American Autonomic Society

Physician Specialty Listing

The American Autonomic Society is frequently asked to recommend physicians with interest in disorders of the autonomic nervous system. As an aid to physicians and patients, we surveyed our membership to identify those who see patients with autonomic disorders. The listing below is based upon that compilation.

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Physicians and patients should recognize that the American Autonomic Society does not endorse or recommend particular physicians or their approaches to treatment.

In the following listing, the physician and contact information is provided along with specific autonomic disorders the physician treats:

Geographical Listing:
         (for alphabatical listing go here)

United States

AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV,

Elsewhere

Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, People's Republic of China, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom

United States

Alabama - Return to Index

H. Cecil Coghlan, M.D.
321 THT, Cardiology Division
1900 University Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35294
USA
Phone: 205-934-3897
Fax: 205-934-1279
E-mail: ccoughlan@cardio.tht.uab.edu
Muliple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Other autonomic disorders

Arkansas - Return to Index

Katalin Juhasz Pocsine, M.D.
Department of Neurology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham Street, Slot 500
Little Rock, AR 72205
USA
Phone:  501-686-5838  
Fax:  501-688-8689
E-mail:  pocsinekatalinj@uams.edu
Autonomic Polyneuropathies
PAF
Secondary Autonomic Failures

Arizona - Return to Index

Brent P. Goodman, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
13400 East Shea Boulevard
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
USA
Phone:  480-301-8100
Fax:  480-301-8451
E-mail:  goodman.brent@mayo.edu
Autonomic Neuropathy
Multiple System Atrophy
Orthostatic Intolerance

California - Return to Index

Frisca L. Yan-Go, M.D.
Department of Neurology
UCLA
710 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
USA
Phone: 310-206-8005
Fax: 310-794-7491
E-mail: fyango@ucla.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary Autonomic Failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Sleep Distrubance and Autonomic Disorders

Colorado - Return to Index

Connecticut - Return to Index

District of Columbia - Return to Index

Florida - Return to Index

William P. Cheshire, Jr., M.D.
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic
4500 San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL 32224
USA
Phone: 904-953-7102
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Other autonomic disorders

Georgia - Return to Index

Hawaii - Return to Index

Dr. Irwin J. Schatz
1380 Lusitana Street, #709
Honolulu, HI 96813
USA
Phone: 808-538-7021
Fax: 808-586-7476
E-mail: schatzi@hawaii.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Other autonomic disorders

Iowa - Return to Index

Illinois - Return to Index

        Janice L. Gilden, M.D.
        Professor of Medicine
        Diabetes and Endocrinology
        Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
        Chicago Medical School
        3333 Greenbay Rd #111E 
        North Chicago, IL 60064
        Janice.gilden@rosalindfranklin.edu
        Diabetes Mellitus
        Autonomic Neuropathy
        Orthostatic Hypotension

Indiana - Return to Index

Kansas - Return to Index

Kentucky - Return to Index

Louisiana - Return to Index

Massachusetts - Return to Index

Lewis A. Lipsitz, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Physician-in-Chief and Vice-President of Medical Affairs
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged
1200 Centre Street
Boston, MA 02131
USA
Phone: 617-363-8318
Fax: 617-363-8929
E-mail: Lipsitz@mail.hrca.harvard.edu
Syncope and hypotension in the elderly

Peter Novak, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Boston University Medical Center
DOB 707, Harrison Avenue 720
Boston, MA 02118
USA
Phone:  617-638-8456  
Fax:  617-638-8465
E-mail:  peter.novak@bmc.org
Multiple System Atrophy
Hyperhidrosis
Autonomic Neuropathy
Other Autonomic disorders

Maryland - Return to Index

Hugh Calkins, M.D.
Carnegie 592
Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
USA
Phone:
Fax: 410-614-1345
E-mail: hcalkins@jhmi.edu 
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome) 
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failure) 
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)

