Professor, Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School
Neurology
Dr. Robert L. Sufit, MD
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Dr. Robert L. Sufit is an expert in the field of Neurology. He researched medicine at University of Virginia School of Medicine. He received awards:"Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Super Doctor". Robert Sufit is a published MD. He published 61 publications, including: 'The impact of the approval of riluzole.' He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Vitamin D status, functional decline, and mortality in peripheral artery Disease.
- Prevalence and characteristics of Pain in early and late stages of ALS.
- Preferential denervation of the adductor muscles of the equine larynx. I: Muscle pathology.
- Doxacurium and mivacurium do not trigger malignant hyperthermia in susceptible swine.
- Impairment of speech intelligibility in men with amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis.
- Infantile olivopontocerebellar atrophy with spinal Muscular atrophy (infantile OPCA + SMA).
- Visual evoked potential changes following renal transplantation.
- Ketogenic effects of carnitine in patients with Muscular dystrophy and cytochrome oxidase deficiency.
- Thyrotropin releasing hormone uptake into serum and cerebrospinal fluid following intravenous or subcutaneous administration.
- Drug-induced peripheral Neuropathy in a patient with psoriatic arthritis.
- Intravenous thyrotropin-releasing hormone in patients with amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis. Dose-response and randomized concurrent placebo-controlled pilot studies.
- A modification of the modified barium swallow.
- Decreased conduction velocity and pseudomyotonia in hexachlorobenzene-fed rats.
- Physiologic and metabolic response to progressive and prolonged exercise in amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis.
- Intermittent negative pressure ventilation in the treatment of respiratory failure in progressive neuromuscular Disease.
- Chronic compartment Syndrome: diagnosis, management, and outcomes.
- Pulmonary effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone in amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis.
- Respiratory improvement by muscle training in adult-onset acid maltase deficiency.
- Nifedipine relieves exercise-exacerbated myalgias.
- Clinical spectrum of fascial inflammation.
- Suramin-induced weakness from hypophosphatemia and mitochondrial myopathy. Association of suramin with mitochondrial Toxicity in humans.
- A multicenter study on the use of pulsed low-intensity direct current for healing Chronic stage II and stage III decubitus ulcers.
- Clinical trials of riluzole in patients with ALS. ALS/Riluzole Study Group-II.
- Issues in clinical trial design I: Use of natural history controls. An antagonist view.
- The impact of the approval of riluzole.
- Practice parameter: the care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American...
- Practice parameter: The care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis (An evidence-based review).
- Isokinetic assessment in ALS.
- Intravenous thyrotropin releasing hormone in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Autonomic effects.
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in patients with ALS and bulbar dysfunction.
- Paraoxonase cluster polymorphisms are associated with sporadic ALS.
- Lack of association of VEGF promoter polymorphisms with sporadic ALS.
- Autologous non-myeloablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for refractory systemic vasculitis.
- Nonmyeloablative autologous hematopoietic stem celltransplantation for refractory CIDP.
- Prolonged compound muscle action potential duration in critical illness myopathy: report of nine cases.
- Compression of the brachial plexus during right lobe liver donation as a cause of brachial plexus injury: a case report.
- Improved methodology for measuring timing and pressure of tongue-hard palate apposition in the initiation of swallowing.
- Promoting excellence in end-of-life care in ALS.
- Reversible Demyelinating neuropathy associated with renal cell carcinoma.
- Mutations in UBQLN2 cause dominant X-linked juvenile and adult-onset ALS and ALS/Dementia.
- SQSTM1 Mutations in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
- An outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in travelers returning from the Caribbean.
- Lower extremity nerve function, calf skeletal muscle characteristics, and functional performance in peripheral arterial Disease.
- Post-epidemic eosinophilia myalgia Syndrome associated with L-tryptophan.
- Differential involvement of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis with or without SOD1 mutations.
- Lower extremity Nerve function in patients with lower extremity ischemia.
- Riluzole metabolism and CYP1A1/2 polymorphisms in patients with ALS.
- Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis and sarcoidosis.
- Phase II trial of CoQ10 for ALS finds insufficient evidence to justify phase III.
- FUS-immunoreactive inclusions are a common feature in sporadic and non-SOD1 familial amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis.
- Asymptomatic peripheral arterial Disease is associated with more adverse lower extremity characteristics than intermittent claudication.
- Oculomotor involvement in myotonic Dystrophy type 2.
- Sudden monocular visual loss in pseudotumor cerebri.
- Acute myopathy with selective degeneration of myosin filaments following status asthmaticus treated with methylprednisolone and vecuronium.
- The effect of pedaling frequency on glycogen depletion rates in type I and type II quadriceps muscle fibers during submaximal cycling exercise.
- Quantitative description of the dysarthria in women with amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis.
- Glycemic control and Peripheral nerve conduction in children and young adults after 5-6 mo of IDDM. Wisconsin Diabetes Registry.
- Speech deterioration in amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis: a case study.
- Design of clinical therapeutic trials in amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis.
- Drug induced Polymyositis secondary to leuprolide acetate (Lupron) therapy for prostate carcinoma.
Schools
University Of Virginia School Of Medicine
Shadyside Hospital
University Of Co School Of Med
University Of Pittsburgh Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- EEG (Electroencephalogram)
- EMG (Electromyography)
Conditions Treated
- Anterior Horn Disease
- Ataxia
- Autonomic Disorders
- Bell's Palsy
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- American Republic
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- HealthLink PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- MedHealthInsurance
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Pekin Insurance
- Principal Life
- Choice Plus POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Super Doctor
Education
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University of Colorado -
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Hospital
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1285641571 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SUFIT | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ROBERT | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606114546 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Neurology | |
| Total Claim Count | 685.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 12.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 1.75 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1285641571 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SUFIT |
| First Name Of The Provider | ROBERT |
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