Dr. Shawn Bird

Biography

Shawn J. Bird, M.D. is a Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, where he serves as the Medical Director of the Electromyography (EMG) Laboratory. His research expertise includes clinical trials for novel medications, with a focus on myasthenia gravis and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Dr. Bird conducts large multi-center patient-oriented outcome studies involving newly diagnosed myasthenia gravis patients and utilizes electrodiagnostic techniques and neurologic examination measures to assess patients serially. His clinical expertise is centered around autoimmune neuromuscular disorders, particularly in evaluating and managing patients with myasthenia gravis and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. He completed his undergraduate education at Cornell University and earned his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Bird's post-graduate training includes an internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Neurology, followed by a fellowship in Clinical Neuromuscular Diseases/Electromyography at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

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