Houston / Texas / United States
Dr. Ericka Simpson is the Sumner Family Chair in Neuromuscular Research, Director of the Neuromuscular Clinic, and Director of the Neurology Residency and Neuromuscular Fellowship Programs. She has clinical interests that include a wide range of neuromuscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, neuropathy, ALS, inflammatory myopathy, and mitochondrial and metabolic myopathy. Her translational research seeks to identify and develop effective therapies that positively alter the natural progression of these diseases, including Myotonic Dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, and chronic inflammatory polyneuropathies. Dr. Simpson has been a researcher in many clinical trials, author of over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and recipient of teaching awards. This provider practices at Houston Methodist Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology located at 6560 Fannin Street.