NeilSLavaMD

Neurology • Atlanta, GA

Neuroimmunology/Multiple Sclerosis

Associate Professor, Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine

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Office
1365 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone+1 404-778-3444

Fax+1 404-778-5150
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Education & Training

Albany Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1974 - 1977
University at BuffaloInternship, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1974
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1974 - 2009
CO State Medical License 1978 - 1983
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Clinical Trials

Study of Subcutaneous Daclizumab in Patients With Active, Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis Start of enrollment: 2005 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Safety, Tolerability and Activity Study of Ibudilast in Subjects With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Patient-Specific Out-of-Pocket Cost Communication and Remote Financial Navigation in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study.
Gelareh Sadigh, Debrua Coleman, Neil Lava, Jeffrey Switchenko, Diana Vargas, Richard Duszak Jr, Ruth C Carlos> ;Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2022 Jun 1
6 citations
Longitudinal changes of financial hardship in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Gelareh Sadigh, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Neil Lava, Richard Duszak, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Carolyn C. Meltzer, Ruth C. Carlos> ;Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2021 May 23
1 citations
Neuromyelitis Optica Presenting as Infectious Meningoencephalitis: Case Report and Literature Review.
Mohamad Ali Tfaily, Boghuma K Titanji, Matthew Schniederjan, Abigail L. Goodman, Neil Lava, Stephanie M Pouch, Matthew H. Collins, Max W. Adelman> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2021 Apr 1
15 citations
Patient-reported financial toxicity in multiple sclerosis: Predictors and association with care non-adherence.
Gelareh Sadigh, Neil Lava, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Richard Duszak, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Carolyn C. Meltzer, Danny R. Hughes, Ruth C. Carlos> ;Multiple Sclerosis. 2021 Mar 1
4 citations
Perceptions and experiences of multiple sclerosis patients regarding out-of-pocket costs of care discussions
Gracie Tewkesbury, Ruth C. Carlos, Richard Duszak, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Carolyn C. Meltzer, Neil Lava, Gelareh Sadigh> ;Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2020 Oct 1
17 citations
Comparison of Unenhanced and Gadolinium-Enhanced Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis: Is Contrast Needed for Routine Follow-Up MRI?
Gelareh Sadigh, Amit M. Saindane, Alex D. Waldman, Neil Lava, Ranliang Hu> ;AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2019 Aug 22
162 citations
Phase 2 trial of ibudilast in progressive multiple sclerosis
Robert J. Fox, Christopher S. Coffey, Robin Conwit, Merit Cudkowicz, Trevis Gleason, Andrew D. Goodman, Eric C. Klawiter, K. Matsuda, Michelle McGovern, Robert T. Nais...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2018 Aug 30
51 citations
Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of the randomized double-blind phase II clinical trial of ibudilast in progressive multiple sclerosis
Robert J. Fox, Christopher S. Coffey, Merit Cudkowicz, Trevis Gleason, Andrew D. Goodman, Eric C. Klawiter, Kazuko Matsuda, Michelle McGovern, Robin Conwit, Robert T. ...> ;Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2016 Sep 1
11 citations
Factors associated with benign multiple sclerosis in the New York State MS Consortium (NYSMSC)
Robert Zivadinov, Diane Cookfair, Lauren B. Krupp, Aaron E. Miller, Neil Lava, Patricia K. Coyle, Andrew D. Goodman, Burk Jubelt, Michael Lenihan, Joseph Herbert, Malc...> ;BMC Neurology. 2016 Jul 15
26 citations
Blood B Cell and Regulatory Subset Content in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Jakob Habib, Jiusheng Deng, Neil Lava, William R. Tyor, Jacques Galipeau> ;Journal of Multiple Sclerosis. 2015 May 4
22 citations
False-positive SCA8 gene test in a patient with pathologically proven multiple system atrophy.
Stewart A. Factor, Jiang Qian, Neil S. Lava, Jeffrey D. Hubbard, Haydeh Payami> ;Annals of Neurology. 2005 Mar 1
38 citations
Focal myopathy as a cause of anterocollis in Parkinsonism
Neil S. Lava, Stewart A. Factor> ;Movement Disorders. 2001 Jul 1
38 citations
G8363A mutation in the mitochondrial DNA transfer ribonucleic acidLys gene: another cause of Leigh syndrome.
Alexander Shtilbans, Sara Shanske, Svetlana Goodman, Carolyn M. Sue, Claudio Bruno, Theodore L. Johnson, Neil S. Lava, Nasir Waheed, Salvatore DiMauro> ;Journal of Child Neurology. 2000 Nov 1
14 citations
Central deafness in a young child with Moyamoya disease: paternal linkage in a Caucasian family: two case reports and a review of the literature.
Gavin Setzen, Anthony T. Cacace, Frederick A. Eames, Phillip S. Riback, Neil S. Lava, Dennis J. McFarland, Lisa M Artino, Julie A Kerwood> ;International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 1999 Apr 25
7 citations
d-Penicillamine-induced neuromuscular disease in guinea pigs
John H. McVicker, Neil S. Lava, Thomas W. Mittag, Steven P. Ringel> ;Experimental Neurology. 1982 Apr 1
20 citations
Late‐onset X‐linked recessive spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy
Steven P. Ringel, Neil S. Lava, Marc M. Treihaft, Mary L. Lubs, Herbert A. Lubs> ;Muscle & Nerve. 1978 Jul 1
20 citations
Recurrence of thymoma and myasthenia gravis after 19 years A case report
Neil S. Lava, Lawrence Rodichok, Leonardo B. Martinez> ;Neurology. 1976 Jul 1
Multiple sclerosis characteristics in African American patients in the New York State Multiple Sclerosis Consortium.
Weinstock-Guttman, B., Jacobs, L. D., Brownscheidle, C. M., Baier, M., Rea, D. F., Apatoff, B. R., Blitz, K. M., Coyle, P. K., Frontera, A. T., Goodman, A. D., Gottesm...> ;Mult Scler. 2003 Jun
A profile of multiple sclerosis: the New York State Multiple Sclerosis Consortium.
Jacobs, L. D., Wende, K. E., Brownscheidle, C. M., Apatoff, B., Coyle, P. K., Goodman, A., Gottesman, M. H., Granger, C. V., Greenberg, S. J., Herbert, J., Krupp, L., ...> ;Mult Scler. 1999 Oct
Polymyositis with eosinophilia and mononeuropathy multiplex.
Strosberg, J. M., Lava, N. S.> ;J Rheumatol. 1981 May 01
Ethylene glycol intoxication: a new stage in the clinical syndrome.
Factor, S. A., Lava, N. S.> ;N Y State J Med. 1987 Mar
Inclusion body myositis: case reports and a reappraisal of an underrecognized type of inflammatory myopathy.
Lazaro, R. P., Barron, K. D., Dentinger, M. P., Lava, N. S.> ;Mt Sinai J Med. 1986 Feb
Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome with vitamin B6: a double-blind study.
Stransky, M., Rubin, A., Lava, N. S., Lazaro, R. P.> ;South Med J. 1989 Jul
Familial X-linked myalgia and cramps: a nonprogressive myopathy associated with a deletion in the dystrophin gene.
Gospe, S. M., Lazaro, R. P., Lava, N. S., Grootscholten, P. M., Scott, M. O., Fischbeck, K. H.> ;Neurology. 1989 Oct
Immune complex vasculitis, polymyositis, and hyperglobulinemic purpura.
Ringel, S. P., Thorne, E. G., Phanuphak, P., Lava, N. S., Kohler, P. S.> ;Neurology. 1979 May
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