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Dr. Herrmann is Unit Chief of the Neuromuscular Unit & Director of the Peripheral Neuropathy Clinics and Cutaneous Innervation Laboratory at the University of Rochester. Clinically his interests are in the diagnosis and care of patients with various types of peripheral neuropathy. He has a particul...
Dr. Herrmann is Unit Chief of the Neuromuscular Unit & Director of the Peripheral Neuropathy Clinics and Cutaneous Innervation Laboratory at the University of Rochester. Clinically his interests are in the diagnosis and care of patients with various types of peripheral neuropathy. He has a particular interest in inherited neuropathies (Charcot Marie Tooth neuropathy and related disorders). Dr. Herrmann additionally established one of the first cutaneous innervation laboratories in the USA at University of Rochester in 2000, for diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy.
Faculty Appointments
Professor
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Department of Neurology, NMD (SMD)
E. Philip & Carole Saunders Professor in Neuromuscular Research
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Department of Neurology, NMD (SMD)
Professor
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center. 1998 - 1999
Residency, Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center. 1995 - 1998
Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center-Cleveland. 1993 - 1994
Internship, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center-Cleveland. 1992 - 1992
Education
MBBCH | University of Witwatersrand (South Africa).1989
Awards
Who's Who in America.2010
Best Doctors in America.2007
Jack Baynash Prize in Medicine.1988
JH Hofmeyer Scholarship.1986
JH Hofmeyer Scholarship.1985
University Entrance Scholarship.1984
Standard Bank Scholarship.1984
Research
Dr. Herrmann's current research interests include inherited neuropathies and he is Principal Investigator in Rochester for the NIH sponsored Inherited Neuropathy Consortium Rare Disease Clinical Research Center. Dr. Herrmann focuses on new gene identification for inherited neuropathies, development...
Dr. Herrmann's current research interests include inherited neuropathies and he is Principal Investigator in Rochester for the NIH sponsored Inherited Neuropathy Consortium Rare Disease Clinical Research Center. Dr. Herrmann focuses on new gene identification for inherited neuropathies, development of novel neuropathy outcome measures and biomarkers and experimental therapeutics.
Patents
Non-Invasive in-vivo Imaging of Mechanoreceptors in Human Skin Using Confocal Microscopy
Issue date: September 04, 2012
Patent #: 8,260,401
Country: United States
Inventors: Christi Alessi-Fox, David N Herrmann
Non-Invasive in-vivo Imaging of Mechanoreceptors in Human Skin Using Confocal Microscopy (Vivascope 1500, Lucid, Inc.)
Issue date: September 04, 2013
Patent #: 2068888
Country: Europe
Inventors: Christi Alessi-Fox, David N Herrmann
Non-Invasive in-vivo Imaging of Mechanoreceptors in Human Skin Using Confocal Microscopy (Vivascope 1500, Lucid, Inc.)
Issue date: September 04, 2013
Patent #: DE2068888
Country: Germany
Inventors: Christi Alessi-Fox, David N Herrmann
Non-Invasive in-vivo Imaging of Mechanoreceptors in Human Skin Using Confocal Microscopy (Vivascope 1500, Lucid, Inc.)
Issue date: September 04, 2013
Patent #: CH2068888
Country: Switzerland/Liechtenstein
Inventors: Christi Alessi-Fox, David N Herrmann
Non-Invasive in-vivo Imaging of Mechanoreceptors in Human Skin Using Confocal Microscopy (Vivascope 1500, Lucid, Inc.)
Issue date: September 04, 2013
Patent #: GB2068888
Country: United Kingdom
Inventors: Christi Alessi-Fox, David N Herrmann
The CMT-Health Index (CMT-HI)
Issue date: April 07, 2016
Patent #: TXu 2-181-521
Country: United States
Inventors: Chad R Heatwole, David N Herrmann, Nicholas E Johnson
Bertini A, Reilly MM, Pisciotta C, Previtali SC, Parman Y, Battaloglu E, Laurà M, Blake J, Sacconi S, Attarian S, Stojkovic T, Bellatache M, Nouioua S, Tazir M, Cakar A, Gambardella A, Valentino P, Lewis RA, Horvath R, Zambon AA, Sabatelli M, Luigetti M, Tozza S, Manganelli F, Herrmann DN, Scherer SS, Kressin N, Ward K, Bolino A, Shy ME, Pareyson D
European journal of neurology.. 2025 February 32 (2):e70084. Epub 1900 01 01.
