Department / Division:
Medicine / Neurology

Address:
DUMC 3403
Duke Clinic 1L, Room 1255
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-681-3386

Office Telephone:
919-684-5196

Fax Telephone:
919-660-3853

• MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine (Washington, DC), 1978

• Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, 1979-1982

• Neuromuscular Disease and EMG, Duke University Medical Center, 1982-1983

Clinical Interests:
Neuromuscular transmission disorders, including Lambert-Eaton syndrome and myasthenia gravis; clinical research in spasmodic torticollis, dystonia and myasthenia gravis; EMG; EMG-guided chemodenervation for dystonia and spasticity

Research Interests:
Clinical Research in Neuromuscular diseases including myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, botulinum toxins, electromyography, dystonic disorders including cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis), limb focal dystonia, blepharospasm and spasticity.

Representative Publications:
Aminoff MJ, Massey JM, Scheiber SC, Juul D. Certification in neuromuscular medicine: a new neurologic subspecialty. Neurology. 2007 Apr 3;68(14):1153-4. (2007) Abstract

Siddiqi ZA, Sanders DB, Massey JM. Peripheral neuropathy in Krabbe disease: electrodiagnostic findings. Neurology. 2006 Jul 25;67(2):263-7. (2006) Abstract

Siddiqi ZA, Sanders DB, Massey JM. Peripheral neuropathy in Krabbe disease: effect of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Neurology. 2006 Jul 25;67(2):268-72. (2006) Abstract

Stickler DE, Massey JM, Sanders DB. MuSK-antibody positive myasthenia gravis: clinical and electrodiagnostic patterns. Clin Neurophysiol. 2005 Sep;116(9):2065-8. (2005) Abstract

Juel VC, Massey JM. Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis: Recommendations for Treatment and Immunologic Modulation. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2005 Jan;7(1):3-14. (2005) Abstract

Ciafaloni E, Massey JM. Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy. Neurol Clin. 2004 Nov;22(4):771-82. (2004) Abstract

Sanders DB, Tucker-Lipscomb B, Massey JM. A simple manual muscle test for myasthenia gravis: validation and comparison with the QMG score. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Sep;998:440-4. (2003) Abstract

Sanders DB, El-Salem K, Massey JM, McConville J, Vincent A. Clinical aspects of MuSK antibody positive seronegative MG. Neurology. 2003 Jun 24;60(12):1978-80. (2003) Abstract

Meriggioli MN, Ciafaloni E, Al-Hayk KA, Rowin J, Tucker-Lipscomb B, Massey JM, Sanders DB. Mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis: an analysis of efficacy, safety, and tolerability. Neurology. 2003 Nov 25;61(10):1438-40. (2003) Abstract

3. Massey JM. Domestic Violence in Neurologic Practice in Neurological Therapeutics: Priniciples and Practice: Noseworthy J, (Ed) (In Press) (2002)

2. Ciafaloni E, Massey JM. Repetitive Nerve Stimulation Evaluation and Diagnostic Tests in Neuromuscular Disorders Butterworth-Heinemann (In press) (2002)

1. Massey JM. EMG-Guided chemodenervation with phenol in cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis) in Scientific and Therapeutic Aspects of Botulinum Toxin. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (In press) (2002)

Massey JM. EMG-Guided chemodenervation with phenol in cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis) in Scientific and Therapeutic Aspects of Botulinum Toxin. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (In Press) (2001)

Ciafaloni E, Massey JM, Tucker-Lipscomb B, Sanders DB. Mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis: an open-label pilot study. Neurology. 2001 Jan 9;56(1):97-9. (2001) Abstract

Ciafaloni E, Massey JM, Tucker-Lipscomb B, Sanders DB. Mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis: An open-label pilot study. Neurology 2001;56:97-99 (2001)

Sanders DB, Massey JM, Sanders LL, Edwards LJ. A randomized trial of 3,4-diaminopyridine in Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Neurology. 2000 Feb 8;54(3):603-7. (2000) Abstract

Rostedt A, Sanders L, Edwards LJ, Massey JM, Sanders DB, Stalberg EV. Predictive value of single-fiber electromyography in the extensor digitorum communis muscle of patients with ocular myasthenia gravis: A retrospective study. J Clin Neuromusc Dis 2000;2:6-9 (2000)

Massey JM. Myasthenia Gravis In Conn's Current Therapy. Rakel, RE, (Ed) WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2000 (2000)

Cullis PA, Barnes M, Chen REW, Duane D, Freeman A, Fross R, Hammarstad J, Hyman N, Lees A, Massey JM, Moore P, Reich S, Sethi K, Swenson M, Tarsy D, Walker F, Murray JJ, Wilmer-Hulme A, Donoghue S, Wallace JD, Killer M. Safety and tolerability of repeat doses of Elan's botulinum toxin type B, evaluated under the name Neurobloc TM, in patients with cervical dystonia: An open-label, dose-escalation study. (Submitted) (2000)

