Dr. Christina Chrisman M.D.
Neurologist | Neuromuscular Medicine
355 Ridge Ave Evanston IL, 60202About
Dr. Christina Chrisman is a fellowship-trained, board-certified neurologist and neuromuscular specialist. She welcomes patients with general neurology or neuromuscular conditions. Her specialty interests include neuromuscular diseases such as neuropathies, myasthenia gravis, ALS, muscular dystrophies, and myopathies. She is specially trained in performing EMG and nerve conduction studies. She completed a neuromuscular medicine fellowship at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai medical centers in Los Angeles, CA and completed a residency in general neurology at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Her internship year was spent at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, IL. She is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN. Prior to her medical training, she graduated magna cum laude with a Baccalaureate of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the #1 ranked undergraduate college of engineering in the United States. Dr. Chrisman has presented at numerous national conferences and has various publications which include co-authoring textbook chapters on ALS.
Education and Training
Indiana University School of Medicine MD 2011
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Neuromuscular Medicine (Psychiatry and Neurology)
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