Shafeeq S. Ladha, MD

Shafeeq Ladha is the chief of the neuromuscular disease section and director of the Gregory W. Fulton ALS and Neuromuscular DIsease Center at Barrow Neurological Institute. He received his medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He then completed neurology residency at Barrow Neurological Institute followed by fellowships in neuromuscular diseases at Mayo Clinic Rochester and EMG/Neurophysiology at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale.

In 2007 he returned to Barrow Neurological Institute where he led the MDA and ALS clinics. In 2013, through a generous gift from and in collaboration with philanthropist Ira A. Fulton, Dr. Ladha founded the Gregory W. Fulton ALS Center at Barrow which has grown to include scientists, clinicians and a large clinical research infrastructure. Through the Barrow CRO, the Fulton Center has been integral to the development and conduct of many of the ALS clinical trials being conducted today, including the Healey ALS PLatform Trial.

In addition to prioritizing compassionate, cutting edge clinical care and leading the Fulton ALS Center, Dr. Ladha has an interest in ALS biomarker discovery and understanding the inflammatory mechanisms of ALS. He has participated and led numerous ALS clinical trials and biomarker studies, and has been an active member of NEALS for more than 15 years.

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