Neurology

Division of Neuroimmunology

Disorders of the immune system may have significant effects on the nervous system. Neuroimmunologists diagnose and treat neurological disorders caused by inflammation or autoimmunity in the nervous system. The Division of Neuroimmunology includes 16 staff neurologists with diverse subspecialty interests ranging from paraneoplastic disorders to sarcoidosis.

Conditions and Symptoms

• Paraneoplastic neurological disorders
  • Limbic encephalitis
  • Cerebellar degeneration
  • Paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy
  • Paraneoplastic gastrointestinal dysmotility
  • Opsoclonus myoclonus
  • Lambert-Eaton syndrome
• Autoimmune neurological disorders
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Stiffman syndrome
  • Neuromyotonia (Isaacs syndrome)
  • Morvan's syndrome
• Neurosarcoidosis

Staff

Minnesota

• Allen Aksamit, M.D.
• Ralitza H. Gavrilova, M.D.
• C. Michel Harper, M.D.
• Orhun H. Kantarci, M.D.
• B. Mark Keegan, M.D.
• Vanda Lennon, M.D., Ph.D.
• Claudia Lucchinetti, M.D.
• Andrew McKeon, M.D.
• John Noseworthy, M.D.
• George Petty, M.D.
• Istvan Pirko, M.D.
• Sean J. Pittock, M.D.
• Moses Rodriguez, M.D.
• Brian Weinshenker, M.D.

Florida

• Kathleen Kennelly, M.D.
• Elizabeth Shuster, M.D.

Arizona

• Jonathan Carter, M.D.
• Dean Wingerchuk, M.D.

Research

Clinical trials

Education

Neuroimmunology fellowship