Our physicians offer outstanding neurological clinical care for patients of all ages for a wide range of neurological conditions, disorders and diseases. We treat over 2,000 outpatients each year in our Neuromuscular Clinic.
Conditions treated
Motor neuron diseases are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking, and swallowing.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
- Spinal muscular atrophy
Visit our ALS Center to learn more.
Muscle disorders includes patterns of weakness, loss of muscle tissue, electromyogram (EMG) findings, or biopsy results that suggest a muscle problem.
- Muscular dystrophy
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH)
- Mitochondrial & metabolic myopathies
- Immune & inflammatory myopathies
- Inclusion-body myositis (IBM)
Your peripheral nerves are the ones outside your brain and spinal cord. Like static on a telephone line, peripheral nerve disorders distort or interrupt the messages between the brain and the rest of the body. These disorders can affect one nerve or many nerves.
- Peripheral neuropathies & pain
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
These disorders decrease nerve cell activity among the motor and sensory nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body.
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myasthenic syndromes
Centers & clinics
ALS Center
The ALS Center at Washington University provides quality care, state-of-the-art treatment, precision medicine, and research opportunities to patients diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Myositis Clinic
A specialized clinic that provides care for patients with immune and inflammatory myopathies. These disorders often require expertise from multiple subspecialties, and the clinic is jointly run by Rheumatology and Neurology/Neuromuscular Medicine in order to offer integrated services for patients diagnosed with immune and inflammatory myopathies.
Patient appointments / additional information
314-362-6981
Medical Emergency
314-388-6138
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