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Neuromuscular DiseasesNeuromuscular Specialists
Michael Weiss, M.D. Dr. Weiss, Director of the Neuromuscular Diseases Division, is a UW associate professor of neurology and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. He sees patients at the University of Washington Medical Center. His clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), myasthenia gravis, peripheral neuropathies especially Guillain-Barre syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), inflammatory myopathies, myotonic disorders, and muscular dystrophies. His research interests include therapeutic studies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inflammatory myopathies, multifocal motor neuropathy, and CIDP; and observational studies of inflammatory neuropathies.
Randal Richardson, M.D. Dr. Richardson is a UW assistant professor of neurology and adjunct assistant professor in the department of rehabilitation medicine. He sees pediatric patients at Seattle Children's Hospital and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, Alaska. He additionally performs both pediatric and adult electromyography and nerve conduction studies at Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, and Harborview Medical Center. His clinical interests include the diagnostic investigation of genetic neuromuscular diseases, with a particular interest in pediatrics.
Jane Distad, M.D. Dr. Distad is a UW Associate Professor of Neurology. She sees patients at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC), and performs electrodiagnostic studies at both UWMC and Harborview Medical Center. Her clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases including myasthenia gravis, inflammatory myopathies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), peripheral neuropathies especially inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (eg, CIDP), muscular dystrophies, myotonic disorders, and general neurology. Her clinical research interests include therapeutic studies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inflammatory myopathies, multifocal motor neuropathy, and CIDP." She is also involved with Medical Student teaching and management.
Leo Wang, M.D. Dr. Wang is an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Washington. He sees patients at the University of Washington Medical Center. His subspeciality training has given him expertise in helping patients with the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), myasthenia gravis, peripheral neuropathies (especially Guillain-Barre syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy), inherited neuropathies and myopathies, inflammatory myopathies, myotonic disorders, and muscular dystrophies. He also has an interest in autoimmune encephalitis.
Eric Kraus, M.D. Dr. Kraus is a UW associate professor of Neurology. He sees clinic patients at the University of Washington Medical Center and attends on the hospital wards at UW Hospital and Harborview Medical Center. His clinical focus is general neurology and his academic focus is neurology education. Dr. Kraus dedicates 50% of his time to medical student education and is the student required neurology clerkship director. He finds great pleasure in making complicated neurology topics understandable to students and patients alike. |
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