Kumaraswamy Sivakumar, M. D.
Neuromuscular Research Center

Current Medical Practice:
Evaluation and treatment of patients with neuromuscular disorders
Electromyography and Nerve conduction studies
Muscle & nerve biopsies  (surgery and interpretation of pathology)
Clinical research in neuromuscular diseases
Enzyme histochemical, immunological and molecular genetic methods in neuromuscular research.
General clinical neurology

Professional Qualifications:  
Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, specialty of Neurology.
Diplomate of the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, specialty of Clinical Neurophysiology.
Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology , specialty of Neuromuscular diseases
License, Maryland (inactive) and Arizona.
Member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK.
Doctor of Medicine (M.B., B.S. British  system).

Professional history:

Oct 2000-Current   Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
University of Arizona, College of Medicine
Barrow Neurological Institute
Director, Neuromuscular Research Center
Myasthenia, Myositis, Immune Neuropathy, ALS and Muscular Dystrophy clinics

May 2001-July 2004 Founder and Director, MDA-ALS Center
Director, MDA Clinic
Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Scottsdale Health care
Phoenix, AZ
 

May 2001- July 2004 
Chief, Neuromuscular Diseases Section  
Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Phoenix, AZ

Oct 1999 – July 2003
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ 

Sept 1997 – May 2001
Attending Neurologist
Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic
Director, Neuromuscular Research Program.
Neuromuscular Diseases Section
Division of Neurology
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix AZ

May 1997  Study of Inherited Neuromuscular Diseases (NIH sponsored)
Neurologist
Mongolia (Asia) 

1996-1997  Visiting Scientist
Neuromuscular Diseases Section
Medical Neurology Branch
National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

1993-1996  Clinical Associate (Neuromuscular Diseases)
Medical Neurology Branch
National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

July-Nov1995  Consultant Neurologist
York Health Service-NHS Trust
York, England. 

1992-93  Chief Resident (Neurology).
The Mount Sinai Medical School & Hospital, New York.

1990-93  Resident in Neurology.
The Mount Sinai Medical School & Hospital, New York.

1988-90  Training as an Internist.
Cardiology, nephrology, rheumatology, neurology and internal medicine. 
Hull Royal Infirmary , Kingston General and Princess Royal Hospitals,
North Humberside, England.      

1987-88  Internship
Professorial units of internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics & gyn.
Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

1981-86  Undergraduate
School of Medicine. U of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.