David S. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.
NINDS, NIH
10 Center Drive MSC 1620
Building 10 Room 6N252
Bethesda, MD 20892-1620
USA
Phone: 301-496-2103
Fax: 301-402-0180
E-mail: goldsteind@ninds.nih.gov
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Pheochromocytoma
Hypernoradrenergic Hypertension
Parkinson's Disease with Autonomic Failure
Other autonomic disorders

Ramesh Khurana, M.D.
10780 Hickory Ridge Road
Columbia, MD 21044
USA
Phone:  410-997-3113
Fax:  410-997-1828
E-mail:  ramesh_k_khurana@yahoo.com
Orthostatic Intolerance, POTS
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Tests of Vagal Function

James W. Russell, M.D., M.S., FRCP
Department of Neurology
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
22 South Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
USA
Phone: 410-706-6689
Fax: 410-706-4949
E-mail: jrussell@som.umaryland.edu
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Autonomic Neuropathy
Multiple System Atrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Familial Dysautonomia

Michigan - Return to Index

James W. Russell, M.D.
4414 Kresge III
200 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
USA
Phone: 734-936-9020 (clinic)
Fax: 734-763-6545
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS)
Autonomic Neuropathies

Minnesota - Return to Index

        Adrian Almquist, M.D.
        Minneapolis Heart Institute
        920 E. 28th Street
        Minneapolis, MN 55407
        USA
        Phone:  612-863-3900
        Fax:  612-863-3784
        E-mail:  aalmquist@mplsheart.com
        Orthostatic Intolerance
        Neurally Mediated Syncope
        Syncope
         Arrhythmias

Adil E. Bharucha, M.D.
Division of Gastroenterology
Mayo Clinic
200 1st Street, SW
Rochester, MN 55905
USA
Phone: 507-284-2687
Fax: 507-255-6318
Other autonomic disorders- Patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, e.g. constipation, diarrhea or vomiting attributable to a autonomic neuropathy, resulting from Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome or Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures) or diabetes.

Robert D. Fealey, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
USA
Phone:  507-266-4008
Fax:  507-266-4752
E-mail:  fealey.robert@mayo.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
Pure Autonomic Failure (PAF)
Hyperhidrosis
Heat Intolerance

Alexander Schirger, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55904
USA
Phone: 507-284-3594
Fax: 507284-1161
E-mail: schirger.alexander@mayo.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary atuonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)

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Mississippi - Return to Index

Jose Fernandez, M.D.
415 28th Avenue, Suite 6A
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
USA
Phone:  601-268-5620
Fax:  601-268-5851
E-mail:  jobof@hotmail.com
CRPS
Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
Neurally Mediated syncope
Non-epileptic Seizures

 

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New Hampshire - Return to Index

Jeffrey A. Cohen, M.D.
Section of Neurology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
USA
Phone:  603-650-4141
Fax:  603-650-4161
Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
Multiple System Atrophy

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New Mexico - Return to Index

Nevada - Return to Index

New York - Return to Index

Dr. Felicia B. Axelrod
New York University Medical Center
530 First Avenue, suite 9Q
New York, NY 10016
USA
Phone: 212-263-7225
Fax: 212-263-7041
E-mail: Felicia.Axelrod@popmail.med.nyu.edu
Familial dysautonomia (FD)
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy
Other pediatric patients with congenital autonomic disorders

Ludmilla Bronfin, M.D.
650 First Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
USA
Phone:  212-532-6298
Fax:  212-545-8530
e-mail:  lumsig@aol.com
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Autonomic Neuropathy
Orthostatic Intolerance
Hyperhidrosis

Kiril Kiprovski, M.D.
Department of Neurosciences
Hospital for Joint Diseases
301 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
USA
Phone: 212-598-2375
Fax: 212-598-2443
E-mail: Kiril.Kiprovski@med.nyu.edu
web site: www.jointdiseases.com 
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Hyperhidrosis
Other autonomic disorders

Horacio Kaufmann, M.D.
Dpt. of Neurology,NYU School of Medicine
530 First Avenue, Suite 9Q
New York, New York 10016, USA
horacio.kaufmann@med.nyu.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Other autonomic disorders

