JaniceM.MasseyMD

Neurology • Durham, NC

Movement Disorder, Neuromuscular Medicine

Professor of Neurology, Director, Neuromuscular Division, Duke University

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Office
40 Duke Medicine Circle
Durham, NC 27710
Phone+1 919-681-3386
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Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology), 1982 - 1983
Duke University HospitalResidency, Neurology, 1979 - 1983
Georgetown University HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1979 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

2013 Distinguished Physician Award American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 2013
2013 Doctor of the Year Award Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Clinical Trials

Thymectomy Trial in Non-Thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis Patients Receiving Prednisone Therapy Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Pregnancy in Seronegative Myasthenia Gravis: A Single-Center Case Series.
Yohei Harada, Margaret Bettin, Vern C Juel, Janice M Massey, Donald B Sanders> ;Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 2023 Dec 1
2 citations
Pregnancy in MuSK-positive myasthenia gravis: A single-center case series.
Yohei Harada, Margaret Bettin, Vern C Juel, Lisa D Hobson-Webb, Shruti M Raja, Donald B Sanders, Janice M Massey> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2023 Jul 1
2 citations
The Duke Myasthenia Gravis Clinic Registry: II. Analysis of outcomes.
Donald B Sanders, Michael W Lutz, Shruti M Raja, Vern C Juel, Jeffrey T Guptill, Lisa D Hobson-Webb, Janice M Massey> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2023 Apr 1
11 citations
KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG PATIENTS WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
Yingkai Li, C Douglas Emmett, Marjan Cobbaert, Donald B. Sanders, Vern C. Juel, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Janice M. Massey, Karissa L. Gable, Shruti M. Raja, Natalia Gonzal...> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2021 Mar 1
15 citations
The Duke myasthenia gravis clinic registry: I. Description and demographics.
Donald B. Sanders, Shruti M. Raja, Jeffrey T. Guptill, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Vern C. Juel, Janice M. Massey> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2021 Feb 1
131 citations
International Consensus Guidance for Management of Myasthenia Gravis: 2020 Update
Pushpa Narayanaswami, Donald B. Sanders, Gil I. Wolfe, Michael Benatar, Gabriel Cea, Amelia Evoli, Nils Erik Gilhus, Isabel Illa, Nancy L. Kuntz, Janice M. Massey, Art...> ;Neurology. 2021 Jan 19
2 citations
Reduced plasmablast frequency is associated with seronegative myasthenia gravis.
Jeffrey T. Guptill, Richard Barfield, Cliburn Chan, Melissa A. Russo, Doug Emmett, Shruti M. Raja, Janice M. Massey, Vern C. Juel, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Karissa L. Gabl...> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2020 Dec 24
9 citations
Epidemiological evidence for a hereditary contribution to myasthenia gravis: a retrospective cohort study of patients from North America.
Joshua D. Green, Richard J. Barohn, Emanuela Bartoccion, Michael Benatar, Derrick Blackmore, Vinay Chaudhry, Manisha Chopra, Andrea M. Corse, Mazen M. Dimachkie, Ameli...> ;BMJ Open. 2020 Sep 18
17 citations
Imbalance in T follicular helper cells producing IL-17 promotes pro-inflammatory responses in MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis
Yingkai Li, Jeffrey T. Guptill, Melissa A. Russo, James F. Howard, Janice M. Massey, Vern C. Juel, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Doug Emmett, Manisha Chopra, Shruti M. Raja, We...> ;Journal of Neuroimmunology. 2020 Aug 15
15 citations
Minimal manifestation status and prednisone withdrawal in the MGTX trial
Ikjae Lee, Hui-Chien Kuo, Inmaculada Aban, Gary R. Cutter, Tarrant McPherson, Henry J. Kaminski, Jon Sussman, Philipp Ströbel, Joel Oger, Gabriel Cea, Jeannine M. Heck...> ;Neurology. 2020 Aug 11
15 citations
Consistent improvement with eculizumab across muscle groups in myasthenia gravis
Renato Mantegazza, Fanny O'Brien, Marcus Yountz, James F. Howard, Claudio Mazia, Miguel Wilken, Fabio Barroso, Juliet Saba, Marcelo Rugiero, Mariela Bettini, Marcelo C...> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2020 Aug 1
9 citations
Inhibition of the transcription factor ROR-γ reduces pathogenic Th17 cells in acetylcholine receptor antibody positive myasthenia gravis.
