Physicians

Director of Neuromuscular Division

Department / Division
Medicine / Medicine-Neurology

Address
DUMC 3403
Durham, NC 27710

Duke Clinic 1L, Room 1255
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-681-3386

Office Telephone
919-684-5196

Fax Telephone
919-660-3853

Training

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

Residency

• Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, 1979-1982

Fellowship

• 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.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Aminoff, MJ; Massey, JM; Scheiber, SC; Juul, D. Certification in neuromuscular medicine: a new neurologic subspecialty. Neurology. 2007;68:1153-1154. (2007) Abstract

Siddiqi, ZA; Sanders, DB; Massey, JM. Peripheral neuropathy in Krabbe disease: effect of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Neurology. 2006;67:268-272. (2006) Abstract

Siddiqi, ZA; Sanders, DB; Massey, JM. Peripheral neuropathy in Krabbe disease: electrodiagnostic findings. Neurology. 2006;67:263-267. (2006) Abstract

Juel, VC; Massey, JM. Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis: Recommendations for Treatment and Immunologic Modulation. Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2005;7:3-14. (2005) Abstract

Stickler, DE; Massey, JM; Sanders, DB. MuSK-antibody positive myasthenia gravis: clinical and electrodiagnostic patterns. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2005;116:2065-2068. (2005) Abstract

Ciafaloni, E; Massey, JM. Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy. Neurologic Clinics. 2004;22:771-782. (2004) 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;61:1438-1440. (2003) Abstract

Sanders, DB; El-Salem, K; Massey, JM; McConville, J; Vincent, A. Clinical aspects of MuSK antibody positive seronegative MG. Neurology. 2003;60:1978-1980. (2003) Abstract

Sanders, DB; Tucker-Lipscomb, B; Massey, JM. A simple manual muscle test for myasthenia gravis: validation and comparison with the QMG score. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2003;998:440-444. (2003) 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) Abstract

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

Sanders, DB; Massey, JM; Sanders, LL; Edwards, LJ. A randomized trial of 3,4-diaminopyridine in Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Neurology. 2000;54:603-607. (2000) Abstract

Husain, AM; Massey, JM; 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. 1998;841:471-474. (1998) Abstract

Massey, JM. Acquired myasthenia gravis. Neurologic Clinics. 1997;15:577-595. (1997) Abstract

Howard, JF; Sanders, DB; Massey, JM. The electrodiagnosis of myasthenia gravis and the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Neurologic Clinics. 1994;12:305-330. (1994) Abstract

Morgenlander, JC; Massey, JM. Myotonic dystrophy. Seminars in Neurology. 1991;11:236-243. (1991) Abstract

Wall, LL; Massey, JM. Assessment of perineal floor function: electromyography with acrylic plug surface electrodes in nulliparous women. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1991;78:1149-1151. (1991) Abstract

Massey, JM. Electromyography in disorders of neuromuscular transmission. Seminars in Neurology. 1990;10:6-11. (1990) Abstract

Massey, JM. Vascular headache from extracranial venous malformation. Headache. 1989;29:588-589. (1989) Abstract

Pracyk, JB; Massey, JM. Moyamoya disease associated with polycystic kidney disease and eosinophilic granuloma. Stroke. 1989;20:1092-1094. (1989) Abstract

Sanders, DB; Massey, JM. Management of facial spasm with Clostridium botulinum toxin. Archives of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. 1989;115:882. (1989) 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 and Nerve. 1989;12:141-148. (1989) Abstract

Gilchrist, JM; Nandedkar, SD; Stewart, CS; Massey, JM; Sanders, DB; Barkhaus, PE. Automatic analysis of the electromyographic interference pattern using the turns: amplitude ratio. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 1988;70:534-540. (1988) Abstract

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

Massey, EW; Massey, JM. Peroneal palsy in depressed patients. Weight loss, psychomotor retardation predispose patients to this complication. Psychosomatics. 1987;28:93-94. (1987) Abstract

Sanders, DB; Massey, JM; Nandedkar, SD. Quantitative electromyography after poliomyelitis. Birth Defects: Original Article Series. 1987;23:189-200. (1987) Abstract