Lindsey Lee Lair, M.D.
35 East 35 St, Suite 202
New York, NY 10016
USA
Phone: 212-683-4640
Fax: 212-671-1466
E-mail: contact@autonomicmd.com
Multiple System Atrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Orthostatic Intolerance, POTS
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Hyperhidrosis

Frank Mazzola, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Clinical Assistant Professor
State University of New York at Stony Brook
North Suffolk Cardiology Associates
2500-1 Nesconset Highway
Stony Brook, NY 11790
USA
Phone: 516-689-7700
Fax: 516-689-7720
E-mail: fmazz@compuserve.com
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure, (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Neurocardiogenic Syncope
Developmental Dysautonomia
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Emilio Oribe, M.D.
5916 174th Street
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
USA
Phone:  718-670-1512
Fax:  718-747-1262
E-mail:  exoribe@nyp.org
Syncope
Orthostatic Intolerance
Multiple System Atrophy
Parkinson’s Disease
Autonomic Failure

Mark S. Pecker, M.D.
Hypertension Division
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Campus
525 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10021
USA
Phone: 212-746-2210/2124
Fax: 212-746-8451
E-mail: mpecker@mail.med.cornell.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Faliure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Other autonomic disorders (Circulatory)

Rohan G. Perera, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
St. Luke's -Roosevelt Hospital
1111 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025
USA
Phone: 212-523-4007
Fax: 212-523-3915
E-mail: pererarohan@hotmail.com
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Other autonomic disorders

Julian M. Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric Cardiology
Suite 618, Munger Pavillion
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY 10595
USA
Phone:  914-594-4370
Fax:  914-594-4513
E-mail:  Stewart@nymc.edu
Orthostatic Intolerance
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Syncope

Indu Taneja, MBBS, Ph.D.
19 Bradhurst,  Suite 3050 North
Hawthorne, NY 10532
USA
Phone:  914-593-8885
Fax:  914-593-8890
E-mail:  indu_taneja@hotmail.com
Orthostatic Intolerance
Neurally Mediated Syncope

Louis H. Weimer, M.D.
Neurological Institute of New York
710 W. 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
USA
Phone:  212-305-1330
Fax:  212-305-5396
E-mail:  lhw1@columbia.edu
Multiple System Atrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Orthostatic Intolerance
Autonomic Neuropathy
Other Autonomic Disorders

North Carolina - Return to Index

Caroline M. Klein, M.D., Ph.D.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Neurology
3114 Bioinformatics, Campus Box #7025
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7025
USA
Phone:  919-966-5522
Fax:  919-966-2922
E-mail:  kleinc@neurology.unc.edu
Autonomic Neuropathies
Orthostatic Intolerance
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Multiple System Atrophy

North Dakota - Return to Index

Ohio - Return to Index

Gisela Chelimsky, M.D.
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
USA
Phone:  216-844-1765
Fax:  216-844-8397
Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders in Relation to Autonomic Disorders

Dr. Thomas Chelimsky
Department of Neurology
University Hospitals of Cleveland
and Case Western Reserve University
11,100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
USA
Phone: 216-844-3495
Fax: 216-844-7624
E-mail: tcc3@po.cwru.edu
website: http://mediswww.cwru.edu/dept/neurology/autonomic.html
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Other autonomic disorders

Fetnat Fouad-Tarazi, M.D.
Cardiology F30
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
USA
Phone: 216-444-5828
Fax: 216-445-3102
E-mail: fouadtf@ccf.org
Syncope
Hypertension
Hypotension/Orthostatic Hypotension
Palpitation/Tachycardia
Autonomic Nervous System

Oklahoma - Return to Index

Oregon - Return to Index

Pennsylvania - Return to Index

Michael W. Consevage, M.D., Ph.D.
Penn State University
M. S. Hershey Medical Center
Children’s Heart Group, Suite D
121 N. Nyes Road
Harrisburg, PA 17112
USA
Phone:  717-531-8674
Fax:  717-531-0402
E-mail:  mconsevage@psu.edu
Orthostatic Intolerance
Neurally Mediated Syncope