Ciafaloni E, Nikhar NK, Massey JM, Sanders DB. Retrospective analysis of the use of cyclosporine in myasthenia gravis. Neurology 2000;55:448-450 (2000)

Ciafaloni E, Nikhar NK, Massey JM, Sanders DB. Retrospective analysis of the use of cyclosporine in myasthenia gravis. Neurology. 2000 Aug 8;55(3):448-50. (2000) Abstract

Sanders DB, Andrews PI, Barohn RJ, Massey JM, Phillips LH. Continuum on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Conditions. Continuum American Academy of Neurology. 1999 (1999)

Tim R, Massey J, Sanders D. Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome: Diagnostic findings and response to treatment in 70 patients. Proceedings of the Ninth European Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology 329-334, 1998 (1998)

Tim R, Massey J, Sanders D. Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS): Clinical and electrodiagnostic features and response to therapy in 59 patients. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 841:823-826, 1998 (1998)

Husain AM, Massey JM, Howard JF, Sanders DB. Acetylcholine receptor antibody measurements in acquired myasthenia gravis. Diagnostic sensitivity and predictive value for thymoma. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1998 May 13;841:471-4. (1998) Abstract

Husain AM, Massey J, Howard JF, Sanders DB. Acetylcholine receptor antibody measurements in acquired myasthenia gravis: Diagnostic sensitivity and predictive value for thymoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 841:471-474, 1998 (1998)

Massey JM. Acquired myasthenia gravis. Neurol Clin. 1997 Aug;15(3):577-95. (1997) Abstract

Massey JM. Treatment of spasmodic torticollis with intramuscular phenol injection. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 58:258-259, 1995 (1995)

Howard JF Jr, Sanders DB, Massey JM. The electrodiagnosis of myasthenia gravis and the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Neurol Clin. 1994 May;12(2):305-30. (1994) Abstract

Andrews PI, Massey JM, Howard JF, Jr., Sanders, DB. Race, sex, and puberty influence onset, severity and outcome in juvenile myasthenia gravis. Neurology 44:1208-1214, 1994 (1994)

Massey JM, Sanders DB. Single fiber electromyography in myasthenia gravis during pregnancy. Muscle Nerve 16:458-460, 1993 (1993)

Wall LL, Massey JM. Assessment of perineal floor function: electromyography with acrylic plug surface electrodes in nulliparous women. Obstet Gynecol. 1991 Dec;78(6):1149-51. (1991) Abstract

Morgenlander JC, Massey JM. Myotonic dystrophy. Semin Neurol. 1991 Sep;11(3):236-43. (1991) Abstract

Massey JM, Sanders DB. Single fiber EMG demonstrates reinnervation dynamics after nerve injury. Neurology 41:1150-1151, 1991 (1991)

Massey JM. Electromyography in disorders of neuromuscular transmission. Semin Neurol. 1990 Mar;10(1):6-11. (1990) Abstract

Stewart CR, Nandedkar SD, Massey JM, Gilchrist JM, Barkhaus PE, Sanders DB. Evaluation of an automatic method of measuring features of motor unit action potentials. Muscle Nerve. 1989 Feb;12(2):141-8. (1989) Abstract

Sanders DB, Massey JM. Management of facial spasm with Clostridium botulinum toxin. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1989 Jul;115(7):882. (1989) Abstract

Pracyk JB, Massey JM. Moyamoya disease associated with polycystic kidney disease and eosinophilic granuloma. Stroke. 1989 Aug;20(8):1092-4. (1989) Abstract

Massey JM. Vascular headache from extracranial venous malformation. Headache. 1989 Oct;29(9):588-9. (1989) Abstract

Massey JM, Sanders DB, Howard, JF. The effect of cholinesterase inhibitors on single-fiber electromyography in myasthenia gravis. Muscle & Nerve 12:154-155, 1989 (1989)

Gilchrist JM, Nandedkar SD, Stewart CS, Massey JM, Sanders DB, Barkhaus PE. Automatic analysis of the electromyographic interference pattern using the turns: amplitude ratio. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1988 Dec;70(6):534-40. (1988) Abstract

Sanders DB, Massey JM, Nandedkar SD. Quantitative electromyography after poliomyelitis. Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1987;23(4):189-200. (1987) Abstract

Massey EW, Massey JM. Peroneal palsy in depressed patients. Weight loss, psychomotor retardation predispose patients to this complication. Psychosomatics. 1987 Feb;28(2):93-4. (1987) Abstract

Krendel DA, Sanders DB, Massey JM. Single fiber electromyography in chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Muscle Nerve. 1987 May;10(4):299-302. (1987) Abstract