Neuromuscular Neurologists and other Myasthenia Gravis Specialists - recommended by group members

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These are Neuromuscular Neurologists or other Myasthenia Gravis Specialists recommended by group members.  They are not endorsed by the Myasthenia Gravis Support Group of Southern California.  The list below is not all-inclusive and is subject to change at any time.  The MGFA website has a page, Partners in MG Care, that lists over 200 MG specialists in most regions of the United States.  If you know of, or have, an MG Specialist whom you highly recommend, please send the information to us at mgsocalgroup@gmail.com for possible inclusion in the list below.  Thank you!

Southern California

R. Wade Crow, M.D.  BIO

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, UC Irvine Health

714-456-7183  Locations: Orange, Irvine

Ali Habib, M.D.  BIO

Dept. of Neurology, University of California, Irvine

Location(s): Orange, Irvine

714-456-2332

Jeannie S. Rhee, M.D.  BIO 

Neurology Dept., Kaiser - South Bay

Locations: Harbor City, Los Angeles

833-574-2273

Luke Gentry, DPT, OCS

Doctor of Physical Therapy, Orthopedic Certified Specialist

Avid Physical Therapy

35325 Date Palm Dr., Cathedral City 92234

luke@avidphysicaltherapy.com

760-202-0368

Samir Macwan, MD

Board Certified Neuromuscular Neurologist; MG Specialist

Eisenhower Neuroscience, Eisenhower Medical Center

72780 Country Club Dr. #A104, Rancho Mirage SMacwan@eisenhowerhealth.org

760-834-3540

Sherry Ewing, MS CCC/SLP 

Speech Language Pathologist III

Eisenhower Medical Center

SEwing@eisenhowerhealth.org

760-799-3219

Jennifer Hui, MD

Eye Specialist, Founder of the Eye Institute of Palm Desert 

Asst Prof. of Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University Eye Institute

41990 Cook Street # F100, Palm Desert

Drjenniferhui@gmail.com 

760-610-2677

Leila Darki, MD

Keck Hospital of USC

1520 San Pablo St, Los Angeles 90033

323-442-5710

Said Beydoun, MD

Keck Medicine of USC, Neurology

1520 San Pablo St., Los Angeles  

323-442-5710 

Frank Diaz, MD, PhD

Cedars-Sanai

8709 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles 

310-423-3277

Richard A. Lewis, MD

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

127 S. San Vicente blvd., Los Angeles 

310-423-6472

Bhavesh Trikamji, MD BIO

UCR Health Multispecialty Center

900 University Avenue

Riverside, CA 92521


Dominic Ferrey, MD

UC San Diego Health

(858) 657-8540

providers.ucsd.edu


Betul M. Gundogdu, MD

Neurology | UC San Diego Health

(619) 543-3500

providers.ucsd.edu


Irene Litvan, MD, FAAN, FANA

Neurology | UC San Diego Health

(858) 657-8540

providers.ucsd.edu

Northern California

Ann Poncelet, MD

Brachial Neuritis Center, Neuromuscular Clinic & Peripheral Nerve Center

400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor

San Francisco 94143

Jeffrey Ralph, MD

Brachial Neuritis Center, Neuromuscular Clinic & Peripheral Nerve Center

400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor

San Francisco 94143

John Katz, MD

Neurology, Sutter Health

Forbes MDA/ALS Clinic

1100 Van Ness Ave., Floor G

San Francisco 94109

415-923-3604

John Engstrom, MD (2 locations)

400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor

San Francisco 94143

Joan and Sanford I.Weill Neurosciences Bldg.

1651 Fourth St., First Floor, Suite 112

San Francisco 94158


Mark Terrelonge, MD

UCSF Well Institute for Neurosciences

San Francisco

415-353-2273


David Richman, MD - Neurology

UC Davis; Sacramento

916-734-3588


Stanford Neuromuscular Program

650-723-6469

Dr. John W. Day

Dr. Rouzbeh Fateh

Dr. Neelam Goyal

Dr. Maxwell Green

Dr. Safwan Jarade

Dr. Kenneth Leung

Dr. SriKanth Muppidi

Dr. Jacinda Sampson

Dr. Yuen So


UC San Francisco Neurology/Neuromuscular

415-353-2273

Dr. Paul Sampognaro

Dr. Laura Rosow

Dr. Jeffrey Ralph

Dr. Medina Yujivova

Dr. Min Kang – MG Clinic

Dr. Pritikanta Paul – MG Clinic


UC Davis - Myasthenia Gravis Clinic

916-734-3588

Dr. David Richman

Dr. Ricardo Maselli

Dr. Olivia Tong

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