Wishwa Kapoor, M.D.
Suite 933 MUH, 200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA
Phone: 412-692-4821
Fax: 412-692-4825
E-mail: wnk@med.pitt.edu
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Syncope, Neurally Mediated Syncope

Richard Malamut, M.D.
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Ambulatory Care Pavillion
Suite 533
Chester, PA 19013
USA
Phone:  610-874-1184
Fax:  610-874-4258
Diabetic neuropathy
Neuropathic Pain

Puerto Rico - Return to Index

Jose Vazquez-Tanus, M.D.
Ponce By Pass 2225
Parra Medical Institute
Suite 707
Ponce, PR 00717-1322
Phone:  787-259-0526
Fax:  787-259-0546
e-mail:  vazqueztanus@yahoo.com
Orthostatic Hypotension
Sympathetic Arrhythmias
Syncope, Neuro-Cardiogenic
Autonomic Failure
Diabetic Mellitus
Multiple System Atrophy

Rhode Island - Return to Index

South Carolina - Return to Index

        Kenneth J. Bergmann, M.D.
        Department of Neurology
        Medical University of South Carolina
        96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Suite 307
        Charleston, SC 29425
        USA
        Phone:  843-792-3221
        Fax:  843-792-8626
        Multiple System Atrophy
        Parkinson’s Disease and Related Dysautonomia

South Dakota - Return to Index

Tennessee - Return to Index

Italo Biaggioni, M.D.
2200 Pierce Avenue , 556 RRB
Clinical Research Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37232-6602
USA
Phone: 615-343-8010
Fax: 615-343-5144
E-mail: italo.biaggioni@vanderbilt.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Syncope
Other autonomic disorders

Ronald E. Leppanen, Ph.D.
Knoxville Neurology Clinic
939 Emerald Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37917
USA
Phone:  865-521-6174
Fax:  865-546-4065
E-mail:  leppanen@aol.com
Autonomic Testing

David Robertson, M.D.
AA-3228 MCN
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37232-2195
USA
Phone: 615-343-6499
Fax: 615-343-8649
E-mail: david.robertson@vanderbilt.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Syncope
Other autonomic disorders

Rose Marie Robertson, M.D.
Division of Cardiology
315 MRBII
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37232
USA
Phone: 615-322-2318
Fax: 615-936-1872
E-mail: rosemarie.robertson@vanderbilt.edu
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Syncope/Fainting
Other autonomic disorders

Texas - Return to Index

Imad T. Jarjour, M.D.
Blue Bird Circle for Pediatric Neurology
Texas Children’s Hospital
6221 Fannin Street, CC 950
Houston, TX 77030-2399
USA
Phone:  832-822-1750
Appointments:  832-822-3554
Orthostatic Intolerance & Orthostatic Hypotension
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Neurally Mediated Syncope and Fainting
(practice limited to children and adolescents)

Benjamin D. Levine, M.D.
Director
Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
7232 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
USA
Phone: 214-345-4626
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Other autonomic disorders

Steven Vernino, M.D., Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390-9036
USA
Phone:  214-645-8800
Fax:  214-648-9129
Autonomic Neuropathy
Autoimmune and Paraneoplastic  Disorders

Gil I. Wolfe, M.D.
Department of Neurology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, Texas 75235
USA
Phone: 214-648-6419
Fax: 214-648-9311
E-mail:
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Autonomic Peripheral Neuropathies
Sweating Disorders

Utah - Return to Index

Virginia - Return to Index

Vermont - Return to Index

Robert W. Hamill, M.D.
Fletcher Allen Health Care
One South Prospect Street
Burlington, VT 05401
USA
Phone:  802-847-4589
Fax:  802-847-2461
E-mail:  robert.hamill@vtmednet.org
Multiple System Atrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Other – general

Washington - Return to Index

Wisconsin - Return to Index

West Virginia - Return to Index

Robert D. Hoeldtke, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
West Virginia University
One Medical Center Drive
PO Box 9159
Morgantown, WV 26506-9159
USA
Phone:  304-293-4125
Fax:  304-293-2544
E-mail:  rhoeldtke@hsc.wvu.edu
Orthostatic Intolerance
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Diabetic Polyneuropathy

