Daniel Menkes, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, M3/4 Neurology Clerkship
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology
Education
| B.A. | Brandeis University | 1984 |
| M.D. | Boston University School of Medicine | 1988 |
Post-Graduate Training
| Internship | Framingham Union Hospital | 1988 |
| Residency | Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center | 1989-1992 |
| Fellowship-EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology | Massachusetts General Hospital | 1992-1994 |
Professional Experience
| Instructor, Neurology | Harvard Medical School | 1992-1994 |
| Assistant Clinical Professor | U.C. Davis | 1995-1998 |
| Assistant Professor | Univ. of Louisiville | 1998-1999 |
Professional Certification and Licensing
| ABPN | Neurology | 1993 |
| Added Qualifications | Neurophysiology | 1996 |
| Medical License | Mississippi | 1999 |
| Medical License | Tennessee | 1999 |
Clinical Subspecialty Expertise
Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Disorders
Research Interests
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Peripheral neuropathy
Clinical neurophysiology
Recent Publications
Oshima M, Ogawa R, Menkes DL. Current perception threshold increases during pregnancy but does not change across the menstrual cycle. J Nippon Med Sch 2002; 69:19-23.
Oshima M, Toschiichiro I, Yokoyama K, Kikutani T, Kikuzo S, Shimada Y, Ogawa R, Menkes DL. Pregnancy-related increases in sensory perception thresholds are not correlated with serum progesterone levels. Pain Practice 2003; 3:120-124.
McChesney-Atkins, S, Davies KG, Montouris GD, Silver JT, Menkes DL. Amusia after right frontal lobe resection for epilepsy with singing seizures: Case report and literature review. Epilepsy Behav 2003; 4:343-7.
Berger AR, Bradley WG, Brannagan TH, Busis NA, Cros DP, Dalakas MC, Danon MJ, Donofrio P, Engel WK, England JD, Feldman EL, Freeman RL, Kinsella LJ, Lacomis D, Latov N, Menkes DL, Sander HW, Thomas FP, Triggs WJ, Windebank AJ, Wolfe GI. Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2003; 8:282-4.
Khouzam RN, El-Dokla AM, Menkes DL. Undiagnosed patent foramen ovale presenting as a cryptogenic brain abscess: Case report and review of the literature. Heart Lung 2006; 35:108-111.
Latov NL, Gorson KG, Brannagan TH, Freeman RL, Apostolski S, Berger AR, Bradley WG, Briani C, Bril V, Busis NA, Cros DP, Dalakas MC, Donofrio PD, Dyck PJB, England JD, Fisher MA, Herrmann DN, Menkes DL, Sahenk Z, Sander HW, Triggs WJ, Vallat JM. Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Immune Mediated Neuropathies. J Clin Neuromusc Dis 2006; 8:141-157.
Triggs WJ, Brown RH, Menkes DL. Weekly Clinicopathological Exercises: A 57-year-old woman with numbness and weakness of the feet and legs. N Engl J Med 2006; 354: 2584-2592.
Brown CS, Glazer HI, Vogt V, Menkes DL, Bachmann G. Subjective and Objective Outcomes of Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatment in Vestibulodynia: Pilot Data. J Reproductive Med 2006; [in press]
LeDoux MS, Xu L, Xiao J, Ferrell V, Menkes DL, Homayouni R. “The Murine Central and Peripheral Nervous System Transcriptomes: Comparative Gene Expression.” Brain Research 2006; [in press]
Souayah N, Menkes DL, Sander HW, Khella SL. Hepatitis C Virus Acute Quadriparetic Vasculitis Neuropathy Responsive to Cyclophosphamide. Neurol Neurophysiol Neuroscience, 2006 [in press]