John S. Yi, Melissa A. Russo, Shruti M. Raja, Janice M. Massey, Vern C. Juel, Jay Shin, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Karissa L. Gable, Jeffrey T. Guptill> ;Experimental Neurology. 2020 Mar 1
Mononeuropathies in pregnancy.
E. Wayne Massey, Janice M. Massey> ;Handbook of Clinical Neurology. 2020 Jan 1
10 citations
Clinical outcome measures following plasma exchange for MG exacerbation.
Shruti M. Raja, James F. Howard, Vern C. Juel, Janice M. Massey, Manisha Chopra, Jeffrey T. Guptill> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2019 Oct 1
103 citations
Long-term effect of thymectomy plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in patients with non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis: 2-year extension of the MGTX randomised trial.
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25 citations
Tacrolimus inhibits Th1 and Th17 responses in MuSK-antibody positive myasthenia gravis patients.
Yingkai Li, Jeffrey T. Guptill, Melissa A. Russo, Janice M. Massey, Vern C. Juel, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, James F. Howard, Manisha Chopra, Weibin Liu, John S. Yi> ;Experimental Neurology. 2019 Feb 1
10 citations
Circulating microRNA plasma profile in MuSK+ myasthenia gravis
Liis Sabre, Jeffrey T. Guptill, Melissa A. Russo, Vern C. Juel, Janice M. Massey, James F. Howard, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Anna Rostedt Punga> ;Journal of Neuroimmunology. 2018 Dec 15
9 citations
Reliability of the triple-timed up-and-go test.
Donald B. Sanders, Jeffrey T. Guptill, Kathy L. Aleš, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, David P. Jacobus, Riaz Mahmood, Janice M. Massey, Melissa M. Pittman, Kristi Prather, Shruti...> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2018 Jan 1
10 citations
Does change in neuromuscular Jitter predict or correlate with clinical change in mg
Donald B. Sanders, Janice M. Massey> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2017 Jul 1
5 citations
Marked clinical and jitter improvement after eculizumab in refractory myasthenia.
Vern C. Juel, Donald B. Sanders, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Janice M. Massey, Jeffrey T. Guptill, Fanny O'Brien, Jing Jing Wang, James F. Howard> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2017 Jun 5
18 citations
B10 Cell Frequencies and Suppressive Capacity in Myasthenia Gravis Are Associated with Disease Severity.
John S. Yi, Melissa A. Russo, Janice M. Massey, Vern C. Juel, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Karissa L. Gable, Shruti M. Raja, Kristina Balderson, Kent J. Weinhold, Jeffrey T. G...> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2017 Feb 10
QMG and MG-ADL Correlations: Study of Eculizumab Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis.
Howard JF, Freimer M, O'Brien F, Wang JJ, Collins SR, Kissel JT, Herbelin L, McVey AL, Dimachkie MM, Pasnoor M, Lu D, Waltz A, Chaudhry V, Corse A, Mosmiller E, Klein ...> ;Muscle Nerve. 2016-12-23
77 citations
International clinimetric evaluation of the MG-QOL15, resulting in slight revision and subsequent validation of the MG-QOL15r.
Ted M. Burns, Reza Sadjadi, Kimiaki Utsugisawa, Kelly G. Gwathmey, Amruta Joshi, Sarah M. Jones, Vera Bril, Carolina Barnett, Jeffrey T. Guptill, Donald B. Sanders, Li...> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2016 Dec 1
64 citations
Effect of therapeutic plasma exchange on immunoglobulins in myasthenia gravis.
Jeffrey T. Guptill, Vern C. Juel, Janice M. Massey, Amanda Anderson, Manisha Chopra, John S. Yi, Ehsanollah Esfandiari, Tim Buchanan, Bryan Smith, Paul Atherfold, Emma...> ;Autoimmunity. 2016 Aug 11
Randomized Trial of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis.
Wolfe GI, Kaminski HJ, Aban IB, Minisman G, Kuo H, Marx A, Ströbel P, Mazia C, Oger J, Cea JG, Heckmann JM, Evoli A, Nix W, Ciafaloni E, Antonini G, Witoonpanich R, Ki...> ;N. Engl. J. Med.. 2016-08-11
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Press Mentions

Janice M. Massey, MD Awarded the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award by AANEMSeptember 27th, 2021
The Leakiest Pipeline: All Too Few Women Get to Run Their Own Neuroscience LabsFebruary 2nd, 2017

Committees

Vice-Chair, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology 2012 - 2013
Board of Directors (Neurology), American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology 2005 - 2012
President, American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine-AANEM 2005 - 2006