Canada - Return to Index

Jean Cusson, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC
Internal Medicine Division, 
CHUM (Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal)
CHUM (Hôtel-Dieu)
3840 St-Urbain
Montréal, Qc, H2W 1T8, Canada
Phone: 514-843-2723
Fax: 514-843-2741
E-Mail: jean.cusson@umontreal.ca
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Other autonomic disorders

Ronald Schondorf, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
SMBD Jewish General Hospital
3755 chemin de la Cote Ste Catherine
Montreal, QC H3T 1E2
CANADA
Phone:  514-340-8222, Ext. 2399
Fax:  514-340-7567
E-mail:  ronald.schondorf@mcgill.ca
Autonomic Failure
Orthostatic Intolerance
Syncope
Orthostatic Hypotension
Other Autonomic Disorders

John D. Stewart, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.(C)
Montreal Neurological Hospital
3801 University Street, Room 365
Montreal, Quebec
CANADA H3A 2B4
Phone:  514-398-8980
Fax:  514-398-1285
E-mail:  john.stewart@muhc.mcgill.ca
Multiple System Atrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Diabetic Autonomic Failure
Orthostatic Hypotension

Colombia - Return to Index

Carlos A. Morillo, M.D.
Calle 155 A No 23-58, 3rd Floor
Instituto del Corazón
Fundación Cardiovascular del oriente Colombiano
Floridablanca, Santander 1143
Colombia
Phone: 57-7-639-6767 extension 301/311/530 or 57-7-639-9603
Fax: 57-7-639-2595 57-7-639-2744
E-mail: cmorillo@fcv.org
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Other autonomic disorders

Cuba - Return to Index

Gilberto Sánchez Cruz, M.D.
 Centre for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxia (Centro de Ataxia)
Carretera Central Km 5 ½ (Vía Habana)
Edecio Perez, Holguín
Cuba CP 80100
Phone:  53-24-424090; 53-24-462296
Fax:  53-24-462296
E-mail:  gilberto@cristal.hlg.sld.cu        
Multiple System Atrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Orthostatic Intolerance, POTS
Familial Dysautonomia
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Other Autonomic Disorders

Dominican Republic- Return to Index

David Hernandez, M.D.
Clinica Dr. Bonilla
Calle Independencia 124
Santiago
REPUBLICA DOMINICANA
Phone:  809-247-4177
Fax:  809-247-4177
Pure Autonomic Failure
Orthostatic Intolerance
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Neurally Mediated Syncope

Germany - Return to Index

Carl-Albrecht Haensch, M.D.
Department of Neurology, University Witten/Herdecke
Klinikum Wuppertal
Heusnerstr.40
Wuppertal
NRW
D-42277 Germany
Phone: 49-202-896-2645
Fax: 49-202-896-2103
E-mail: haensch@klinikum-wuppertal.de
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary atuonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
Autonomic Disorders of Critical Care
Guillain-Barrè-Syndrome

Jens Jordan, M.D.
Direktor, Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1
30625 Hannover
Phone: +49-511-532 2821
Fax: +49-511-532 2750
Email: jordan.jens@mh-hannover.de
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Autonomic Syncope
Baroreflex Failure

Wolfgang H. Jost, M.D.
Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology
Deutsche Klinik fur Diagnostiks
Aukammallee 33
D-65191 Wiesbaden
GERMANY
Phone:  49-611-577321
Fax:  49-611-577311
E-mail:  jost@neurodate.de
Parkinson’s Disease
Bowel Disorders
Urogenital Disorders

Michael Mueck-Weymann, Ph.D.
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine
Dresden University of Technology
Fetscherstrasse 74
D-01307 Dresden
GERMANY
E-mail:  michael.mueck@web.de
Somatization Disorders
Cardiac Disease & Depression
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Orthostatic Intolerance

Dr. Volker Schrader
Hallplatz 37
90402 Nuremberg
GERMANY
Phone:  49-911-225071
Fax:  49-911-2419204
E-mail:  info@herz-und-lunge.de
Orthostatic Intolerance
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Neurally Mediated Syncope

