Neurological Diseases and Pregnancy

Edited by Emma Ciafaloni, MD, FAAN, FANA, Prof, University of Rochester, Edited by Loralei L. Thornburg, MD, Assoc Prof, University of Rochester, and Edited by Cheryl D. Bushnell, MD, Prof, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni received her medical degree from the University of Milano, Italy, and completed her neurology residency and neuromuscular fellowship at Duke. Her clinical research focuses on experimental therapeutics and clinical trials in pediatric and adult neuromuscular disease and she has a special interest in pregnancy outcome in rare neuromuscular diseases. Dr. Cheryl Bushnell received her medical degree from Medical College of Wisconsin, and completed her neurology residency at Duke University. She received her master's of clinical research and completed a cerebrovascular research fellowship at Duke, as well. Her career has been dedicated to stroke in women, with a special emphasis on stroke in pregnancy. She is currently Professor of Neurology at Wake Forest Baptist Health and Director of the Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Stroke Center. Dr. Loralei Thornburg received her medical degree from Wayne State in Detroit, and completed her residency and

fellowship at University of Rochester. Her career has been dedicated to care of high risk women during pregnancy, including education of fellows and residents regarding optimal care of these women and their families. She is currently an Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn at University of Rochester Medical Center, where she directs both the Maternal-Fetal Medicine division and fellowship.

Jamie L. Adams, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Ahmed I. Ahmed, MD, MSc, RDMS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Medical Genetics and Genomic Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Sarah Aldhaheri, MD, MSc, RDMS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Allison Bannick, MS, BSN, RN, CPNP
Division of Genetic, Genomic and Metabolic Disorders, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
Robert D. Brown, Jr. M.D., M.P.H.
Department of Neurology, John T. and Lillian Mathews Professor of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Cheryl Bushnell, M.D., Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.
Mitch Chess
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Emma Ciafaloni, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Neuromuscular Medicine, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Patricia K Coyle, MD, FAAN, FANA
Professor and Vice Chair (Clinical Affairs), Director, MS Comprehensive Care Center, Department of Neurology, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
Peter D. Creigh, MD
Senior Instructor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Mary E. DAlton, MD
Willard C. Rappleye Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY
Jodi Dodds, M.D.
Department of Neurology. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Kathryn J. Drennan, MD
Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Stephanie Dukhovny, MD
Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University, Department of OBGYN, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Portland, OR
Malin Eberhard-Gran MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Institute of Clinical Medicine
University of Oslo and Health Services Research Unit
Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, and Senior Reseacher
Department of Child Health
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Oslo, Norway
Adam Evans, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Kyle M. Fargen, MD, MPH
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
William Filer, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Elizabeth Fountaine MD
University of Rochester Medical Center, Dept of Ob/GYN, Rochester, NY
Deborah I. Friedman, MD, MPH
Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dzhamala Gilmandyar, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
J. Christopher Glantz, MD MPH
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Marjorie Gloff, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of the Center for Perioperative Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
David N. Hackney, MD, MS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals MacDonald Women's Hospital, Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Johanna Hamel, MD
Neuromuscular fellow, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Amy Robinson Harrington, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Matthew Harris, PhD, ABPP (NC)
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
David N. Herrmann, MBBCh
Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Chief, Neuromuscular Division, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Susan Hutchinson, MD
Director, Orange County Migraine and Headache Center, Irvine, CA
Chinazom ibegbu, MDm
Neuro-Oncology Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Melissa Kreso, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Associate Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Ruth A. Lawrence, MD, FAAP, FAACT
Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Medical Director of the Ruth A. Lawrence Poison and Drug Information Center and of the Breastfeeding and Human Lactation Study Center
Michael Y. Lee, MD, MHA, CPE
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Heather M. Link MD/MPH
Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow, University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Rochester NY
Lynn Liu, MD, FAASM
Associate Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Anesthesia, University of Rochester Medical Center, 60 Rochester, New York
Eric Logigian MD
Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Aaron I. Loochtan, D.O.
Department of Neurology. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Tara A. Lynch, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Shamin Masrour, MD
Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Lauren A. Miller, MD MPH
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Nimish A Mohile, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Rochester, NY
Courtney Olson-Chen, MD
Assistant Professor Ob/Gyn, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Michael R. Pichler, M.D.
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Eva K. Pressman MD
Professor and Chair University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Henry Theide Professor of Ob/gyn, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Tessa L. Reisinger, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Jaclyn J. Renfrow, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Patricia Rogers, RN, C-ANP
University of Rochester Epilepsy Center, Rochester, NY
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Casey Rosen-Carole, MD, MPH, MSEd
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Director of Lactation Services and Programs, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Neil S. Seligman MD MS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Jasmeet Singh, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Asha N. Talati, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals MacDonald Women's Hospital, Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Christopher G. Tarolli, MD
Senior Instructor, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul, MD
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Karla L. Thompson, PhD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Loralei L. Thornburg, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Trenton Tollefson, MD
Senior Instructor of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Mary N. Towner, MD
Resident physician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Maria Vanushkina, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, NY
Miriam T. Weber, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Natalie S. Whaley, MD, MPH
Departments of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
John A. Wilson, MD
Departments of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Richard Wissler, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of Perioperative Services, Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Stacey Q. Wolfe, MD
Departments of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Aqib H. Zehri, MD
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

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