Laura Rosow

Dr. Laura Rosow is a neurologist who cares for patients with a variety of neurological disorders, including neuropathy; muscle diseases related to the nervous system; neuromuscular junction disorders, such as myasthenia gravis; and diseases of the spine and nerve roots. As associate director of the UCSF ALS Center, she cares for patients with various motor neuron diseases (progressive conditions marked by the destruction of nerve cells that control muscles involved in activities such as walking and speaking). She performs electromyography (assessing muscle health by measuring the response to nerve stimulation), neuromuscular ultrasound and skin biopsies.

Rosow earned her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. She completed a residency in neurology at UCSF and a fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.