George H. Kraft, MD, MS

Professor
Rehabilitation Physician
Alvord Professor of Multiple Sclerosis Research
Director, Electbnrodiagnostic Medicine, Western MS Center
Co-Director, MDA Clinic

Patient Care
Dr. Kraft's clinical interests include multiple sclerosis, electrodiagnostic medicine (EMG and SEP), and nerve and muscle diseases.

Dr. Kraft is rated one of America's best doctors by the Castle Connolly Guide. He has co-edited a best selling book for MS patients, The MS Workbook. Dr. Kraft also serves as Consulting Editor of The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America.

Research
Dr. Kraft's research interests include multiple sclerosis, the rehabilitation of central nervous system diseases, and somatosensory evoked potentials.

Teaching
His teaching responsibilities include REHAB 596 - Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology as well as medical student teaching.

Training
Dr. Kraft earned his Bachelor's degree at Harvard College, and his medical and Master's degrees at Ohio State University. He completed his internship in PM&R at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco and completed his residency in PM&R at the Ohio State University.

Selected Publications:

Ehde DM, Kraft GH, Chwastiak L, Sullivan MD, Gibbons LE, Bombardier CH, Wadhwani R. Efficacy of paroxetine in treating major depressive disorder in persons with multiple sclerosis. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008 Jan-Feb;30(1):40-8.

Kraft GH. The electromyographer's guide to the motor unit. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2007 Nov;18(4):711-32, vi.

Cetin K, Johnson KL, Ehde DM, Kuehn CM, Amtmann D, Kraft GH. Antidepressant use in multiple sclerosis: epidemiologic study of a large community sample. Mult Scler. 2007 Sept;13(8):1046-53.

Ehde DM, Osborne TL, Hanley MA, Jensen MP, Kraft GH. The scope and nature of pain in persons with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2006 Oct;12(5):629-38.

Jensen MP, McArthur KD, Barber J, Hanley MA, Engel JM, Romano JM, Cardenas DD, Kraft GH, Hofman AJ, Patterson DR. Satisfaction with, and the beneficial side effect of, hypnotic analgesia. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2006 Oct;54(4):432-47.

Osborne TL, Jensen MP, Ehde DM, Hanley MA, Kraft G. Psychosocial factors associated with pain intensity, pain-related interference, and psychological functioning in persons with multiple sclerosis and pain. Pain. 2007 Jan;127(1-2):52-62.

Osborne TL, Raichle KA, Jensen MP, Ehde DM, Kraft G. The reliability and validity of pain interference measures in persons with multiple sclerosis. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006 Sep;32(3):217-29.

Hodapp JA, Carter GT, Lipe HP, Michelson SJ, Kraft GH, Bird TD. Double trouble in heredity neuropathy: concomitant mutations in the PMP-22 gene and another gene produce novel phenotypes. Arch Neurol. 2006 Jan;63(1):112-7.

Kraft GH, Bowen J. Modafinil for fatigue in MS: a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study. Neurology. 2005 Dec;65(12):1995-7.

Chwastiak LA, Gibbons LE, Ehde DM, Sullivan M, Bowen JD, Bombardier CH, Kraft GH. Fatigue and psychiatric illness in a large community sample of persons with multiple sclerosis. J Psychosom Res. 2005 Nov;59(5):291-8.

Jensen MP, Hanley MA, Engel JM, Romano JM, Barber J, Cardenas DD, Kraft GH, Hoffman AJ, Patterson DR. Hypnotic analgesia for chronic pain in persons with disabilities: a case series. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2005 Apr;53(2):198-228.

Storm SA, Kraft GH. The clinical use of dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials in lumbosacral spinal stenosis. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2004 Feb;15(1):107-15.

Bombardier CH, Blake KD, Ehde DM, Gibbons LE, Moore D, Kraft GH. Alcohol and drug abuse among persons with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2004 Feb;10(1):35-40.

Ehde DM, Gibbons LE, Chwastiak L, Bombardier CH, Sullivan MD, Kraft GH. Chronic pain in a large community sample of persons with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2003 Dec;9(6):605-11.

Nash RA, Dansey R, Storek J, Georges GE, Bowen JD, Homberg LA, Kraft GH, Mayes MD, McDonagh KT, Chen CS, Dipersio J, Lemaistre CF, Pavletic S, Sullivan KM, Sunderhaus J, Furst DE, McSweeney PA. Epstein-Barr virus-associated posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder after high-dose immunosuppressive therapy and autologous CD34-selected hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe autoimmune diseases. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2003 Sep;9(9):583-91.

Han J, Kraft GH. Electrodiagnosis of neck pain. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2003 Aug:14(3):549-67.

Georgian-Smith D, Ellis GK, Kraft GH. Amphiphysin paraneoplastic syndrome: a delayed diagnosis of breast carcinoma. Breast J. 2003 July-Aug;9(4):316-8.

Nash RA, Bowen JD, McSweeney PA, Pavletic SZ, Maravilla KR, Park MS, Storek J, Sullivan KM, Al-Omaishi J, Corboy JR, DiPersio J, Georges GE, Gooley TA, Holmberg LA, LeMaistre CF, Ryan K, Openshaw H, Sunderhaus J, Storb R, Zunt J, Kraft, GH. High-dose immunosuppressive therapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for severe multiple sclerosis. Blood. 2003 Oct;102(7):2364-72.

Bowen J, Gibbons L, Gianas A, Kraft GH. Self-administered Expanded Disability Status Scale with functional system scores correlates well with a physcian-administered test. Mult Scler 2001 June;7(3):201-6.

Carter GT, Robinson LR, Chang VH, Kraft GH. Electrodiagnostic evaluation of traumative nerve injuries. Hand Clin 2000 Feb;16(1):1-12.

Kraft GH. Rehabilitation still the only way to improve function in multiple sclerosis. Lancet. 1999 Dec 11;354(9195):2016-7.

Kaft GH. A physiological approach to the evaluation of lumbosacral spinal stenosis. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 1998 May;9(2):381-9, viii.

Kraft GH, Aminoff MJ, Baran EM, Litcht WJ, Stolov WC. Somatosensory evoked potentials: clinical uses AAEM Somatosensory Evoked Potentials Subcommittee. Americal Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Muscle Nerve. 1998 Feb;21(2):252-8.