Henry J. Kaminski, M.D. Professor & Chairman Department of Neurology & Psychiatry 1438 S. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63110 (314) 977-4866

Henry J. Kaminski, M.D. assumed the Chairmanship of the new Department of Neurology and Psychiatry at Saint Louis University on June 1, 2007. He was vice Chair and Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University. He serviced as Chief of the Neurology Service at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. He is a nationally recognized expert in care of patients with myasthenia gravis and serves as Secretary on the Medical/Scientific Advisory Board and is a member of the Committee for Clinical Research Standards the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. His research program, which has received continuous sponsorship by the National Institutes of Health since 1993, is centered around the understanding of the biology of extraocular muscle and the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis, in particular its preferential involvement of extraocular muscle. He has recently extended his work to development of complement inhibitor-based treatment of myasthenia gravis and muscular dystrophy. He is a member of the Executive Committee of a NIH-sponsored trial to evaluate the role of thymectomy in management of patients with myasthenia gravis and principal investigator of ancillary study, Biomarkers in Myasthenia Gravis.