A.    Personal Statement
I have had an extensive career as a neuroimmunologist who has conducted research on inflammatory and immune mediated diseases affecting the nervous system.   I previously obtained competitive funding through the NIH and the American Academy of Neurology for these projects while building a robust clinical practice and managing administrative and teaching responsibilities.  As the Founding Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, I was instrumental in forging a Neuroscience Center of Excellence in which there is collaboration among neurology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and pediatric neurology.  I am enthusiastic about the work of Drs. Graham, Green and Cunningham and look forward to helping to advance their research. I possess the requisite background, clinical expertise and managerial skills necessary to support this multidisciplinary project with the needed clinical expertise.

B.    Positions and Honors

1992 - 1994     Instructor in Neurology    Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA
1994 - 1998     Clinical Assistant Professor in Neurology [Affiliated Faculty] University of California at Davis Medical Center Davis, CA 
1998 - 1999     Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Louisville Louisville, KY 
1999 - 2002     Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis, Memphis, TN 
1998 - 1999         Member, Institutional Review Board University of Louisville Louisville, KY 
1999 - 2008     Director of Clinical Neurophysiology University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis, Memphis, TN 
2002 - 2007         Associate Professor of Neurology (Tenured on July 1, 2003)
2005 – 2008         Director of Clinical Neurophysiology   Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN 
2007- 2008                 Professor of Neurology University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis Memphis, TN 
2008 – 2013         Professor of Neurology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 
2008 – 2013     Professor of Neurology, Director of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Connecticut Health Center   Farmington, CT 
2013 – present     Professor and Founding Chairman of Neurology Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and System Chair, William Beaumont Health System

Military:
1984 - 2012      Colonel, United States Air Force Reserves/Air National Guard. Diplomate, Air War College (2000)

HONORS
1988      Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
1988     National Dean’s List
2001      SGAEC Award for the best teacher in the basic sciences University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis
2001      Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis
2002      Medical Student Executive Council Caduceus Award for best teacher in the second year curriculum, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis
 2002      Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching  University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis
2004      American Academy of Neurology Teaching Recognition Award
2006        Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
2006        Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching [Clinical Neurosciences Course], University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis
2006         Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching [Neurology Clerkship Lecturer], University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis
2007        Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching [Clinical Neurosciences Course], University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis
2007        Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching [Neurology Clerkship Lecturer], University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Memphis 
2008        American Academy of Neurology Teaching Recognition Award
2008       Inducted into the American Neurological Association
2011       American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Directors’ Innovation Award-(Inaugural Recipient)

Professional Society Memberships:
American Neurological Association
   American Academy of Neurology [Fellow]
American Medical Association
American Epilepsy Society
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS)
American Neurological Association
American Academy of Neurology [Fellow]
American Medical Association
American Epilepsy Society
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS)
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine [Fellow]
Massachusetts Medical Society

C.    Contributions to Science
 Neuromuscular disease diagnosis, treatment and management  
a.    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.  
b.    Smyth S, Menkes DL. Coincident Membranous Glomerulonephritis and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP): Questioning the autoimmunity hypothesis. Muscle Nerve 2008; 37:130-5. 
c.    Souayah N, Yacoub HA, Khan H, Farhad K, Maybodi L, Qureshi AI, Menkes DL.  Guillain Barre Syndrome after hepatitis vaccination in the United States. Analysis of data from the CDC/FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (1990-2009).  J Clin Neurosci. 2012;19:1089-92. Epub 2012 Jun 15.   
d.    Menkes DL, Pierce RP. Needle EMG Muscle Identification: A systematic approach to needle EMG examination. [Invited Review]. Clinical Neurophysiology Practice 2019; [in press] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2019.08.003  

1.     Magnetic stimulation as a means of investigating and modifying the central nervous system 
a.    Clouston, PD, Kiers L, Menkes DL, Sander H, Chiappa KH, Cros, D. “Modulation of motor activity by cutaneous input:  inhibition of the magnetic motor evoked potential by digital electrical stimulation.”  Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 1995; 97:114-125.   
b.    Triggs WJ, Menkes DL, Onorato J et al.  Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation identifies upper motor neuron involvement in motor neuron disease. Neurology 1999; 53:605-611.  
c.    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.   
2.    Neuro ethics and education 
a.    Fortunato J, Wasserman JA, Menkes DL. When Respecting Autonomy is Harmful:  A Clinically Useful Approach to the Nocebo Effect. Am J Bioethics, 2017; 17:36-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2017.1314042   
b.    Sonoo M, Menkes DL, Bland JDP, Burke D. Nerve conduction studies and EMG in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: do they add value?  Clinical Neurophysiology Practice 2018; 3:78-88.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2018.02.005 
c.    Fortunato J, Menkes DL.  The Aging Physician: A Practical Approach to Protect Our Patients.  Clinical Ethics 2019; https://doi.org/10.1177/1477750919828163 
d.    Sandrone S, Berthaud JV, Chuquilin M, Cios J, Ghosh P, Gottlieb-Smith RJ, Kushlaf H, Mantri S, Masangkay N, Menkes DL, Nevel KS,  Sarva N, Schneider LD. Neurological education: strategies to mitigate neurophobia for purposes of mentoring future health care providers.  Neurology 2019; 92: 174-179. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006716. Epub 2018 Dec 19.

4. Neuroimmunology, translating research into practical daily clinical practice.

a.     Comi C, Dianzani U, Martinelli Boneschi F, Menkes DL, “Advances in Neuroimmunology: From Bench to Bedside,” Autoimmune Diseases, vol. 2014, Article ID 812847, 2 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/812847

D.    Additional Information: Research Support and/or Scholastic Performance 

I would be interested in this program because I want to refocus my career on peripheral nerve research.   My spouse has been successful in receiving NIH grants for diabetes research.  The next logical step would be to collaborate on mechanisms designed to reduce the probability of developing diabetic neuropathy and its complications.  This degree would give value added benefit to NIH grant applications.