Sasha Zivkovic, MD, PhD
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2024
Late Onset of Severe Demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy in a 62-Year-Old African American Woman
Zivkovic S, DiCapua D. Late Onset of Severe Demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy in a 62-Year-Old African American Woman. Journal Of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 2024, 25: 152-156. PMID: 38441936, DOI: 10.1097/cnd.0000000000000481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican American womenAmerican womenSevere carpal tunnel syndromeCarpal tunnel syndromeHistory of gaitSensorimotor demyelinating polyneuropathyDemyelinating sensorimotor polyneuropathyEarly onset of symptomsSevere demyelinating peripheral neuropathyWalking difficultiesOnset of symptomsFamily historyNatural history studiesCharcot-Marie-Tooth diseaseGenetic testingTunnel syndromeHomozygous pathogenic mutationDistal sensory lossExamination scoresCharcot-Marie-ToothElectrodiagnostic testingDemyelinating polyneuropathySensorimotor polyneuropathySH3TC2 geneUnwitnessed fallNeuromuscular manifestations of wild type transthyretin amyloidosis: a review and single center’s experience
Živković S, Lacomis D, Soman P. Neuromuscular manifestations of wild type transthyretin amyloidosis: a review and single center’s experience. Frontiers In Cardiovascular Medicine 2024, 11: 1345608. PMID: 38410247, PMCID: PMC10894993, DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1345608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchATTRwt patientsPeripheral neuropathyPrevalence of peripheral neuropathySuspected peripheral neuropathyCases of neuropathyDistal sensory lossTransthyretin amyloid depositionCardiomyopathy patientsClinical featuresTransthyretin genotypingMusculoskeletal manifestationsNeuropathy symptomsATTRwtTransthyretin amyloidosisElderly patientsHeart failureTransthyretin mutationFrequent comorbiditiesMultiple potential causesNeuropathySensory lossElderly menPatientsSenile amyloidosisPeripheral nerves
2022
A Second Case of Treatment-resistant CIDP in an IgG Tubulin Autoantibody Positive Patient
Giacobbe A, Al-Lahham T, Ojha A, Zivkovic S. A Second Case of Treatment-resistant CIDP in an IgG Tubulin Autoantibody Positive Patient. RRNMF Neuromuscular Journal 2022, 3: 21-24. DOI: 10.17161/rrnmf.v3i3.17691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSex Differences in Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis: An Analysis from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS).
Campbell CM, LoRusso S, Dispenzieri A, Kristen AV, Maurer MS, Rapezzi C, Lairez O, Drachman B, Garcia-Pavia P, Grogan M, Chapman D, Amass L, THAOS investigators.. Sex Differences in Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis: An Analysis from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS). Cardiol Ther 2022 PMID: 35583798, DOI: 10.1007/s40119-022-00265-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeurologic manifestations of Degos disease (P17-1.003)
Zivkovic S, Al-Lahham T, Lacomis D. Neurologic manifestations of Degos disease (P17-1.003). Neurology 2022, 98 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.98.18_supplement.608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrends in Diversity at a Single US Adult Neurology Residency Program (P18-13.002)
Fukuda K, Ravishankar M, Van Cott A, Clemens P, Zivkovic S, Ojha A. Trends in Diversity at a Single US Adult Neurology Residency Program (P18-13.002). Neurology 2022, 98 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.98.18_supplement.1957.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternational Validation of the Erasmus Guillain-Barré Syndrome Respiratory Insufficiency Score.
Doets AY, Walgaard C, Lingsma HF, Islam B, Papri N, Yamagishi Y, Kusunoki S, Dimachkie MM, Waheed W, Kolb N, Gorson KC, Jacobs BC, IGOS Consortium.. International Validation of the Erasmus Guillain-Barré Syndrome Respiratory Insufficiency Score. Ann Neurol 2022, 91: 521-531. PMID: 35106830, DOI: 10.1002/ana.26312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Case of Probable Multifocal Motor Neuropathy With Clinical Stability for Ten Years After a Single Treatment of Rituximab.
Gonzalez NL, Juel VC, Živković SA. A Case of Probable Multifocal Motor Neuropathy With Clinical Stability for Ten Years After a Single Treatment of Rituximab. Journal Of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 2022, 23: 136-142. PMID: 35188910, DOI: 10.1097/CND.0000000000000358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPredicting Outcome in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: International Validation of the Modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score.
