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Chad Heatwole

Title	Assistant Professor
Institution	School of Medicine and Dentistry
Department	Neurology
Address	University of Rochester Medical Center School of Medicine and Dentistry 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 673 Rochester NY 14642

Awards And Honors

			Student Elective Term Scholarship Winner (MMA) 1999
			Awarded Virginia Tech's Best ESM Ind. Senior Project Presentation 1997 \| Virginia Tech
			Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
			Golden Key Member
			Dean's List (General Engineering, and in ESM)
			Board of Supervisors Academic Excellence Award
			American Neurology Association Scholarship Winner 2004
			Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
			Golden Key Member
			Dean's List (General Engineering, and in ESM)
			Board of Supervisors Academic Excellence Award
			Patient and Family-Centered Care award (2011)
			Patient and Family Centered Care Award \| University of Rochester
			Strong Star Award for Exceptional Service and Displaying Compassion and Respect to Patients, Familes and Co-workers
1997			Awarded Virginia Tech's Best ESM 1997 Ind. Senior Project Presentation
1998	-	1999	S.O.M. State Discretionary Scholarship Winner
1998	-	1999	S.O.M. State Discretionary Scholarship Winner 1998, 1999
1999			Student Elective Term Scholarship Winner (MMA) 1999
2003			UCB Pharma, Inc. Neurology Resident Scholar
2003			UCB Pharma, Inc. Neurology Resident Scholar. 2003
2004			American Neurology Association Scholarship Winner, Toronto 2004 \| American Neurology Association
2005			Ad Hoc editor for Neurology
2006	-	2008	NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Grant Recipient \| NIH
2006	-	2007	NIH Experimental Therapeutics Grant Recipient for \| NIH
2007			NIH Clinical and Translational Science Institute K12 Award Recipient \| NIH
2008	-	2010	NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Grant Recipient \| NIH
2008			Clinical Research Loan Repayment Grant Renewal Recipient \| NIH
2008			Paul Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center Umbrella Center \| MDCRC
2008	-	2011	2008 Muscular Dystrophy Association Translational Research Infrastructure Grant Award Winner (Funding from 2008-2011)
2008	-	2010	ECRIP (Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program) Grant Award Winner (
2008	-	2013	NIH K23 Career Development Grant Award Winner (NIAMS) \| NIH
2010			Clinical Research Loan Repayment Grant Renewal Recipient \| NIH
2010	-	2012	NIH Clinical Research Loan REpayment Grant REnewal Recipient \| NIH
2011	-	2015	FDA Research Grant: Mexiletine Treatment in Myotonic Dystrophy Type-1 (Co-Investigator) \| FDA
2012	-	2014	Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Research Grant (Supervising Mentor for Dr. Nick Johnson) \| Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation

Overview

Chad Heatwole, MD, MS-CI is a neuromuscular clinician and researcher from the University of Rochester. He has an engineering degree from Virginia Tech, a medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, a master's degree in clinical investigation, and has completed a University of Rochester neurology residency, electrophysiology fellowship, and NIH-funded neuromuscular experimental therapeutics fellowship. His research funding has included a National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases K23 award, a Muscular Dystrophy Association TRIG award, and a New York State ECRIP award (among other awards). Dr. Heatwole's research has led to the development of an international network dedicated to improving the quality-of-life of neuromuscular patients through patient-centered clinical research. His primary professional interests include providing optimal care to patients with neuromuscular disorders, performing electrodiagnostic studies, training medical personnel, evaluating novel experimental therapeutics for neurological diseases though clinical trials, and developing an improved infrastructure to utilize disease-specific, patient-relevant endpoint measures for use in clinical trials and patient monitoring.

Selected Publications

Johnson NE, Quinn C, Eastwood E, Tawil R, Heatwole CR. Patient-identified disease burden in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve. 2012 Dec; 46(6):948-50.

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Johnson NE, Heatwole CR. Myotonic dystrophy: from bench to bedside. Semin Neurol. 2012 Jul; 32(3):246-54.

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Heatwole C, Bode R, Johnson N, Quinn C, Martens W, McDermott MP, Rothrock N, Thornton C, Vickrey B, Victorson D, Moxley R. Patient-reported impact of symptoms in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (PRISM-1). Neurology. 2012 Jul 24; 79(4):348-57.

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Heatwole C, Johnson N, Holloway R, Noyes K. Plasma Exchange versus Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Myasthenia Gravis Crisis: An Acute Hospital Cost Comparison Study. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2011 Dec; 13(2):85-94.

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Heatwole C, Johnson N, Goldberg B, Martens W, Moxley R. Laboratory abnormalities in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 2. Arch Neurol. 2011 Sep; 68(9):1180-4.

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Heatwole CR, Eichinger KJ, Friedman DI, Hilbert JE, Jackson CE, Logigian EL, Martens WB, McDermott MP, Pandya SK, Quinn C, Smirnow AM, Thornton CA, Moxley RT. Open-label trial of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor 1/recombinant human insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Arch Neurol. 2011 Jan; 68(1):37-44.

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Logigian EL, Twydell P, Dilek N, Martens WB, Quinn C, Wiegner AW, Heatwole CR, Thornton CA, Moxley RT. Evoked myotonia can be "dialed-up" by increasing stimulus train length in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Muscle Nerve. 2010 Feb; 41(2):191-6.

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Heatwole C, Ciafaloni E. Mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis: a clear and present controversy. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2008 Dec; 4(6):1203-9.

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Heatwole C. International Education Issues: practicing and teaching international neurology: the Krakow experience. Neurology. 2007 Oct 23; 69(17):1721-3.

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Heatwole CR, Moxley RT. The nondystrophic myotonias. Neurotherapeutics. 2007 Apr; 4(2):238-51.

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Heatwole CR, Miller J, Martens B, Moxley RT. Laboratory abnormalities in ambulatory patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1. Arch Neurol. 2006 Aug; 63(8):1149-53.

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Heatwole CR, Berg MJ, Henry JC, Hallman JL. Extreme spindles: a distinctive EEG pattern in Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis. Neurology. 2005 Mar 22; 64(6):1096-7.

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