Richard T. Moxley, M.D.

Richard T. Moxley, M.D.

Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 673
Rochester, NY 14642

Office: (585) 275-2559
Fax: (585) 273-1255

Professional Bio

Richard T. Moxley, III, M.D.



Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave., Box 673
Rochester, NY 14642

Appointment: (585) 275-1200

Admits to Strong Memorial Hospital

Patient Care Bio

Dr. Moxley is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He has served as an Associate Chair of the Department of Neurology since 1997 and served as Acting Chair for several months in 2008. He also holds the Helen Aresty Fine and Irving Fine Chair in Neurology at the University of Rochester. He received his BA from Harvard College and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed internship at Pennsylvania Hospital, received two years of exercise cardiology training in the Heart Disease & Stroke Program of NIH and served during this time as an instructor in exercise physiology at George Washington University School of medicine. Subsequently, Dr. Moxley completed his residency in neurology at the Harvard Longwood Program, and completed a fellowship in Medicine (Endocrinology & Metabolism) at Johns Hopkins Medical Center before joining the faculty of the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 1974.

Awards & Honors

Best Doctors 2013 - 2013
Distinguished Service Award | Board of Trustees of the Rochester Academy of Medicine | Rochester, NY 2011
"Top Doctors" | US News and World Report's 2011 - Present
Distinguished Faculty Award | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY 2008
Lifetime Achievement Award for Research and Treatment in Myotonic Dystrophy | Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation | Milan, Italy 2007
1st Annual Excellence in Research Day - Honored for outstanding research and contributions | University of Rochester | University of Rochester 2006
Humanitarian of the Year Award | The Rochester MDA for Research & Care of Patients | Rochester, NY 2005
Elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America | Aiken, SC 1992 - Present

Recent Journal Articles

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2013 Apr 22
Johnson NE, Luebbe E, Eastwood E, Chin N, Moxley RT, Heatwole CR. "The Impact of Congenital and Childhood Myotonic Dystrophy on Quality of Life: A Qualitative Study of Associated Symptoms." Journal of child neurology. 2013 Apr 22; Epub 2013 Apr 22.
2013
Michele A Scully, Shree Pandys & Richard T. Moxley. "Review of Phase II and Phase III clinical trails for Duchenne muscular dystrophy". Expert Opinion. 2013; 1(1): 33-46.
2013
Johnson NE, Luebbe E, Eastwood E, Chin N, Moxley RT 3rd, Heatwole CR. "The Impact of Congenital and Childhood Myotonic Dystrophy on Quality of Life: A Qualitive Study of Associated Symptoms". Journal of Child Neurology. 2013; .
2013
Johnson NE, Luebbe E, Eastwood E, Chin N, Mocley RT 3rd, Heatwole CR. "The Impact of Congential and Childhood Myotonic Dystrophy on Quality of Life: A Qualitive Study of Associated Symptoms". Journal Child Neurology. 2013; .
2012 Mar 15
Tang ZZ, Yarotskyy V, Wei L, Sobczak K, Nakamori M, Eichinger K, Moxley RT, Dirksen RT, Thornton CA. "Muscle weakness in myotonic dystrophy associated with misregulated splicing and altered gating of Ca(V)1.1 calcium channel." Human molecular genetics. 2012 Mar 15; 21(6):1312-24. Epub 2011 Dec 02.

Current Appointments

Helen Aresty Fine and Irving Fine Professorship in Neurology - Department of Neurology (SMD)
Professor - Department of Neurology, NMD (SMD) - Primary

Specialties

Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education

MD | Medicine | Univ Pennsylvania Sch Medicine1966
BA | Biological Science | Harvard University1962

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency

Fellowship in Neurology at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center/The Kennedy Krieger Institute09/01/1972 - 06/30/1974
Residency in Neurology at Harvard University Health Services09/01/1969 - 06/30/1972
Internship in Neurology at Philadelphia General Hospital09/01/1966 - 06/30/1967