Gregory Carter, MD

Clinical Professor and Co-director, Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Center

Patient Care
Dr. Carter's clinical interests are neuromuscular disease (NMD) and electrodiagnosis (Edx).

Research
Current projects: 1) Pain and quality of life in NMD; 2) Role of cannabinoids in management of human NMD; 3) Electrophysiology of animal models of human NMD.

Awards
Best Research Paper Published by a Physiatrist: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (1994)

Excellence in Research Writing: Association of Academic Physiatrists (1998)

Excellence in Clinical Care: Muscular Dystrophy Association (2002)

Best Doctors in America (2003-present)

Teaching
Dr. Carter teaches residents and medical students in NMD and electrodiagnostic clinics.

Training
Dr. Carter earned a Bachelor (BS) and a Master (MS) of Science degrees in Physiology from the University of California , Davis . He earned a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Loyola University of Chicago, followed by a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California , Davis Medical Center . He then completed a NMD research fellowship.

Selected Publications:
Meekins GD, Carter GT, Emery MJ, Weiss MD. Axonal degeneration in the Trembler-J mouse evident by stimulated single fiber electromyography. Muscle Nerve 2007; 36:81-86.

Han JJ, Carter GT, Ra JJ, Abresch RT, Chamberlain JS, Robinson LR. Electromyographic studies in mdx and wild-type C57 mice. Muscle Nerve 2006; 33:208-214

Weiss, MD, Ravits, JM, Schuman N, Carter GT . A4V superoxide dismutase mutation in apparently sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis resembling neuralgic amyotrophy. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Other Motor Neuron Disord 2006 7(1):61-63 .

Carter GT, . Han JJ, Mayadev A, Weiss MD. Modafinil reduces fatigue in Charcot Marie Tooth disease. Am J Hosp Palliat Med 2006; 23:412-416.