Doets AY, Lingsma HF, Walgaard C, Islam B, Papri N, Davidson A, Yamagishi Y, Kusunoki S, Dimachkie MM, Waheed W, Kolb N, Islam Z, Mohammad QD, Harbo T, Sindrup SH, Chavada G, Willison HJ, Casasnovas C, Bateman K, Miller JAL, van den Berg B, Verboon C, Roodbol J, Leonhard SE, Benedetti L, Kuwabara S, Van den Bergh P, Monges S, Marfia GA, Shahrizaila N, Galassi G, Péréon Y, Bürmann J, Kuitwaard K, Kleyweg RP, Marchesoni C, Sedano Tous MJ, Querol L, Illa I, Wang Y, Nobile-Orazio E, Rinaldi S, Schenone A, Pardo J, Vermeij FH, Lehmann HC, Granit V, Cavaletti G, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez G, Barroso FA, Visser LH, Katzberg HD, Dardiotis E, Attarian S, van der Kooi AJ, Eftimov F, Wirtz PW, Samijn JPA, Gilhuis HJ, Hadden RDM, Holt JKL, Sheikh KA, Karafiath S, Vytopil M, Antonini G, Feasby TE, Faber CG, Gijsbers CJ, Busby M, Roberts RC, Silvestri NJ, Fazio R, van Dijk GW, Garssen MPJ, Straathof CSM, Gorson KC, Jacobs BC, IGOS Consortium.. Predicting Outcome in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: International Validation of the Modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score. Neurology 2022, 98: e518-e532. PMID: 34937789, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectrodiagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome in the International GBS Outcome Study: Differences in methods and reference values
Arends S, Drenthen J, van den Bergh P, Franssen H, Hadden R, Islam B, Kuwabara S, Reisin R, Shahrizaila N, Amino H, Antonini G, Attarian S, Balducci C, Barroso F, Bertorini T, Binda D, Brannagan T, Buermann J, Casasnovas C, Cavaletti G, Chao C, Dimachkie M, Fulgenzi E, Galassi G, Gutiérrez G, Harbo T, Hartung H, Hsieh S, Kiers L, Lehmann H, Manganelli F, Marfia G, Mataluni G, Pardo J, Péréon Y, Rajabally Y, Santoro L, Sekiguchi Y, Stein B, Stettner M, Uncini A, Verboon C, Verhamme C, Vytopil M, Waheed W, Wang M, Zivkovic S, Jacobs B, Cornblath D, consortium T, Addington J, Ajroud-Driss S, Andersen H, Antonini G, Attarian S, Badrising U, Balloy G, Barroso F, Bateman K, Bella I, Benedetti L, van den Bergh P, Bertorini T, Bhavaraju-Sanka R, Bianco M, Brannagan T, Briani C, Buerrmann, Busby M, Butterworth S, Casasnovas C, Cavaletti G, Chao C, Chavada G, Chen S, Claeys K, Conti M, Cornblath D, Cosgrove J, Dalakas M, van Damme P, Dardiotis E, Davidson A, Derejko M, van Dijk G, Dimachkie M, van Doorn P, de la Cour C, Echaniz-Laguna A, Eftimov F, Faber C, Fazio R, Feasby T, Fokke C, Fujioka T, Fulgenzi E, Galassi G, Garcia-Sobrino T, Garssen M, Gijsbers C, Gilchrist J, Gilhuis H, Goldstein J, Gorson K, Goyal N, Granit V, Grisanti S, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Gutmann L, Hadden R, Harbo T, Hartung H, Holbech J, Holt J, Hsieh S, Htut M, Hughes R, Illa I, Islam B, Islam Z, Jacobs B, Fehmi J, Jellema K, Pascual I, Kaida K, Karafiath S, Katzberg H, Khoshnoodi M, Kiers L, Kimpinski K, Kleyweg R, Kokubun N, Kolb N, van Koningsveld R, van der Kooi A, Kramers J, Kuitwaard K, Kusunoki S, Kuwabara S, Kwan J, Ladha S, Lassen L, Lawson V, Lehmann H, Pan E, Lunn M, Manji H, Marfia G, Infante C, Martin-Aguilar L, Hernandez E, Mataluni G, Mattiazi M, McDermott C, Meekins G, Miller J, Mohammad Q, Monges M, de la Tassa G, Nascimbene C, Navacerrada-Barrero F, Nobile-Orazio E, Nowak R, Orizaola P, Osei-Bonsu M, Pardal A, Pardo J, Pascuzzi R, Péréon Y, Pulley M, Querol L, Reddel S, van der Ree T, Reisin R, Rinaldi S, Roberts R, Rojas-Marcos I, Rudnicki, Sachs G, Samijn J, Santoro L, Schenone A, Tous M, Shahrizaila N, Sheikh K, Silvestri N, Sindrup S, Sommer C, Stein B, Song Y, Stino A, Tankisi H, Tannemaat M, Twydell P, Vélez-Santamaria P, Varrato J, Vermeij F, Visser L, Vytopil M, Waheed W, Walgaard C, Wang Y, Willison H, Wirtz P, Yamagishi Y, Zhou L, Zivkovic S. Electrodiagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome in the International GBS Outcome Study: Differences in methods and reference values. Clinical Neurophysiology 2022, 138: 231-240. PMID: 35078730, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Sasha Zivkovic, MD, PhD, is a neurologist with a focus on diagnosing and treating a range of neuromuscular disorders.
These include including hereditary sensory and motor neuropathies (genetic disorders affecting peripheral nerves, leading to sensory loss and muscle weakness), amyloid neuropathies (where abnormal protein deposits, called amyloids, accumulate in nerves), Guillain-Barré Syndrome (an acute autoimmune disorder where the body's immune system attacks the peripheral nerves, causing weakness and paralysis), and POEMS Syndrome (a rare blood disorder causing nerve damage, enlarged organs, hormone issues, abnormal blood cells, and skin changes).
As a professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Zivkovic serves as the academic chief of neuromuscular medicine and is the clinical director of the Yale CMTA (Charcot Marie Tooth Association) Center of Excellence for adults. His work aims to advance the understanding and management of complex neuromuscular conditions, particularly those with genetic or immunological components.
Dr. Zivkovic received his medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Zagreb in Croatia.
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Neurology; Neuromuscular Medicine
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Clinical Neurophysiology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2013
Neurology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2012
Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology)
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2011
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