Many of those affected by AFM have pursued nerve transfers as a way to restore function to a flaccid area. The procedure is time sensitive and reliant on existing working nerves. The list below has a few of the physicians with nerve transfer experience specific to AFM. Contact information is supplied for each physician.
Dr. Seruya at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles: contact Osvaldo (Ozzy) Solano at Osolano@chla.usc.edu or 323.361.5682.
Dr. Moore at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: contact Sarah at (614) 293-7656.
Dr. Kozin and Dr. Zlotolow at Shriners Hospital for Children - Philadelphia: contact Kim Curran at kcurran@shrinenet.org or 215-430-4087.
Dr. Belzberg at Johns Hopkins: contact directly at Belzberg@jhu.edu or 410-614-9923.
Additional Nerve Transfer Information
https://www.losangelesnerve.com/conditions/arms/acute-flaccid-myelitis-afm/
https://wearesrna.org/resources/nerve-transfers-and-afm-part-one/
https://wearesrna.org/resources/nerve-transfers-and-afm-part-two/
