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Neil S Lava, MD

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Neil S. Lava, MD, is the director of the multiple sclerosis clinic at Emory University in Atlanta. He has been treating multiple sclerosis patients since 1984.
Lava graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1973. After an internship in internal medicine in Buffalo, N.Y., he received his neurology training at the Albany Medical College in Albany, N.Y. He served a two-year fellowship in neuromuscular diseases at the University of Colorado, Denver, and returned to Albany to join the faculty of the Albany Medical College. He started the multiple sclerosis clinic at the Albany Medical College and was director of the clinic until 2007. He also served as director of the residency training program for a few years and was interim chairman of neurology for three years. He joined the faculty of the department of neurology at Emory University as an associate professor of neurology and director of the multiple sclerosis clinic in 2007.
Lava was elected to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Upstate New York Chapter) Volunteer Hall of Fame in 2006. He serves on the board of directors of the Georgia chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He belongs to the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Clinics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

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I do not know if creatine will be a problem for you. However, I don't know that...

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If there is concern about a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, it would make sense to...

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Women with MS tend to do very well during pregnancy. The immune system attack is...

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It can be difficult to make a diagnosis of MS and sometimes takes a while. PSP,...

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If you are having more difficulties, you need to pursue this with your neurologist....

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There are many things that can cause areas of high T2 signal. You should discuss...

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Sorry to hear about your rash. MS does not cause and is not associated with a rash....

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Usually the neurologist is the person interpreting the spinal tap results....

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We have the ability to test patients to see if the have been exposed to the JC...

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The test that your doctor used is called the Romberg test. We consider it abnormal...

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