Jens Tank, M.D.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1
30625 Hannover
Phone: +49-511-532 2821
Fax: +49-511-532 2750
Email: tank.jens@mh-hannover.de

Greece - Return to Index

Dr. Kountouris Dimitrios
Michalakopoulou 45
Athens 11528
Greece
Phone: 0030-1-7257613
Fax: 0030-1-7252694
E-mail: dkount@otenet.gr
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)

Israel - Return to Index

Giris Jacob, M.D., D.Sc.
Jacob Recanati Autonomic Dysfunction Center
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
Phone: 972-4-854 3309
Fax: 972-4-854 3308
E-mail: g_Jacob@rambam.health.gov.il
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Syncope
Other autonomic disorders

Italy - Return to Index

Luciano Bernardi, M.D.
Clinica Medica 1
IRCCS S. Matteo
Universita di Pavia
27100 Pavia
ITALY
Phone:  39-0382-502979
Fax:  39-0382-529196
E-mail:  lbern1ps@unipv.it
Cardiovascular/Respiratory Control
High Altitude Physiology
Peripheral Neuropathy (Diabetes/Amyloidosis)
Neurally Mediated Syncope

Pietro Cortelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinica Neurologica
Via Ugo Foscolo, 7
40123 Bologna
ITALY
Phone:  39-051-6442283
Fax: 39-051-6442214
E-mail:  cortelli@unibo.it
Multiple System Atrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Other autonomic disorders

Raffaello Furlan, M.D.
Unit à Sincopie e Disturbi della Postura
Medicina 2, Ospedale "L.Sacco"
Via G.B. Grassi, 74
20157 Milan, Italy
Phone: 02-35799752/316
Fax: 02-3564630
E-mail: RAFFAELLOF@FISIOPAT.SACCO.UNIMI.IT
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)

Professor Milena De Marinis
Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurological Sciences
'La Sapienza' University
Via A. Bertoloni 1/E
00197 Rome
Italy
Phone: 39-06-49912538
Fax: 39-06-8086473
E-mail: m.de.marinis@mclink.it
Autonomic Failure Syndromes
Pupillary Alterations
Sweating Abnormalities
Vasovagal Syncope
Laser Doppler Flowmetry

Japan - Return to Index

Masato Asahina, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Chiba University School of Medicine
1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku
Chiba 260-8670
JAPAN
Phone:  81-43-222-7171
Fax:  81-43-226-2160
E-mail:  asahinam@ho.chiba-u.ac.jp
Parkinson’s Disease
Multiple System Atrophy

Mikihiro Kihara, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Kinki University School of Medicine
Ohno-higashi
Osaka-sayamay
Osaka 589-8511
Phone: 011-81-723-66-0221
Fax: 011-81-723-68-4846
E-mail: miki@med.kindai.ac.jp
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF, secondary autonomic failures)
Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy

Kohei  Kita, M.D., Ph.D.
Hirayama Memorial
Kita Neurologic Clinic
5-16-16 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku
Tokyo 153-0064 
JAPAN
Phone:  81-3-5768-1235  
Fax:  81-3-5768-1365
Shy-Drager Syndrome
Progressive Autonomic Failure
Autonomic Neuropathy
Trophic Disturbance
Sweat Disturbance

Masaru Suzuki, M.D.
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku
Tokyo 160-8582
JAPAN
Phone:  81-3-3225-1323
Fax:  81-3-3353-2232
E-mail:  suzuki@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Orthostatic Intolerance
Heart Rate Variability

Hidetaka Tanaka, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Osaka Medical College
2-7, Daigakumachi, Takatasuki
Osaka, Japan 569-8686
Phone: 81 726 83 1221
Fax: 81 726 84 6554
E-mail: hidetaka@poh.osaka-med.ac.jp
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)
Autonomic Failure in children

MEXICO- Return to Index

Antonio Gonzalez-Hermosillo, M.D.
Medica Sur. Hospital
Puente de Piedra 150
Torre II Despacho 716
Mexico DF 14050
Phone: 55-56067864
Fax: 55-56552863
E-mail: aghermo@yahoo.com
Orthostatic Intolerance
Neurally Mediated Syncope