Danzi MC, Powell E, Rebelo AP, Dohrn MF, Beijer D, Fazal S, Xu IRL, Medina J, Chen S, de Jesus YA, Schatzman J, Hershberger RE, Saporta M, Baets J, Falk M, Herrmann DN, Scherer SS, Reilly MM, Cortese A, Marques W, Carnejo-Olivas MR, Sanmaneechai O, Kennerson ML, Jordanova A, Silva TYT, Pedroso JL, Schierbaum L, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D, Peric S, Lee YC, Synofzik M, Tekin M, Ravenscroft G, Shy M, Basak N, Schule R, Zuchner S
Experimental neurology.. 2024 December 382 :114978. Epub 09/30/2024.
Anderson S, Cavaletti G, Hood LJ, Polydefkis M, Herrmann DN, Rance G, King B, McMichael AJ, Senna MM, Kim BS, Napatalung L, Wolk R, Zwillich SH, Schaefer G, Gong Y, Sisson M, Posner HB
Pharmacology research & perspectives.. 2024 August 12 (4):e1204. Epub 1900 01 01.
O'Donnell LF, Pipis M, Thornton JS, Kanber B, Wastling S, McDowell A, Zafeiropoulos N, Laura M, Skorupinska M, Record CJ, Doherty CM, Herrmann DN, Zetterberg H, Heslegrave AJ, Laban R, Rossor AM, Morrow JM, Reilly MM
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.. 2024 May 1495 (6):500-503. Epub 05/14/2024.
Smith AG, Singleton JR, Aperghis A, Coffey CS, Creigh P, Cudkowicz M, Conwit R, Ecklund D, Fedler JK, Gudjonsdottir A, Hauer P, Herrmann DN, Kearney M, Kissel J, Klingner E, Quick A, Revere C, Stino A,
JAMA neurology.. 2023 December 180 (12):1334-1343. Epub 1900 01 01.
Michelson D, Chin WW, Dworkin RH, Freeman R, Herrmann DN, Mazitschek R, Pop-Busui R, Shaibani A, Vornov J, Jones M, Jarpe M, Hader B, Viera T, Hylan M, Kachmar T, Jones S
Pain reports.. 2023 December 8 (6):e1114. Epub 10/26/2023.
Thomas FP, Brannagan TH, Butterfield RJ, Desai U, Habib AA, Herrmann DN, Eichinger KJ, Johnson-Cl NE, Karam C, Pestronk A, Quinn C, Shy ME, Statland JM, Subramony SH, Walk D, Stevens-Favorite K, Miller B, Leneus A, Fowler M, van de Rijn M, Attie KM
Neurology.. 2022 June 698 (23):e2356-e2367. Epub 06/06/2022.
Freeman R, Gewandter JS, Faber CG, Gibbons C, Haroutounian S, Lauria G, Levine T, Malik RA, Singleton JR, Smith AG, Bell J, Dworkin RH, Feldman E, Herrmann DN, Hoke A, Kolb N, Mansikka H, Oaklander AL, Peltier A, Polydefkis M, Ritt E, Russell JW, Sainati S, Steiner D, Treister R, Üçeyler N
Neurology.. 2020 December 195 (22):1005-1014. Epub 10/14/2020.
