Shalini Mahajan, M.D. Director, LA Neuromuscular Center (LANMC) Attune Health, Beverly Hills, CA Business Address LA Neuromuscular Center Attune Health 8750 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 350, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Phone (O): 310-652-0010 Fax (O): 310-861-9090 email: drmahajan@attunehealth.com Website: www.lanmc.com PROFILE Experienced Neurologist with Specialization in Neuromuscular disorders, Electrodiagnostic studies, Muscle Biopsies, Nerve and Muscle Histopathology EDUCATION 2011-2012 Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Sub-specialty training in Electromyography, Muscle biopsy, Pediatric and Adult neuromuscular disorders 1997-1998 Fellowship in Clinical Neuromuscular Diseases University of Southern California Neuromuscular Center, Sub-specialty training in Neuromuscular histopathology 1994-1997 Residency in Neurology University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1993-1994 Internship in Internal Medicine Good Samaritan Hospital-Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 1986-91 Medical School MD, University of Delhi New Delhi, India BOARD CERTIFICATION Diplomate, Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Recertified 2013 Diplomate, Neuromuscular Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2014 Diplomate, Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS), Certified 2015 1
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 4/2017- present Staff Physician, Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 1/2017- present Director, LA Neuromuscular Center, Beverly Hills, CA 1/2017- present Affiliate Physician Attune Health, Beverly Hills, CA 8/2016-3/2017 Staff Physician, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 8/2012-3/2017 Director, Neuromuscular Clinic, Staff Physician, Neurology-Neuromuscular Medicine 1/2011-6/2011 Staff Physician, Neurology Neuromuscular Center 7/2009-1/2011 Visiting Clinical Neurologist Neuromuscular Center 2000-2008 Consultant Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases Yashoda Superspecialty Hospital, Ghaziabad, U.P. India 1997-1998 Fellow, Clinical Neuromuscular Diseases Good Samaritan Hospital University of Southern California Neuromuscular Center, Los Angeles, CA 1994-1997 Resident, Department of Neurology LAC- USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 1993-1994 Resident, Internal Medicine Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD 06/1992-12/92 House Officer, Anesthesiology G.B. Pant Hospital, University of Delhi New Delhi, India 1/1991-12/1991 Clinical Internship University of Delhi, New Delhi, India 2
MEDICAL LICENSURE California, # A54253 DEA- Active, Exp- 01/2018 NPI # Active PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Academy of Neurology American Board of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine World Muscle Society Malignant Hyperthermia Society of United States (MHAUS) AWARDS AND HONORS 1997 Victoroff Award (Outstanding work and Compassionate Care), Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 1997 Resident Scholarship, American Academy of Neurology 1996-97 Chief Resident, Department of Neurology University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1995 Teaching Award, USC Physician Assistant Program Department of Family Medicine 1988 Honors, Medical School Physiology and Biochemistry LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS 6/2017 Invited speaker, Myasthenia Gravis Updates, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of California meeting, Pasadena, CA 4/2017 Invited speaker, Myasthenia Gravis-What s new, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation patient meeting, Los Angeles, CA 11/2016 Neurology Residents Teaching Rounds- Inflammatory Muscle diseases, Congenital Myopathies and Muscle anatomy review, Department of Neurology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 10/2016 Grand Rounds, Mimics of Inflammatory Myopathies, Department of Rheumatology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 3
4/2016 Invited lecture, Women s Wellness Conference, Age- Moving beyond aches and pain, Good Samaritan Hospital 9/2014 Grand Rounds-Good Samaritan Hospital Autoimmune Treatments in Neuromuscular Diseases 7/2013 Grand Rounds-Good Samaritan Hospital Statin Induced Myopathy 7/2013 IVIG Symposium- Good Samaritan Hospital 7/2011-6/2012 UCLA Clinical Neuromuscular Lectures Immunomodulatory agents Toxic neuropathies Antibodies and neuropathy Critical Illness Polyneuropathy Distal Myopathies Metabolic Myopathies Motor Neuron Diseases Myasthenia Gravis and related disorders Vasculitis 7/2011-6/2012 UCLA Neuromuscular Pathology Lectures Muscle organelles-light and electron microscopy Muscle histopathology Muscle fiber architecture Antibodies and neuropathy Histochemical stains for the muscle Immune Demyelinating Polyneuropathies Muscle Vacuoles Vasculitis nerve pathology Denervation changes Satellites and spindles 9/2011 Poster presentation: Adult-onset Rod myopathy syndrome (AORMS): Sustained benefit from IVIG plus Rituximab. American Neurological Association 136 th Annual meeting. San Diego, CA 4/2010 Clinical case series scientific poster presentation, American Academy of Neurology, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada 2000-08 Yashoda Superspecialty Hospital, New Delhi, India Staff lecture series in Neurology and Neurosurgery 4
1994-97 Department of Neurology, Medical students and Residents monthly lecture series, USC-Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 1994-96 Physician Assistant training program, Department of Family Medicine, University of Southern California-Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA GRAND ROUNDS, USC Department of Neurology 1996 Hydrocephalus Department of Neurology, LAC-USC Keck School of Medicine 1996 Extra-Pontine Myelinolysis with Hyponatremia, Department of Neurology, LAC-USC Keck School of Medicine 1995 Neuropathology: Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytomas Children s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 1994 Critical Illness Polyneuropathy Department of Neurology, LAC-USC Keck School of Medicine 1993 Trichomoniasis: Neurological complications Department of Neurology, LAC-USC Keck School of Medicine PUBLICATIONS 1. Mahajan S, Engel WK, Askanas V, Luthra I, Gupta V: Adult-onset Rod myopathy syndrome (AORMS): Sustained benefit from IVIG plus Rituximab. ANA 2011, M816, SUPP11-6, 58, Annals of Neurology, 70. Jg. 2011; S39 - S39, ISSN: 0364-5134 2. Mahajan S, Engel WK: Assessment: symptomatic treatment for muscle cramps (an evidence-based review): report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology; 2010 Oct 12;75(15):1397-8 3. Mahajan S, Engel WK: Prominent neuropathy in hereditary angioedema type III; Acta Myologica, 2010, July, Vol. 29, TW 116-248 4. Mahajan S, Engel WK: Scoliosis Surgery (ScSu) in respiratorily compromised congenital neuromuscular patients can fatally worsen ventilatory function or engender nocturnal BiPAP dependency, as evidenced in four children with focal-loss-of-cross striations (FLCS); Abstract, Acta Myologica, 2010; 29: p. 25-81 5. Mahajan A, Shabanie A, Mahajan S, Marijic J, Sopher M: Inhaled Nitric oxide in the preoperative evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in heart transplant candidates; J Cardiovasc Thorac Anesth; 2007 Feb; 21(1):51-6. 5
BOOK CHAPTER Engel K Mahajan S, Askanas V: Muscle Aging, Inclusion-Body Myositis and Myopathies. and Neuromuscular diseases. Aging of the human neuromuscular system: patient vignettes Editors- Askanas V and Engel WK; Willey-Blackwell publishers. 1 st edition, 2012. Pp 55-80. 6