PRIMARY OFFICE

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research Center
Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology
4225 Golden Valley Road
Golden Valley, MN 55422
763-588-0661

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

ACTIVE STAFF

Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville, MN
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree - Hobart College, Geneva, NY, 1960
Doctor of Medicine - Johns Hopkins University, 1964
Neurology Internship/Residency - New York Hospital, Cornell University Medical College
Fellowship in Neuro-Immunology - National Institute of Health

CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified - American Academy of Psychiatry and Neurology

MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Neurology
American Medical Academy
American Neurological Association

PUBLICATIONS, DIRECTORSHIPS, BOARDS, ADDITIONAL POSITIONS

ADDITIONAL POSITIONS

Director, Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research Center, Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology, Golden Valley, MN
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Minnesota Board Member
Named to the National Volunteer Hall of Fame - Health Professionals by the National MS Society

PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Birnbaum has been asked by the Oxford University Press to prepare a second edition of Multiple Sclerosis:  Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment.

"Current and Future Treatments for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis," by Dr. Gary Birnbaum, Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research Center at the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology, was published in Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development, 2010, vol. 13(2):  214-225.  This article reviews the efficacies and potential risks of the therapies currently approved for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Multiple Sclerosis:  Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment, Oxford University Press, 2009, edited by Dr. Gary Birnbaum, Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research Center at the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology, is a practical, concise reference of the current opinion on the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis.  Multiple Sclerosis:  Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment was given a strongly positive review in “Book Review” by B. Mark Keegan, MD, FRCP(C) published in the journal Neurology, 2010, vol. 74.   

"Combining Beta Interferon and Atorvastatin May Increase Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis" by Dr. Gary Birnbaum, MS Treatment and Research Center Director, Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology, and Dr. Irfan Altafullah, Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology, was published in the October 28, 2008 journal Neurology. The findings of this important research will further improve the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis.

NEUROLOGY SPECIALTY AREAS AND AREAS OF INTEREST

Multiple Sclerosis

PERSONAL PROFILE

HOBBIES

Fishing, scuba diving and reading

LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH

German

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Dr. Birnbaum is a consultant for and receives consulting fees and research grant support from: Teva Neuroscience, Biogen Idec, EMD Serono, Berlex, and Genentech.