The Neuromuscular Disease Center at Oregon
Health & Science University provides diagnostic evaluations and Principal
Care services for patients with disorders of the peripheral nervous
system and muscles. Diseases include:
myasthenia gravis and Lambert Eaton
Syndrome
myotonic dystrophy
facioscapulohumeral muscle dystrophy
Inflammatory myopathies (such as polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body
myositis)
mitochondrial myopathies
metabolic myopathies (such as Pompe,
Debrancher, and MCardle's diseases)
neuropathies (hereditary, inflammatory, diabetic,
metabolic, toxic, painful peripheral, and others)
The Neuromuscular Disease
Center is dedicated to the delivery of expert clinical care as
well as to the education of both patients and colleagues at all
levels of training. All members of the faculty are board certified
neurologists, sub-specializing in neuromuscular disease and clinical
neurophysiology. The Neuromuscular Disease Center holds clinics in
association with the Muscular Dystrophy
Association Program.
The Neuromuscular Disease
Center also works with the Neuromuscular Disease Program at the Portland
Shriners Hospital
for Children. The two centers share physicians and work to
maintain continuity in the care of Shriner's patients who reach
adulthood. This relationship allows for a seamless transition from
one program to another.
