Chafic Karam, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurology
Neuromuscular Fellowship Director, University of Pennsylvania
Neurology CME course director, University of Pennsylvania
Chief, Neuromuscular Division, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3400 Spruce St., 3 West Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156153751
Fax: 2153495579
Fax: 2153495579
Publications
Education:
MD
St Joseph University, 2006.
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St Joseph University, 2006.
Description of Clinical Expertise
CIDP, MMN, Amyloid Neuropathy.Selected Publications
Donofrio PD, Gorson KC, Hofman E, Karam C, Kira JI, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Léger JM, Nobile-Orazio E, Attarian S, Markov M, Tse A, De Roeck A, Lewis RA.: Diagnostic adjudication of potential participants with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy in the ADHERE trial of subcutaneous efgartigimod PH20 J Neurol Sci. Apr 2026.John E. Dvorak, Sami Khella, Brian Drachman, Rebecca Row, Janice Pieretti, Hansie Mathelier, Chafic Karam: Prevalence and attribution of polyneuropathy in p.V142I (V122I) hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences April 2026.
Joban Vaishnav, Dimitrios Bampatsias, Brian C. Boursiquot, Yevgeniy Brailovsky, Kristin Hsu, Jamie Zigterman, Rajshekhar Chakraborty, Ashutosh Wechalekar, Pablo Garcia Pavia, Ronald Witteles, Mazen Hanna, Chafic Karam, Mathew S. Maurer, and Jan M. Griffin : Disease Prognosis and Progression in Transthyretin Amyloidosis: JACC: CardioOncology State-of-the-Art Review. JACC: CardioOncology 8(2), April 2026.
Karam C.: Clinical Utility of Serum Neurofilament Light Chain in Peripheral Neuropathy. Muscle Nerve. Page: 73(1):86-92. Jan 2026.
Chakraborty R, Brailovsky Y, Hanna M, Witteles R, Vaishnav J, Hoffman JE, Griffin JM, Garcia-Pavia P, Wolinsky D, Karam C, Lachmann HJ, Gertz MA, Boursiquot BC, Bampatsias D, Hsu K, Johnson PT, Zigterman JL, Kazemzadeh AC, Maurer MS, Wechalekar AD.: Prognostic Factors and Progression Biomarkers in AL Amyloidosis: Mapping Current Knowledge and Critical Gaps Blood. 2026 Mar 4:blood.2025031651. 2026.
Fedak RR, Ruggerie RN, Shan Y, Curvino EJ, de Sousa JF, Daniel S, Ngo-Casi M, Kamboh H, Vu T, Durmuş H, Mozaffar T, Howard JF Jr, English EP, Benson A, Duvernay MT, Singer MS, Kalayoglu MV, Brunn C, Bodansky A, Anderson MS, DeRisi JL, Garcia ST, Yu DJL, Zorn KC, Kurtoglu M, Miljković MD, Stewart CA, Jewell CM; MG-001 Study Team. : BCMA-directed mRNA CAR-T cell therapy for myasthenia gravis: exploratory biomarker analysis of a placebo-controlled phase 2b trial. Nat Med 2026.
Vu T, Durmus H, Rivner M, Shroff S, Ragole T, Myers B, Pasnoor M, Small G, Karam C, Vullaganti M, Peltier A, Sahagian G, Feinberg MH, Slanksy A, Barnett-Tapia C, Siddiqi Z, Gwathmey K, Badruddoja MA, Kamboh H, Ruggerie RN, Fedak RR, Stewart CA, Kurtoglu M, Kalayoglu M, Singer M, Jewell CM, Miljkovic MD, Dimachkie M, Mozaffar T, Howard JF Jr; MG-001 Study Team.: BCMA-directed mRNA CAR T cell therapy for myasthenia gravis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial. Nat Med. 2026.
Blein C, Karam C, Arvin-Berod C, Gelinas D, Barrera-Sierra S, Syed HUTA, Ward C, Goyal A, Guptill J.: Real-world treatment utilization in adults with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in the United States. Front Neurol. 2026 Jan 29;16:1726857 2026.
Singh A, Wyatt J, Théaudin M, Karam C, Kasper D, Streubel B, Frascello K, Bondue A.: Effectiveness and Utility of Genetic Testing in Establishing a Diagnosis of Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis Journal of Clinical Medicine.(14(19):6821.), Sep 2025.
Khandelwal N, Sanchirico M, Ajibade A, Munshi K, Vu M, Engel-Nitz N, Steiger C, Anderson AJ, Karam C. : Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs Among Patients with Multifocal Motor Neuropathy: A US Claims Database Cohort Study J Health Econ Outcomes Res. 2025 Jun 26;12(1):261-268. Jun 2025.