Cortese A, Zhu Y, Rebelo AP, Negri S, Courel S, Abreu L, Bacon CJ, Bai Y, Bis-Brewer DM, Bugiardini E, Buglo E, Danzi MC, Feely SME, Athanasiou-Fragkouli A, Haridy NA, , Isasi R, Khan A, Laurà M, Magri S, Pipis M, Pisciotta C, Powell E, Rossor AM, Saveri P, Sowden JE, Tozza S, Vandrovcova J, Dallman J, Grignani E, Marchioni E, Scherer SS, Tang B, Lin Z, Al-Ajmi A, Schüle R, Synofzik M, Maisonobe T, Stojkovic T, Auer-Grumbach M, Abdelhamed MA, Hamed SA, Zhang R, Manganelli F, Santoro L, Taroni F, Pareyson D, Houlden H, Herrmann DN, Reilly MM, Shy ME, Zhai RG, Zuchner S
Nature genetics.. 2020 June 52 (6):640. Epub 1900 01 01.
Cortese A, Zhu Y, Rebelo AP, Negri S, Courel S, Abreu L, Bacon CJ, Bai Y, Bis-Brewer DM, Bugiardini E, Buglo E, Danzi MC, Feely SME, Athanasiou-Fragkouli A, Haridy NA, , Isasi R, Khan A, Laurà M, Magri S, Pipis M, Pisciotta C, Powell E, Rossor AM, Saveri P, Sowden JE, Tozza S, Vandrovcova J, Dallman J, Grignani E, Marchioni E, Scherer SS, Tang B, Lin Z, Al-Ajmi A, Schüle R, Synofzik M, Maisonobe T, Stojkovic T, Auer-Grumbach M, Abdelhamed MA, Hamed SA, Zhang R, Manganelli F, Santoro L, Taroni F, Pareyson D, Houlden H, Herrmann DN, Reilly MM, Shy ME, Zhai RG, Zuchner S
Nature genetics.. 2020 May 52 (5):473-481. Epub 05/04/2020.
Gewandter JS, Gibbons CH, Campagnolo M, Lee J, Chaudari J, Ward N, Burke L, Cavaletti G, Herrmann DN, McArthur JC, Russell JW, Smith AG, Smith SM, Turk DC, Dworkin RH, Freeman R
Neurology.. 2019 August 2093 (8):346-360. Epub 07/18/2019.
Pareyson D, Stojkovic T, Reilly MM, Leonard-Louis S, Laurà M, Blake J, Parman Y, Battaloglu E, Tazir M, Bellatache M, Bonello-Palot N, Lévy N, Sacconi S, Guimarães-Costa R, Attarian S, Latour P, Solé G, Megarbane A, Horvath R, Ricci G, Choi BO, Schenone A, Gemelli C, Geroldi A, Sabatelli M, Luigetti M, Santoro L, Manganelli F, Quattrone A, Valentino P, Murakami T, Scherer SS, Dankwa L, Shy ME, Bacon CJ, Herrmann DN, Zambon A, Tramacere I, Pisciotta C, Magri S, Previtali SC, Bolino A
Annals of neurology.. 2019 July 86 (1):55-67. Epub 05/27/2019.
Rossor AM, Oates EC, Salter HK, Liu Y, Murphy SM, Schule R, Gonzales MA, Scoto M, Phadke R, Sewry CA, Houlden H, Jordanova A, Tournev I, Chamova T, Litvinenko I, Zuchner S, Herrmann DN, Blake J, Sowden JE, Acsadi G, Rodriguez ML, Menezes MP, Clarke NF, Auer Grumbach M, Bullock SL, Muntoni F, Reilly MM, North KN
Brain : a journal of neurology.. 2015 November 138 (Pt 11):e392. Epub 06/10/2015.
Rossor AM, Oates EC, Salter HK, Liu Y, Murphy SM, Schule R, Gonzalez MA, Scoto M, Phadke R, Sewry CA, Houlden H, Jordanova A, Tournev I, Chamova T, Litvinenko I, Zuchner S, Herrmann DN, Blake J, Sowden JE, Acsadi G, Rodriguez ML, Menezes MP, Clarke NF, Auer Grumbach M, Bullock SL, Muntoni F, Reilly MM, North KN
Brain : a journal of neurology.. 2015 February 138 (Pt 2):293-310. Epub 12/14/2014.
