Shawn J. Bird - Faculty Biosketch

Shawn J. Bird, M.D.

Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Medical Director, Electromyography (EMG) Laboratory, Department of Neurology , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Department: Neurology

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Department of Neurology
25 3rd Floor Gates Building, HUP
34 3400 Spuce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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13 Education:
21 9 B.S. 23 (Electrical Engineering) c
2b Cornell University, 1979.
21 9 B.A. 14 (Biology) c
2b Cornell University, 1979.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
44 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1983.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 78 Intern in Internal Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, 1983-1984.
24 6d Resident in Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1984-1987.
24 98 Fellowship, Clinical Neuromuscular Diseases and Electromyography, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1987-1989.
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17 Certifications
28 4c American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (ABEM), 1989.
28 36 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) 16 , 1990.
28 74 American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, Added Qualifications in Neuromuscular Medicine , 2011.
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Description of Research Expertise

dd Clinical trials of new medications for myasthenia gravis and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, as well as a large multi-center patient oriented outcome study of newly-diagnosed patients with myasthenia.
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ab Using electrodiagnostic techniques and neurologic examination measures to assess patients serially in clinical trials involving various nerve and muscles disorders.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

e4 Autoimmune neuromuscular disorders – particularly the evaluation and management of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS), and chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy (CIDP).
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