Journal of Multiple Sclerosis

Biography

Dr. Michael C. Levin, M.D. is currently Professor of Neurology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center as well as Director of Multiple Sclerosis Clinic and Laboratory of Viral and Demyelinating Diseases. He was Selected to Best Doctors in America, 2005 – 2012 and also as "Healthcare Hero" finalist in 2006 by the Memphis Business Journal. He have over fifteen years in clinical trial experience at the National Institutes of Health & university level including studies using MK-801, interleukin-2 monoclonal antibody, glatiramer acetate, TGF-b and natalizumab. He is also a fellow of American Neurological Association and American Academy of Neurology.

 

Research Interest

Relationship between viruses and immune-associated diseases of the human central nervous system, particularly multiple sclerosis (MS), HTLV-1 (human T - lymphotropic virus type I), Auto-antibody response in HAM/TSP patients