Oates EC, Rossor AM, Hafezparast M, Gonzalez M, Speziani F, Macarthur DG, Lek M, Cottenie E, Scoto M, Foley AR, Hurles M, Houlden H, Greensmith L, Auer-Grumbach M, Pieber TR, Strom TM, Schule R, Herrmann DN, Sowden JE, Acsadi G, Menezes MP, Clarke NF, Züchner S, , Muntoni F, North KN, Reilly MM
American journal of human genetics.. 2013 June 692 (6):965-73. Epub 05/09/2013.
England JD, Gronseth GS, Franklin G, Carter GT, Kinsella LJ, Cohen JA, Asbury AK, Szigeti K, Lupski JR, Latov N, Lewis RA, Low PA, Fisher MA, Herrmann DN, Howard JF, Lauria G, Miller RG, Polydefkis M, Sumner AJ,
Neurology.. 2009 January 1372 (2):185-92. Epub 12/03/2008.
England JD, Gronseth GS, Franklin G, Carter GT, Kinsella LJ, Cohen JA, Asbury AK, Szigeti K, Lupski JR, Latov N, Lewis RA, Low PA, Fisher MA, Herrmann DN, Howard JF, Lauria G, Miller RG, Polydefkis M, Sumner AJ,
Neurology.. 2009 January 1372 (2):177-84. Epub 12/03/2008.
England JD, Gronseth GS, Franklin G, Carter GT, Kinsella LJ, Cohen JA, Asbury AK, Szigeti K, Lupski JR, Latov N, Lewis RA, Low PA, Fisher MA, Herrmann DN, Howard JF, Lauria G, Miller RG, Polydefkis M, Sumner AJ, , ,
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation.. 2009 January 1 (1):5-13. Epub 1900 01 01.
Pediatric neurology.. 1998 January 18 (1):63-6. Epub 1900 01 01.
Commentary: Guillain-Barre Syndrome with sensory loss (acute motor neuropathy): a subgroup with specific clinical, electrodiagnostic and laboratory features by Visser LH, et all.
Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
(2009)
Chapter: Granulomatous Myositis
Authors: Myers B, Herrmann DN.
Publisher:
Lang F. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. 2009. 2009
Sarcoid Myopathy
(2009)
Chapter: Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Authors: Myers B, Herrmann DN
Publisher:
Lang F. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. 2009 2009
Encyclopedic Reference of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
(2008)
Chapter: Granulomatous Myositis
Authors: Myers B, Herrmann DN
Publisher:
Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2008
Encyclopedic Reference of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
(2008)
Chapter: Sarcoid Myopathy
Authors: Myers B, Herrmann DN
Publisher:
Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2008
Principles of Neurological Infectious Disease
(2007)
Chapter: HIV-Associated Neuropathies and Myelopathy
Authors: Herrmann DN, Schifitto G
Publisher:
Unknown 2007
Neurobiology of Disease
(2006)
Chapter: Neuropathies associated with infections
Authors: Twydell P, Herrmann DN
Publisher:
Unknown 2006
Handbook of Peripheral Neuropathy
(2005)
Chapter: A Diagnostic and Treatment Approach to Painful Neuropathy
Authors: Nodera H, Herrmann DN
Publisher:
Marcel Decker, New York 2005
Principles of Neurological Infectious Disease
(2005)
Chapter: HIV – Associated Neuropathies and Myelopathy
Authors: Herrmann DN, Schifitto G.
Publisher:
Roos K. McGraw Hill 2005
Office Practice Neurology
(2003)
Chapter: Approach and classification of peripheral neuropathy
Authors: Logigian EL, Herrmann DN
Publisher:
Churchill Livingston, New York 2003
Neuromuscular disorder in clinical practice
(2002)
Chapter: Approach to peripheral nerve disorders
Authors: Herrmann DN, Logigian EL
Publisher:
Butterworth-Heineman 2002
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The medical resident/fellow was very good, and Dr. Herrmann was as usual very good.
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Follow through of treatments discussed was not great. [...]
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I wish my extended family knew about Dr. Herrmann long ago.
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For the first time, I was disappointed with the time that I spent with Dr. Herrmann. He did NOT make eye contact with me. I thought this was unusual because he has always made direct eye contact in the past when he spoke. [...]
