Valerie Askanas
Neurology expert specializing in neuromuscular diseases, especially among the elderly
Co-Director, USC Neuromuscular Center, Good Samaritan Hospital
Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Expertise
- neuromuscular diseases
- inclusion body-myositis
- aging of muscle
- molecular pathology of abnormal muscle and nerves
- electron microscopy
- electron-microscopic immunocyto-chemistry
- long-term cultures of human muscle
Additional Information
- Author of more than 200 scientific articles
- Co-editor and originator of Inclusion-Body Myositis and Myopathies (1998) and Muscle Aging, Inclusion-Body Myositis and Myopathies
- President, Scientific Program Committee, XXI International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, 2010
- Associate editor and member of editorial board of Acta Myologica
- Fellow, American Academy of Neurology and Los Angeles Academy of Medicine
- Recipient, MERIT grant, National Institute of Aging (for research in the area of inclusion-body myositis, the most common muscle disease of older people)
- Member: executive council of American Neurological Association; medical advisory board and research committee of Myositis Association; executive committee, Research Group for Neuromuscular Disorders, World Federation of Neurology; medical advisory board of Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
- Listed in Who’s Who in the World (1994-present) and America’s Top Doctors (2000-present)
Languages
- Polish
