phone: 313-577-1244
Email: ralewis@med.wayne.edu
Stacy Masse, RN (Nurse Coordinator)
Phone: 313-745-6124
Email: smasse@med.wayne.edu
Duesseldorf, Germany - Heinrich-Heine University Department of Neurology
40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49-211-8117880
Fax: +49-211-8118469
www.neurologie.uni-duesseldorf.de
Adult Care:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Hartung
Prof. Dr. Bernd C. Kieseier
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Jander
Dr. Helmar C. Lehmann
Pediatric:
Dr. Birgit Assmann
Dr. Michael Karenfort
Appointments:
Mr. Muecke
+49-21-8117887
Houston, TX - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
6410 Fannin
Suite 1014
Houston, TX 66160
www.utneurology.com
Phone: 832-325-7080 (Adult), 832-325-7151 (Pediatric)
Fax: 713-512-2239 (Adult), 713-512-2248 (Pediatric)
Adult Care:
Kazim Sheikh, MD
Suur Biliciler, MD
Parveen Athar, MD
Pediatric:
Pedro Mancias, MD
Appointments:
Adult: Cynthia Johnson (Clinic Manager)
Phone: 832-325-7438
Email: cynthia.l.johnson@uth.tmc.edu
or fax patient information to 713-512-2239
Pediatric: Edith Lomas, MA
Phone: 832-325-7179
Kansas City, KS - University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-0656
Fax: 913-588-6965
www2.kumc.edu/neurology
Adult Care:
Richard Barohn, MD
Arthur Dick, MD
April McVey, MD
Mamatha Pasnoor, MD
Yunxia Wang
Pediatric:
Richard Barohn, MD
April McVey, MD
Contacts:
Mazen Dimachkie, MD and Mamatha Pasnoor, MD
Appointments:
913-588-6820
London, England - King's College Hospital
Department of Neurology
King’s College Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS, UK
http://www.kch.nhs.uk/
Phone/Appointments: +44 20 3299 8343
Fax: +44 20 3299 8504
Email: kch-tr.neurologysecretaries@nhs.net
Dr. Robert Hadden
Consultant Neurologist
Dr. David Bennett
Pediatric:
Department of Paediatric Neurology
Evelina Children’s Hospital
St. Thomas’ Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London, SE1 7EH, UK
http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/services/childrens/homepage.aspx
Phone/Appointments: +44 207 188 4006
Fax: +44 207 188 0851
Email: elizabeth.wraige@gstt.nhs.uk
Dr. Elizabeth Wraige
Academic Institution: http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/
Los Angeles, CA - The University of California Medical Center
300 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite B-200
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6975
Neuromuscular Clinics at UCLA
Adult Care:
Perry Shieh, MD
Michael Graves, MD
Perrin Pleninger, MD
Pediatric:
Perry Shieh, MD
Appointments:
Please mail, e-mail, or fax previous relevant medical records to Lauren Bell (coordinator)
Phone: 310-825-7266
Fax: 310-794-7491
Email: lnbell@mednet.ucla.edu
Phoenix, AZ - Phoenix Neurological Associates, Ltd.
5090 North 40th St.
Suite 250
Phoenix, AZ 85018
Phone: 602-258-3354
Fax: 602-258-3368
www.phoenixneurology.com
Adult Care:
Todd D. Levine, MD
David S. Saperstein, MD
Pediatric: none
Appointments:
602-258-3354
San Francisco, CA - California Pacific Medical Center
2324 Sacramento Street, #111t
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: 415-600-3604
Fax: 415-673-5184
Adult and Child Care:
Dr. Jonathan S. Katz, MD
Director of Neuromuscular Clinic
Director ALS Clinic
Dr. Robert G. Miller, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurology
Appointments:
415-600-3604
Expert diagnosis & management of inflammatory neuropathies is critical to our patients. This is what our medical advisory board members had in mind when setting up the new Centers of Excellence program. A year later, we continue to add healthcare facilities providing exactly that.