NETHERLANDS- Return to Index

Prof. J. Lenders, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine
University Medical Center
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Phone: 31-24-3618819
Fax: 31-24-3541734
E-mail: j.lenders@aig.umcn.nl
Pure Autonomic Failure
Multiple System Atrophy
Neurally Mediated Syncope

Wouter Wieling, M.D., Ph.D.
Academic Medical Center
Meibergdreef 9
1105 AZ Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone:  31-20-5662171
Fax:  31-20-6919658
E-mail:  w.wieling@amc.uva.nl
Orthostatic Intolerance
Neurally Mediated Syncope

NEW ZEALAND- Return to Index

David  Jardine, M.B.,Ch.B., F.R.A.C.P.
Department of General Medicine
Christchurch Hospital
PO Box 4710
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND
Phone:  64-3-3641021
Fax:  64-3-3641025
E-mail:  davidj@cdhb.govt.nz
Neurally Mediated Syncope
Orthostatic Intolerance

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Return to Index

Paul Tat-ming Shea, MBChB, FRCP (Edin), FHKCP, FHKAM
Division of Geriatrics
Department of Medicine
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
30, Glascoign Road, Kowloon
Hong Kong SAR, PRC
Phone:  852-9255-1679
Fax:  852-2384-4698
E-mail:  ptmshea@hotmail.com
Multiple System Atrophy
Neurocardiogenic Syncope
Orthostatic Intolerance
POTS
Management of Dizziness and Syncope
Parkinson’s Disease
Dementia of Lewy Bodies
Other Autonomic Disorders

SERBIA- Return to Index

Branislav Milovanovic, M.D., Ph.D.
University Clinical Center Bezanijska Kosa
Bezanijska kosa b.b.
111000 Belgrade
SERBIA
Phone:  381 11 30 10 773
Fax:  381 11 2606 520
E mail:  branislav_milovanovic@rvkds.net
Autonomic Nervous System
Myocardial Infarction
Hypertension
Arrhythmias
Syncope
Pharmacology
Parkinson’s Disease
Multiple System Atrophy
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Myotonic Dystrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Diabetic and Uremic Neuropathy
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Oncology
Asthma Bronchiale
Dermatology
Autoimmune Diseases
Sleep Apnea

SPAIN- Return to Index

Teresa Ferrer, M.D., Ph.D.
Seccion de SNA (Neurofisiologia)
Hospital General “La Paz”
Paseo de la Castellana, 261
28046 Madrid
SPAIN
Phone:  34-91-727-7208
Fax:  34-91-727-7050
E-mail:  tferrer_ans@hulp.insalud.es
Multiple System Atrophy
Pure Autonomic Failure
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS)
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Familial Dysautonomia
Neurally Medicated Syncope
Hyperhidrosis
Other autonomic disorders

Taiwan - Return to Index

Shoou-Jeng Yeh, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Cheng-Ching Hospital
No. 118, Section 3
Chung-Kang Road
Taichung 407
TAIWAN
Phone:  886-4-24632000, Ext. 5153
Fax:  886-4-24635961
E-mail:  seanyeh@ccgh.com.tw
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
DM Autonomic Neuropathy
Multiple System Atrophy
Syncope

Tzung-Lieh Yeh, M.D.
138 Sheng-Li Road
Tainan, Taiwan 70428
Phone: 886-6-235-3535 ext 5190
Fax: 886-6-275-9259
E-mail: yehtl@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Orthostatic Intolerance (POTS, mitral valve prolapse)

United Kingdom - Return to Index

Christopher J. Mathias, M.D.
London W1 1NY
Phone: 44-171-886-1468
Fax: 44-171-886-1540
E-mail: c.mathias@ic.ac.uk
Multiple System Atrophy (Shy-Drager Syndrome)
Autonomic Failure (PAF) and Various Secondary Autonomic Failures (amyloidosis)
Autonomic Disturbances in Spinal Cord Lesions
Other autonomic dysfunctions (such as hyperhidrosis and syncope)