Neurology

Alexandru C. Barboi, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Specialty: Adult Neurology

Sub-Specialty:

• Neuromuscular Disorders
• Autonomic Disorders
• Myasthenia Gravis

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of General Medicine, Romania, 1990

Training:

• Residency, Internal Medicine, West Suburban Hospital Medical Center, Oak Park, IL, 1993-1996
• Residency, Neurology, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1996-1999
• Fellowship, Neurophysiology, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1999-2000

Societies:

• Associate Member, American College of Physicians

Brief Clinical/Research Interest Statement:

To be updated soon.

Publications:

Original Publications

1. Barboi, A., Goetz C.G.: Parkinson's disease. Clinical Neuropharmacology 22:184-191, 1999.
2. Barboi, A..: Cerebellar Ataxia. Archives of Neurology 57:1525-7, 2000.
3. BARBOI, A.: Myasthenia gravis. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 23(6):291-5, 2000.
4. Lynch, G.F., Leurgans, S., Raman R., Barboi, A., Gorelick PB.,: A comparison of stroke risk factors in patients enrolled in stroke prevention trials. Journal of the National Medical Association 93(3): 79-86, 2001 Mar.
5. Meriggioli,N.M., Barboi A., Rowin, J., Cochran, E.J.,: HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Myopathy: Clinical, electrophysiological and pathologic data in five patients. J of Clin Neuromuscular Disease. 3:129-134, 2001.
6. BARBOI, A.C., Goetz, C.G., Musetoiu, R.: The origins of scientific cinematography and early medical applications. Neurology 62:2082-2086, 2004.
7. BARBOI, A.C., Barkhaus, P.E.: Electrodiagnostic testing in neuromuscular disorders. Neurol Clin 22:619-641, 2004.
8. Barboi, A.C.: Gheorghe Marinescu (1863-1938). J Neurol 252: 114-115, 2005.
9. Todd Burtis, M., Ulmer, J.L., Meyer, G.A., Barboi, A.C.., Koss, SA., Brown, W.D.: Intradural spinal vein enlargement in craniospinal hypotension. AJNR 26:34-38, January 2005.
10. Vladutiu, GD, Simmons, Z, Isackson, PJ, Tarnopolsky, M, Peltier, W, BARBOI, AC, Sripathi, N, Wortmann, RL, Phillips, PS: Genetic risk factors associated with lipid-lowering drug-induced myopathies. Muscle and Nerve 34(2):153-162, 2006 August.
11. Lawal, A, BARBOI, A, Krasnow A, Hellman, R, Jaradeh, S, Massey, B.T.: Rapid gastric emptying is more common than gastroparesis in patients with autonomic dysfunction. Am J of Gastroenterology 101:1-6, 2006