INSTITUTE FOR EXERCISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
Director of the Neuromuscular Center:   Ronald Haller, MD

At the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, the Neuromuscular Center is dedicated to evaluating and treating patients who suffer from exercise intolerance or exercise-related discomfort.

These are individuals of all ages who experience abnormal muscle fatigue or distress during physical activity.  Their symptoms may be caused by disorders that are so difficult to diagnose by conventional methods that patients and their doctors can be frustrated for years.

The Neuromuscular Center offers a way out of this frustration by providing a clearer understanding of muscle disease and its impact on exercise.  The basis of that understanding is the Center's special ability to test muscle under stress and to detect inborn errors of muscle-energy metabolism through detailed biochemical studies.

The Center is unique in the world as a facility able to conduct these functional and biochemical tests, as well as more routine EMGs, laboratory studies, and muscle biopsies.  Both clinical and research related, these activities all share a common goal -- improved quality of life for people troubled by neuromuscular conditions.

The Center is headed by Dr. Ronald Haller, a renowned expert in metabolic disorders of skeletal muscle and the Institute's Director of Neuromuscular Medicine.  He leads a staff of dedicated clinicians and scientists who are making important inroads into the understanding and treatment of these relatively rare conditions and accumulating a wealth of research information in the process.