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University Of Rochester
David Herrmann is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Rochester, New York. Dr. Herrmann is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. He is also highly rated in 20 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Tomaculous Neuropathy.
Neuroscience Institute
Kurt Thomas is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Thomas is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Primary Lateral Sclerosis. Dr. Thomas is board certified in American Board Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Charlotte Sumner is a Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Sumner cares for patients with genetically-mediated neuromuscular diseases. Her practice is notable for a focus on individuals with inherited neuromuscular disorders of peripheral nerves and motor neurons, including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. She co-directs the Johns Hopkins Muscular Dystrophy Association Care Center, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) clinics, which deliver multidisciplinary clinical care, engage in international natural history studies, and provide cutting edge therapeutics. Dr. Sumner’s research focuses on developing treatments for degenerative disorders of motor neurons and peripheral nerves. Her laboratory uses human tissues and induced pluripotent cell lines, mouse models and cultured cells to characterize disease mechanisms and develop treatments. Dr. Charlotte Sumner received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine following undergraduate studies at Princeton University. She completed internal medicine internship and neurology residency at the University of California San Francisco, after which she returned to the east coast for a neuromuscular fellowship at Johns Hopkins and a neurogenetics fellowship in the Neurogenetics Branch at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. She joined the neurology faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2006. Dr. Sumner is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. She is also highly rated in 24 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Sumner is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.
Objectives: In CMT-MODs, the investigators will identify disease and prognostic biomarkers in young CMT1A patients. Strategy/ Methodology: In a translational approach, the investigators will first perform a multi-omic analysis (transcriptomic and proteomic) in sciatic nerves, blood and skin of young CMT1A rats at two timepoints in order to identify novel early markers of disease severity. In parallel, the inv...
Summary: This single-arm pilot study evaluates the effects of whole-body electrical muscle stimulation (WB-EMS) exercise on neuromuscular and physical function in adults with neuromuscular disease (NMD). Due to motor unit impairments, NMD patients often cannot tolerate traditional exercise. WB-EMS bypasses voluntary activation limits by directly stimulating muscle contractions. Up to 50 adults with conditi...
