JoshuaPeterAlpersMD

Neurology • Chattanooga, TN

Neuromuscular Medicine

Neuromuscular Medicine, UT Erlanger Neurology

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Office
979 E 3rd St
Ste C830
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone+1 423-778-9001

Fax+1 423-778-4692

Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology), 2008 - 2009
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Neurology, 2005 - 2008
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 2004
University of Missouri-ColumbiaBS, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, Honors, 1996 - 2000
University of Missouri-Columbia BA, French, Magna Cum Laude, Honors, 1996 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 2014 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2006 - 2014
NC State Medical License 2008 - 2009
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Air Force Achievement Medal 2006
James J.Leonard Award Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2005
Outstanding Biology Senior Award University of Missouri Biological Sciences, 2000

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

78 citations
Mycophenolate mofetil in AChR‐antibody‐positive myasthenia gravis: Outcomes in 102 patients
Michael K. Hehir, Ted M. Burns, Joshua Alpers, Mark R. Conaway, Michael Sawa
Muscle & Nerve. 2010-05-01
63 citations
NATURAL HISTORY OF EXERTIONAL RHABDOMYOLYSIS: A POPULATION-BASED ANALYSIS
Joshua P. Alpers, Lyell K. Jones
Muscle & Nerve. 2010-10-01

Journal Articles

Mycophenolate mofetil in AChR-antibody-positive myasthenia gravis: outcomes in 102 patients.
Hehir MK, Burns TM, Alpers J, Muscle Nerve
Cervical dystonia
Alpers JP, Massey JM, Future Neurology

Lectures

EMG-Guided Chemodenervation.
AANEM Annual Meeting, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Natural history of idiopathic and post-exertional rhabdomyolysis.
AAN Annual Meeting, 2009
Long-term experience with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in myasthenia gravis (MG): retrospective analysis of 103 patients.
AAN Annual Meeting, 2009
Unusual diagnostic and management cases in neuromuscular disease.
AAN Annual Meeting, 2009
Descending paralysis leading to respiratory failure consistent with the pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Society of Air Force Physicians Annual Meeting, 2007
Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion.
Force Physicians Annual Meeting
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Other Languages

French