MDA Care Center & Neuromuscular Clinics

MDA Care Center & Neuromuscular Clinics

Patients seen in the MDA Care Center in the Kaufmann Medical Building in Oakland have or may have one of the following conditions:

Muscle Diseases

Muscular Dystrophies

  • Becker or Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Myotonic dystrophy (DM)
  • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
  • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD)
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD)
  • Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD)
  • Distal myopathies/dystrophies

Congenital myopathies

Ion Channel disorders

  • Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
  • Hypokalemic periodic paralysis
  • Myotonia congenita
  • Paramyotonia congenita

Inherited Metabolic Myopathy

  • Mitochondrial myopathy
  • Glycogen and lipid storage myopathies such as McArdle disease, Pompe disease, and CPT deficiency

Inclusion body myositis

Neuromuscular junction diseases

  • Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS)
  • Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
  • Myasthenia gravis (MG)

Peripheral Nerve Disease

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)

Motor neuron diseases

  • ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)- followed in multidisciplinary ALS clinic
  • Spinal-bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) or Kennedy Disease
  • Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Other disorders seen and treated by our specialists in our neuromuscular clinics in Oakland, Shadyside, and Wexford include inflammatory and other autoimmune neuropathies, such as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and TTR amyloidosis. We also provide consultations for other types of polyneuropathy and brachial plexopathies. 

Scheduling

For the MDA Care Center and other neuromuscular referrals call 412-692-4917 or FAX requests and records to 412-647-8398.