Neuromuscular

Director: Steven Herskovitz, M.D. 

Division Contact Information
Steven Herskovitz M.D. / EMG Lab
Phone: 718-920-4930
Leslie Delfiner MD / Fabreena Napier MD / Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic
Phone: 718-405-8140

Neuromuscular disorders we diagnose and manage:

  • Peripheral neuropathy - acquired and hereditary 
  • Entrapment neuropathy - carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and more uncommon entrapments
  • Radiculopathy
  • Plexopathy
  • Nerve injury
  • Disorders of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability
  • Peripheral neurotoxicology
  • Cranial neuropathy - facial palsy, trigeminal neuropathy, others
  • Laryngeal voice disorders - diagnostic laryngeal electromyography (EMG)
  • Motor neuron disorders - spinal muscular atrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Kennedy disease, post-polio syndrome
  • Neuromuscular junction disorders - myasthenia gravis, myasthenic syndrome, botulism, congenital myasthenic syndromes
  • Myopathy - dystrophy, metabolic, congenital, mitochondrial, inflammatory, muscle membrane channelopathy, critical illness
  • EMG-guided chemodenervation with botulinum toxin
  • Movement disorders of peripheral origin

Staff and specific clinical/research interests:

Steven Herskovitz M.D. (Director, EMG lab): electromyography, peripheral neuropathies, entrapment neuropathies
Herbert H. Schaumburg M.D. : neurotoxicology; peripheral neuropathies, animal models of distal axonopathy
Michael Swerdlow M.D. : myasthenia gravis, adult general neurology
Phyllis L. Bieri M.D. : electromyography, neuromuscular junction disorders, chemodenervation with botulinum toxin, small fiber neuropathy (skin biopsy), pediatric EMG
Howard L. Geyer M.D., Ph.D. : electromyography, movement disorders, chemodenervation with botulinum toxin
Mark J. Milstein M.D. : electromyography, consultative neurology
Fabreena Napier M.D. : neuromuscular disorders, electromyography, MDA Clinic
Leslie Delfiner M.D. : pediatric neuromuscular disorders, MDA Clinic, electromyography
Edward Bahou M.D.: electromyography, consultative neurology
Eric Mariuma M.D.: intraoperative monitoring, electromyography

Ancillary staff:

Steven Chin : nerve and muscle pathology
Patrick Lasala M.D. : neurosurgery, nerve and muscle biopsy
Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship Program