DavidLacomisMD
Neurology • Pittsburgh, PANeuromuscular Medicine, Neurophysiology
Chief, Neuromuscular Division, University of Pittsburgh Physicians
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Office
3471 Fifth Avenue
Suite 810 Lkb
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-692-4920- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFellowship, Neuropathology, 1991 - 1993
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1988 - 1991
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1987 - 2024
MA State Medical License 1991 - 2024- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014-2021
- Pittsburgh Magazine Castle Connolly, 2004-2021
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
- Disease-Modifying Treatments for Myasthenia Gravis Start of enrollment: 2018 May 07
- Efficacy and Safety Study of Oral Edaravone Administered in Subjects With ALS Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 13
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Case-control study of environmental toxins and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis involving the national ALS registry.Evelyn O Talbott, Angela M Malek, Vincent C Arena, Fan Wu, Kristen Steffes, Ravi K Sharma, Jeanine Buchanich, Judith R Rager, Todd Bear, Caroline A Hoffman, Chris Donn...> ;Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis & Frontotemporal Degeneration. 2024 Apr 9
- Neuromuscular manifestations of wild type transthyretin amyloidosis: a review and single center's experience.Živković, S., Lacomis, D., Soman, P.> ;Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2024 Jan 1
- A meta-analysis of post-exercise outcomes in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Cara Donohue, Giselle Carnaby, Mary Catherine Reilly, Ryan J Colquhoun, David Lacomis, Kendrea L Focht Garand> ;Eneurologicalsci. 2023 Jun 1
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Other
- Myopathies of systemic diseaseLacomis D
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/myopathies-of-systemic-disease
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-19 - Neuromuscular weakness related to critical illnessLacomis D
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/neuromuscular-weakness-related-to-critical-illness
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-04
Press Mentions
Implant Allows Paralyzed People to Use Computers by ThinkingMarch 30th, 2022- UPMC and Pitt Researchers Participate in Clinical Trial to Test First-of-Its-Kind Brain-Computer InterfaceAugust 31st, 2021
- New Treatment May Help Slow Progression of ALS, Research ShowsSeptember 3rd, 2020
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Hospital Affiliations
UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC Magee-Womens HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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