Laura Rosow, MD
Associate Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

As a member of the Neuromuscular Medicine division, I see patients with a variety of neurological disorders, including: neuropathy, muscle disease (hereditary and acquired myopathies/muscular dystrophies), neuromuscular junction disorders (such as myasthenia gravis), and diseases of the spine and nerve roots.

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As Associate Director of the UCSF ALS Center, I see patients with different varieties of motor neuron disease at clinics in San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and Monterey. I also perform EMG, neuromuscular ultrasound, and skin biopsy.

Education & Training

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• M.D. Harvard Medical School
• Fellowship Neuromuscular Medicine Harvard Partners (Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women's)
• Residency Neurology University of California San Francisco

Interests

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• EMG/NCS
• spine disease
• neuropathy
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• muscular dystrophy
• Neuromuscular medicine
• myopathy
• neuromuscular junction disorders
• neuromuscular ultrasound

Publications (10)

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ThalamusHeart TransplantationDermatomyositisNerve Compression SyndromesMyotonic DystrophyCerebral PhaeohyphomycosisBrain AbscessImmunologic FactorsPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesFasciitisBotulismAscomycotaImmunoglobulinsElectrodiagnosisMycoses

• The Neural Correlates of Spatial Disorientation in Head Direction Cells.
  eNeuro 2022 Grieves RM, Shinder ME, Rosow LK, Kenna MS, Taube JS
• Common Focal Neuropathies in the Hospitalized Patient.
  Neurologic clinics 2022 Terrelonge M, Rosow L
• Embedded Palliative Care for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Pilot Program and Lessons Learned.
  Neurology. Clinical practice 2022 Fahrner-Scott K, Zapata C, O'Riordan DL, Cohen E, Rosow L, Pantilat SZ, Lomen-Hoerth C, Bischoff KE
• The Role of Electrodiagnostic Testing, Imaging, and Muscle Biopsy in the Investigation of Muscle Disease.
  Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2016 Rosow LK, Amato AA
• Infant botulism: review and clinical update.
  Pediatric neurology 2015 Rosow LK, Strober JB

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• A quality assurance initiative targeting radiation exposure to neuroscience patients in the intensive care unit.
  The Neurohospitalist 2015 Chan S, Josephson SA, Rosow L, Smith WS
• A volumetric MRI study of limbic, associative and sensorimotor striatal subregions in schizophrenia.
  Schizophrenia research 2013 Levitt JJ, Rosow LK, Nestor PG, Pelavin PE, Swisher TM, McCarley RW, Shenton ME
• Fractional anisotropy and radial diffusivity: diffusion measures of white matter abnormalities in the anterior limb of the internal capsule in schizophrenia.
  Schizophrenia research 2011 Levitt JJ, Alvarado JL, Nestor PG, Rosow L, Pelavin PE, McCarley RW, Kubicki M, Shenton ME
• Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Bipolaris spicifera after heart transplantation.
  Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2011 Rosow L, Jiang JX, Deuel T, Lechpammer M, Zamani AA, Milner DA, Folkerth R, Marty FM, Kesari S
• Stimulation of the posterior cord predicts successful infraclavicular block.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2006 Lecamwasam H, Mayfield J, Rosow L, Chang Y, Carter C, Rosow C