Phyllis L. Bieri
<p>Dr. Phyllis Bieri sees patients in the EMG Laboratory of the Department of Neurology at Montefiore Medical Center. Her area of interest is the diagnososis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases, including diseases of nerve, muscle, neuromuscular junction and anterior horn cell. She participates in the training of EMG and EEG fellows, and has particular expertise in performing electromyography and nerve conduction studies.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scelsa, S.N., Ghali, V., Herskovitz, S., <strong>Bieri, P.L.</strong>, Shank, D.L., MacGowan, D.D.J., and Liau, S., “Blood gd T Cells, <em>Campylobacter jejuni</em>, and GM1 Titers in Guillain-Barré Syndrome,” <em>Muscle & Nerve,</em> <strong>30</strong>:423-432,2004.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Verghese, J., <strong>Bieri, P.L.</strong>, Gellido, C., Schaumburg, H.H., and Herskovitz, S., “Peripheral Neuropathy in Young-old and Old-old Patients,” <em>Muscle & Nerve,</em> <strong>24</strong>:1476-1481, 2001.</p>
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<p><strong>Bieri, P.L., “</strong>Botulism,” Spencer, Schaumburg, Ludolph eds., <em>Experimental and Clinical Neurotoxicology</em>, 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. Oxford University Press, 2000.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Scelsa, S.N., Herskovitz, S., <strong>Bieri, P.L.,</strong> and Berger, A.R., “Median Mixed and Sensory Nerve Conduction Studies in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,” <em>Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology,</em> <strong>109</strong>:268-273 (1998).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Bieri, P.L.,</strong> Arezzo, J.C., and Weinstein, D.E., “Abnormal Nerve Conduction Studies in Mice Expressing a Mutant Form of the POU Transcription Factor SCIP,” <em>Journal of Neuroscience Research</em>, <strong>50</strong>:821-828, (1997).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maycox, P.R., Ortuño, D., Burrola, P., Kuhn, R., <strong>Bieri, P.L.,</strong> Arezzo, J.C., and Lemke, G., “A Transgenic Mouse Model for Human Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsies,” <em>Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience</em>, <strong>8</strong>, 405-416 (1997).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Liedtke, W., Edelmann, W., <strong>Bieri, P.L.,</strong> Chiu, F-C, Cowan, N.J., Kucherlapati, R., and Raine, C., “GFAP Is Necessary for the Integrity of CNS White Matter Architecture and Long-Term Maintenance of Myelination,” <em>Neuron</em>, <em>17</em>, 607-715, 1996.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chandross, K.J., Kessler, J.A., Cohen, R.I., Simburger, E., Spray, D.C., <strong>Bieri, P.</strong>, Dermietzel, R., “Altered Connexin Expression after Peripheral Nerve Injury,” <em>Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience,</em> <strong>7</strong>, 501-518, 1996.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michaelson, M., <strong>Bieri, P</strong>., Mehler, M., Xu, H., Arezzo, J., Pollard, J., and</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kessler, J., “CSF-1 Deficiency in Mice Results in Abnormal Brain Development.” <em>Development</em>, <strong>122</strong>, 2661-2672, 1996.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Herskovitz, S., <strong>Bieri, P.,</strong> and Berger, A., "Depressor Septi Nasi Myokymia," <em>Muscle and Nerve</em>, Jan., 1994.</p>
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<p>Phyllis Bieri, MD, is an attending physician at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Bieri's clinical focus centers on the accurate diagnosis of neuromuscular disease through careful history, neurologic examination and electrodiagnostic tools such as electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction study (NCS) and neuromuscular ultrasound. She sees adults and pediatric patients referred to the EMG laboratory for consultation.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in chemistry and biology from Antioch College in 1982, Dr. Bieri earned her Doctor of Medicine at Ohio State University in 1988. She then attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completing an internal medicine internship in 1989 and her neurology residency in 1992, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Following her final year of residency, Dr. Bieri completed an EMG/neuromuscular disease fellowship at the same institution.</p><p>Dr. Bieri's research is focused on diseases that present to the EMG laboratory, including hereditary and acquired peripheral neuropathies, disorders of the anterior horn cell, myopathies, muscular dystrophies and polyradiculopathies and entrapment neuropathies. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and abstracts.</p><p>Dr. Bieri is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neuromuscular Medicine and Neurology with added qualifications in Clinical Neurophysiology. She is also certified in Electromyography by the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Bieri is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. In 1989, she received the Leo M. Davidoff Award for excellence in teaching.</p>