Diseases and disorders affecting the nerves, muscles, and the neuromuscular junction are called neuromuscular disorders. Neuromuscular disorders can be hereditary disorders such as Muscular Dystrophy or Charcot Marie Tooth, or acquired disorders such as Guillian-Barre Syndrome or Myasthenia Gravis. Common symptoms include sensory loss, muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, difficulty chewing and swallowing.
The team of caregivers at Kootenai Health is focused on providing comprehensive multidisciplinary care to help identify, diagnose and treat complex neuromuscular disorders with the most up-to-date therapies and diagnostic modalities available.
What Sets Kootenai Health Apart
APPROACH: Our treatment approach focuses on patients’ needs and goals through a collaborative relationship between the patient, physician, family, and the other members of the care team.
VIRTUAL VISITS: We integrate telemedicine technology to offer complex, individualized care while reducing the burden of travel to make follow-up appointments more convenient for our patients
GENETIC TESTING: Genetic testing is performed more frequently and earlier in a patient’s care journey to open up opportunities for enrollment in clinical trials and to make available the most cutting edge therapies as they are developed.
SPECIALTY PHARMACY: Our Specialty Pharmacy team helps streamline the treatment process to help navigate complex insurance processes, perform prior authorizations and appeals, and help grant access to special programs to help with drug pricing and copay assistance when needed.
Conditions Treated
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- CMT/Inherited Neuropathies
- Autoimmune Neuropathy: Gullian-Barre Syndrome, CIDP, MMN, etc
- Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy, Mitochondrial Disorders
- Myopathy and primary muscle disorders
- Periodic Paralysis, Stiff Person Syndrome, Channelopathies
- Myasthenia Gravis and other Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
- Hereditary Amyloidosis
Your Care Team
“Our patients can expect nothing less than the best care from our comprehensive neuromuscular team.” -Dr. Smyth, Neurologist
Your care team at Kootenai Health is comprised of highly-experienced caregivers who are dedicated to your neuromuscular health. The team includes neurologists, certified medical assistants, registered nurses, specialty pharmacists, rehabilitative therapists, our infusion center staff and any ancillary department deemed necessary to ensure you receive the care based on your specific needs.
Diagnostic Services
- EMG Lab
- NCS
- EMG
- Skin Biopsy for evaluation of small fiber neuropathy
- Multidisciplinary/Collaborative Care
- Multidisciplinary ALS center in development and recruiting
- Collaborative Care Inflammatory Neuropathy, Myopathy, and Neuromuscular Junction Disorder Care
News
- Certifications and Recognition
- New Treatments
- Research/Publications
Kootenai Resources
Kootenai Health Infusion Services
Kootenai Health’s dedicated infusion services center provides IV therapies to deliver medicine, blood products and nourishment to patients in a comfortable outpatient setting.
Kootenai Outpatient Imaging
Our 3T MRI offers the highest level of technology available and is the choice of most universities and academic medical centers. It’s larger and more comfortable than other MRI machines.
Kootenai Health Rehabilitation Services
As one of the largest rehabilitation service providers in our region, our patients benefit from a full spectrum of treatments, procedures, and consultations from a multidisciplinary team of therapists for an individualized and comprehensive care plan.