DavidLacomisMD
Neurology • Pittsburgh, PANeuromuscular Medicine, Neurophysiology
Chief, Neuromuscular Division, University of Pittsburgh Physicians
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Office
3471 5th Ave
Ste 810
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-692-4920
Education & Training
University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFellowship, Neuropathology, 1991 - 1993
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1988 - 1991
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1991 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1987 - 2024- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014-2021
- Pittsburgh Magazine Castle Connolly, 2004-2021
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
- Disease-Modifying Treatments for Myasthenia Gravis Start of enrollment: 2018 May 07
- Efficacy and Safety Study of Oral Edaravone Administered in Subjects With ALS Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 13
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 32 citationsClinical spectrum of neuromuscular complications after immune checkpoint inhibitionAraya Puwanant, Michael Isfort, David Lacomis, Saša A. Živković
Neuromuscular Disorders. 2019-02-01 - 433 citationsTIA1 Mutations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia Promote Phase Separation and Alter Stress Granule DynamicsIan R. A. Mackenzie, Alexandra M. Nicholson, Mohona Sarkar, James Messing, Maria D. Purice
Neuron. 2017-08-16 - 35 citationsR+ pramipexole as a mitochondrially focused neuroprotectant: initial early phase studies in ALS.Hua Wang, Kylyana S. Larriviere, Kristen E. Keller, Kathleen A. Ware, Ted M. Burns
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 2008-02-01
Other
- Myopathies of systemic diseaseLacomis D
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/myopathies-of-systemic-disease
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-19 - Neuromuscular weakness related to critical illnessLacomis D
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/neuromuscular-weakness-related-to-critical-illness
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-04
Press Mentions
Implant Allows Paralyzed People to Use Computers by ThinkingMarch 30th, 2022- UPMC and Pitt Researchers Participate in Clinical Trial to Test First-of-Its-Kind Brain-Computer InterfaceAugust 31st, 2021
- New Treatment May Help Slow Progression of ALS, Research ShowsSeptember 3rd, 2020
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