A critical mission of the Neurology department at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center is to provide highly skilled diagnostic services and personalized, comprehensive care for neurological disorders, at a level of expertise typically only available at academic tertiary medical centers. The following list of clinics were developed to support those living with neuromuscular disorders and their caregivers.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/Motor Neuron Disease Multidisciplinary Clinic and Research Program

• Clinic focus: Provide patients with accurate assessment and diagnosis of ALS and related motor neuron diseases and access to the latest research and clinical trials. 
• National organizations and affiliations: Recognized Treatment Center from the ALS Association 
• Research: Multiple ALS clinical trials 

Lead Physician: Stephen Kolb, MD, PhD
Additional team members of the clinic: Adam Quick, MD, Jennifer Roggenbuck, MS, LGC, Katie Jira, PT, Teresa Berner, OTR/L, ATP, Audrey Hall, SLP

Cardiopulmonary Neuromuscular Disease Clinic 

• Clinic focus: Provide comprehensive and multisystem care for patients with neuromuscular disease, with a focus on individuals with muscular dystrophies that can have potential cardiac and pulmonary involvement. 
• National organizations and affiliations: Recognized as a Muscular Dystrophy Association Care Center 

Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Clinic

• Clinic focus: Improve quality of life and expand research efforts for patients diagnosed with a peripheral neuropathy secondary to a chemotherapeutic agent through a multidisciplinary clinical approach. 
• Research: The clinic is involved in several research efforts with the ultimate goal of understanding the pathogenesis of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy to provide better treatment and prevention techniques. 

Co-Lead Physician: Matthew Burford, MD
Co-Lead Physician: Michael Isfort, MD
Additional providers in this clinic: Caitlin Parks, PharmD, Andrea Jaworek, PT, Katie Jira, PT, Nicole Cline, RN, Alison Potter, RN, Nicole Benameur, APRN-CNP

Immune-mediated Neuropathies Clinic

• Clinic focus: Provide comprehensive care and treatment plans to patients with all forms of immune-mediated peripheral neuropathies, including chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), multifocal motor neuropathy, anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein neuropathy and vasculitic neuropathy. 
• National organizations and affiliations: GBS/CIDP Foundation International Center of Excellence 
• Research: Investigating the immunological underpinnings of GBS and CIDP, as well as immunological and electrophysiological predictors of treatment response in CIDP, while participating in natural history studies in anti-MAG neuropathy. Actively involved in observational and interventional clinical trials evaluating emerging immunomodulatory and complement-targeted therapies for CIDP, MMN and related immune-mediated neuropathies. 

Lead Physician: Alexander Morrison, MD
Lead Advanced Practice Provider: Nicole Benameur, APRN-CNP

Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic

• Clinic focus: Provide comprehensive clinical care and evidence-based therapies to people with muscular dystrophies and other neuromuscular disorders. 
• National organizations and affiliations: Recognized as a Muscular Dystrophy Association Care Center 
• Research: Active participation in clinical trials evaluating gene-targeted, disease-modifying and novel molecular therapies for muscular dystrophies and diverse neuromuscular disorders. 

Lead Physician: Bakri Elsheikh, MBBS
Additional providers in this clinic: Michael Isfort, MD, Matthew Burford, MD, Sarah Heintzman, APRN-CNP, Andrea Jaworek, PT, Jerry Reynolds, RT, Kinsey Ludt, LSW, Laura Domrose, RDN, CSO, Georgia Cinkay, CRC, Marco Tellez, Sr. CRC, Shemikka Young, CRA

Myasthenia Gravis Clinic

• Clinic focus: Evaluate and treat patients with myasthenia gravis and other diseases affecting the neuromuscular junction, such as Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and hereditary myasthenic syndromes. 
• Research: Active participation in clinical trials that have contributed to the approval of multiple targeted therapies for myasthenia gravis. Ongoing studies to evaluate emerging treatments for myasthenia gravis including complement inhibitors in acute settings, new complement inhibitors, multiple drug therapy for refractory patients, new B-cell inhibitors, and novel immune-based approaches such as CAR T-cell strategies and tolerization. In addition, we’re actively participating in novel therapies to treat some congenital myasthenic syndromes as well as LEMS.

Lead Physician: Miriam Freimer, MD
Additional providers in this clinic: Mary Petrulis, MD, Chad Hoyle, MD, Sarah Heintzman, APRN-CNP, Nicole Benameur, APRN-CNP, Caitin Park, Ali Potter, Katie Middleton, Jerry Reynolds, Jennifer Roggenbuck, MS, LGC, Will Everett, MD, Alex Morrison, MD

Myositis Clinic

• Clinic focus: Evaluate and treat patients with autoimmune inflammatory muscle diseases, including dermatomyositis, polymyositis, inclusion body myositis and immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies. 
• Research: Actively involved in observational and interventional clinical studies evaluating targeted immunotherapies and emerging disease-modifying treatments for autoimmune inflammatory myopathies, alongside research exploring the underlying disease mechanisms. 

Lead Neurology Physician: Matthew Burford, MD
Lead Rheumatology Physician: Jisna Paul, MBBS
Additional providers in this clinic: Bakri Elsheikh, MBBS, Sarah Heintzman, APRN-CNP, Nicole Benameur, ARN-CNP

Spinal Muscle Atrophy Multidisciplinary Clinic

• Clinic focus: Provide accurate assessment and diagnosis of spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), as well as symptom management through evidence-based therapies. 
• National organizations and affiliations: Cure SMA Care Center Network sites 
• Research: Engaged in observational and interventional clinical trials evaluating novel SMN-based, gene-targeted and adjunctive therapeutic strategies in spinal muscular atrophy. Leading studies to optimize outcome measures and advance biomarker discovery to enhance disease monitoring and long-term patient outcomes. 

Lead Neurology Physician: Bakri Elsheikh, MBBS
Lead Advanced Practice Provider: Sarah Heintzman, APRN-CNP
Additional providers in this clinic: Brent Sterling, RN, Andrea Jaworek, PT, Jerry Reynolds, RT, Kinsey Ludt, LSW, Laura Domrose, RDN, CSO, Georgia Cinkay, CRC, Marco Tellez, Sr. CRC, Shemikka Young, CRA